In the black and white picture, color is automatically supplied by the imagination of the spectator and the imagination is infallible, always supplying exactly the right shade. 0000037967 00000 n The light meter, an amazingly efficient little instrument which, held to the light, indicates by gauge the exact amount of light on a set. 0000000016 00000 n 0000005167 00000 n Everything was in focus, from three inches to infinity".Toland's techniques were revolutionary in the art of cinematography. We determined that Bette Davis, the star, should wear a pure white make-up. The result is so visually dramatic because a character moves, only barely visible, through vast pools of shadow, only to exit the shadow very close to the camera, where his whole face is suddenly completely lit. xref He is fundamental in the scheme of things.
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I went on to use him for my first film as a director, difficult to get a good cameraman if the cameraman has hours to set up each shot. 0000006296 00000 n 0000004997 00000 n Exposed film is the only tangible thing the industry has to show for its investment. 0000292649 00000 n
494 0 obj <> endobj 0 No matter what Orson wanted, Gregg would try to get it for him. endstream endobj 511 0 obj <> endobj 512 0 obj <>stream The trailer was filmed at Toland's suggestion. While this advance discussion pertained to the art ingredient, it was also of economic benefit because it meant the saving of much time and money once actual photography began.We built knock-down miniature models of the most important sets and juggled the walls about for the purpose of fixing upon the best angles, the best places to set up the camera. A voice on the other end of the line said: “This is Gregg Toland.
We spent four days perfecting one very difficult shot. A fine cameraman begins his work long before the actual start of his photographic duties. certainly not a communist, but during the fifties, some studios did not like him. 0000005310 00000 n It was discovered that certain sets could be entirely eliminated because their importance to the dramatic whole did not justify their cost. He became an assistant cameraman a year later.