As technology has progressed, so have the movies. Almost everything playing in theaters today exemplifies this progress, with their use of CGI to create impossible images, portable cameras and equipment that allow for shooting on real-life locations, and even sound that allows audiences to hear as well as see the stories being told. While these advancements are to be celebrated for allowing filmmakers to express more than ever before, we have also lost some elements of cinematic expression due to the immediate adoption of new technologies by major studios, making some methods appear unjustly inferior to most audiences.
One of these lost elements is the use of black-and-white images. We've seen a recent rise of black-and-white movies in the independent film scene, but there is still an overwhelming sense that black-and-white is strange to the more natural choice of color reserved for art house films. More should be done to eradicate this way of thinking and make black-and-white movies a more common and acceptable choice for filmmakers, even in major releases. Here are some of the reasons black-and-white can create unique moods for the movies we love that shouldn't fade away.
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