It's too bad early colour photographers were only interested in recording exotic locations. I'm quite a few people today would be very interested in seeing authentic color films of such everyday places as a city street or garden party from the same era, if only to make a usually blurry and b&w period seem more real.
Chronochrome was not shot 4:3 but what we see is the correct ratio. was a 3 colour process with 3 images on same roll of film and exposed at the same time. images were not large which restriced the size it could be blown up to. notice the lack of colour fringing on movement
wide screen films did not come in with cinemascope or cinerama but been around over 100 years.
This looks to me like Gaumont's stencil coloring process, not Chronochrome. I believe this is a black and white print with the color added later, it does not have a natural look and the palette is limited. Still impressive for what it is.
@Gloc9music I stand in awe of how people manipulated technology to get the maximum use from it. Even to the point of creating something totally new in the process. I think living for 50-80 years just scratches the surface for many of us. I play music and love to record using different techniques. I once played with tape loops for almost two years just to see how far I could push analog tape. I know very little about film, but have always be fascinated by how the cameraman must calculate ahead.
at 5:26 there is a flower that stays in the background through the film. Was this intentional? If so, how did they achieve this effect? Thank you for posting this very remarkable piece of history. I have been studying up on technicolor etc. I'm wondering if the attempt to revive the Technicolor cameras for possible use in the industry is still something they are working on, or has digital made it no longer worthwhile? Hope not.
@Gloc9music When looking back one can see that a great number of techniques were perfected early on and very often the technician had to ad-lib with whatever piece of equipment they had. Sometimes major alterations were made to their own equipment. For the hands on individual these moments could be rewarding. Today there is a different process altogether where many folks never even venture away from the digital medium at all,but a good artist can fool you into thinking they did from time to time
That's the Gaumont logo, probably a stupid "watermark" copy-protection scheme, doubly irritating as the image has not been digitally stabilized before to correct for the irregular shrinking of the original film that makes the picture wobble although the camera was steady on a tripod during shooting. Usually one can easily accomodate this while viewing, but the static logo in the background highlights the slight unsteadiness of the picture.
Great to see it, but not at the '16:9' screen size as this colour film originally shot in '4:3' size, as of all the early silent films compares with that size only.
NICE movie lol
Krotatne001 5 months ago
It's too bad early colour photographers were only interested in recording exotic locations. I'm quite a few people today would be very interested in seeing authentic color films of such everyday places as a city street or garden party from the same era, if only to make a usually blurry and b&w period seem more real.
bobbobato 8 months ago
All that before they even had LSD...wow.
insertclevernickname 11 months ago
absolutely awesome
eharriso 1 year ago
Chronochrome was not shot 4:3 but what we see is the correct ratio. was a 3 colour process with 3 images on same roll of film and exposed at the same time. images were not large which restriced the size it could be blown up to. notice the lack of colour fringing on movement
wide screen films did not come in with cinemascope or cinerama but been around over 100 years.
TheDavec1 1 year ago
Notice how at 1:58, the men on the float discover the cameraman, and pelt him with lots more rice.
LandondeeL 1 year ago
This looks to me like Gaumont's stencil coloring process, not Chronochrome. I believe this is a black and white print with the color added later, it does not have a natural look and the palette is limited. Still impressive for what it is.
pebey 1 year ago
@Gloc9music I stand in awe of how people manipulated technology to get the maximum use from it. Even to the point of creating something totally new in the process. I think living for 50-80 years just scratches the surface for many of us. I play music and love to record using different techniques. I once played with tape loops for almost two years just to see how far I could push analog tape. I know very little about film, but have always be fascinated by how the cameraman must calculate ahead.
paulj0557 1 year ago
at 5:26 there is a flower that stays in the background through the film. Was this intentional? If so, how did they achieve this effect? Thank you for posting this very remarkable piece of history. I have been studying up on technicolor etc. I'm wondering if the attempt to revive the Technicolor cameras for possible use in the industry is still something they are working on, or has digital made it no longer worthwhile? Hope not.
paulj0557 1 year ago
@paulj0557 Are you underestimating technology on classic times?
Gloc9music 1 year ago
@Gloc9music When looking back one can see that a great number of techniques were perfected early on and very often the technician had to ad-lib with whatever piece of equipment they had. Sometimes major alterations were made to their own equipment. For the hands on individual these moments could be rewarding. Today there is a different process altogether where many folks never even venture away from the digital medium at all,but a good artist can fool you into thinking they did from time to time
paulj0557 1 year ago
@paulj0557
That's the Gaumont logo, probably a stupid "watermark" copy-protection scheme, doubly irritating as the image has not been digitally stabilized before to correct for the irregular shrinking of the original film that makes the picture wobble although the camera was steady on a tripod during shooting. Usually one can easily accomodate this while viewing, but the static logo in the background highlights the slight unsteadiness of the picture.
chrisz78 1 year ago
People look so happy, dancing in circles, etc. etc. what is the occasion of this film?
KawhackitaRag 1 year ago
Great to see it, but not at the '16:9' screen size as this colour film originally shot in '4:3' size, as of all the early silent films compares with that size only.
Silencebound 1 year ago
@Silencebound
Hi,
The files i found where in this screen size, but thanks for sharing this information, regards
Stasko888 1 year ago
Thanks for this great example of Gaumont's Chronochrome process!
atqui 2 years ago