[78-L] Mit-Out Sound

[DanKj]

Motor-only sync,  is what I've read.  "Mit Out Sound" is more amusing, of course ! 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault at verizon.net>
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Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Mit-Out Sound


> MOS, Mute onstage sound?
> 
> Ron
> 
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Randy Skretvedt
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:28 PM
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: [78-L] Mit-Out Sound
> 
> dl, yes indeed, MOS stands for Mit-Out Sound,
> referring to the German directors prevalent in the
> film industry during the late silent-early talkie era.
> I found this in several textbooks when I was a film
> production student back in the '70s.  A scene shot
> with sound is SOF or Sound on Film.  Maybe they used
> MOS instead of "Silent" because they wanted another
> three-letter acronym to go with SOF, I dunno.
> 
> Randy Skretvedt
> 
> 
> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:17:35 -0400
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> 
>>Is there any truth to the oft-told story that the
> term MOS dates back
>>to many years ago when a producer of ethnic
> background said that >he wanted the scene shot MIT OUT
> SOUND?
>>
>>dl
> 
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