by Radomír D. Kokeš; update 28th September 2021.
This (nascent) database is a parallel product of my research into Czech film style and narrative history. Although mobile framing is just one of the analyzed parameters, it fairly eloquently points to the international role of one of the most characteristic techniques of the first sound era decade. ASL means Average Shot Length (in seconds), as is explained here.
MY CENTRAL DATABASE „FILM-SHOT-COUNTER“
Název | Rok | Země | Délka (m) / 24fps | Délka (s) / 24fps | Celkový počet záběrů | PDZ | Počet statických záběrů | Počet pohyblivých záběrů | % statických záběrů | % pohyblivých záběrů | Poh. záběry: % trvání filmu |
Name | Year | Country | Length (m) / 24fps | Length (s) / 24fps | Total number of shots | ASL | Number of still shots | Number of moving shots | % of still shots | % of moving shots | Mov. shots: % of film’s duration |
Blackmail | 1929 | GBR | 80,3 | 4817 | 443 | 10,9 | 334 | 109 | 75,4 | 25% | |
Erotikon | 1929 | CZE | 76,7 | 4601 | 803 | 5,7 | 705 | 98 | 87,8 | 12% | 18,0 |
Gardiens du Phare | 1929 | FRA | 80,9 | 4853 | 548 | 8,9 | 382 (+ 19 tit.) | 147 | 73,2 | 28% | |
Horské volání S. O. S. | 1929 | CZE | 73,0 | 4380 | 706 | 6,2 | 612 | 94 | 86,7 | 13% | 25,1 |
Její pastorkyňa | 1929 | CZE | 66,1 | 3967 | 769 | 5,2 | 694 | 75 | 90,2 | 10% | 14,1 |
Když valčík zní | 1929 | CZE | 61,3 | 3678 | 504 | 7,3 | 428 | 76 | 84,9 | 15% | 14,8 |
Pancéřové auto | 1929 | CZE | 61,5 | 3691 | 809 | 4,6 | 733 | 76 | 90,6 | 9% | 12,6 |
She Goes To War | 1929 | USA | 48,1 | 2887 | 548 | 5,3 | 495 | 53 | 90% | 10% | |
Svatý Václav | 1929 | CZE | 87,6 | 5259 | 1203 | 4,4 | 1103 | 100 | 91,7 | 8% | 14,3 |
C. a k. polní maršálek | 1930 | CZE | 89,6 | 5373 | 383 | 14,0 | 347 | 36 | 91% | 9% | 22% |
Fidlovačka | 1930 | CZE | 89,0 | 5341 | 542 | 9,9 | 499 | 43 | 92% | 8% | 12% |
Když struny lkají | 1930 | CZE | 63,5 | 3807 | 496 | 7,7 | 363 | 133 | 73% | 27% | 37% |
Sea Wolf, The | 1930 | USA | 86,8 | 5207 | 614 | 8,5 | 517 | 97 | 84% | 16% | |
Coeur de Lilas | 1931 | FRA | 87,1 | 5223 | 776 | 6,7 | 549 | 227 | 71% | 29% | |
Daïnah la métisse | 1931 | FRA | 49,9 | 2993 | 470 | 6,4 | 403 | 67 | 86% | 14% | |
Fen Dou | 1931 | CHIN | 83,4 | 5005 | 573 | 7,4 | 453 | 120 | 79% | 21% | |
Kariéra Pavla Čamrdy | 1931 | CZE | 94,1 | 5643 | 743 | 7,6 | 659 | 84 | 89% | 11% | 32% |
Muži v offsidu | 1931 | CZE | 93,9 | 5636 | 421 | 13,4 | 272 | 149 | 65% | 35% | 53% |
Obrácení Ferdyše Pištory | 1931 | CZE | 79,4 | 4765 | 552 | 8,6 | 332 | 220 | 60% | 40% | 50% |
Osada mladých snů | 1931 | CZE | 92,8 | 5568 | 301 | 18,5 | 207 | 94 | 69% | 31% | 44% |
Over the Hill | 1931 | USA | 89,4 | 5363 | 389 | 13,8 | 244 | 145 | 63% | 37% | |
Psohlavci | 1931 | CZE | 104,7 | 6284 | 574 | 10,9 | 460 | 114 | 80% | 20% | 41% |
Quick Millions | 1931 | USA | 68,3 | 4098 | 308 | 13,3 | 218 | 90 | 71% | 29% | |
Surrender | 1931 | USA | 68,5 | 4110 | 516 | 8,0 | 407 | 109 | 79% | 21% | |
To neznáte Hadimršku | 1931 | CZE | 92,3 | 5539 | 438 | 12,6 | 305 | 133 | 70% | 30% | 61% |
Tonka Šibenice | 1931 | CZE | 74,0 | 4439 | 741 | 6,0 | 632 | 109 | 85% | 15% | 27% |
