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David Desser <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 8 Aug 1996 10:43:46 -0600
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At 9:59 AM 8/8/96, Donald Larsson wrote:
>Was standardized, electric projection readily available by the time that
>Clair and Leger were doing their experiments?
 
Yes, standardized projection was long since avaialble. Less routinely
available for lower-budget films was standardized electric photography.
Spring-wound motors and hand-cranked cameras were common still. I don't
have the work in my possession but Barry Salt's book on film technology
could answer these questions definitively, and the Bordwell, Staiger,
Thompson now-standard reference work, _The Classical Hollywood Cinema_ has
that info., too. But these factors are important to remember, I think, and
that's a point Salt makes particularly well.
 
David
 
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