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The Camera Department
The camera is very intricate and complicated, and the cameraman must be familiar with the workings of its various parts. The cameraman's profession is one which requires long and tedious apprenticeship, at a very low salary. When he has mastered his craft, he richly deserves the high salaries paid in this profession.
Qualifications and Salaries
There is a Chief of the Camera Department in every studio. This title is largely an honorary one because, while the chief of the camera department has authority over all the other cameramen, in the matter of policy, etc., he does not actually employ them. The production department employs them.
The chief of the camera department is given this title usually because he is the best cameraman in the studio. He is really an ace cameraman, who works as a first cameraman on the important pic tures and who works in an advisory capacity on the photographing of all the pictures made in the studio.
The qualifications are the same as those of a first cameraman. The salary ranges from $350.00 to $500.00 per week.
The First Cameraman, called the chief company cameraman, has full charge of the actual "shooting" of a picture. The responsi' bility for the photography rests entirely with him. He directs the lighting of the sets for every scene. Frequently, this takes a long time, especially if a very large set is being photographed. He directs the placing of every light, and tests its effect by looking through the camera. The lights must be placed so that every portion of a set is lighted properly.
Even after all the lights are placed, the cameraman sometimes finds that several of the lights interfere with others. The whole com' pany has to wait until these lights are rearranged. If the top of a polished table shows an interfering highlight, the table is moved or changed and the lights are readjusted.
When the cameraman is thoroughly satisfied with the lighting of the set, the director rehearses the scene so that the cameraman, watch'
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