Business screen magazine (1946)

PICTURES IN THE NEWS continued considered for final national distribution. The cassette is a documentary about Pace College, and was recorded by Nicholson-Muir Productions, producer of the catalogue, on IV'C one inch color tape, using the model *)(■>() recorder, coupled with an IVC 500 camera and Taylor Hobson 10:1 zoom. Four and a half days of videotape shooting and a day of filming kept the crew busv moving from one location to another. Director, cameraman, assisianl cameraman, audio man, video operator and production assistant moved in with the fMjrtable equipment to record the activity at the school's two campuses, augmented with microphones, lights and cables. For outdoor shooting, and some interiors, the van was used as a mobile control room. Single camera shooting techniques were employed, and subsequent transfer to A & B rolls for editing gave the director latitude in completing the pro Medallic art Franklin Mint uses filnn to encourage commemorative medal collecting. .loshiMi M. SEGEL, president of The Franklin Mint, conceived the idea of producing proof quality conmiemorative medals in limited edition for private collectors in 1964. On the basis of this idea he founded the Franklin Mint and has built the company from a small enterprise to a multi-million dollar organization ( 1970 sales of S45 million) which is now the largest private mint in the world. Some idea of how and why the company has grown so fast can be seen in Of Art ami Minlini;. a behind-thcscene filmed exploration of the world of medallic art which is now being seen across the country on TV and group audiences via Modern Talkii Picture Service. The central theme of the new movj deals with the renaissance of medallii art. The amazing transformation of ih( original sculptors' model to gleaming pieces of medallic art is shown irj graphic detail and explained by th< artists in their own words. Capturing the delicate sculpturing of the medals was. according to Ixi Bobker. of Vision Associates, who pre duced and directed the film, "the singltj most difficult photographic challen] I have ever encountered." Herbci Raditschnig, Vision's outstanding Au! trian cameraman, was brought in U do the job, and succeeded beautifully Of An and Mintint; begins with ai almost surreal photographic journe; through the history of medallic an] evoking the ages of man. Filmed or location in Stratford. Fngland. and ir Rome. Milan and Florence, the filn-j continued on page 3', I II i Director Nick Nicholson and cameraman Robert Rushing on location a; Pace College. duction. The importance of high quality final results dictated post-production on quadraplcx recorders. Since the Catalogue is designed to be updated with subsequent additions and changes in the academic offerings. the original production master will be retained. Voice-over and video changes can be electronically inserted. Nicholson-Muir has received enthusiastic support for its educational venture from college placement officers, university and college administrators, and educational association. In four years it is expected that most maj»)r colleges in America will be represented in the Catalogue. A central library will distribute the cassettes to high sch(H>l guidance departments and other groups on a rental basis, together with players. 30 Old World engraver Fritz Weiland puts the finishing touches on a master Frankllr Mint engraving. BUSINESS SCREEr !