Talking pictures : how they are made and how to appreciate them (1937)

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Title:
Talking pictures : how they are made and how to appreciate them
Date:
1937
Publisher:
London : E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd.
Volume:
Talking pictures : how they are made and how to appreciate them
Leaf #:
000223
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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"Lights! Camera!" In this chapter we have sketched the general technical background of any and every scene taken within a studio. In all studios this technique is much the same, differing only in details. The physical settings and the players, however, differ from day to day. One day a stage may savor of Alaska, the next of Versailles; the next of the Kremlin in Moscow. This constant change to those within the industry constitutes a large part of its irresistible charm and appeal. But not all settings of a talking picture are indoors, for, unlike the stage play, the photoplay may wander as it wishes. Ever)' photoplay has some exteriors. Many of these can be photographed on the studio property, but others must be made outside. One picture may demand that a company go outside for only a day. The requirements of another may cause the company to leave the studio for weeks, even months. Interior work in the studio, and exteriors "on location," are integral parts of the same picture making process. They differ, however, quite widely in their methods, in the mechanisms used. Because the work within the studio is so much more complicated, requiring so many more different elements, it has been discussed first. [183]