Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1937)

504 OCTOBER 1937 16MM. SOI'MI OX ■< ll.'M for RENT — EXCHANGE — SALE A few of our Large Catalogue of RENTAL SUBJECTS: THE LOST JUNCLE * KEEPER OF THE BEES * GALLANT FOOL * THE GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST * I CONQUER THE SEA * MILLION DOLLAR BABY * IN OLD SANTA FE * EAT 'EM ALIVE * CITY LIMITS * MAN'S BEST FRIEND * KENTUCKY BLUE STREAK * SILENT ENEMY * JANE EYRE * KLONDIKE * RUSTLERS PARADISE * HEARTS OF HUMANITY * RETURN OF CASEY KIMS •*• MIDNIGHT I'll WTOM * NOW OR NEVER * THIRTEENTH GUEST •*• RED HAIRED ALIBI -fr all PETER B. KYNE'S SUBJECTS • all TOM TYLER, JACK PERRIN and JACK HOME'S WESTERNS * all RICHARD TALMADGE'S pictures * and BIN TIN TIN. Jr. Altogether ISO Features end mil Shorts from which to |>iik >..ur programs. A'ol On,. Mediocre Picture in Our Library Film Rental Catalogue Film Sal. Catalogue IT rile fur thorn CINE CLASSIC LIBRARY lotl JEFFERSON WE., BROOKLYN, N. Y. How lo gel the most out of your camera ■ you Individual, practical mi CnmnuTcial. News. Pol-' trail. Advertising, and Motion Pic tare Photoqranhy. Latest methods, modern technique, now Idea Won derful opportunities for a money making carter: Personal attendance .hi. I Home Study courses. 27th year. Free Booklet. New York Institute of Photography 10 W. 33 St. (Dcpt. 105). New York In Philadelphia THE COMPLETE CAMERA STORE Where you will find Everything Photographic KLEIN & GOODMAN 18 S. 10th Street Philadelphia, Pa. ed to shozf horizontal double frames. Project Your "Stills" So ALL Can See! With the S. V. E. Tri-Purpose Projector, Model CC, you can show each candid camera picture life size to an entire group of friends at one time. This projector handles single frame strips, double frame strips and individual frames mounted in glass (the ideal tray to view your color film). For owners of Argus. Contax. Leica, Retina and all 35mm. candid cameras. S. V. E. products are sold by leading photographic dealers everywhere. Ask to see them and send now for the free illustrated literature! ^ll jfy Tri Pu rpose \|/pROJECTOR FREE FOLDER Mail foiipon .Voir.' SOCIETY FOR VISUAL EDUCATION, INC. Dept. M.M., 327 S. La Salle St., Chicago, III. Send your free folder on the new S.V.E. Tri-Purpose Projector Model CC. Name Address City State also to create the enactment of a scene. The amateur has at his disposal simple ways and means of ''seeing" and "creating" the moving picture. Alberto Cavalcanti films his burlesque ballad picture. Little Lily, through gauze to impersonalize the characters. Man Ray takes Star of the Sea through mica sheets, liquifying the image and giving it a quality of remoteness. There arc numerous "intermediate eyes" through which the camera can see the figures. One may choose isinglass, ground glass, Florentine glass or tissue paper. Frequently, these "before the lens" devices eliminate the need for positive and assertive backgrounds or For any backgrounds. There is another element of image ar rangement which, for convenience, l include in the classification of foreground. That is framing the image. This might be simplj the naive pictorial framing done l>\ cutting .1 mask to make the image oval, circular or square. Rut I refer, rather, to the framing done by means of actual elements within the scene itself. Griffith filmed a movement through a window in Orphans of the Storm. Action maj be taken through an open window iir a closed window, through windows with various panes or bars. In \evada, the action is seen within the frame of the cowboys' bunks. .Michael Curtiz. in / Million Bid. effectively films a man on an operating table. framed by the Hank and arms of the surgeons. This is a construction with interesting opportunities. And opportunities are all that a good movie maker requires. Say it in type [Continued from page 491] up the question of measurements. This information seemed important for use in selecting faces to fit standard titling devices. The old printer obligingly pointed out that the depth of type was designated by "points." the width varying considerably according to the style. "I think the average amateur should be content with two sizes," said the old printer, "a fairly large face for main titles and a small face for subtitles." We found that one widely used titling device takes a card 3% by 4% inches, with the extreme area to be photographed measuring 1% by 2% inches. For this area, the old printer recommended 24 point for main titles and 14 point for subtitles. Type set in 12 pica width lines (there are six picas in an inch) comfortably fits in this area, leaving room for margins. Titler cards having an extreme area to be photographed of 2% by 3% inches (and this, also, is a popular make) can accommodate 30 or 36 point type for main titles and 14 or 18 point for subtitles. The lines should be set about 15 This Time As soon as your films are returned from the processing station, come in and project them with us for editing. Don't wait until this pleasant experience becomes a dreaded task. Years of experience in professionally finishing films for amateur moviemakers have qualified us to give you unusual assistance and to add distinction to your pictures. Why don't you let us prove this? The results will delight you as they have scores of other clients. Helpful title booklet on request. EDITING & TITLING SERVICE Eastman Kodak Company 33 Weil 42nd Street, New York OPTIAX VIEWER For centering and framing close-ups, titles, inserts, etc. No title board required. Shows actual image I0X magnified, direct along the optical axis of the camera lens. For 16mm. cameras. $12.50 postpaid lustrated folder on request. ART. WOLFF 159 N. 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