The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
000105
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 29, 2024
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THE TALKIES 6j The Talkie producers learnt their lesson when they were desperately trying to adapt their existing studios for sound-work, and have even concluded arrangements with the aviation concerns to have a clear zone of "overhead" when the recording engineers hoist their red balloon, trailing its warning that the electric ear is awake in the shrouded buildings hundreds of feet below. It is no longer possible to construct a series of "sets" on the same "floor" while "shooting" is in progress ; the "set" builders and scenic artists have to do their work while the perspiring actors wipe their streaming faces and make furtive dives for the make-up box, while the camera-men and sound-engineers reload and adjust their apparatus, and the producer consults with his satellites. The carpenters can no longer nail up their long sheets of three-ply and beaverboard with impunity, for the very materials with which they work are under suspicion. The elegant draperies of the film drawing-room may be as deadly to the recording engineer as a faulty lens would be to his colleague, the cameraman. Every material reflects sound differently, and to different degrees ; and elaborate sound rehearsals are being found necessary before the actual