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Alice in Wonderland b&w frame

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There is one frame during the tea party when the movie looks black and white. It also occurs during "One Hour In Wonderland." Is there any reason for this?
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It's an artistic decision by the filmmakers. No one really knows the reason for this, but Disney said it was to show the escape of time from the watch's destruction. If you watch the movie closely, a lot of backgrounds were purposely done in black and white for stylish reasons. For example, when Alice cries her pool of tears and we see the bottle floating in them, the pools of tears is gray while in the other shots it's blue. During all the scenes involving the Queen of Hearts, the sky and backgrounds are gray, probably to bring the characters out more.
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That frame is simply there (on purpose) to represent the "death" of the which, now why have we got another thread asking about this?
THE WATCH IS DEAD PEOPLE!
Dust? Anyone? No?
Dust? Anyone? No?
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Well thats actually low in fat so you can eat as much of that as you like.
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Disneykid wrote:It's an artistic decision by the filmmakers. No one really knows the reason for this, but Disney said it was to show the escape of time from the watch's destruction. If you watch the movie closely, a lot of backgrounds were purposely done in black and white for stylish reasons. For example, when Alice cries her pool of tears and we see the bottle floating in them, the pools of tears is gray while in the other shots it's blue. During all the scenes involving the Queen of Hearts, the sky and backgrounds are gray, probably to bring the characters out more.
Yeah Disneykid I agree with you completely/
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Out of topic...but you have others of these b&w-frames in the Sorcerer´s Apprentice part of Fantasia.
For the same purpose...showing life and death!
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It's more like one second of film. If it was one frame, you probably wouldn't notice it.
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Black and White Frames

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Chernabog wrote::twisted:
Out of topic...but you have others of these b&w-frames in the Sorcerer´s Apprentice part of Fantasia.
For the same purpose...showing life and death!
:stitch:

You know what. Chernabog everybody has their own opinion on the matter.
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Re: Black and White Frames

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Disney Guru wrote:You know what. Chernabog everybody has their own opinion on the matter.
:twisted:
Totally true!
But that is the official explanation to the black and white frames, from the Disney Archive in Burbank! :wink:
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