[SML] Anyone have experience of doing a play in black and white?

[Richard Niederberg]

Dear Gina,
You can get a similar 'flashback' effect by using a monochromatic light
source, such as you would see in a parking lot at night, lit only by Sodium
lights. You would not necessarily get Sepia-tones. The key is not having
any color in the clothing that reflects in the nano-meter bandwidth that
the light source projects. Special makeup may be required. Set pieces
should be handled similarly. YMMV.
/s/ Richard
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On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Gina Moreland via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Hi, I'm new here and new to my position as costume designer for our local
> dramatics group. Our director is very keen to have the flashback scenes
> appear to be in black and white. I naively thought my job would be
> relatively simple, just have all those costumes in black or white with
> shades of grey in between. But, as so often is the case, it appears that I
> am wrong. Does anyone know if we can achieve this and how do we go about
> it? Any guidance gratefully received!
>
> Yours ignorantly,
> Gina
>
>
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/s/ Richard
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