The talkies (1930)

Page scan 000117 from The talkies

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
000117
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 71 dure being to hang the microphone overhead just out of the line of the camera. There was a tendency in those early years for the artists to speak or sing at the microphone and even look at it occasionally! However, the recording engineers became a good deal more crafty, and it was concealed in all sorts of things from table-lamps to Teddie Bears. The difficulty of allowing movement by the actors was being overcome by the provision of a number of microphones concealed about the "set" which were switched in and out as the actors moved about. As we have seen, however, the modern microphone enables a great deal of work to be handled by one only. Anything in the way of echoes or sound-reflections have to be guarded against very carefully, as an abundance of them will only muddle the simple-minded electric ear; it is not at all easy to build "sets" which have correct acoustic conditions. In the first place the various speeds of vibration comprising the music or speech on the stage are not all affected to an equal degree by the same materials. It is unfortunate that, generally speaking, it is the lower speeds of vibration which are affected least, the high frequencies