by marop » Sat Sep 13, 2014 10:18 pm
Hello Mr. Pebbles,
If I may throw in my two cents...I have picked up a few facts; First, of note, the film magazine in your picture is a Bell & Howell, used for 2709s and Eyemo cameras. Secondly I know for certain that Disney did use Mitchell cameras for some of his multi-plane work. In the last of the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Memorabilia auction, a Mitchell camera sold that had been used by Disney. This was a unique camera. It was owned by Technicolor but converted to hold a special filter wheel, and rented to Disney. If you are familiar with the Technicolor 3-strip camera, it simultaneously exposes 3 strips of movie film. Each strips records an individual color, red, green and blue. (If you want to get really technical, it records the color "information" on black and white film). With the Technicolor modified Mitchell, it exposes the color information in three separate film frames. With each exposure of a frame, the color wheel rotates to place a different color filter in front of the lens. Later in the lab the color information is combined into a print. This works because the subject, in this case a single frame of animation, does not move.
I hope this is not too much information for you! I guess the short answer is "yes" Disney used Mitchell cameras on his multi plane work, but, based on your photo, he may have also used Bell & Howells, which is likely. If you search for the auction I reference it will even list some animated films that the Mitchell worked on.
Mark
Hello Mr. Pebbles,
If I may throw in my two cents...I have picked up a few facts; First, of note, the film magazine in your picture is a Bell & Howell, used for 2709s and Eyemo cameras. Secondly I know for certain that Disney did use Mitchell cameras for some of his multi-plane work. In the last of the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Memorabilia auction, a Mitchell camera sold that had been used by Disney. This was a unique camera. It was owned by Technicolor but converted to hold a special filter wheel, and rented to Disney. If you are familiar with the Technicolor 3-strip camera, it simultaneously exposes 3 strips of movie film. Each strips records an individual color, red, green and blue. (If you want to get really technical, it records the color "information" on black and white film). With the Technicolor modified Mitchell, it exposes the color information in three separate film frames. With each exposure of a frame, the color wheel rotates to place a different color filter in front of the lens. Later in the lab the color information is combined into a print. This works because the subject, in this case a single frame of animation, does not move.
I hope this is not too much information for you! I guess the short answer is "yes" Disney used Mitchell cameras on his multi plane work, but, based on your photo, he may have also used Bell & Howells, which is likely. If you search for the auction I reference it will even list some animated films that the Mitchell worked on.
Mark