Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

Breaking the Filmstrip Barrier by Joseph Milliinan Supervisor, A-V Instruction New York City Making filmstrips today is within the ability of every teacher and student who can take pictures with a camera. The manufacturers of filmstrip projectors have brought this about through the development of interchangeable single and double frame masking device. Many projectors have this single-double frame device, but the one with which I am most familiar is the Viewlex combination filmstrip and slide projectors. In this machine the pressure plates are masked for a double frame picture. In order to accommodate a single frame filmstrip a special metal mask has been included. By a simple process of removing this single frame metal mask a standard or double frame filmstrip can be used with the larger aperture remaning. A 35mm camera makes a double frame picture. The familiar 2x2 slide is really "double frame" in size. The ordinary filmstrip has frames that are approximately half this size. Filmstrip pictures normally are single frame. In order to clarify this, take a 2x2 slide and compare the picture area with one of the frames in a filmstrip. Let us assume that Class 5-2 is taking a field trip to a local place of interest, in connection with a social studies unit being developed. The teacher or one of the parents accompanying the class brings a 35mm camera — one that he owns, or one supplied by the .Audiovisual Coordinator. While on this field trip, the complete trip is recorded. Sometimes arrangements can be made to have additional cameras so that pupils and others may also take pictures. When the films are developed and the color slides are available for inspection, the best ones are chosen. The sequence of the trip is kept in mind and the slides are numbered according to the story being told. These slides are then returned for final processing. At this time a request should be made so that the pictures are left on a strip in the order that you placed them. When processed you will have a filmstrip. There are many special uses for this type of filmstrip, made on a local production basis: 1. Unit development. — Filmstrips made of previous field trips can be used to launch a unit, develop interest, give specific information for research, improve the method of sharing and pooling information, and introduce a new dimension to culminating activities. 2. School programs and parents. — Filmstrips can be developed in advance of open school week, P.T.A. meetings, class conferences and even for individual parent orientation to the school. 3. Teacher training. — Administrators can develop from a series of charts, graphs or other material, specific teacher training material that can be viewed by the teacher at conferences and special meetings. 4. Curriculum development. — Supervisors of s]>ecial curriculum areas now can develop a much needed filmstrip series on their specialized area. These filmstrips can be created and supported by a recorded tape that could set the pattern for instruction. 5. Specialized needs. — Non-English speaking and mentally retarded areas where the immediate needs of instruction can be met through simple filmstrip stories that can be created by the teacher and the class together. I NDUSTRIAL ilm The /^ nd Annual ^^P^LuDIO m#ISUAL ^ EXH I B ITI ON Under the Auspices of the NATIONAL VISUAL PRESENTATION ASSOCIATION An Exhibition of current audio-visual equipment, techniques and services in industry and education for conducting training and sales meetings, visual presentations, advertising promotions, etc. ... A special exhibit on equipment and application of Closed Circuit Television . . . Extensive lecture program as well as continuous showings of outstanding films presented daily. OCTOBER 7-10 NEW YORK CITY Trade Show Building — 500 Eight-h Avenue The following Associations will hold their Meetings, Workshops, or Seminars in conjunction with the Exhibition: National Visual Presentation Association Industrial Audio-Visual Association Film Producers Association of New York Educational Film Library Association Magnetic Recording Industry Association New York State A-V Suppliers Association Metropolitan New York A-V Council New York State Audio-Visual Council Long Island Audio-Visual Council GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS: U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION U. S. ARMY PICTORIAL SERVICES DIVISION U. S. NAVAL TRAINING DEVICE CENTER U.N.E.S.C.O. Detailed program and admission tickets mailed upon request Presented by INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITIONS. Inc. 17 East 45th Street— New York 17, N. Y. oxford 7-4978 Pri^-r r-T AV r.iiiHo Ortohpr 1 QS8 539