Home Movies (Jan-Dec 1940)

1 PAGE 468 AMERICAN BOLEX CO., 155 EAST 44th STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y* Menab <* TITLE MAKER Now you can dress up your films. Make flip-flops . . . zooms . . . receding titles . . .turn-arounds. . .silhouettes. . .shadows . . . fade-ins . . . fade-outs . . . handwriting . . . moving letters ...animations . . . book covers . . . rear projections . . . etc. THE BROWN MICRO-MATIC TITLER IS PRECISE, ALL METAL, AND PROVIDES FOR QUICK AND CERTAIN ALIGNMENT 222 Characters... %-inch Capitals. Plain back, or Pin back on Special Order. Packed in box with exclusive Template composing gauge and full instructions. o W* LIF LIFETIME FILM PROTECTION NO SCRATCHES BRITTLENESS OR CURL Cinelac permeates and toughens emulsion — seals in moisture— prevents excessive aging — protects negatives and motion picture film. No apparatus needed — easy to apply . . $1.00 HOW TO TITLE YOUR MOVIES” Send today for this interesting, illustrated leaflet — a post card to American Bolex Co. will bring it. No other title maker provides the optical bench precision (so essential in making worth while titles) that is found in the Brown. Other features include: Vertical or horizontal mounting . . . self-locking camera mount . . . positive lens and easel alignment . . . full adjustable reflectors ...self-centering supplementary lens holder ... accurate field. . . of-view chart . . . demountable title frame which will hold any desired background . . . any 8 or 16mm camera fits on the Brown. The Brown Titler complete, includes: Opal glass, clear glass, and cork backgrounds, 9" x 12". . . two reflectors with adjustable brackets ... 12 ft. extension cord . . . vertical pivot bearing . . . target sight and auxiliary lens holder . . . field chart for lenses . . . and full instructions .... $27.50 The only film cement for all kinds of film — acetate or nitrate — 3 5 mm, 1 6 mm, or 8 mm Cinea Cement is odorless, does not bleach color, is slow to evaporate from uncorked bottle yet joins film quickly and strongly The perfect cement for use with the Cinea 30 Splicer. Bottle. .250 SEE YOUR DEALER OR WRITE TO: HOME MOVIES FOR OCTOBER By Geo. W. Cushman If you have any questions concerning titles or title-, making, Mr. Cushman will be glad to help you. You can write him in care of this magazine or direct to his. home address, 3425 Witmei Parkway, Des Moines, Iowa Be sure to enclose a self-i addressed stamped envelope for your reply. It is alsc well to include a sample of drawing when possible, as1 well as the developer used kind of illumination, film lens opening, etc. Q. Having shot severa rolls of film, I am now anx ■ ious to make some titles foi them and would appreciate your telling me the simples i ivay for a beginner such as myself. — C. S. N., Covington, Ky. A. Probably the simplest method for the beginner i: to first purchase a titler t( fit the camera. The dealei where the camera was pur chased probably has one, oi can get one. On a piece o: black paper no larger thai the title area in the titler letter the wording in whifij ink. A typewriter and ordi nary white paper is alsc satisfactory. Place the title in the titl< easel and photograph thl title for a second or tw| longer than it takes to real it through once slowly. I the title is in the outdooi sun, an exposure of f.ll il suggested. Indoors, a 100 watt light may be placei just above the camera len: about 8 inches from the ti tie, and with this illuminal tion an exposure of abou f. 5. 6 is recommended. When processed, the titles ar ; spliced into the film wher they belong — that’s all ther j is to it. Q. I am planning a ned titler and would like to knot which is the better, a verti cal or horizontal easel? — S. D. K., Dayton, Ohio. A. This is largely a mat ter of opinion, and second!;: it depends upon the type o work to be done. If mud; • Continued on Page 50'\