La Vie de Moise (1905)
Pathe Freres
Pathe Freres
From John Oliver
BFI National Archive, British Film Institute
12/11/2006:
"… I have called up the film and viewed it myself…The shots in the film are of a tableaux-like arrangement, with all of the characters in extreme long shot, and hence the tablet is rather small within the frame. The shape is no problem - it is just like the one in the Dore engraving you supplied in your email, one tablet with two arches at its top, light with dark lettering, and its size just slightly larger than the one in the engraving, although there is little between the two. It is impossible to discern anything from the text, it is just far too small, although it is in two panels as per Dore. Your description of 'artistic scribbles suggesting text' probably sums it up."
BFI National Archive, British Film Institute
12/11/2006:
"… I have called up the film and viewed it myself…The shots in the film are of a tableaux-like arrangement, with all of the characters in extreme long shot, and hence the tablet is rather small within the frame. The shape is no problem - it is just like the one in the Dore engraving you supplied in your email, one tablet with two arches at its top, light with dark lettering, and its size just slightly larger than the one in the engraving, although there is little between the two. It is impossible to discern anything from the text, it is just far too small, although it is in two panels as per Dore. Your description of 'artistic scribbles suggesting text' probably sums it up."