| 01:04:06 0.17 |
MAN WITH SUIT JACKET OFF WEARS HEADPHONES. TURNS-
ADJUSTS MICROPHONE-BOOM. |
| 01:04:19 13.17 |
PANS TO SET OF "THE GOOD HUMOR MAN". ACTORS JACK
CARSON & LOLA ALBRIGHT. MICROPHONE HANGS ABOVE AS THEY SAY LINES. |
| 01:04:44 38.17 |
POV AT MOVIE THEATER WATCHING SILENT MOVIE. MAN PLAYS
PIANO AS ENTERTAINMENT AT SILENT MOVIE. STAGECOACH CHASE IN WESTERN. |
| 01:04:55 49.17 |
INVENTOR SITS AT DESK TURNING CRANK ON GRAMOPHONE.
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| 01:04:56 50.17 |
FIRST SOUNDIE. MEN DANCE TOGETHER AS MUSICIAN PLAYS
VIOLIN. |
| 01:05:00 54.17 |
CURIOUS PEOPLE GATHER AROUND GRAMOPHONE. MAN TURNS
CRANK. VOICE RECITES "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB". SHOWS HOW MACHINE WORKS |
| 01:05:12 66.17 |
CU SOUND RECORDING MACHINE. SOUND WAVES
|
| 01:05:18 72.17 |
SOUND TECHNICIANS AT WORK. TECHNICIAN LOOKS OVER
DESIGNS ON BIG SHEETS OF PAPER. |
| 01:05:21 75.17 |
HIGH ANGLE SET OF SHOW "GOOD HUMOR MAN". BEEHIVE OF
ACTIVITY |
| 01:05:23 77.17 |
RECORDING ENGINEER IN SUIT & HEADPHONES ADJUSTS
BUTTONS ON SOUND BOARD. GIVES DIRECTION, ACTION STARTS |
| 01:05:29 83.17 |
CU ACTORS GIVING LINES MICROPHONE DANGLES ABOVE
CAMERAMAN VISIBLE. |
| 01:05:46 100.17 |
SEQUENCE OF RECORDING PROCESS: CU MICROPHONE BOOM
PANS LENGTH OF ARM CABLES TO SOUNDMAN. PANS TO RECORDING ENGINEER ADJUSTING SOUND. |
| 01:06:01 115.17 |
CU SOUNDMAN & BOARD CIRCA 1950. TURNS & ADJUSTS
KNOBS. |
| 01:06:12 126.17 |
RELAY MEN. BIG WALL SIMILAR TO TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD,
MEN ON PHONES, PULL PLUGS OUT OF WALL. |
| 01:06:16 130.17 |
CU SPEAKER ON WALL. PANS TO WORKERS IN RECORDING
ROOM. CU EARLY 1950s RECORDING EQUIPMENT |
| 01:06:23 137.17 |
FILM LABORATORY. CU STRIPS OF FILM GOING UP & DOWN.
ROWS OF FILM BEING DEVELOPED. PICTURE NEGATIVES. |
| 01:06:32 146.17 |
CU REEL OF FILM SOUNDTRACK GOING AROUND ON WHEEL
|
| 01:06:33 147.17 |
FILM LAB WORKER WORKS ON MANY REELS OF SOUND
REWINDING |
| 01:06:38 152.17 |
CU HAND CLOSING PROJECTOR.
|
| 01:06:40 154.17 |
CU SOUND PROJECTED ON SCREEN. VOICE
|
| 01:06:45 159.17 |
CU SOUNDTRACK & PICTURE SHOWN TOGETHER. POSITIVE
FILM. |
| 01:07:07 181.17 |
CU FILM TECHNICIAN WORKING ON MACHINE WITH MOTION
PICTURE PLAYING |
| 01:07:12 186.17 |
CU VARIETY MAGAZINE COVER ANNOUNCING FIRST TALKING
PICTURE |
| 01:07:17 191.17 |
EXTERIOR, WARNER'S THEATER MARQUEE ANNOUNCES "THE
LIGHTS OF NEW YORK", THE FIRST TALKING PICTURE. |
| 01:07:19 193.17 |
FOOTAGE OF FIRST SOUNDIE.
|
| 01:07:45 219.17 |
OUTDOOR SET OF FILM. TENT OVER ACTORS. MAKING OF
FIRST OUTDOOR FILM IN OLD ARIZONA. |
| 01:07:53 227.17 |
CU ACTORS IN OLD ARIZONA.
