The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
000260
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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182 THE TALKIES the tiling itself. Directors and writers are not yet familiar with those basic conditions under which they must work in the future ; it is not the soundexpert who makes the trouble — it is the sound itself. Modern Directors are as dependent upon their fixers' as they have always been on their cameramen. In the present state of the art there will have to be a good deal of give-and-take between the Director and his Mixer. The situation frequently arises in which a perfect recording can only be secured at the expense of dramatic value. It must then be decided whether, at that point, perfect recording or perfect action is imperative. But eventually the Director will become soundsensitive just as the mixer will become scenesensitive." As with the Directors so the stars of both sexes had their anxieties. Would the Talkie mean their eclipse owing to their voices being unsuitable for reproduction? Anyone who has spoken to some of them knows how well-founded this fear was. But this difficulty has already been overcome, because where a star is deservedly popular with the public, but has a voice which is useless for recording, a beautiful "voice double" is supplied and the star goes on his or her way with an unruffled brow. Some of the stars' own thoughts