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Interesting Facts About Films
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punctured nozzles are attached to water valves. These eject the water in vapour form and in addition to giving the desired appearance, create no noise.
The sound of a kiss, unless exaggerated purposely, is rarely picked up by the microphone.
The first complete recording plant for a talking motion picture made at sea was used for " So Long, Letty." The equipment was placed on a barge which accompanied the yacht bearing the artistes.
Film Studios
The largest studios in Europe are the U.F.A. Studios in Germany.
Warner Studios have four miles of paved streets, 21 miles of lead-covered cable for recording, and 4,222 horsepower delivering plant, enough for a city of more than 10,000 people.
Warners have 44 buildings in their studio grounds, most of which are designed in the Spanish style.
Warner Studios stand in 78 acres of ground. Warner Ranch adjoining studio occupies 1,100 acres.
First National was bought by Warner Bros, in 1928.
There are 22 studios with 145 sound stages in Hollywood.
Gaumont-British, A.R.P., and B.I.P. have laboratories adjoining their studios.
First National's sound hbrary contains a million feet of film, kept in a fire-proof vault. Almost every kind of sound necessary to a film can thus be obtained at a moment's notice.
Paramount own 1,500 vehicles which are used entirely for production. These include aeroplanes, motor-cycles, ox-carts, wagons, post-chaises, hansom cabs, and the like.
B.I.P. Studios at Elstree have 10 sound stages. Nine of these measure So feet by 60 feet and one (the largest in England) 300 feet by 100 feet.
B.I.P., A.R.P., Gaumont-British, and Gainsborough Studios have their own restaurants. The largest of these is the B.I.P.
On the 600 acres owned by Universal studios there are mountains, prairies, streams, and swamps.
Universal have their own emergency hospital with its 0'>vn doctor and nursing staff.
There are 100 buildings on Universal 's studio grounds.
The dressing-rooms at Universal can accommodate 7,500 artistes.
Fox Movietone have a research library looked after by trained librarians.
Fox Movietone have 5 miles of paved streets within the studio grounds. Fox use 54 miles of underground cable to conduct electrical power.
Universal own the largest studios in the world, with an area of 230 acres.
Studio Devices
Artificial snow was taken to the Arctic circle for the filming of Eskimo.
Street Scene was the first film produced in its proper sequence. Often the end of the film is produced first, but in this instance production followed the story from beginning to end.
Glycerine is sometimes used for screen tears.
To avoid reflection of hght, glass is removed from spectacles worn by players on the screen.
Visitors to studios are often surprised to see artistes wearing yellow dress shirts, collars, and other clothes which ordinarily are white. The reason for this is that white reflects light into the lens.
Flaked corn is sometimes used as falling snow.
The first film sets were called " flats." These were wooden frames over which were stretched canvasses depicting the necessary scenes.
" Honeycomb set " is the name given to the new type of set which is built with one room leading to another, thus enabhng the camera to follow the players as they move from room to room.