16-mm sound motion pictures, a manual for the professional and the amateur (1949-55)

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CONTENTS I. 16-Mm Film and Its Relation to Other Sizes 1 Early History. Film Sizes. Sound. Color. Military Uses. Present Status. II. Making a 16-Mm Picture 11 Subject Matter. Taking the Picture. Recording the Sound. Developing and Printing for Editing. Release Printing. III. 16-Mm Film and Its Characteristics 19 Silver-Emulsion Films. Physical Characteristics. Sensitometric Characteristics. Types of Available Film. IV. Making 16-Mm Originals 58 Size of Originals for Release Prints. Prospective Volume of Films. Direct Production. Picture Original. Black-andWhite Reversal Materials. Color Reversal. Exposure of Original Reversal. Measurement and Actinic Value of Exposure. Exposure Time and Camera Speed. Lenses and Lens Aperture Markings. Exposure Tests. The Film. Sound Original. Standardization of Exposure for Sound Recording and Direct Sound Positives. Standardization of Emulsion Speed. Lamp Life and Lamp Conservation. Sound Track Fog and Its Sources. V. Dimensions and Standards in 16-Mm 105 VI. The Problem of 16-Mm Emulsion Position 132 Emulsion Position in 35-Mm Practice. Early History of 16-Mm Reversal Film. Reversal and Color Reversals — What They Are. Early History of 35-Mm and 16-Mm Sound Film. Current Status of Direct 16-Mm Sound. Kodachrome Sound Duplicating and Its Implications. Emulsion Position in 16-Mm. Emulsion Positions of Prints and How They Occur. VII. Cameras, Camera Equipment, and Cinematography 146 Cameras: General Functions; Spring-Driven; Magazine; Larger Spring-Driven; Professional; Choice; Mechanism; Adjuncts; Design. Synchronization of Picture with Sound. Cinematography. x