Motion picture photography (1927)

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY the focussing adjustment of a lens for objects at various distances. Cam — The cam which operates the intermittent movement of the film in a cine camera. Camera— ^-The usual command to the cameraman to start grinding when taking a scene. Camera Mount — Any kind of camera support other than a tripod ; as camera mount on cartoon table, camera mount for airplane. Caption — A motion picture subtitle in a film or the written wording intended for a subtitle. Carbons — Arc light carbons. Carboy — Large glass bottle for solution or acids. Cartoon — Often applied indiscriminately to any kind of animated drawing or diagram. Celluloid — 1, film base — 2, in cartoon work any drawing on a transparent base is a celluloid or a "cell." Changing Bag — A light-tight cloth bag with armlets in which plates or films may be changed in the open. Characters — The fictitious persons whose actions make the story of a scenario or play. Chart 1. In elaborate trick work a graph or chart is sometimes used as a guide in matching exposures. 2. A card with geometrical areas of black and white for easy focussing and for testing lenses. 3. A chart may be any table of figures for quick and ready reference for focussing, timing exposure, mixing solutions, printing negatives, etc. Chemical Rays — Actinic light. Chiaro Oscuro — Aerial perspective. Cinematographer — The expert photographer who operates a cine camera. Cinching Up — Tightening a roll of film by holding the center and pulling on the outer end. A good way to scratch film and make "rain" marks. Cinophot — A pocket photometer for determining the proper exposure for motion picture film. Circle of Confusion — The round image of a point of light not in focus. Circle In — Same as iris in. 406