Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1916)

Record Details:

Title:
Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Date:
1916
Publisher:
Washington D.C. : Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Volume:
Society of Motion Picture Engineers : incorporation and by-laws (1916)
Leaf #:
00062
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Cinematography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Preceeded by an unnumbered issue published in 1916 called: Incorporation and by-laws
Date Added:
December 28, 2023
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reel — The flanged spool upon which film is wound for use in projecting machines. reel — An arbitrary unit of measure for film — approximately a thousand feet of length. rewind — The process of reversing the winding of a film, usually so that the end to be first projected shall lie on the outside of the roll. rewinder — The mechanism by which rewinding is accomplished. safety shutter (also known as the fire-shutter) — The automatically operated door (in a projecting machine) which intercepts the light when the machine runs below normal speed. screen — The surface upon which a picture is optically projected. shutter — The obscuring device, usually a segmental revolving disc, employed to intercept the light during the movement of the film in motion picture apparatus. shutter — working blade (also known as the cutting blade or obscuring blade) — That segment which intercepts the light during the movement of the film at the picture aperture. shutter — intercepting blade (also known as the flicker blade) — That segment which intercepts the light one or more times during the rest or projection period of the film. sprocket — The revolvable toothed member (in motion picture mechanisms) which engages the perforations in the film. take-up (verb) — The process of winding the film (in a motion picture machine) after it passes the picture aperture. take-up (noun) — The mechanism which receives and winds the film (in a motion picture machine) after it passes the picture aperture. throw — The distance to the screen from the objective of a lantern or a motion picture projecting machine. still — ^A picture printed from a single negative.