L.Ron Hubbard wrote a full thousand pages of text on the basics of all aspects of filmmaking.       Precisely how one then integrates all--very much including performance and sound–follows from what Ron described as the Art Motif. If the concept is generally appreciated as artistic vision or thematic cohesion, it has never been so precisely delineated, i.e., “the atmosphere, emotional tone or characteristic of a work of art.” Thus, “the reason we assign an art motif to the film is so that everything in the film can be coordinated against it. In other words, when you do a design, or a set, it can be aligned with this common denominator called an art motif for the film.” The point–and especially relevant in this age of independent and frequently uncoordinated production--here is the answer to that oft-posed directorial question, “Are my actors, designers, camera crew, et al. actually making the same film as I?”       As for what else Ron brought to this world of cinematography, one need only consider the greater sum of his work through these years: namely--and quite in addition to his scripting and scoring of some two dozen films and his direction of seven more--the LRH technology and training materials with which others could carry on. In all, those materials comprise a full thousand pages of instructional text to codify the whole of the filmmaking process--which is to say, he ultimately tested in and standardized every element and point of production to assure a true quality of communication. Included are such matters as: the maintenance of proper electrical power to ensure proper light color temperature and thus color integrity, the maintenance of proper acoustic environments to ensure wholly pure soundtracks, a unique miking system to virtually replicate the human voice, another miking system to enable a clean recording of dialogue even on the most challenging locations, and dozens of more equally critical factors in film processing and duplicating to ensure a perfect print.       Today, that greater LRH cinemagraphic legacy forms the technical foundation of Golden Era Productions. Annually producing hundreds of films and audiovisual works at a truly phenomenal production rate, Golden Era features its own state-of-the-art film lab, recording studios of unmatched reputation for technical fidelity and a film studio incorporating all production lines and departments. (While to accommodate all those lines and departments, that studio factually stands among the world's largest.) Moreover, and particularly in keeping with Ron's original intentions, Golden Era possesses the capability of training virtually anyone to participate in what he so aptly described as that, "grand and total medium for a story." Golden Era Productions’ in-house lab. | Previous | Glossary | Contents | Next | | Your View | Related Sites | L. Ron Hubbard Home Page | Bookstore | Home page | info@scientology.net © 1998-2008 Church of Scientology International. All Rights Reserved. For Trademark Information