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Post by Andrew Parker on Oct 2, 2013 7:59:39 GMT
I guess there would be a significant difference in quality between the film and video footage to do that.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 10:52:21 GMT
They won't repeat a B/W Doctor Who story on BBC1.
The ratings for most B/W programmes and films fall through the floor they're so low. Modern audiences expect things to be in colour.
And I'm old enough to remember black and white programmes and to have worked on them as a child actress.
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Post by Greg H on Oct 2, 2013 12:13:53 GMT
They won't repeat a B/W Doctor Who story on BBC1. The ratings for most B/W programmes and films fall through the floor they're so low. Modern audiences expect things to be in colour. And I'm old enough to remember black and white programmes and to have worked on them as a child actress. People are kind of philistines when it comes to black and white or subtitled film and TV. Don't even get me started on the looks of dismay I have caused when I have suggested a silent film before.......... |
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Post by Michael D. Kimpton on Oct 2, 2013 19:05:03 GMT
They won't repeat a B/W Doctor Who story on BBC1. The ratings for most B/W programmes and films fall through the floor they're so low. Modern audiences expect things to be in colour. And I'm old enough to remember black and white programmes and to have worked on them as a child actress. People are kind of philistines when it comes to black and white or subtitled film and TV. Don't even get me started on the looks of dismay I have caused when I have suggested a silent film before.......... I once saw a silent "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" on TV. There was no music, just the sound of the projector, and I remember, even at the age of 9, loving every minute of it. I wish I could remember which version of the film it was; I'd love to see it again now! |
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Post by Greg H on Oct 2, 2013 19:32:12 GMT
I remember well, in the summer holidays they used to show lots of silent material in the day times, presumably for the kids on holiday. I somehow can't imagine that happening now  I dimly recall channel 4 showing silent classics when it was a newer channel too. I used to happily sit and watch silent material. The only downside to it is the terrible soundtracks that are written for some of them. I haven't been too impressed with any of the scores that I have heard for the Hitchcock classic 'the lodger' so far; I actually went to the lengths of recording my own which I am pretty happy with, but I doubt if I shall ever put out into the public. Could the version of 20,000 leagues possibly be this one? www.imdb.com/title/tt0006333/I think it is possible to get a copy |
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Oct 2, 2013 20:30:47 GMT
I remember well, in the summer holidays they used to show lots of silent material in the day times, presumably for the kids on holiday. I somehow can't imagine that happening now I dimly recall channel 4 showing silent classics when it was a newer channel too. I used to happily sit and watch silent material. The only downside to it is the terrible soundtracks that are written for some of them. I haven't been too impressed with any of the scores that I have heard for the Hitchcock classic 'the lodger' so far; I actually went to the lengths of recording my own which I am pretty happy with, but I doubt if I shall ever put out into the public. Could the version of 20,000 leagues possibly be this one? www.imdb.com/title/tt0006333/I think it is possible to get a copy Silent horror films are extremely creepy-the original Nosferatu with Max Shrek is stunning! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 8:19:46 GMT
it's interesting to see something similar happen with old music - it was said that oldies and classic rock stations don't play all the hits from a given period because some songs age better than others, some are forgotten and others people just don't want to listen to anymore as they are no longer teenagers.
I was a teenager in the 1970s and there are plenty of hit songs that no longer appeal to me in late middle age. You can't play everything that was a hit.
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Post by Rob Moss on Oct 3, 2013 11:02:30 GMT
They won't repeat a B/W Doctor Who story on BBC1. The ratings for most B/W programmes and films fall through the floor they're so low. Modern audiences expect things to be in colour. And I'm old enough to remember black and white programmes and to have worked on them as a child actress. I think that with each new development in TV technology, previous formats fall out of favour a bit. When colour came in, black and white fell out of favour. When widescreen came in, programmes made in 4:3 started to fall out of favour. Now we have HD and SD programmes will eventually fall out of favour. For some reason, the transition from mono to stereo didn't seem to have the same effect. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 11:37:56 GMT
I remember well, in the summer holidays they used to show lots of silent material in the day times, presumably for the kids on holiday. I somehow can't imagine that happening now I dimly recall channel 4 showing silent classics when it was a newer channel too. I used to happily sit and watch silent material. The only downside to it is the terrible soundtracks that are written for some of them. I haven't been too impressed with any of the scores that I have heard for the Hitchcock classic 'the lodger' so far; I actually went to the lengths of recording my own which I am pretty happy with, but I doubt if I shall ever put out into the public. Could the version of 20,000 leagues possibly be this one? www.imdb.com/title/tt0006333/I think it is possible to get a copy Silent horror films are extremely creepy-the original Nosferatu with Max Shrek is stunning! I concur, even the Mummy scared the pants off me when I was around ten years of age!  |
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Post by John W King on Oct 3, 2013 14:39:20 GMT
Best silent B and W film I've got is the early version of Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World". The animated dinosaurs almost look real.
Way back when satellite was half way good and certain channels showed whole, complete series I wrote Sky suggesting that they could fill the twilight hours of the day with an alternative to UK GOLD (as it then was) with a completely B & W channel called UK SILVER. They could fill it with B and W Doctor Who, Steptoe, Likely Lads, Forsyte Saga, etc. I suggested they could make, on the cheap, a programme showing one or 2 episodes from partially lost programmes e.g.Compact, the Newcomers, Dixon, Z Cars, Dr Finlay,etc. with a brief explanation of why the rest were missing or what happened in subsequent episodes. Also included could be classic B and W films. Even if UK SILVER only broadcast for a 2 to 3 hours a night I was sure it would get an audience. My suggestion fell on deaf ears and I suspect the response would be even worse now. We can only dream....
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Post by Richard Marple on Oct 3, 2013 17:07:15 GMT
There was a trend for B&W films to be colourised in the 1980s, but luckily it didn't last.
Earlier some B&W cartoons had colour added, I've got the feeling Stay Tooned had a feature on this.
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Post by Leighton Haberfield on Oct 6, 2013 20:48:16 GMT
Well i am guessing its a Enemy/Web boxset in time for the anniversary then?
At least a couple of downloads to start with.
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Post by dennywilson on Oct 9, 2013 8:40:10 GMT
Best silent B and W film I've got is the early version of Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World". The animated dinosaurs almost look real. A lot more real than the ones The BBC Did decades later! |
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Post by Richard Tipple on Oct 9, 2013 8:42:59 GMT
I remember well, in the summer holidays they used to show lots of silent material in the day times, presumably for the kids on holiday. I somehow can't imagine that happening now I dimly recall channel 4 showing silent classics when it was a newer channel too. I used to happily sit and watch silent material. The only downside to it is the terrible soundtracks that are written for some of them. I haven't been too impressed with any of the scores that I have heard for the Hitchcock classic 'the lodger' so far; I actually went to the lengths of recording my own which I am pretty happy with, but I doubt if I shall ever put out into the public. Could the version of 20,000 leagues possibly be this one? www.imdb.com/title/tt0006333/I think it is possible to get a copy Silent horror films are extremely creepy-the original Nosferatu with Max Shrek is stunning! I remember watching 'Nosferatu' as a film student and loving it. What magnificent sets. Same reason I love 'Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari'. |
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I dimly recall channel 4 showing silent classics when it was a newer channel too. I used to happily sit and watch silent material. The only downside to it is the terrible soundtracks that are written for some of them. I haven't been too impressed with any of the scores that I have heard for the Hitchcock classic 'the lodger' so far; I actually went to the lengths of recording my own which I am pretty happy with, but I doubt if I shall ever put out into the public.
