The Difference Between Silent Film & Talkie Make-Up
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The orthochromatic film used in early black and white cinema did a poor job of picking up yellow and red light spectrums. To make up for this deficit, actors had to be coated in highly contrasting colors in order to appear normal.
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misterpointerouter 3 months ago“early black and white” vs. later black and white. seriously, read TFA (T *whole* FA) before spouting off incoherently.
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