The film finds its tongue (1929)

Record Details:

Title:
The film finds its tongue
Date:
1929
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Volume:
The film finds its tongue
Leaf #:
000212
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 01, 2024
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168 THE FILM FINDS ITS TONGUE long-shots and ended as closeups, the camera being carried on a moving platform, were all part of the technique. Indeed, use of the camera, the direct medium of cinematic drama, had become an art. And now science said that, for the sake of talking pictures, all this should be sacrificed; the cameraman should be put into a hot, stuffy booth (which he hated) and flexibility foresworn. But this was one of the points in which the showmen had to give way to science. The cameras went into booths, and have stayed in them ever since, although the booths have not remained the crude affairs they were at first. Other extraneous noises within the studio were curtailed by the simple expedient of enforcing silence upon every one but those actually speaking or singing for record. This silence was maintained from the time recording started until the scene was finished. Even the director, who had been used to using his voice (through a megaphone on occasion) had to be still. Extraneous noises outside the studio, however, were beyond control. If a small boy uttered a piercing shriek on the other side of the wall there