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 #:
000214
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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170 THE FILM FINDS ITS TONGUE or sometimes to the effect of "muffled" voices. It was found that by hanging drapes of heavy monks-cloth at strategic points to break up large flat wall surfaces, this effect of the room upon the recording could be altered a great deal. The use of such things as scenery — "flats," as they are called — to break up the room into irregular divisions, also had its effect upon the sound. And there was much to be learned about the use of the apparatus itself. Fundamentally, the trapping of the voice in a microphone and conveying it to a record was the same problem as that encountered in broadcasting. The great difference was that in broadcasting the voice, current was converted into a radio frequency and thrown into the ether. In recording it remained at "audio frequencies" and was led to the recording stylus and the wax. In recording it was found necessary to use a "monitor" between the microphone and the wax, just as monitors were used in broadcasting. A monitor is an amplifying panel with a dial that controls the volume of sound very much as the simplifying dial on a home radio set controls it. The man operating this dial listens to the sound