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EXQUISITE LIGHTING IN TARTUFFE
Tartuffe
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.F. W. Murnau . .Carl Freund
Directed by
Photographed by .
Lighting: This department takes issue with several New York critics who felt that the lighting of this early production of the famous Germans, Murnau and Freund, (with Emil Jannings) was poorly handled, and frequently obscure. We found the lighting method very pleasing, and a sharp contrast to the tradition that there must be spotlight on the face of every star in every shot. It was our reaction that the lighting was handled realistically, which added richness to the texture of the composition. The picture which heads this department is testimony to our view. In any event this film offers an opportunity to study a lighting treatment differing from the conventional, and may prove richly suggestive to the amateur.
Clever Light Device: As a real candle does not throw enough light for proper film register, a carbide candle was evolved by the makers of this picture. The carbide gave a powerful flame, with the realistic flare and flicker of a real candle. Amateurs can make similar devices.
THE Photoplays Listed Here Are Recommended To Amateurs For Study In Their Local Theatres Because The Particular Characteristics Noted Beloiv Can Be Used By Amateurs To Advantage In Filming Their Own Pictures.
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A Million Bid: Multiple exposures — Tempo and cutting — Use of shadows.
Beau Geste: Unusual scenario — Composition and lighting.
Captain Salvation : Setting — Moving camera.
Heaven On Earth: Framing.
Loves of Sunya: Multiple exposures.
Mr. Wu : Composition and lighting.
Moon of Israel: New framing idea.
Old San Francisco: Models — Lighting and composition.
Seventh Heaven: Moving camera — Lighting.
The First Auto: Original story.
The Night of Love: Shadow emphasis— Photography.
The Unknown: Lighting and composition— Types.
The Way of All Flesh: Story simplicity— Absence of titles — Moving camera.
Prelude in "C" Sharp Minor — Rachmaninoff
Conceived, produced, acted and directed by Castleton Knight
Film Arts Guild Distribution
Amateur: This film, handled in its entirety by a man who had had no previous experience with the motion picture camera, should be of particular interest to amateur movie makers. It is based on Edgar Allen Poe's story of premature burial and synchronized with Rachmaninoff's famous prelude. To the producer, listening to the Prelude, came the suggestion of Poe's harrowing story of burial alive, and the film sequences, realistically done, are handled very well. The suggestive touches and the silhouette work create an atmosphere that holds one spellbound, and a bit horror-stricken. The synchronization of the action and the music is excellent throughout. While amateurs in general would not perhaps be able to produce all the varied effects as seen in this film, it serves as an admirable example as to what can be done in this practically virgin field. Individual conceptions of different pieces of music would, of course, vary, and it would be interesting to see a number of films produced by amateurs, based on a particular musical number.
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