American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)

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ZOOM NAVITAR Elgeet offers Vidicon television cameras and 16mm cameras the first Zoom Navitar, a manually-controlled 4:1 zoom with a 20mm to 80mm range— f: 1.8! This new lens achievement is optically compen¬ sated to hold focus through the entire zoom action. Fourteen elements — covers Vidicon format— resolves 600 lines— linear zoom action by ring— list price: $400. For information, write for Catalog 2080-CZ18. EL-96 INDUSTRY NEWS News briefs of industry activities, products and progress Studio Plans Aid For Aspiring Filmmakers Universal studios has announced it is stepping up its new talent develop¬ ment activities and has launched a program to find, develop and encour¬ age fresh, new young talent — actors, writers, directors, producers — as well as to consider worthy film-making projects by outsiders for which financ¬ ing is needed. To provide opportunities for these newcomers to express themselves in actual creation of motion pictures rath¬ er than in any training program, Ed¬ ward Muhl, Vice-president in charge of production at Universal said the company has allocated a substantial budget for the production of a num¬ ber of such motion pictures. The program aims to reply to those critics contending that young Ameri¬ can picture-makers have not kept pace with the recent “new wave” or neorealism school of producers abroad, Muhl points out, and says it will tackle in a concrete and practical manner the problem of developing major new pic¬ ture-making talent behind the camera as well as the performang artist. (See “The Pros Show The Students How,” American Cinematographer for Febru¬ ary, 1963. — ED.) e Unions Plan Easing Rules To Aid Indie Filmmakers The IATSE, whose union rules gov¬ ern all professional film making in Hollywood, is considering easing its working rules with non-theatrical film producers “to benefit them via smaller crews, etc.” Move is disclosed as part of long range plan of IATSE to put the production of non-theatrical films, es¬ pecially those for the U. S. govern¬ ment, into professional hands. Regarding the latter, a spokesman said that organized film centers in the U.S. find it impossible to obtain gov¬ ernment film contracts except in a very limited degree. Hiring of a Washing¬ ton D.C. research group is planned to determine how much expenditures for films are contained in governmental prime contracts, the in-house film pro¬ duction capabilities of various govern¬ mental agencies, and to analyze the film bid procedures of the agencies with the object of formulating a policy that will make it possible for experi¬ enced film-makers to bid on govern¬ ment motion picture requirements. © G-E Develops Large-Screen Color TV For Theatres Development of a light valve projec¬ tor which for the first time makes pos¬ sible display of color television images covering theater-size screens, was an¬ nounced recently by General Electric. The large-screen capability of G.E.’s new Talaria projector is expected to have important implications for the entertainment industry, as well as for education (particularly medical educa¬ tion), military and business communi¬ cations. Until perfection of the projector by G.E.’s Technical Products Operation, Syracus, N.Y., display of TV pictures on full size (25-by-33-foot) screens with adequate brightness was limited to black-and-white. Previously most color systems were limited to screens about one-fourth this size and thus were impractical for large audiences. The Talaria system reportedly is capable of producing a wider gamut of colors than the best color film avail¬ able because color is determined by optical filters rather than dyes. Resolu¬ tion, or amount of detail, is about 500 TV lines, better than home TV re¬ ceivers. Uniformity of illumination is excellent. Illumination at the edges of the Talaria picture falls to 70 per cent of that at the center. SMPTE stand¬ ards allow a drop to 60 per cent. • UCLA Grad Wins Screen Gems Film-Making Fellowship James D. Wotring, 23, Phi Beta Kappa UCLA graduate student in the radio-TV division of the theater arts department, has won the Si 500 fellow¬ ship given annually by Screen Gems, major producer of TV films. He will spend five months at Screen Gems stu¬ dio in Hollywood as an apprentice to Continued on Page 196 194 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, APRIL, 1963