Business screen magazine (1946)

WFAA recently premiered a custom designed multiple re-entry production switching system. WFAA is geared to handle three \ideotapc sessions sinuiltaiieoLisly, while having commercial film crews on location at the same time. Ten videotape recorders — including the innovative HS200 computerized disc recorder, RA-4000 random access programmer, and five .'\nipe.\ 2000"s \vith full Editec — plus ten GE 350 color cameras help effect the triple-taping capability. The company also has separate, completely equipped film and audio production facilities. A typical WFAA commercial may involve "in-house" film, audio and videotape production of any portion of a production. A complete mobile unit with remote taping rounds out the flexibility of the WFAA services. One of the company's most unique recent productions was a four-minute experimental tape. Make Me Smile, which used a new unit known as the CVI Video Quantizer 606. The 606 assigns eight various colors to different shades of the gray scale and "solarizes" the video product. The tape won a silver medal at the Atlanta International Film Festival. Agencies like BBD&O, Ketchum, McLeod & Grove, Tatham, Laird, and Foote, Cone & Belding have found facilities and capability at WFAA equal to anywhere in the country. Director/producer Frank Sloan discusses script with Joe Namath during filming of commercial in Dallas in 1969. Sloan Film Productions Taps Free-Lance Pool Like many of the smaller companies in Dallas, Sloan Film Productions offers complete production services with a solid b2ck:round. With a business office that incli'des only an art studio and editing facilities, Frank Sloan adds personnel and rents equipment and studios as needed permitting a functional flexibility vital to success. His 16-ycar filmmaking background includes sound, editing, laboratory supervision and directing/producing. The company began operation in 1968 on the premise that a small operation with minimal overhead can generally provide faster, more personalized work on a competitively priced basis by taking advantage of the physical studio, equipment and laboratory services already available in the area on an as-needed basis. Similarly, smaller producers have a diverse pool of creative free-lance talents in Dallas from which to select those best suited to a particular assignment. Wynne Enterprises Adds Film Division Another of the very new production operations in Dallas is Wynne Award Films, a Wynne Enterprises subsidiary. Wynne Enterprises was begun in October 1969 with most of the original personnel at the location of what formerly was C.T.L Audio-Visual. In addition to its newest film production division (which began operation in February, 1970), Wynne Enterprises leases 35mm production equipment, carousel computers, 16mm interlock plus a wide range of standard audiovisual presentation equipment. In addition to the capability to produce complete slide or films programs, the company offers a wide range of audiovisual system design, construction and installations services. The company is headed by David Wynne and Herman Day, vice president. Robert Curran, Kenneth Marthey and Yves Vezina head the film production division and Edward Goodman is the division manager for the A-V services. From its headquarters at 3905 Main St., Wynne provides a large inventory of rental equipment for production or presentation. In addition, they offer specialized equipment like five Bell & Howell MARC Interlocking projectors, MagnaSync 16mm recorder. Carousel programmer capable of handling up to ten projectors, four 35mm Simplex projectors with xenon or carbon arc and modified 16mm projectors able to project up to 1 '/a hours. A specializing cartoon theatre division manufactures 32 sq. ft. miniature theatres with continuous I6nim cartoons leased to department stores, bowling alleys and the like to entertain children while parents recreate or shop. Wynne Award Films the production division has already completed training films for IBM. The division is presently filming the 10th anniversary film for Six Flags Over Texas and has just completed cinematography for the Holiday on Ice commercials and promotion films for a New York firm. PART 2