They used black and white in the community, then partial color in Jonas’s scenes with The giver, and full color in the memories and in the events surrounding Jonas’s actions. Very effective.
Does it follow the book closely?
I went to see the movie and really enjoyed it, which is saying a lot as there hasn’t been a movie out in a long time that I could say that about.
They did a wonderful job with the black and white vs color scenes.
They changed a little of the story, but in general followed the book pretty well and used some of the dialog that I thought was critical to the story, word for word out of the book.
That movie could have been rated *G* and it was not a computer animation fest.