Vagabonde, La | 1931 | FRA | 63,6 | 3814 | 364 | 10,5 | 269 | 95 | 74% | 26% | |
Yeyo pravo | 1931 | UZB | 55,1 | 3305 | 773 | 4,3 | 661 (+ 49 tit.) | 63 | 91% | 9% | |
Horse Feathers | 1932 | USA | 65,2 | 3911 | 492 | 7,9 | 269 | 223 | 55% | 45% | 54% |
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang | 1932 | USA | 91,0 | 5462 | 968 | 10,5 | 689 | 279 | 71% | 29% | 40% |
Kantor Ideál | 1932 | CZE | 92,3 | 5537 | 509 | 10,9 | 365 | 144 | 72% | 28% | 50% |
Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmesa | 1932 | CZE | 88,9 | 5334 | 579 | 9,2 | 395 | 184 | 68% | 32% | 48% |
Malostranští mušketýři | 1932 | CZE | 102,4 | 6143 | 513 | 12,0 | 375 | 138 | 73% | 27% | 40% |
Murders in the Rue Morgue | 1932 | USA | 58,8 | 3528 | 412 | 12,0 | 314 | 98 | 76% | 24% | 44% |
Peníze nebo život | 1932 | CZE | 94,8 | 5685 | 542 | 10,5 | 388 | 154 | 72% | 28% | 49% |
Pepina Rejholcová | 1932 | CZE | 89,8 | 5387 | 534 | 10,1 | 467 | 67 | 87% | 13% | 20% |
Před maturitou | 1932 | CZE | 91,6 | 5495 | 412 | 13,3 | 244 | 168 | 59% | 41% | 62% |
Deluge | 1933 | USA | 64,6 | 3875 | 545 | 7,1 | 386 | 159 | 71% | 29% | 39% |
Hello, sister! | 1933 | USA | 59,5 | 3571 | 286 | 12,5 | 216 | 70 | 76% | 24% | |
Madla z cihelny | 1933 | CZE | 106,4 | 6383 | 438 | 14,6 | 315 | 123 | 72% | 28% | 49% |
Pobočník Jeho Výsosti | 1933 | CZE | 78,3 | 4698 | 492 | 9,5 | 391 | 101 | 79% | 21% | 44% |
Revizor | 1933 | CZE | 69,5 | 4170 | 474 | 8,8 | 316 | 158 | 67% | 33% | 62% |
Řeka | 1933 | CZE | 84,7 | 5082 | 615 | 8,3 | 457 | 158 | 74% | 26% | 36% |
Sedmá velmoc | 1933 | CZE | 87,8 | 5265 | 725 | 7,3 | 545 | 180 | 75% | 25% | 41% |
Sněhurka a sedm trpaslíků | 1933 | CZE | 47,1 | 2824 | 103 | 27,2 | 76 | 27 | 74% | 26% | 35% |
State Fair | 1933 | USA | 96,9 | 5811 | 593 | 9,8 | 388 | 205 | 65% | 35% | |
Svítání | 1933 | CZE | 70,5 | 4228 | 656 | 6,4 | 579 | 77 | 88% | 12% | 24% |
U svatého Antoníčka | 1933 | CZE | 95,5 | 5732 | 446 | 12,9 | 289 | 157 | 65% | 35% | 41% |
Vražda v Ostrovní ulici | 1933 | CZE | 72,2 | 4332 | 391 | 11,1 | 264 | 127 | 68% | 32% | 51% |
Warrior’s Husband, The | 1933 | USA | 73,0 | 4381 | 625 | 7,0 | 507 | 118 | 81% | 19% | |
Záhada modrého pokoje | 1933 | CZE | 71,5 | 4292 | 292 | 14,7 | 201 | 91 | 69% | 31% | 52% |
Death at Broadcasting House | 1934 | GBR | 69,1 | 4146 | 443 | 9,3 | 382 | 61 | 86% | 14% | |
Ladies Should Listen | 1934 | USA | 58,3 | 3498 | 394 | 8,8 | 303 | 91 | 77% | 23% | |
Becky Sharp | 1935 | USA | 81,4 | 4886 | 486 | 10,1 | 409 | 77 | 84% | 16% | |
Toni | 1935 | FRA | 82,6 | 4953 | 267 | 18,6 | 193 | 74 | 72% | 28% | |
Dracula’s Daughter | 1936 | USA | 68,9 | 4132 | 677 | 6,1 | 502 | 175 | 74% | 26% | 37% |
In Old Chicago | 1938 | USA | 110,5 | 6628 | 844 | 7,9 | 667 | 177 | 79% | 21% | |
Verastettu Kuolema | 1938 | FIN | 99,3 | 5955 | 758 | 7,9 | 626 | 132 | 83% | 17% | |
Gjest Baardsen | 1939 | NOR | 91,1 | 5465 | 481 | 11,3 | 339 | 142 | 70% | 30% | |
Jesse James | 1939 | USA | 105,8 | 6348 | 751 | 8,5 | 607 | 144 | 81% | 19% | |
Invisible Man Returns, The | 1940 | USA | 79,5 | 4769 | 525 | 9,1 | 350 | 175 | 67% | 33% |