Hollywood Studio Magazine (August 1972)

with ink rather than with grease pencil. The dass also covers the fundamentals of Motion Picture Production, with youthful instructor, Milton Timmons, who is presently completing his PhD at the University of Southern California. Now they were demonstrating their ability to “put it all together” under his guidance in TA 53. “They learn all aspects of the modern sound technician’s craft; how to transfer from !4 inch tape to magnetic film, how to operate a mixing console, how to put 4 sound tracks together (music, dialogue, sound effects, and narration), and how to filter out various frequencies with this electronic equipment,” explained Timmons, as he pointed to the numerous and complicated pieces of equipment in the motion picture laboratory. When they have completed their 1-minute pubüc Service announcement and proved that they have absorbed all the fundamentals of film making, the advanced production dass students are put to work making a 30-minute film. This semester they filmed a period piece set in Victorian England. The scenes were shot at various locations which included Leo Carillo Beach, Laurel Canyon hills, and Columbia Ranch as well as on interior sets built by the theater arts students at Valley College and in Hollywood. The filming was done with the new Arriflex model BL sound-sync, $6,000 camera which the cinema department acquired through a Federal Grant. The camera is sound proof, specially wired, and has many power outlets with high fidelity Speakers. Film Festival Planned “Some of these 30-minute films have been shown on KBSC-TV on ‘Headshop,’ and as soon as enough films are made, the cinema department will have a film festival which will be offered for public viewing,” commented Timmons. “We keep all the completed films on permanent file in the audio-visual department where teachers and interested students may check them out for viewing.” “There is so much to making a film that the public is never aware of,” divulged pert, blond Arlene Cody. Miss Cody is a second year Student at Valley who dreams of directing and producing films of her own some day. “For instance, the Student must secure permits to shoot at various locations, arrange the budgeting, assemble the crew, plan the costuming, make-up, and sets. These are just a few of the pre-production problems. We also have to create a ‘story board’ which is a series of either pictures or drawings which indicates to the photographer and the script girl just how the director wants each scene to be shot. They may be long shots (LS), medium shots (MS), or close-up shots (CU). We work very closely with the theater arts department on these problems, and the music department has also helped to score some of our films.” And when the film is finally shot, what then? Naturally, it must be edited. Eüot Bliss, who is director of sound camera and quality control at CBS-TV teaches this course in evening classes. His students take several laboratory trips to places such as CBS and the Consolidated Film Industry in Hollywood where they can see first hand the difficult and complicated processes used in editing film. They also work in the motion picture laboratory on campus where they learn to operate the two Moviola machines (used for viewing the films and then synchronizing sound to the film), and hot and cold splicing machines. “There are many commercial and industrial film Companies throughout the United States where one could obtain employment,” Bliss said. “In fact, the opportunities are greater working for the smaller Companies because one gets to do all phases of the editing procedure rather than only one segment of it.” One young man, a Lincolnesque-bearded Student, Michael Flynn, has his sights on just such a career. A Professional photographer who works at Lockheed photographing planes, research and development equipment, and parts hopes to get into the Publicity and training department. A second year Student at Valley, he said with great enthusiasm, “I hope to go from still photographs to motion picture films for industry. Magic in films? Not really, but rather a mixture of high interest and dedicated work combined with excellent training in the skills involved. Thus are produced the films which keep one in front of the “boob tube” or standing in line at a theater. The enthusiasm and dedicated work are the contributions of the Student, the training is the contribution of Valley Community College. *** (Courtesy Sceptre - L.A. Valley College. ASTROLOGY Receive your SOLAR CHART plus a 9-page Personality study of YOU from the Southern California Astrological Society for ONLY $3.00 Send check along with your name, address, birthdate—day, month, year, time (if known), and birthplace to: Southern California Astrological Society P.O. Box 10338 Glendale, Calif. 91209 HURRY!-for a limited time only. Sqn Ternq/nfp •T/d 11p magazine H/ V Established 195 7 ON M-AJOR VALLEY NEWSSTANDS