Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1930-1949)

Record Details:

Title:
Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Date:
1930-1949
Publisher:
New York, N.Y. : The Society
Volume:
Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Leaf #:
00078
Language:
English
Collection:
Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (SMPE)Êdocuments the technological progress of the film industry, highlighting technical developments in production and exhibition. Of special interest are articles about special effects, theater practices, lighting, and the introduction of the 16mm format. Initially titled "Transactions of the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers."Digitized by the Prelinger Library and the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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Jan., 1930] WIDE FII.IV; STANDARDS 61 eye, has an effect entirely opposite to that which the motion picture artist strives for, and is much more disturbing than the arresting of vision which takes place in the vertical direction. Motion pictures are portrayals of life which can be analytically expressed as figures in an ambient and in which the figure plays the most important part. A study of our artistic heritage left to us by the masters of design will vividly bring forth the proof of the care taken by the artists to stress the points of interest in a horizontal area. We have selected for demonstration only two sketches, taken at random from \\rn J3 FIG. 1. "The Colonel," a pen and ink sketch in which the center of interest is contained in a 3 by 5 rectangle. the illustrations of a work on figure composition by the Honorable Richard Hatton. A sketch is usually most representative of the inspiration of the artist since it is executed without taking care of the minute technic usually displayed in a more finished work. Fig. 1 shows a pen sketch, the title of which is "The Colonel." The artist has placed the entire emphasis on the head of the subject. The shoulders have been given less attention and the rest of the figure is merely outlined. The whole is extremely pleasing and unconventional and our attention is forcibly brought to the upper part of the sketch. If we trace an imaginary line joining the points A and