Business Screen Magazine (1965-1966)

SIGHT & SOUND I'dicuii I ilni?> I'rciiiicrc^ "A Nose" Its First Thcairicul Short Subject ■u A nose made ncsss in Manhattan last month as Pelican Films, Inc., New York film prixlucer, showcased its first entertainment film, A S'ose. The 10-minuie theatrical color film is based on Nicolai Gogol's short ston.' classic. The Nose. Pelican conmiissioncd its own animation staff to produce the short film as a creative exercise in translating conmiercial television techniques to a non-commercial entertainment form, according to the company's president. Joseph Dunford. The newest and most effective film techniques, in his view, are found in today's television commercials. A Nose was featured with the new Jack Lemmon film. The Fortune Cookie at the Trans-Lux East in midtown Manhattan. It includes an array of visual and filmic techniques of special interest to professionals, Dunford noted. "But these are also the same techniques which create special audience impact," the producer said. Story line progression takes viesvers There's a happ\ finale in Pelican I'iliti's adaptation of Cof^ol's short \toni as "The \osc" rctiirn.s to its riglitful ouncr after misadventures. from that unhappy moment when a man awakens to find his nose gone to the happy ending when it returns, moving tiirough a blend of live action inserts in what is primarily a cartoon format. Dunford shares screen credit with Jack Zander, executive vicepresident of Pelican, his co-producer. Other staffers involved in the production were Mordi Gcrstcin. designer and director; Harry Chang, editor; Irwin LaPointc, assistant director; Al Rezek, cinematographer: and Harold Seletsky, composer and conductor. • Ideas for other creative films are being considered for production during the coming year. • Don Lloyd Named European Representative of Modern T/P/S ".'i' The appointment ot Donald W. Lloyd as the Kuropean representative of Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc. has been announced by that company's president. Carl Lenz. Lloyd's headquarters are at 3K.S. The Strand, in London. He will provide liaison for U.S. film sponsors interested in European markets and will also \ Donald \\. Lloyd: in London promote U.S. and Canadian distribution of films originating in Europe. In addition to his duties with the parent company, Lloyd will represent Modern Learning Aids the educational division of the in ternational film distribution firm Modern is a charter member o Inforfilm. international associatior of informational film distributors * * « Maemillan Publishes Book Based on Johnson's Film "To Be Alive!' ■m The Johnson Wax motion picture. To Be Alive.', widely-acclaimed "hit" of the New York ' World's Fair and now destined as ; a permanent exhibit in that com l pany's new Golden Rondelle The 1 ater at its Racine. Wisconsin head i quarters, is the subject of 96-page i pictorial-color book being issued i by the Maemillan Company. The Maemillan book of the same title will contain 214 illustrations, more than half of them in color and will retail for S4.95. Additional text has been written by .Alislair Reid. The film was recently honored at the Edinburgh Film Festival and shown in its new 7()mm composite version at the 7th International Industrial Film Festival in Venice. Italy. • * * * "Pictures of the Year" Coming Up •^' The year's outstanding films are featured in our annual review of 1966 Awards programs in these columns next month. • Creativity in films often means seeing theftimiliar in a new way! The evolution of Super 8 Film presented a new challenge to Colburn technicians . . . namely, to process the new film on our existing high performance laboratory equipment without acquiring completely new processing machines. The answer is our duo drive-sprocket (shown in close-up). The small sprockets accommodate the new Super 8 film perforations and the large sprockets handle standard 8mm and 16mm film perforations. For more information about our Super 8 laboratory services write to: GEL V COLBURN LABORATORY, INC 164 N. i-iR DRIVE • CHICAGO. ILL E0G06 • 332 6266 \ 28 BUSINESS SCREEN MAGAZINE