Amateur talking pictures and recording (1933)

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Record Details:

Title:
Amateur talking pictures and recording
Date:
1933
Publisher:
London : Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.
Volume:
Amateur talking pictures and recording
Leaf #:
000215
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 02, 2024
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CONCLUSION 203 is insignificant when compared with the high production cost of the film, and incidentally the rentals. But for amateur talking pictures the question is different, and it is the film cost which is troublesome. It is something of a pity that the present tendency in sound-on-disc for home purposes is to run at 24 pictures per second, since this is totally unn< sary. If the picture was good enough at 16 per second (or (A) 24 Pictures in 7 Second jTS 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 J22 23 24 (B)01 4 5 7 8 10 11 13 n 16 17 19 20 2 23 (O hzSec \ .1 J ?4.Sec \\l 4|5 7 8 ]0 11 13 14 16 17|19J20 22!?3 /6 Pictures in / Second Fin. SO. Film Compression even lower as the 14 picture per second as standard in 9-5 mm. film) why raise it to 24 per second when we have the sound recorded on a disc which is quite distinct from film speed ? The real reason behind this was, of course, that most of the film subjects for amateur consumption were printed for professional purposes at the speed of 24 pictures per second. As a matter of fact, however, this is by no means necessary, since it has been found possible to compress a 61m.