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Hands of Hollywood
space is valuable, because it is in constant demand. Therefore, it is cheaper to destroy these sets than it is to leave them standing. Yet, if the interior is a particularly pretentious and expensive one, it is left standing for a short period of time.
In the studios which cater to the small, independent producers, many stock sets are left standing for months or even for a year, e. g., small offices, jails, type living rooms, etc. These stock sets are rented with the "space," paid for by the producer, and minor changes are made on them to meet the requirements of each picture. Some of these sets are no more than "wild walls." A wild wall is a single flat, dressed with paper and plaster and painted in some special way.
For example, the script may call for a single scene or for a very short sequence of a man seated at an office desk writing a letter, answering the telephone, or giving some brief directions to someone in the story.
The wild wall is painted to look like one side of an office, and usually has one or two windows cut in it. The desk is placed a few feet in front of the window, with papers and the usual office para' phernalia, arranged on it. The actor, playing the role of business man, sits at the desk; the camera is placed at such an angle that it does not "shoot" past either corner of the flat; then, if there are other actors taking part in the scene, they enter from either right or left of the camera, as though coming from imaginary doors.
The studio stage also derives its name from the theater, but the only way in which it resembles the theater stage is this — it is the place upon which the action or drama of the picture is enacted.
This stage is similar to a large barn, with a smooth pine floor upon which the sets are built. Stages vary in size, some are nearly a block long, but their interiors are very much alike. There are scaf' foldings, runways, and platforms suspended from the roof. On these are placed electrical equipment to light the sets from above. The slang phrase for these light platforms is "on high."
Although there are fewer and smaller sets built for the Talkers, their cost of construction is higher than that of the sets for silent pictures.
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