American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1952)

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WarnerColor--Newest of Color Film Process Lab developed and field tested, new medium proves highly successful. By EDWIN B. DuPAR, A. S. C. Editor’s Note: WarnerColor is a negative-positive process, utilizing the new Eastman color films in which the natural colors of the scene photographed appear in their complementaries on the developed negative. Prints can be made by two methods: either by contact on positive color stock or by making three color-separations on fine-grain panchromatic stock with proper filters, then print¬ ing from, the separations in technique similar to lithography. The speed factor of the new WarnerColor is 16, as against 12 for Kodachrome, making the former half a stop faster. The development of W'arnerColor has been pursued in two directions — in photography and in the film laboratory. In the former, Warner Brothers' top directors of photography have lent their talents and knoivledge of the photographic art. On the laboratory side, Fred Gage, A.S.C., Warner s lab head, mothered the process to its present state of perfection. The process is exclusively Warner Brothers’. No plans for making it available to other studios have been announced. WarnerColor has become one of the most talked-about color him processes in the motion picture industry. At this writing, four pictures have been completed at Warner Brothers studio in the new WarnerColor, and we now can look back and evaluate the progress that has been made with this new and remarkable process. 1 directed the photography on three of the initial four pro¬ ductions, and I sincerely believe that WarnerColor is the finest color him we have in the industry. It is certainly the most satisfactory that I have used in thirty years as a motion picture cameraman. The colors are natural and true. Definition is extremely good, and extraordinary in shadows. Photography can be carried on in any weather. Extreme highlights do not bother the eye because glare is absent, even in intense sunlight or in a snow background. The him is unusually sensitive; it can be handled in the laboratory as easily as black and white him. No special equipment is necessary and rushes may be viewed the next day. The tremendous progress the studio has made with the