The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
000146
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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90 THETALKIES men's disgust. These booths cramped their range of action badly, and prevented the swing and "Pan" (panorama) "shots" beloved of that fraternity. The camera was pointed through a special window made of very thick opticallyworked glass. The dimensions of these windows have had to be very carefully worked out, and their width and thickness have had to be the subject of very careful experiment, otherwise they started to vibrate on certain sounds and produced a buzz which, while frequently quite inaudible to the ear, was recorded faithfully by the sound-camera. A good many feet of film and hours of expensive time were wasted before the source of these mysterious sounds was traced. These windows had to be at least a quarter of an inch thick, and, stuffy as the draped and curtained studios were, they were cool compared with the sweltering heat of the camera booths. Although the most elaborate booths were built, some of them holding a crew of as many as ten men, and mounted on power-driven trollies, they were clearly not the real solution to the problem, and were at the best a makeshift, until camera manufacturers had succeeded in rushing through a type of camera which was silent enough in