Twilight Gathering in True Colour (Men of Convention)

This is a frame from the final twilight gathering scene in Men of Convention. This is how the sky looked in real life and how it was accurately captured by the Kodak Zi8. [NOTE: you can click on the image above, as with all the images on the blog, to display them full size]

I loved the sky colour so much that I considered abandoning my original intention to render the final film into black and white. The scene still looks great in black and white, but there is no denying the added atmosphere and beauty the scene possesses in its original true colour. Compare with the same scene below:-

There is nothing like the twilight to inspire creativity, reflection and the atmosphere of mystery.

It is capturing scenes like these and a sky like this that makes photography and cinematography such a joy. We are treated to a thousand moving paintings a day in the changing colours and patterns in the sky but we are so busy with our lives on the ground with our focus directed down and not up, so we miss the continuous beauty that is formed above us. 

I know this is a filmmaking blog and not an art blog, but the original twilight sky colour reminds me of the atmosphere in one of my paintings 'Faaliqul Habbi wan Nawaa' [Cleaver of the Seed and the Fruit Stone]. See what you think:-