Behind the Motion Picture Screen: How the Scenario Writer, Director, Cameraman, Scene Painter and Carpenter, Laboratory Man, Art Director, Properly Man, Electrician, Projector Operator and Others Contribute Their Share of Work Toward the Realization of th - Softcover

Austin C. Lescarboura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332050115 ISBN 13: 9781332050116

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from Behind the Motion Picture Screen: How the Scenario Writer, Director, Cameraman, Scene Painter and Carpenter, Laboratory Man, Art Director, Properly Man, Electrician, Projector Operator and Others Contribute Their Share of Work Toward the Realization of the Wonderful Photoplays of Today; A In preparing this work the author has endeavored to steer a literary course midway between the deeply technical books intended for those actively engaged in the motion-picture industry, and the popular works written for those seeking entertainment rather than information. Both those classes of works have their missions and perform them most admirably, to be sure. But for the film devotee of a more serious turn of mind who would ask pertinent questions and expect understandable answers concerning what takes place behind the motion-picture screen, and who would be unable or unwilling to turn to the technical volumes with their formidable verbiage, this book has been written with the fondest hopes that it will fulfill a long-felt want. Every important phase of motion pictures has been touched upon, more or less, depending upon its relative value to the entire art. Technicalities have consistently been avoided. It has been the aim to lay a general foundation for cinematographic knowledge, so that the reader, after mastering these pages, can turn to the more exhaustive works which have heretofore been barred to him as a layman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1332050115
• ISBN 13: 9781332050116
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 438