Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III
About Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III
At Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, Mae Murray, Hope Hampton, and Mary Eaton pose and mime for a Kodak test of the two-color process, one record green-blue and the other red. There is no story. The reel is there to show skin tones and bright clothes.
Cast & crew
More about Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III
Kodak scientist John Capstaff directed the demonstration in 1922. The process is the early two-color Kodachrome, not the later three-color stock.
Themes
Background
Commercial three-color Technicolor features were still a few years off. This reel is a laboratory demonstration.
Making
Capstaff used movie actresses because the test was meant to show how the process handled faces and wardrobe under studio light.
Look
Two-color photography, green-blue and red, of posed actresses at Paragon Studios.
Technique
An early two-color Kodachrome camera test, shot to show complexion and costume color rather than a scene.
Notes
- The actresses are the test subject. They do not play characters.
- Two color records, green-blue and red, are combined.
- Fort Lee was still a working studio town in 1922.
Scenes
- Murray, Hampton, and Eaton turn in bright clothes for the two-color camera.