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Old 04-30-2006, 06:28 AM
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Originally posted by chainleen
actually, I find a lot of the original black and whites had more atmosphere, they had to rely on it more than shock and gore.
It's the lighting.

They had to light the sets differently with black and white than they do now with color, creating that spooky, bizzare "glowing" type of atmosphere we love to see in classics like Dracula ('31) and The Haunting ('63).
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