5h 45min, jul 11, 1935 y - Three-strip Technicolour

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This was the date 'Becky sharp' was released, the first film shot using three-strip Technicolour, an invention made in 1932 that used an entirely new approach and design to the traditional cameras used before. Instead of using one black and white negative film, the camera could use three strips that could later be soaked in different dyes to create the colours of green red and blue, to produce a very saturated and vibrant colour pallet, very different to other techniques used to film colour before.

Technicolour and the lead to its success came in different steps, first it started with a two-strip system using just green and red around 1920 and before that there was an invention created by Smith GA called the Kinemacolour, which used filters to produce colour in film, however the technicolour out ruled this invention as its colours were more defined and crisp as well as being a reliable system for companies to use.

Colour in films can be seen all the way back to George Méliès, hand painting colour onto his film reels in 1895, as well as many other steps and inventions along the way that helped move colour in film to the milestone of three-strip Technicolour.

Technicolour was a huge step in the direction of colour in film today and also the way colour can be used to enhance and develop a story. In 1935 when the Wizard of OZ came out, a woman by the name of Natalie Kalmus had over 300 credits just in that one film surrounding her contribution to Technicolour during the production, she helped out the director giving advice on what hues and tones should be exaggerated to create a certain effect. she was the most influential person to work in detail with the Technicolour camera and to acknowledge its potential with how to develop a tone of a scene with colour.

The Technicolour camera changed the way colour was used in film, physically and creatively. It allowed more exploration into the world of cinematography; the power colour has to a story, as well as giving us a higher understanding of the primary colours of red, green and blue used in all digital systems such as cameras and TVs today.

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