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PHOTOGRAPHING WITH MULTIPLE CAMERAS Karl Struss*
IN PHOTOGRAPHING dialogue or talking pictures, there are various methods in use, depending mostly on the type of story being filmed. In this article we will discuss only the method that was used in picturizing "Coquette," on which four cameras were used for most of the sequences. Previous to the actual photographing, two weeks were spent in rehearsals of all the characters having speaking parts, and at the last rehearsal, the camera positions were determined with the co-operation of the director, Sam Taylor.
The focal length of the lens that each camera was to use was arranged at that time, and notes were made of exactly what was required of each cameraman. The four cameramen were present at the final rehearsals and so were able to follow, with their finders, the complete action of the story as it progressed. The action was fairly continuous and the scenes ran an average of three or four hundred feet each. Whenever the locale or action called for a change, new camera set-ups were mapped out. In working out a line-up, the first camera considered was the long-shot camera, equipped with a lens of 35 mm. focal length, which obtained a record of the whole action from beginning to end, from the most advantageous position. The reason for using the 35 mm. lens instead of a 40 mm. or 50 mm. lens for the long shot, was to enable the other cameras, with the longer focal length lenses, to work closer to the characters, and thus we did not have to use lenses of say, six, eight and twelve inch focus, with their shallow depth of focus necessitating very accurate measurement of the distance to the characters. The other cameras using lenses of two, three and four inch focal lengths were then placed to get the best possible view of certain portions of the scene closer up.
All during * ' Coquette, ' ' the longest focal length lens used was the four inch, which at an average distance of about twelve feet gave a fair size close-up. Occasionally, there were times when closer silent shots were made, which expressed reactions to the dialogue. Each line-up required different combinations of lenses from vari
* Hollywood, Calif.
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