. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. ird type of trick picture—that inwhich superimposed impressions are madeon the one strip of film—is the most com-mon of all tricks and is best illustratedby the so-called ghost or visionscenes, in which a character in the playseats himself before a fireplace anddreams of some incident in his past life,or a soldier on the battle field gazes offinto the distance and sees visions of theloved ones at home. Such pictures are obtained, as a rule,by double printing with two negativeson a single strip of positive film. Twoseparate scenes are really take
. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. ird type of trick picture—that inwhich superimposed impressions are madeon the one strip of film—is the most com-mon of all tricks and is best illustratedby the so-called ghost or visionscenes, in which a character in the playseats himself before a fireplace anddreams of some incident in his past life,or a soldier on the battle field gazes offinto the distance and sees visions of theloved ones at home. Such pictures are obtained, as a rule,by double printing with two negativeson a single strip of positive film. Twoseparate scenes are really taken by thecamera, one being the large scene inwhich the characters are appearing whenthey see the ghost or vision, and the othershowing only the ghost or vision the last scene is printed against thedark background of the first scene, itappears on the screen as a thin, vaporousimpression that strongly suggests tinordinary idea of a ghost, and owing tothe fact that the furniture or furnishingsof the room shown in the first scene, or. A Terrible Automobile Tragedy Performed on a Three Foot Stage with a ToyAutomobile. The Car has just Rolled Down a Cliff and They are Drawing It Backto Repeat the Operation the outdoor background against which itwas taken, shows dimly through the out-lines of the ghost, as if it were transpar-ent, is the illusion heightened. Practically the same effect can be ob-tained by taking first the original sceneor background against which the char-acters in the play move about, then re-threading the film in the camera andwinding it through to the point at whichthe ghost is to appear. Then the wholeof the stage is darkened, except that smallportion in which the ghost is to appear,and the diaphragm of the camera is slow-ly opened as the film flashes past the lens,so that the ghost gradually gains instrength until the diaphragm is fullyopen and the full illumination is obtained,which of course gives the audience theimpression that the ghost has slo
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