Re: [TCML] TCs in old movies

[Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/2/11 11:33 AM, mrapol@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Neat. I like the high voltage equipment in "The Devil Commands," which
> has that cool art-deco look.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgUHLpwxNvk
>
> At 1/:15 Oscar winner Anne Revere holds some bad-ass electrodes. She
> looks genuinely frightened!

Given the somewhat casual attitude towards safety in the movie biz (esp 
back then), her expression probably isn't acting. "Here, hold these two 
things and don't let them touch anything because if you do, you'll die"


And given that this was almost certainly recorded without sound (MOS is 
the term of art), the spark was probably pretty loud.  The arc sound was 
added in post.

It might have been composited, though. You don't see any light on her 
face from the sparks.  The other thing is that this was shot at 24fps, 
and the spark was probably at 60Hz, so you'd expect to see some beating.

I imagine that the HV effects in this are all Strickfadden's work..
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