Posted by sean at threshold9n.jpmorgan.com on July 31, 2002 at 15:30:07:
In Reply to: No way posted by Nitram on July 31, 2002 at 15:07:12:
: : :white-ness of it. I do like the idea of two or three scenes colourised in the supplemental section but leave it otherwise. As I recall though, the movie was shot in colour but developed in bnw to save cash
: I think you're thinking of another movie. Clerks was definetly shot in B & W.
He's probably thinking of "The Man Who Wasn't There".
If "Clerks" had been shot in color, it wouldn't have saved very much money. Considering that color film stock costs far more than black-and-white (and would require more proper lighting, as explained below). The difference in the cost of developing black-and-white vs. developing color is actually fairly negligible, because there are so few films shot in black-and-white nowadays. In fact, many labs no longer even do it.