From Black and White to Color: What Cannes Winners Reveal About Film Technology

From Black and White to Color: What Cannes Winners Reveal About Film Technology

Looking chronologically at Cannes winners offers an interesting way to see how once-new technologies become normal parts of filmmaking.

An official Cannes feature notes that black-and-white films dominated the festival’s early years, while color became increasingly common toward the 1960s and eventually became the industry norm.

The shift was not only technical. Color required new choices in production design, costume, makeup, lighting and cinematography.

Source note: Festival de Cannes — official feature on black-and-white and color among Palme d’Or winners.