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Shoot Plus x 131 in copy camera meter between 8+16 (4-150w bulb) ASA 200 expose at 1/30 5.6-8-11

I think Griffith used the close up in pictures during 1911-1912. [arrow pointing to next page]

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"And then of course he taught as the close-up. He had a terrible time with that. The theater managers almost canceled his pictures. They couldn't understand how people were walking around without legs. In the theater they were accustomed to seeing the whole body, and what it was standing on. But to see a head moving around, cut off at the neck, just wasn't acceptable."

before 1913? quoted by Alan Duran about D.W. Griffith in "The Parade's Gone by. . ." by Kevin Brownlow Knopf 1969 page 98

on page 100: - As Griffith's close-ups had met with bewilderment, so Dwan's traveling shots met with admonishment. "They made the people feel seasick."