CAMERA PRACTICE
GETTING WRIST PERFECT j Josef von Sternberg nas evolved another idea, for motion picture direc- ( tors to think about. In filming the ■ sensational story ••Underworld” for j Paramount, he held camera-cranking j practice every morning before actual filming with Bert Glennon. chief cameraman. The reason is that the famous Glennon wrist cranked the camera for smoothness and precision, while von Sternberg looked into The finder, watching the scenes being enacted. Glennon’s wrist and von Sternberg’s eye made up the combination, the cameraman seldom looking into the finder after the lighting, distance. and angles had been arranged. All other directors look at the players, while cameramen glue their eyes to the camera finder. But von Sternberg wants to see how the action looks through the camera only. ‘Underworld” is an original story by Bin Hecht, featuring George Bancroft,. Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Larry Semon, and Fred Kohler.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 204, 17 November 1927, Page 17
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