Author Archives: eastmancolourblog

When the New Wave came to Bristol: Some People (1962)
By Sarah Street, Principal Investigator Sometimes a film perfectly articulates the aims and objectives of a research project. With our timescale of 1955-85 our database is growing – to date we have logged over 2,000 titles. We had many possible candidates for a special screening and event to be organized in partnership with the Watershed […]

Third International Conference ‘Colour in Film’ (19-21 March, 2018) Report
Between the 19th and 21st of March 2018, academics, archivists and specialists in film colour gathered at the BFI Southbank and Birkbeck, University of London, for the Third International Conference ‘Colour in Film’ organised by the Colour Group (GB), HTW Berlin and the University of Zurich. The Eastmancolor Revolution team were there to present a ‘Work in Progress’ session […]

The Perversion of the System: Peeping Tom (1960) And Eastmancolor
This month we’re excited to publish our second in a series of guest blogs on other aspects of British cinema and colour. We’re delighted to present this piece from our colleague and friend Kirsty Sinclair Dootson, PhD Candidate at Yale University. (@sinclairdootson) When focus puller Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm) tells aspiring actress Vivian (Moira Shearer) that […]

Colour advertising films in British cinemas
Starting this month we will be introducing a series of guest blogs on other aspects of British cinema and colour. We’re delighted to open this series with a piece from our colleague and friend Dr Richard Farmer, who worked on the recent 1960s British cinema project (@1960sProject). As Britain became more affluent during the 1950s, […]

All the Colours of Christmas
The festive period is here once again and the team have donned their Christmas jumpers to bring you the finest selection of films. As Mark Connelly describes, representations of Christmas on screen act as ‘emotional shorthand to impart mood and mise en scène to the viewer’ and can often ‘play a role in films not […]