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Chapter V THE CAMERA DEPARTMENT
The importance of the cameraman's work, in the making of a picture, cannot be exaggerated; for the cameraman brings to the audience the story, the sets, the costumes, the actors and actresses, and the achievement of the director. The angle from which a scene is taken frequently decides the dramatic as well as the pictorial value of the action.
Every department of production revolves around the cameraman. If the construction or the painting of a set does not suit him, i. e., if lines or angles of a set offend his idea of the possibilities of good photography, the set is changed; if the make-up of an actor or of an actress appears faulty to the cameraman's trained eyes, that make-up is changed.
Sometimes, an expensive gown is designed for an actress but, if the cameraman decides that this gown will not photograph well, it is discarded and a new one is made.
The day before a set is to be photographed the cameraman ascertains from the director the approximate number of scenes which are to be taken on that day. He then tells the chief electrician the number and the kind of lights he will need.
When locations are to be used the cameraman goes out to the location, before the actual "shooting" of the picture, and chooses those locations which have the greatest pictorial value.
Usually the camera staff of a company, making a silent picture, consists of: the first cameraman, the second cameraman, assistant cameramen, and the still cameraman. However, as many as ten or more cameramen have been used to photograph some unusually large and spectacular scenes.
In the making of a talking picture, there are generally four or five cameramen used, because the close-ups, medium shots, long shots, group shots, etc., are taken at the same time. The cameras are housed in sound-proof boxes, which are placed in a semicircle at the open side of the set. The distance of the various "shots" is obtained by using telescopic lenses.
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