THIS WEEKS and our FIRST Collectable is a contact sheet of press stills from #hammerfilms
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968) The shots were taken during
shooting the 'Dracula's hide out' which were shot on sets at Pinewood
Studios. Featured the shots are Christopher
Lee appearing in his third Dracula film for the studio. Also actress
Barbara Ewing as barmaid Zena and Veronica Carlson as Maria. This scene
marks the seducation and 'biting' of Ewing's Zena. The film was
directed by Freddie Francis. #dracula #hammerfilms #christopherlee
WHAT ARE MOVIE CONTACT SHEETS? : Back in the ‘classic’ movie days, still photography went hand-in-hand with film making, to the point that photo negatives were just as important as the reel of the film being produced. Publicity shots made the film and its stars eternally shine. Photographers had to show a keen flattering eye for capturing the stars of the film, as the public’s perception, and success of the film, heavily depended on them. From a sheet containing maybe eight to ten exposures, the press office would choose maybe just one or two, which would be published and exhibited. The rest of the poses and pics would never see the light of day or be unpublished. THAT is what makes contacts rare and valuable. It’s sad to say that many contact sheets were trashed after the movie released or had public run. Most of these contact sheets have survived, because someone dug it out of the trash.”
WHAT ARE MOVIE CONTACT SHEETS? : Back in the ‘classic’ movie days, still photography went hand-in-hand with film making, to the point that photo negatives were just as important as the reel of the film being produced. Publicity shots made the film and its stars eternally shine. Photographers had to show a keen flattering eye for capturing the stars of the film, as the public’s perception, and success of the film, heavily depended on them. From a sheet containing maybe eight to ten exposures, the press office would choose maybe just one or two, which would be published and exhibited. The rest of the poses and pics would never see the light of day or be unpublished. THAT is what makes contacts rare and valuable. It’s sad to say that many contact sheets were trashed after the movie released or had public run. Most of these contact sheets have survived, because someone dug it out of the trash.”
TODAY is the first of our new weekly themed day here at facebook and our PCAS website. #CUSHINGCOLLECTORSWEDNESDAY!
Each each week we'll be giving away rare stills, contact sheets from
the press offices of the past and other visual goodies for the digital
image collectors among you to add to your collections. Not every goody
will be Cushing related, some will be, as in this case something from
the Hammer or Amicus films archive. But all will be certainly worth
having, individually un-watermarked and even if you don't collect...these can be printed off as photographs or large posters.
SO, THIS WEEK we start with TEN colour images still as originally
processed by the Hammer films Warner Brothers press office. These images
taken by studio stills photographer. They have not been clean or
edited. They are in their original state and are YOURS 😉 Feel free to right click, save and copy.
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