Tried developing my first bw film last night and it didn't turn out at all - what did I do wrong? [more inside]
posted by Gortuk on Oct 25, 2009 - 21 answers

Were black & white movie sets painted black & white?
posted by one_bean on Aug 25, 2009 - 20 answers

How should I scan b/w film negatives? [more inside]
posted by lord_yo on Nov 9, 2008 - 8 answers

Windows Media Player and Center in Vista suck at subtitles for the old b&w foreign flicks I watch. Subtitles are white and get washed out when the picture is white. Is there a hack or some other media player which will render the subtitles better (outlined or in yellow). (FYI: subtitles for these films show up great on my Sony DVD player.)
posted by keith0718 on Sep 18, 2008 - 7 answers

I want to shoot some stuff using a video camera that cost a couple hundred bucks and I want it to end up looking (as much as possible) like a B&W movie from the 1940s (like, say, Casablanca). I don't need the film to look like it's a bad quality print (with pock marks and white lines and whatnot), but I do want it to look similar in style and feel of an old film. What can I do during filming or post-production to make the footage have an older feel? [more inside]
posted by 23skidoo on Jul 29, 2008 - 14 answers

Many years ago, Saturday Night Live used to showcase short films as interstitial material between skits. One of these was a take off of In Cold Blood, done in black-and-white, and depicted two men waiting outside a house in the dark, smoking, then donning ski masks and going up to the house, ringing the doorbell, and when the startled home owner opened the door announced "You're going...skiing!". At this point the film cut to stock footage of skiiers at a ski resort, uh, skiing. Does anyone remember this short film? What was it called, who made it, and most importantly, where can I get a copy, preferably on DVD?
posted by motown missile on Jan 11, 2008 - 9 answers

Why does my new LCD TV go from color to black and white? [more inside]
posted by torpark on Jan 1, 2007 - 10 answers

Please help me find black and white (or predominantly black and white) films MADE SINCE 1970 for an ongoing art project. [more inside]
posted by chocolatepeanutbuttercup on Apr 13, 2006 - 39 answers

I’ve got a B&W G3 running OS9 (actually, mostly gathering dust) - can I slap a big hard drive in it and use it to feed downloaded television to my TV? [more inside]
posted by juliewhite on Nov 18, 2005 - 5 answers

Has anyone used Costco's film lab to print black and white? I develop my own b&w film but don't have a darkroom. Was thinking of getting a scanner and, after scanning and editing the negs, having the prints done at Costco. [more inside]
posted by Tacodog on Nov 10, 2004 - 13 answers