The technology of motion picture production is undergoing a dramatic revolution as new and more efficient tools of the cinematographer's trade are being developed. He has the responsibility, not only to the film industry, but to his own integrity as a camera artist, to keep pace with these innovations so that he may use them to photograph motion pictures as artistically and economically as possible.
Indeed, the modern director of photography is in the very vanguard of the research and development from which this new technology is evolving. He assists in new technical development by suggesting improvements and by testing new materials before they become commercially available. Our own cultural and educational organization, the American Society of Cinematographers, is particularly active in furthering the development of new processes and new techniques in cinematography. Our clubhouse in Hollywood is equipped with the finest of projection facilities, which make it possible for manufacturers and others in the industry to demonstrate new films, new color processes and new photographic innovations to the cameramen of Hollywood, enabling them all to keep abreast of those developments which are so vital to the progress of the art. We invite cooperation from all sources that will enhance that miracle of the modern age — motion picture photography.
