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478 Transactions of 8.M.P.E., Vol. XIII, No. 38, 1929
ous positions, depending entirely on the action and the positions and number of characters in the scene. Sometimes, the cameramen changed their lenses from one focal length to another in the course of a scene, in order to adapt their set-up to some change in the grouping of the characters. These changes, of course, were always made at definite times in the action or on certain cues, while the full scene was being covered by some other camera. Each camera was placed so that when it was used, the best angle of the action was obtained, and the characters were lighted accordingly.
The advantages of photographing with more than two cameras at the same time are numerous. The actor's action can build up to a climax to much better advantage ; the lighting can be arranged to cover the action for all the cameras; the photography can be more uniform and a more even negative secured; and the sound track, likewise, will be of better quality and of less variable tone. The scene as then photographed is a completed picture.
To facilitate and speed the actual photographing, the chief cinematographer on ''Coquette" supervised the lighting for all the cameras; for, knowing the problems, set-ups, backgrounds and lenses of each camera, he could more quickly judge and decide what was to the best advantage of all, and he was not hampered by having to give his time to the detailed attention required in the manipulation of a camera. Having the chief cinematographer remain outside of the booths in this way is of considerable advantage to the director, as it enables him to have first hand and immediate information on any photographic problem that may arise from time to time.
The longest scene photographed in ''Coquette" was the completed scene of the trial, which recorded the testimony of Miss Pickford. On this, six cameras were used. The actual footage was nine hundred and ninety feet for each camera, the duration of the scene taking eleven minutes. This was quite a test for all the actors to know their parts letter perfect, as well as for the cameras to follow the action without a false move, and it speaks well for the organization and co-operation every one gave. By being able to photograph all the action simultaneously with six cameras, and from six different viewpoints, it was possible to complete this scene, originally scheduled to take five days, in the short space of two days and without any rush.