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faces through sunburn, windburn, and any and all factors that would tend to influence the many values found in the human skin. Differences in light quality playing upon these values would also influence them. In short, without make-up there would be a complete lack of control over all of these qualities and values.
In view of these facts, Bau decided to create a series of new make-up bases that would provide a perfect balance for this particular type of color process film, both as to sensitivity and color response.
The Make-up Department at Warner Bros, has one of the largest and best equipped laboratories in the motion picture industry. Into this ♦ laboratory went the problem. Weeks and several hundred mixtures later, Bau finally hit upon a new base and series of color values that satisfied him, a control medium with a pleasing screen appearance. This cosmetic color, with its several attendant tones is designated as the "WBT" series.
The first full length feature upon which it was used was the Warner Bros, production, "Carson City." The second was "The Lion and The Horse." The third, and just completed, is "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima."
One strange fact was observed in the experiments for a new color make-up. The speed factor of the new Warnercolor is 16, as against 12 for Kodachrome. That would make the Warnercolor film a half stop faster, and yet, it was discovered that it was necessary to use a make-up base that was at least two full tones LIGHTER than the makeup values used in any oiher color process.
Here, believes Bau, is the reason for the lack of success in previous tests and experiments. He feels, that with the knowledge gained from such experimenting and tests, future problems have been minimized, much simplified, and can be solved in possibly a fraction of the time previously required for a truly exhaustive and scientific study.
The banks of colored lights seen overhead were installed to produce the spectrum of absolute daylight in testing Warner Color Make-up Base.
Gordon Bau and Assistant, Mr. Olsen, taking sample patches of Warner Color Cosmetic from ointment mill, which grinds the pigment into a velvet-like, and transparent base.
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