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Light Filters — Jones 179
tests made, and if so, light sources being equal, how could the failures he mentions have obtained?
Mr. V. A. Stewart: The name of the picture referred to by Mr. Pommer was "METROPOLIS" which was taken in Germany by the UFA people. It was news to me that the sets were painted in grays, though perhaps with the use of filters, which we did not have in those days, they might secure the effects obtained. In my experiments of some ten years ago, I was hoping we might have obtained some of the third dimension effects that are seen in many titles today, but the artist did not catch this spirit and only secured a flat, insipid result, not nearly as good as we were getting with my three quarter back Ughting as used by Tom Terriss and his cameraman, Joe Schelderfer. This form of lighting is very general now. I must confess that I now cannot see any reasons why a color cannot be reproduced in its correlative shade of gray and get the same results as with colored backgrounds. You will remember that I had a paint manufacturer's color chart from which I evolved the colors for actors to use in their make-up.
Of course, in having this chart photographed I was careful to see that the plate used was coated with the same numbered emulsion as that used on the film. Although I furnished all departments with copies, yet we had occasion to use a number of trumpets with banners hanging thereto on which certain letters spelled out a name. The letters were gold and the banners deep purple. I told the cameraman they were of the same actinic value. He knew better and the inevitable result of a re-take followed. On another occasion, we were doing an episode in which the French thief, Arsene Lupin, wrote his name on the wall showing that he had stolen certain valuable paintings, and a yellowish chalk was used on a dark grey background for the walls. About two days were spent on this scene before it was discovered that the actinic value was identical and retakes were necessary. Though to the eye the name was outstanding, yet there it was lost on the photographic image.
When we are working indoors, I am inclined to think with j^ou, that with people trained to know color values, there should be no difficulties in the use of monochromes, but when we are shooting out of doors, we have another condition and judging by the cameramen's feelings, they seem to want panchromatic, in spite of the extra precautions that must be taken in developing. W'hen using this