BW portrait effect

A wide rooftop shot drains to monochrome while the subject keeps moving. a wide shot of a person standing on a flat rooftop in late afternoon in full colour, the saturation draining out of the sky first, then the brickwork, then the clothing, until the whole wide frame is black and white with one soft grey band of cloud, the person walking slowly toward camera through the change without reacting to it, slow push in

A wide field where the near half is monochrome and the far half stays golden. a wide shot of a person walking through a wheat field, the near half of the frame rendered in pure black and white so the wheat reads as bright strands and dark gaps, the far half of the same field still golden and warm, the boundary between the two states running straight across the middle and holding steady as the walker crosses it, slow lateral track

One bright side light leaves half the face black in a monochrome frame. a close monochrome portrait of a person in a boxing gym, one hard key light from the side putting a bright edge along the jaw and the brow while the other half of the face falls to near black, no colour anywhere in the frame so the whole image reads as shape and contrast, sweat catching the highlight, the head turning slowly into the light, locked camera

A monochrome profile loses its outline into a black background. a monochrome profile portrait of a person on an open ferry deck at dusk, wind moving the hair, the lit side of the face bright against a background that falls to pure black so the dark side of the profile has no visible outline at all, no colour in any part of the frame, a thin bright rim on the shoulder, the head tipping back slightly, locked camera

Saturation leaves the frame from the outside in until only greys remain. a close portrait of a person standing in a concrete stairwell in full saturated colour, the colour draining out of the picture from the edges inward over two seconds until the whole frame holds only black, white and one soft grey, the skin tones going last so the face is the final thing to lose its warmth, hard side light carving the cheekbone, slow push in

Fine monochrome grain moves visibly across the face and the flat background. a close monochrome portrait of a person behind a rain-covered shopfront window, fine silver grain crawling visibly over the skin and the flat grey wall behind, the water on the glass reading as bright dots and dark streaks rather than colour, midtones sitting close together so the grain is the texture that carries the frame, slow lateral drift

A wide monochrome theatre where grain moves over every surface. a wide monochrome shot of a person alone in an empty theatre, fine silver grain crawling visibly over the seat backs, the curtain and the face, tones held close together so nothing is pure black or pure white and the grain becomes the surface of the whole picture, dust drifting through a shaft of light, very slow push in

A vertical line splits one face into a colour half and a monochrome half. a close portrait of a person in a humid greenhouse, a hard vertical line down the centre of the frame, the left half of the face in full colour with green leaf light on the skin, the right half of the same face rendered in pure black and white with the same light reading as a bright highlight and a deep shadow instead of a hue, the line holding while they breathe, locked camera

A wide monochrome platform where light pools bright and the rest goes black. a wide monochrome shot of a subway platform where a figure waits under one ceiling light, the light pooling bright white on the tiles while the rest of the platform falls to near black, no colour anywhere so depth is carried entirely by the step from white to black, a train wind lifting the coat, locked camera

The frame goes monochrome apart from a single saturated object. a portrait of a person in a hotel lobby, the whole frame losing its colour until skin, walls and furniture are pure black and white, while a single red scarf at the neck keeps its full saturation and stays the only colour in the picture, the red moving as the fabric shifts so it is obvious the rest of the frame has been drained, slow push in