The Cine Technician (1939)

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March-Ap L938 T II K (' i N K-T EC II N 1 C J A N •jus Now for some of the early makers of apparatus :Lumiere, Edison, Paul. Moy, Darling, Prestwich and John Wrench. Films were made by Lumiere, Edison, Paul, Jas. Williamson, Hepworth, G. A. Smith and others. As this issue of "The Cine-Technician" is to be mainh devoted to colour cinematography, perhaps a few words on the subject of colour in the early days will not be out of place, The first coloured pictures were made 1>\ band tinting each frame; of course there was fringing, but the effects were considered pleasing and films so treated were popular. J believe we paid about one shilling a Loot ior a subject showing the famous Loie Puller performing a skirt dance. As out projector could be reversed at will, in order to make the film run longer on the si reen we used to turn rapidly forward and backwards on a piece of about ten teet and so prolonged the .">('< it. i" a niu li greater screen time. Owing to the nature of the subject it looked equally good either way, and no one ever noticed the trick. ' Following on hand-tinted films came the Pathecolour method of applying colours by means of inking rollers through cut cut stencils . this was much less costly and ver\ popular for many years. The first ream com mercial photographic colour system in this country was "Kinemacolour, " sponsored h\ my old friend Chas. L'rban, ami under whose direction outstanding success resulted. Some ol these films were \ ,r\ pleasing, it not actualh true to natural colours, and Urban certainly gave a gr< a1 uplift to the cinema, in his day . Once a year we old-timers of the industn meei together for an annual re-union, when men who have made their pile join with their less fortunate lellows at li five board and swop yarns ol the days gone by. Alas. several have passed over, including Jack Avery, Sidney Bacon, Ted Catlin, Thos. Haddow (one ol the early raw stock manufacturers), J. Henderson, \Y. G. Jones. Jas. Williamson, Sir Walter Gibbons, W. Engelke, Will Day. Geo. Cricks, Bill Vinten and m\ brother, W. X. Blake. Happily mam arc left, including Matt Raymond, the Hist man to project pictures publicly in London with Lumiere's original machine, Robert Paul. Sir William Jury, Colonel Bromhead, Dick Dooner, David Devant. Claude Freise Green, Cecil Hepworth. L. (1. Turner, Jack Smith, ('has. Lrban. Bill Jeapes, -Jimmy Squier, and a host ot others. The old days were great days; there is a wonderful spirit of comradeship among the old timers. Long may they live to enjoj the pleasure of seeing modern cinematography. Thanks to the generosity of the leading cinema theatre circuits, all have now the privilege of a season ticket admitting to the leading cinemas of Great Britain, for which they, our committee, and myself, as President, heartih thank them. Modem Projcctoi which makes interesting comparison with the first projector illustrated on previous page, Forthcoming Events WEDNESDAY. MARCH 17th Lecture by Mr. Dennis \Y ratten, ot Kodak, on "Duplication ot. Motion Picture Films" at Crown Theatre, 86 Wardour Street. W'.i. commencing 9.0 p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 25th Fourth ACT. Ball and ( arbarct (Grand National Night), Astoria Dance Salon, Charing Cross Road, W.C.2, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tickets j, 6 each, from 145 Wardour Street. W.i., or A.C.T. Newsreel, Studio and Laboratory Secretaries. RENNEHAN TALKS COLOUR [Continued from page 206) Once these details and the somewhat narrower latitude ot any colour process are understood, any able black-and-white cameraman can photograph colour as easily and as confidently as he does blackand-white. This is proven !>v the increasing miniIn 1 hi major studio Technicolour productions being photographed by the studios' own black-and-white cinematographers with but a bare minimum ot coaching — advice, rather than help — from Technicolour cameramen. This trend is bound to continue; and as it does — .is mote and more outstanding black-and-white cameramen familiarise themselves with colour camerawork — it will be realised that Technicolour photography is not a mysterious ■..'.ni luu ,1 simple matter of applying the same: basil rules that we've learned to observe in mono1 hrome, t.. the end thai we may get better pictures in colour. RAY RENNEHAN, Local 659, I.A.T.S. / roni " Di. I ,./<<i( 1 "