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BECAUSE Hitchcock insisted on the utmost realism and authenticity for "I Confess," most of the picture was filmed in actual locales. Here Robert Burks, ASC, lines up his camera for imporfanf scenes in a local courtroom in Quebec. — (Photo by Jack Albin.)
The Photography
A CAMERAMAN ASSIGNED to ail Alfred Hitchcock production can be sure of one thing: the photography of the picture will be all-important. Hitch¬ cock, always meticulous about the cam¬ era treatment of his pictures, expects two things: top-quality photography, and ability in the cameraman to accomplish the unusual and often next-to-impossible camera shots he dreams up. And because he will do everything to make it possible for his director of photography to achieve these, cameramen have come to know that working with Hitchcock means real opportunity to do a thor¬ oughly creative job of lighting and photography.
Analyzing the touch of a mastercraftsman is not easy and even after the most careful and diligent scrutiny, there remains always an indefinable “some¬ thing” for which the researcher can find no name. But in the case of Hitchcock there is at least one outstanding and obvious reason for the amazing success his pictures attain: he knows photogra¬ phy, and he directs his pictures with a clear understanding of the camera’s cap¬ abilities and its limitations.
To him, the camera is the story teller — the star performer on any set. Accom¬ modations invariably are made to suit the convenience of the camera, rather than reversing the procedure, and it is this unique stress on camera importance that yields to all Hitchcock productions their undisputed excellence.
It follows that the cinematographer Hitchcock selects to direct the photogra¬ phy of his pictures is regarded with
EVEN the rain scenes in "I Confess" are real. Here director Hitchcock and camera crew sheltered by large unbrella, film a scene in which a young couple on a holiday are caught in a storm.
ONE of the tougher scenes to light was a street exterior in which a full block of a Quebec street was lit by placing large studio lights atop buildings and in doorways. This is only scene in picture where overhead lighting was used.