Talking pictures : how they are made, how to appreciate them (c. 1937)

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Talking Pictures tortions. 28 mm. and 32 mm. are less used types of wide angle lenses. There are a number of "telephoto" lenses for long distance outdoor photography. These have exactly the quality of and look like an old-fashioned telescope. They range from 6J^ inches to 17 inches. Lens hog: Term of derision for an actor or actress who tries to remain in the center of the camera's vision beyond the time properly required to photograph the action of his particular contribution to the scene. Level: Sound term meaning volume of sound. Lines : Stage and talking picture term for an actor's written part in a stage play or a photoplay. Live stage: Stage on which sound is being recorded. At its door a red light burns intermittently and a loud buzzing sound is heard as a warning to stay out while the microphone is "alive." Location: Studio term for any place outside studio gates where actual photographing of scenes in a photoplay takes place. Magazines : Film containers of a camera. Make-up: Chemicals of different formulas applied to face, hands, or body to improve their appearance photographically, or to give an artificial aspect of age, youth, disease, or deformity. All cosmetics are used as make-up, but not all make-up chemicals are used as cosmetics. Matte: A mask constructed of sheet metal or other opaque material and having an opening of any desired shape. This is placed in front of the film in a motion picture mechanism for the purpose of blocking out definite portions of the picture. When you see a scene as through a keyhole, a keyhole matte is used, for one example. Mi' cro-phone : An electro-acoustical instrument designed to convert acoustical (sound) waves into electrical waves. Converts noises or a voice into varying electrical waves. [314]