British filmmakers began shooting on location and aimed to capture gloomy backgrounds in black and white. ... Its surface flow of images dazzles the viewer with sharp contrasts of black and white, startling eruptions from off screen, unexpected changes of scene, and a virtuoso display of all the possibilities and effects of camera movement. ...
The films of this period were mainly low-budget films which were screen on location to utilize the natural beauty of the arid Sertão where these films took a realistic view at Brazil's social condition and portray poverty, drought and race discrimination which where beautifully highlighted in black and white and play out by non-professional actors. ... However, starting from 1908 and lasting a period of four to five years the period Bela Epoca (golden age) were born where it was characterise by low-budget, black and white silent films where the producers were not constrain by any polici...
