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Originally posted by Sam The Egg
here's what you should do: Film it in colour. Then, in editing, filter it to be black and white. That way, you can switch back and forth from colour and B&W before you finish it, and you can see which one you like best
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I agree if you are shooting on video, do not remove the color information in camera. There is no point and you can always filter it later. Same if you are shooting on film, but plan on editing digitally and outputting from the digital edit. However, if you are shooting 16mm or something like that, I would go with the Black and White film stock. The differences in contrast will be different than if you simpley filter it.
We just had a review of
THE LUNAR PACK DVD , a collection of three shorts. One was filtered to B&W and shot with very low light. The reviewer really did not like this. It was in reference to old 40's style detective films. I always got a kick out of those and I was acting in this movie, so I made it like that. (I had just seen Laura on TCM, I think).
Anyway, our latest reviewer liked this film least because of it's "poor lighting". Another reviewer liked it best because of it's moody dark lighting and shadows. So the real question is, are you willing to take criticism from a lot of people to see your vision on the screen. It was easy for us, because we had two color movies to bookend this one. It helped get us a marginal review from the people who did not go for the Black and White.
Best of Luck