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April, 1926
AMERICAN C I N E M AT O G R APH ER
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A. S. C. member Answers Amateurs
Uictor Milner, A. S. C.
Representative Queries Reviewed by Noted Professional Cinematographer
■71 NUMBER of inquiries have been referred to the writer concerning Bell and HowJ-\ ell's "Filmo" outfit which uses the 16mm. type of reversible film. These queries *"^ seem to be of a general nature, as is indicated in the fact that they have been less formally put to the writer, when, on several occasions, he has been consulted by those who know that he is a cinematographer by profession for bits of detailed information concerning new "amateur" motion picture outfits.
Before going into the nature of these questions, it might be well to observe that the writer has encountered a number of amateur equipment owners who seem to stand in awe of their instruments. For some reason or other, they do not seem to realize that it is possible for the amateur actually to take motion pictures on such a simplified scale. They are prone to make an easy task a hard one. There is no use for excessive "fussing" or awkwardness over these cameras and projectors of reliable manufacture, for they are simplicity itself. However, there are some problems which necessarily must arise, but, by going to the right source, they should be solved with comparatively little difficulty.
There are appended herewith, therefore, a number of representative questions, and the answers thereto :
"How can I get a close-up
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This seems to be a favorite form of query. The amateur naturally wants to emulate the interesting features in professional cinem atography. The close-up is one of these, and, fortunately enough, it is quite within the range of these new cinematographic creations.
Standard equipment on the Filmo carries a one-inch lens
mounted in a universal mount. This will give a sharp image from a distance of six feet on. For those who are better acquainted with lenses, the camera may be equipped with a focusing mount. This makes focusing possible at a distance of two and one-half feet.
"Is the camera really daylight loading?
The illusion seems to be present among some that, in order to load their small cameras, it is really necessary, as an added precautionary measure, to retire to the darkest of darkrooms and there to laborously load the instrument. This is all quite unnecessary.
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Mix Being 'Shot'
By Small Camera
Tom Mix's hazardous encounters in motion pictures will appear more graphically than ever to audiences, as the result of a new cinematographic auxiliary methods instituted by Dan Clark, A. S. C, chief cinematographer on the Mix features for Fox.
Difficult Places
Clark is using an Eyemo to get to difficult places, from which heretofore it was impossible to photograph the Fox star with regulation equipment.
Gets Close to Danger
Clark states that he is now able to shoot his star in the closest and most dangerous quarters. Where formerly action seen over the edge of a cliff, and the like, was impossible -or taken only with the greatest difficulty, it is now within the realm of accomplishment for the A. S. C. member.
Since much of the action in Mix features are taken in precarious straits, Clark regards the new type of camera as a boon to his calling.