Posted by David McCall on 12/06/06 01:05

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
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> "David McCall" wrote ...
>> I wonder where the name "Barney" came from.
>> Aparently, in the early days the cameras were very noisey.
>> They used to put the camera in a little sound proofed room
>> when shooting sync sound. Might that be enough like putting
>> the camera "in the barn" to refer to the barn as a barney?
>
> "Back when "talkies" were first being made they had a serious
> problem with the cameras being too noisy. At that time a feature
> movie was being made of "Barney Google" and his horse "Spark
> Plug". One of the camera operators suggested that placing Spark
> Plug's blanket over the camera might help, and it did! The blankets
> that were used after that were called "Barneys."
>
> http://www.customupholsteryproducts.com/html/sound_barneys.html
> At least it is amusing, dunno how accurate?
Thanks Richard. That is amusing

David

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