|
| 01:07:56 230.17 |
COWBOY-WESTERN. ARROW POINTS OUT MICROPHONE HIDDEN ON
GROUND. |
| 01:08:06 240.17 |
SCENE FROM FIRST OUTDOOR MOVIE
|
| 01:08:16 250.17 |
CU FILM CREW RIDING IN FRONT OF ACTORS RECORDING
FILM. PORTABLE FILM EQUIPMENT. STAGECOACH AND FILM CREW RACE DOWN DIRT ROAD. |
| 01:08:26 260.17 |
WORKERS IN FILM LAB. CANS OF FILM STRIPS OF FILM
|
| 01:08:30 264.17 |
CU CRYING BABY
|
| 01:08:32 266.17 |
OLD GANGSTER CAR SPINS OUT RISING UP DUST.
|
| 01:08:34 268.17 |
CU VIOLIN. DISSOLVES INTO ROWS OF TOPICS FOR SOUND
FILES OF SOUND. MONTAGE OF SOUNDS |
| 01:08:56 290.17 |
PROCESS OF SYNCHRONIZING SOUND & PICTURES. SOUNDMEN
HOLD UP FILM STRIPS. TECHNICIAN WORKS EARLY 1950s SOUND RECORDING MACHINES, EDITING. |
| 01:09:05 299.17 |
MONTAGE OF SOUNDS. PANS FILM CANS STOPS AT CROWD
CHEER. SPLIT SCREEN SHOWS SOUND ROLLING NEXT TO CANS OF FILM. HORSES ON RACE TRACK. RACETRACK NARRATOR. |
| 01:09:28 322.17 |
SOUND EFFECTS CUTTERS WORK ON SYNCHRONIZING SOUND
EFFECTS WITH PICTURE. ROWS OF FILM ON REWINDING MACHINE. CU MEN HOLDING UP STRIPS OF FILM. |
| 01:09:38 332.17 |
RE-RECORDING ROOM. SOUNDTRACKS ARE BLENDED INTO ONE.
CU SOUND SPECIALISTS IN SUITS BLENDING SOUND. CU DIALS BEING TURNED CONTROLLING SOUND TRACK. |
| 01:10:28 382.17 |
ROW OF INDIVIDUAL SOUNDTRACKS PLAYING. ENGINEER BENDS
DOWN, ADJUSTING SOUND. |
| 01:10:33 387.17 |
TECHNICIAN SPLICES FILM ON SCREEN.
|
| 01:10:36 390.17 |
FINISHED PRODUCT. MEN IN MOVIE THEATER WATCH FILM.
|
| 01:10:43 397.17 |
MONTAGE OF SOUND ENGINEER TURNING DIALS IN STUDIO AND
IMAGES ON SCREEN-FILM. SYNCHRONIZING SOUND & PICTURES. SHOWS PROCESS. |
| 01:11:28 442.17 |
SOUND ENGINEER AT CONTROLS AS ORCHESTRA RECORDS IN
STUDIO. |
| 01:11:35 449.17 |
SCHOOL CHILDREN CIRCA 1950 WATCH FILM ON THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. AUDIO-VISUAL |
| 01:11:46 460.17 |
CU RECORDING ENGINEER. MICROPHONE HANGING, HANDS
CLAPPING SUPERIMPOSED, |
| 01:11:52 466.17 |
CU HANDS ON CONTROL BOARD TURNING DIALS
|
| 01:11:57 471.17 |
ACTORS IN KITCHEN, WORDS OVER, MARIE DRESSLER &
WALLACE BEERY IN TUGBOAT ANNIE. MAN WASHES HANDS, BAR OF SOAP GOES IN SOUP. |
| 01:12:12 486.17 |
GRACE MOORE IN "ONE NIGHT OF LOVE", WORDS OVER.
ORIENTAL COSTUME & SET. INTERCUTS ORCHESTRA & AUDIENCE APPLAUSE. FADES INTO AWARD STATUES OF MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY FOR SOUND |
| 01:12:42 516.17 |
AWARD WINNING PICTURE FOR SOUND,"THE BISHOPS WIFE".
CU COUPLE ICE SKATING: CARY GRANT & LORETTA YOUNG |
| 01:12:54 528.17 |
SCENE FROM "THE JOLSON STORY". BLACKFACE.
|
| 01:13:16 550.17 |
RECORDING ENGINEER TAKES OFF HEADPHONES, TALKS TO
VIEWER. SCENES FROM A DISASTER MOVIE SUPERIMPOSED. FLOOD SCENE FROM MOVIE. |
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Year: 1898-1950
Color: Black & White
Genre: HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING
Specialty CollectionGenre: HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING
Description: TRACES THE HISTORY OF SOUND IN MOTION PICTURES-MOVIES FROM THE DAYS OF PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT OF SILENT FILMS TO MODERN SOUND-ON-FILM TRANSCRIPTION. PRESENTS AN EXPLANATION OF STANDARD SOUND RECORDING. BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOKS AT THE SOUNDMAN'S JOB
