Posted by Sandrene at 175-219-230.ipt.aol.com on March 23, 1998 at 15:44:36:
In Reply to: I'm only guessing, but... posted by Frank Reynolds on March 23, 1998 at 11:37:10:
: : Was Clerks shot entirly using the stores interior florecent lights? Would you have to modify them for color?
: I assumed one of the reasons CLERKS was shot in black-and-white was to take advantage of the flourescent lights in the store; if they had shot in color, everything would have looked green. Also, if Kevin's crew had used any film lights, which are tungsten lights, the mixture of tungsten and flourescent would have looked like sludge in color....
: Again, I'm only guessing...
I think you're partially right, but, and I may be totally off on this, I think the main reason for shooting in black and white was the cost. I've never used color 16mm film, but color film is twice as much as black and white when you use super 8.