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Photographs by William Baughman
PROJECTOR SPEEDS, made adjustable through the use of a Variac in the motor power line, were scanned by a strobo-tach beamed on sprocket-tooth pattern. Arc assembly used separate current.
up this program. But there is no compromise on quality; and so the first meeting is devoted to a screening of films submitted by our members for possible inclusion in the Gala Night show. Unsuitable films are rejected, and notes on those which might be considered are recorded for use at the second and final meeting.
PICKING THE PROGRAM
That meeting is held as soon as possible after ACL's Ten Best contest winners are announced in December Movie Makers. The year's Maxim Award winner is, of course, the piece de resistance. And, through the cooperation of the ACL and the makers of the films, we have been fortunate in booking most of these for their metropolitan New York premieres at our Gala Night. Then, if one of our members is a Ten Best winner, his film will almost certainly be included on the program. Another film automatically considered is the first prize winner in the club's annual contest; we try always to include that picture on the Gala program. Aside from these considerations, the program is a composite of what we honestly believe to be the most entertaining and important films made by amateurs throughout the country — an up-to-the-minute cross section of amateur moviedom.
There is, of course, at these meetings much arranging, re-arranging and jockeying for position before the half dozen or so films and their order on the program are agreed upon. Since the makers of some of the movies are on hand to present their sound accompaniment, it can be seen that tact is required to keep tempers below the boiling point. Hotly contested decisions are decided by a show of hands and in some cases by secret ballot; but, for the greater part, the judging goes along smoothly, with the answers to most arguments so obvious as to win unanimous decisions.
Finally, with all of the pictures agreed upon, there still remain the delicate and important decisions as to program order. Usually we try to open the show with a picture of general interest, such as a travelog. The last picture to be shown, of course, is an easy choice; for it is unfailingly the Maxim Award [Continued on page 249]
ON TAPE OR ON DISC, the original sound accompaniment of every picture on the program was duplicated for safety's sake in the opposite audio medium. Projector below has 4500 watt arc power.