STRINGING THE ACTORS
; The need for silence on sound-proof ; stages has made It a matter of great ! difficulty for directors to control the j action of a scene while "shooting” jin progress. Various methods are i used, such as coloured lights, ©per- ; a.Led by buttons at tho director’s elbow. One of the most ingenious systems. I however, is one which i» being used o,t the Paramount studios at Long Island, where the all-talking picture*., j "Applause” and "The Qay La€y” arc i in production. i The players axe given their en I trance cues by means of black threads —black because It does not photoi graph. One end of the thread is helo i by tho director and the other by the ! actor. At tho proper moment the dij rector pulls sharply on a. thread and ' the player responds by walking into i the scene. The method is generally known 1 "stringing the actors'- _
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 774, 21 September 1929, Page 19
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154STRINGING THE ACTORS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 774, 21 September 1929, Page 19
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