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The Camera Department
will know just where to place all the props by looking at these stills.
Also, all advertising lithographs and display pictures used in front of theatres are taken from stills. Therefore, the still cameraman must know how to place the actors and actresses in poses which will show outstanding characterizations, the big moments of the story and scenes which will arouse interest and curiosity.
The qualifications are: a knowledge of portrait photography; knowledge of the lighting of sets; the ability to group characters in interesting poses. The salary ranges from $75.00 to $150.00 per week.
The Clerk of the Camera Department works under the supervision of the chief of the camera department. This clerk keeps a record of the amount of film used by the various cameramen and sees that the film "shot" during the day is taken to the laboratory. He instructs the laboratory to develop and print the footage of each production, according to the directions of the cameraman who "shot" the particular film. He also takes care of the scene library, and has charge of the ordering of replacement parts for the cameras.
The qualifications are: knowledge of the various parts of the camera; general knowledge of the developing and printing of film; and an understanding of the distinctive qualities of every kind of film. The salary ranges from $50.00 to $75,000 per week.
SCENE LIBRARY
Every studio maintains a scene library which contains a great number of stock "shots." This is a collection of scenes taken in previous pictures and of special scenes taken by the cameramen for future use, such as: scenes of actual streets, of leading cities of the world, of famous historic spots, of train wrecks, of burning buildings, of falling aeroplanes, of floods, of parades, of cafe and ballroom crowds, etc.
There are hundreds of thousands of feet of film in these libraries and every scene is catalogued carefully. The clerk of the camera department takes care of this library, adding scenes to it from time to time.
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