Finding His Voice (1929) - (Documentary, Animation, Short) - video Dailymotion

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11min | Documentary, Animation, Short | 21 June 1929 (USA)  Animated figure Talkie gets a visit from his friend Mutie in search for a job. Talkie takes him to the Western Electric sound lab, where a technician explains the process of putting sound.  Directors: Max Fleischer, F. Lyle Goldman  Writer: Charles W. Barrell   Stars: Carlyle Ellis, Billy Murray, Walter Scanlan

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00:00♪♪♪

00:30♪♪♪♪

00:37Hello.

00:39Meet me, ah, ah, ah, meet me.

00:44Ah!

00:46Mm, mm.

00:50Mm, mm.

00:52Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

00:57Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,

01:27Hey, Mute, what's the big idea of busting up my act?

01:42Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,

01:53ha, ha, ha.

01:54Oh!

01:55Why, Mutey, I am a new man.

01:56about the wonderful thing Dr. Weston did for me?

01:59He pepped up my pulse, gave me a set of vocal cords.

02:02You ought to see him.

02:03Take it from me, you'll never land a job the way you are.

02:08Mm-hm-hm-hm.

02:09Mm-hm-hm-hm.

02:10Mm-hm-hm-hm.

02:11Mm-hm-hm-hm.

02:12Mm-hm-hm-hm.

02:13Mm-hm-hm-hm.

02:14Mm-hm-hm-hm.

02:17Let's go.

02:19Mm-hm-hm.

02:20Ah!

02:22Here we are.

02:26Knock, knock, knock.

02:34Hello, talkie, what's on your mind now?

02:37Doc, my old friend, Mutie,

02:38wants you to put him through the works.

02:40Why, man, you still run on 60.

02:57We'll have to pep you up to 90.

03:00Open your mouth.

03:01Yeah.

03:03Come right along with me.

03:04Ah!

03:05Ah!

03:06Ah!

03:07Ah!

03:08Ah!

03:09Ah!

03:10Ah!

03:11Ah!

03:12Ah!

03:13Ah!

03:14Ah!

03:15Now, talkie, let's put on an act.

03:17Permit him follow us through.

03:23Silence!

03:26Ah!

03:27Ah!

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04:04We use a soundproof booth.

04:07When it's closed, it keeps the camera noise

04:09away from the microphone.

04:10The camera is operated by a motor,

04:12which runs at exactly the same speed

04:14as the motor in the sound machine.

04:17Whew!

04:17It's hot in this booth.

04:19Let's get out on the set again

04:21and I'll show you how the sound is picked up

04:23by the microphones on the stage.

04:25Sound waves are picked up by this wonderful mechanical ear,

04:29the microphone, which is really

04:31a glorified telephone transmitter.

04:33This microphone changes the sound waves

04:36into electrical vibrations, which are amplified here

04:39and sent along these wires to the mixer room.

04:42The sounds from the stage microphones are mixed here

04:45so that the central for the action in the production.

04:48Mr. Mixer sees the actors through this window

04:52and hears them only through this horn.

04:54♪ You are the one I call always ♪

05:04Now that we've got the sound right,

05:07I'll show you how it's amplified.

05:09Get ready.

05:16The power from the microphones is amplified

05:18about 10 million times by these vacuum tubes,

05:22making the voice current strong enough

05:24to operate the machine that photographs the sound.

05:28Do you follow me?

05:30This is the machine that is used

05:33to record the sound on film.

05:38This sound film is traveling at the same rate of speed

05:42as the picture film in the camera booth.

05:45The light valve has two thin metal strings

05:47stretched across this tiny slit.

05:50On one side of the slit is a tube

05:52that is connected to the camera.

05:54The other side of the tube is a tube

05:57This tiny slit.

05:58On one side of the slit is a strong light,

06:00while on the other is a film

06:03moving at exactly the same speed

06:05as the picture camera in the studio.

06:07The greatly amplified voice current

06:09passing through these tiny light valve strings

06:13move them closer together or further apart,

06:16thus changing the size of the slit.

06:18Therefore, the light varies as it passes

06:21through this rapidly changing opening,

06:23leaving a true photographic record

06:25of the voice currents on the film.

06:29Simple, isn't it?

06:33Now let's look at the films after they've been developed.

06:37Well, here we are.

06:39Here are our two negatives developed.

06:42The next step is to print these two negatives

06:45onto a third piece of film.

06:49We'll print the sound record first

06:52and then the picture record.

06:56Here we have a completed sound print

06:59and we are now ready for projection.

07:05This is the picture and sound projector.

07:10One motor drives both the picture and sound equipment.

07:15You see?

07:16Let me illustrate this with a simple diagram.

07:19This lamp illuminates the soundtrack on the film.

07:23The light from the lamp passes through the slit,

07:26throwing a very narrow line of brilliant light

07:28on the soundtrack.

07:31As the film runs past this light,

07:35the marks on the soundtrack cause the light

07:37to increase and decrease.

07:40This light, in turn, causes the current

07:42through the photoelectric cell to increase and decrease,

07:46thus reproducing the electric vibrations

07:49first created by the sound wave.

07:51The current from the photoelectric cell

07:54is pepped up by the amplifier

07:55and then this amplified current is carried by wires

08:00along through the theater

08:03and down to the screen on the stage

08:06to connect with the loudspeakers.

08:11This is a typical layout of the stage set

08:14with two horns behind the screen.

08:17The receivers connected to the horns

08:19convert the electrical vibrations back into sound waves

08:22exactly the way the telephone receiver operates

08:26so that while the picture is being shown,

08:28the sound which was recorded

08:30is reproduced in step with the picture.

08:37The screen is full of small holes

08:39so that the horns may be placed behind the screen

08:41to let the sound through.

08:43This gives the illusion that the sound

08:45is coming from the image of the speaker.

08:48Talkie, there goes your cue, you're next on screen.

08:51While Mutey can go try on his new voice.

08:55Talkie?

08:56Just a call, that's why I'm on.

09:01Whoopee, I found my voice!

09:03Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, let me into that machine.

09:07No, you can't go on now, Talkie's doing his stuff.

09:11I can't, eh, Professor, why, you'll just watch me!

09:15You'll just watch me!

09:22Whee, whoa, whee, whee, hooray, hooray, hooray, hooray!

09:28Just because you've got a voice now, don't shout!

09:31Ha, ha, ha, ha, boy, I'm a ganderino!

09:33Whee, whoa, whoa, whee!

09:38Look here, smarty, if you must stay on the screen with me,

09:41suppose we get together with a little close harmony.

09:44Why don't you say it?

09:48Good night, ladies, good night, ladies,

09:57good night, ladies, we're going to leave you now.

10:07Merrily we roll along, roll along, roll along,

10:12merrily we roll along for the deep blue sea.

10:18Good night, ladies, good night, ladies,

10:24good night, ladies, we're going home!

Finding His Voice (1929) - (Documentary, Animation, Short)

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