[…] I went up to this village and went up to the fairground, the traction engines always fascinated me For a start, but there was of course all electric lighting was wonderful. And then I've seen that magic side moving pictures. And that evening, the the proprietor I presume, I think they call them Bar[…]
[…]ard Lester at Viking Studios all using reflected light; Lester asked DW to work on The Knack and light the film the same way; DW believed that direct lighting looks artificial and takes longer to set up; DW’s technique required more lights but less set-ups which saved time; DW talks about his work o[…]
[…]ou couldn't have done that weekly. because it also involved which at that time was quite a lot of trick photography. It had to be worked out with the designer. I only mentioned the Johannesburg thing because by the time I came back, I'd only been away 3 months, Johnny W had gone and Eric Maschwitz h[…]
[…]not knowing anything about the story or what it was about and just said 'Well put a few flats here and a few flats there and see what we can do.' The Lighting Cameraman would come and approve and it was all sort of built together between us.R. F. So you had no operating budget for the picture?C. D. […]
[…] o r a t e o f Mines. So our lighting consisted of heavy armoured units, strong enough to contain […]
[…]e friends with the hairdresser.Phyllis Dalton Page 26And what about the make-up side, because I know that’s related to the cameraman as well,the lighting.Yes, well luckily it doesn’t affect the costume quite so much, although you might say, wellthat’s a bit much, or not enough, or whatever.And […]
[…]ery specialised job. The main problem was safety. You couldn't use anything electrical unless it had been passed by the Inspectorate of Mines. So our lighting consisted of heavy armoured units, strong enough to contain any explosion. If any gas got inside and ignited, the explosion had to be contain[…]
[…]t of, little corridors (like that). And I worked in the men's dressing room, where I really learnt the facts of life very quickly! I used to work the lighting board, and the lighting board consisted of the old dimmers, um...how can I explain it? There was a - sort of - an electric wire that went dow[…]
[…]Side 4, 6 mins]In front of that knock of 10 feet for the fire lanes and public exits and these dreadful men in the London Fire Brigade. Then get your lighting director to show you what you want and he will go white because there is about half the studios lighting he cannot use, with a live studio au[…]
[…] amateur night on Saturday, so spot work was there, stage lighting was there to a certain extent, but only in […]
