Radio showmanship (Jan-Dec 1946)

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lele-Coverage by the Can u 16 Mm. Film Gives Tele-Casters Chance to Edit Special Events Coverage, Is More Flexible Than Actual Television Broadcasts by JOSEPH A. THOMAS, president, Telefilm Studios, Hollywood That old ogre, television, may be a blessing to the highly progressive 16 Mm. industry, according to plans advanced by leading producers and technicians who have been keeping an ear to the ground and an eye to the transmitter. In coverage of special events, such as sports spectacles, political conventions, and in news broadcasting of happenings throughout the nation and the world, television and 16 Mm. motion pictmx's should work hand in hand. As we see it, a big prize fight or horse race will be covered, first by an a( tual television broadcast from the scene of the event, and secondly in condensed form by 16 Mm. films shot out over the television transmitter from a studio. The advantages of 16 Mm. in television are many, but the primary advantage will be that a better broadcast can be given audiences if motion pictures are taken of only the highlights of an event, providing proper camera angles, close-ups and even slow motion pictures of the most exciting phases, rather than an actual simultaneous broadcast of the entire spectacle. This film taken at the scene of an event can be properly edited, with uninteresting footage deleted, and then scaled to suit the time allotted on a television station a few hours later. Advertising can be worked in as desired. It is pointed out that it will be much less expensive to send a 16 Mm. cameraman out to cover a news story, than to assign a television crew of several men. The comparative low cost and simplicity of 16 Mm. makes it an ideal coworker with television. The 16 Mm. projector is not a heavy piece of mechanism and can be set up at a television transmitter without necessity of a fireproof booth. The fact that the narrow gauge film, with a non-inflammable acetate base, can be sent through the mails and shipped without fear of fire loss, or without heavy insurance, is another advantage. Maybe we people in the 16 Mm. industry are too optimistic of our chances of fitting into the new television scheme of things, but it is the prediction of most of us that we will be very much on the job with our cans of films when television broadcasting gains its inevitable place in the field of entertainment. EBRUARY,1946 •41»