American cinematographer. (1954)

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Record Details:

Title:
American cinematographer.
Date:
1954
Publisher:
[Hollywood, Calif.], [ASC Holding Corp.]
Volume:
American cinematographer. (Vol. 35, 1954)
Leaf #:
000452
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion pictures -- Periodicals, Cinematography -- Periodicals",Cinematography,"Motion pictures",Filmkunst,"CINE -- PUBLICACIONES PERIODICAS","CINEMATOGRAFIA -- PUBLICACIONES PERIODICAS
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 20, 2022
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BIGGEST ECONOMY factor, perhaps, in shooting the Hank McCune Show lies in the photography. Producer Ted Allan uses an Auricon 16mm "Super 1200" camera. Commercial Kodachrome film and economical incandescent lighting. Here Allan and camera operator Brydon Baker line up camera for a "dream” scene for a recent film in the Hank McCune TV series. Hank McCune TV Series Filmed In 16mm Color Ted Allan, veteran Hollywood photographer, points up trend to all-color for TV films. By FREDERICK FOSTER Just about every producer of televi¬ sion films is gearing for production in color and many have already photo¬ graphed one or more shows using color film. A few have decided to go all out for color now and are so shooting their entire series. At present these films are televised in black-and-white, but they are planned for the time when color telecasting will become general. The added cost entailed in 35mm color film production is a big factor retarding an immediate general-swing to color for TV films. Color film costs more than black-and-white; it costs more to light sets for color film; and, finally, color prints are more expensive than blackand-white. Where sponsors of TV film shows have been very reluctant to ac¬ cept any kind of price increase for black-and-white films, it is obvious what their reaction might be to the much higher price tag that TV films in color will carry. So any production of TV films in color today, if it is to pay off, must be done at lowest possible cost. One way in which this is being done is by shooting the shows on 16mm color film instead of 35mm. One pro¬ ducer who is doing this successfully is Ted Allan of Hollywood, who films the Hank McCune Show, a popular halfhour series starring McCune supported by well-known Hollywood film players. The economy Allan effects by using the narrower color film is not all in the reduced film size; Allan is able to shoot 16mm Kodachrome a great deal more economically than 35mm color film for a number of reasons. For one thing, he 446 American Cinematographer o September, 1954