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Wartime Monochrome

Signature style in the BishBashBosh style library. Pure monochrome — inky blacks, blown highlights, one isolated spot of muted colour.

Wartime Monochrome, the style library's still
The style library's still for Wartime Monochrome
Camera
Handheld observational coverage, long unbroken takes, wide crowd framings
Lens
35mm–50mm spherical, deep focus, occasional telephoto isolate
Film stock
35mm black and white, hand-processed, coarse silver grain, blown skies
Lighting
Available hard daylight, no fill, stark key against deep crushed shadow
Colour
Pure monochrome — inky blacks, blown highlights, one isolated spot of muted colour

5 named looks in Wartime Monochrome

Wartime Monochrome: Casbah, the style library's still

Casbah

Camera
Handheld like a newsreel, in the crowd
Lighting
Hard sun in a narrow alley
Colour
Black and white: white walls, inky shadow
Wartime Monochrome: Landing, the style library's still

Landing

Camera
Wide from the water on a long lens
Lighting
Flat grey sky, smoke
Colour
Black and white: grey sea, blown sky
Wartime Monochrome: Marsh partisans, the style library's still

Marsh partisans

Camera
Low among the reeds, handheld, a wide lens
Lighting
Huge white sky, flat light
Colour
Black and white: white sky, black reeds
Wartime Monochrome: Bombed street, the style library's still

Bombed street

Camera
Handheld and observational, a 35mm lens
Lighting
Smoky daylight
Colour
Black and white: dust and smoke greys
Wartime Monochrome: Trench, the style library's still

Trench

Camera
Tracking backwards ahead of a figure down a trench, a wide lens
Lighting
Overcast daylight, smoke
Colour
Black and white: mud blacks, grey sky
USE THIS LOOK ON EVERY SHOT.

Pick Wartime Monochrome in BishBashBosh's style guide and it's written into your master prompt, so every shot in the film carries it, on whichever video model you shoot with.

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