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CINEMATOGRAPHY
GENERAL VIEW of tri-set layout on Stage 2 of General Service Stu¬ dio where the weekly "I Love Lucy" TV film show is produced. All lighting is from overhead, with units so mounted they can be changed with a minimum of time and effort. The show is photographed with three Mitchell 35mm BNC cameras, all shooting simultaneously.
Camera (1) in center makes all the long shots, while closeups are filmed by cameras (2) and (3) at either side. Besides floor marks and memorized instructions, technical staff also is monitored by script clerk via intercom phone system as show progresses. Retakes are rare and time between setups averages but a minute and a half.
Filming The 'I Love Lucy’ Show
Weekly CBS-TV comedy show filmed in Hollywood sets pace for top-quality television.
IF THERE is a revolution imminent in the production methods of motion picture making in Hollywood, it prob¬ ably is taking place these days on Stage 2 of General Service Studios, where Desilu Productions, Inc. is turning out 22 minutes of TV program film in 60 minutes of actual shooting time.
Major him producers could take a
American Cinematographer
By LEIGH ALLEN
lesson from this company which, like other makers of television films, was in the beginning faced with the problem of how to make films economically and at the same time successfully entertain¬ ing for the new medium. That Desilu is succeeding in this is evident in the fact the company is operating at a profit, and that its product, the I Love Lucy
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television show, is rapidly climbing toward the No. 1 spot in the national polls; at this writing, the show already is No. 4 in the ratings.
From the point of picture quality, technical men rate the show one of the best of all filmed TV shows. Credit for this is due to Karl Freund, A.S.C., who is directing the photography.
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January, 1952