How to add sound to amateur films (1954)

Record Details:

Title:
How to add sound to amateur films
Date:
1954
Publisher:
London : Focal Press
Volume:
How to add sound to amateur films
Leaf #:
000132
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:
March 28, 2024
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the starting or stopping. To sec a car move off before hearing the clutch go in is scarcely less ridiculous than hearing it accelerate while it stands still. You can nearly always get round the difficulty by introducing a cut-away. Since it serves a special purpose in a sound film, we will give it a special name — blind shot. This is a shot which does not include the source of the sound. Temporarily it blinds the audience to the action they can hear, and it acts as a blind to cover small timing errors. When the car is about to start, you cut away to the blind shot, a close-up of a friend waving. When you cut back, the car is already moving off. The blind shot is made sufficiently long to cover the sound of the car starting. 128