Business screen magazine (1946)

IS, was a guest speaker at an M/NAVA luncheon in Chicago; alters, producers, and other not•8 of audio-visual fame have given r finest in ideas and guidance at ;r meetings through this past quarsntury. "A-V" Man in Perspective /ho are these men who guide audiolal programs for most of the couni largest corporations, from AT&T fc<crox? A recent survey of the memhip of lAVA revealed these facts: "hey're "seasoned" performers at r chosen professional tasks, a crossion shows that only 1 1 of those tending were under 40: niosi are veen the iifies of 40 and 50: with / 15 over that age. "heir salaries "average between ,000 to $19,999 annually and they 1 that by supervising an "average" ine people each, in addition to inlive work by themselves. The maty have at least a bachelor's denine had master's degrees and , a doctorate degree. 1.3 percent of thes;; corporate a-v agers work with motion pictures: ' percent were also active in using !Otape but they're also active in io tape prtxiuction and utilization per cent): engaged in slide films J per cent); and in slide produc(82.6 per cent). Overhead projecaccounts for 60.9 per cent of their Ua work: flip charts, another 43.5 cent and printed materials, 45.7 cent tut of the so-called 40-hour week. average a-v manager spends 13.1 rs or 32.8 per cent of his time in linistrative detail. Tie most significant factor in this a-section of IA\A membership is of experience: these managers had iverage of 18.4 years entirely deid to audio-visual activities. lie need for in-company training uture a-v managers was clearly inited by the fact that only 26 pert of the men responding had their J(''ntial "replacement" working for Vhere will you find the "A-V Man" r'lin the Corporate management t)cture? Probably within Sales Pro[jjion, Public Relations, Communiaons. Ad\ertising. Training/ EducaH or Community Relations. He's s|ted" under all those "departments" 1) he's generally that company's Diaor of Audio-Visual Activities, servalfl// departments and executives rin Board Chairman and President l<in through the ranks. Models" abound: like the complete continued on paye 30 l^/June, 1972 i Movies to You can leave the lights on and let your audience take notes, when you show films with the Bauer P6 Automatic 300. Because this superb portable 16mm sound projector features a metal-arc lamp, which is up to four times as bright as conventional projector lamps. Or you can use the Automatic 300 in the dark, to fill even large, distant screens with light of daylight quality. The kind of light you need for a brilliant image. No wonder this projector is recommended for auditoriums, theatres and large conference rooms. It's available in optical and optical / magnetic playback models. Other features: auto thread ing; provision to connect optional change-over unit (also recommended for remote control of projector); and Fail Safe switch that stops projector if film breaks. Other Bauer professional 16mm projectors: Bauer P6 Studio 16 mm double band projector. A film maker's combined film-and-sound studio. Bauer P6 Synchron— ideal projector for film screening. Manual threading. Optical/ magnetic playback and magnetic recording. Bauer P6 Automatic M152 —Self-threading A-V projector. Optical /magnetic playback and magnetic recording. For more information, please write us. um BAUER AlC PHOTO. INC . CARLE PLACE NY 11514 <« CANAO* KIHG5WAY PiLM tQU**tttHl HO 17