For Educational Use and Scholarly Research and Study. This exercise looks at the clouds in the film, to begin exploring the following historical case study about clouds, shadows, and projected cloud effects. A 1946 Congressional hearing on the subject of Motion Picture Jurisdiction in Hollywood cited a case regarding the production of the film where: "The work in dispute involved setting up and handling during photography of a glass mounted in a frame. The glass being sprayed with paint in varying densities with the result that a beam of light projected through the glass threw shadows of varying intensity representing clouds on a white or blue back behind the set. Local 80—grips—claimed the work under the general theory it was a shadow. Local 44—property men—claimed the work on the theory that it was an effect. On October 23, 1946, Barrett, business agent of grips, phoned the studio to advise that Mr. Brewer, international vice president, would give a decision forthwith. As no decision was given, the studio assigned the grips to the jobs as in the past. The matter is still in dispute.” In looking for THESE clouds, I found many other clouds, too many clouds - rear screen, painted, and perhaps projected. Doe this atlas of clouds, like the ephemeral nature of their production, capture or fail to document the labor behind their multiple creations?
