LAMP Article Index
STILLS
The term 'still' is an over used and quite often misunderstood
term used in our hobby. This generic reference is equivalent to saying
the word 'poster' without giving any indication of commercial, theatrical,
style, type and any other description to narrow down the parameters.
The term is actually a 20th century term that became
a variant of photography to indicate the difference between 'still' photography
meaning a single photograph versus motion pictures.
The use of the word 'stills' in our hobby refers to a
group of different type of stills used in the production and presentation
of films, thus eliminating a vast variety of other stills.
The 'still' is basically the 'unsung hero' and backbone
of the film industry, but gets very little attention. It is overlooked
and thought of as a minor collectible, but in reality, the hobby owes
EVERYTHING to 'the still'. Without it..... there would basically be no
hobby.
The film industry in most countries utilize the still
in the same way with slight variations, so we will step through the US
filming industry because of it's size and more available documentation.
In the US film industry, stills can primarily be broken
down into 4 categories: pre-production; production; publicity; and press
stills. To take a closer look and see why the 'still' is so important,
we have several articles for you:
Different
types of production stills
Importance of the still
- a step through the filming process with stills
Press Stills
Use
of Production Numbers
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Introduction
to Production Logs
US Movie Studio Production Logs:
20th
Century Fox - Letters - 20th
Century Fox - Numbers
AIP
Columbia
Fox
Pictures - Letters - Fox
Pictures - Numbers
Goldwyn Picture - see MGM
Grand
National
Metro Goldwyn - see MGM
MGM
Shorts - Letters - MGM
Shorts - Numbers - MGM
Numbers
Monogram
- Letters - Monogram
- Numbers (includes Allied Artists)
Paramount
- Letters - Paramount
- Numbers
PRC
Republic
RKO
- Letters - RKO
- Numbers
Universal
- Letters - Universal
- Numbers
Warner
Bros. - Letters - Warner
Bros. - Numbers
