Home Movies (1942)

PACE 398 HOME MOVIES FOR OCTOBER ICTOR FOR your indoor movies and stills select VICTOR Lighting units for best results. There are clamp-on nd stand units with white reflectors which give you top efliciency when using Photofloods. There are flash holders and synchronizers with provisions for extension lamps, for effective flash lighting of stills. See your dealer now, or writt for FREE instructive folder. J. H. Smith & Sons Corp. 1020 Lake St. Griffith, Ind. WItat about proceAHng. . . . A Buy at $1.75 . . . ESO-F You won't believe It 'till you see Itl Our newest 8mm. monochrome film, rated Weston 24-16 for the low price of $1.75 per roll . . . three rolls. Just $4,901 For all double 8mm. cameras.* FAST enough for those late afternoon shou. yet right for bright days, tool Filters? Yes. Price includes spooling, processl.ig and return postage . . . film ready for your projector: PLUS ... our MONOCOLOR films.... E80-A — Fine-grain, contrast seml-orthochromatic film with anti-halo base. Recommended for exteriors, only. Weston 8-2. $1.20 per spool. $3.20 per three spools. ESO-B — Super-orthochromatlc film, full anti-halo protection for use on exteriors and Interiors. Over twice as fast as ESO-A. Weston 12-4. $1.25 per spool. $3.45 per three spools. ESO-C — Sepia ortho film, with full anti-halo base. Projects as an attractive, warm amber. Excellent supplement for your Kodachrome movies. Weston 8-2. $1.30 per spool. $3 70 per three spools. ESO-n — Violet ortho film, anti-halo base. Excellent for splicing Into your Kodachrome movies. Weston 8-2. $1.30 per spool. $3.65 per three spools. ESO-E — DuPont super-speed panchromatic film, for dark exterior and interior photography. Eight times as "fast" as ESO-B. Weston 100-60, $1.90 per spool. $5.50 per three spools. E80-G — A scarlet seml-orthochromatlc film with full anti-halo base. Recommended for exteriors only. Projects a pleasing monocolor picture . . . ideal as supplement for Kodachrome movies. Also for titling -color movies. Weston 8-2. $1.25 per spool. $3.33 per three spools. • These emulsions available for single-run 8mm. Unlvei cameras also. Write for prices. Ask for your Fall catalog of short subject films, spooled films, accessories, and titling service. OUR GUARANTEE: ESO-S PICTURES unconditionally guarantee these Smm. films and will replace any film purchased t refund the full purchase price if yeu are not fully pleased with your results. You MUST be satisfied! AT YOU.I DEALERS OR BY DIRECT MAIL. ESO-S PICTURES "Quality tmm Service" 3945 Cefltral Street Kansas City. Missouri O Continued from Page processing. Essential equipment for the home reversal laboratory are first, darkroom in which work is to be done — although some amateurs do quite well using bathroom or kitchen; the developing drum or rack; drying rack; and trays for holding processing solutions. In addition, a number of chemicals, formulas, etc., are also required, but we'll not go into that here inasmuch as this is not intended as a treatise on how to reverse home movie film. The developing drum or rack provides for winding the film upon it in a spiral, each winding being separated by short pins set into the drum or rack ribs. A means of keeping the film taut is important as the film stretches as it becomes saturated in the developing solutions and shrinks back to normal position as it dries after completion of the reversal process. The drying rack is similar to the open developing rack. The film, after the final developing and washing, is transferred to it for drying. Equipment of this type mav be seen in Fig. 2. Here the amateur has installed elaborate apparatus for rotating the developing and drying racks by motor power. Films which may be processed by home reversal are panchromatic, orthochromatic and semi-orthchromatic — the last two being the low-cost films previously referred to. Thus far, it is not possible for the amateur to process color film. For the benefit of amateurs who may be interested in processing their films, the following is a sketchy description of the procedure: The film is first wound upon the developing drum or reel in the darkroom. A darkroom safelight may be used at a reasonable distance from the film — green for panchromatic films and red for orthochromatic. Highspeed panchromatic films are sensitive even to the weak light of a green safelamp, and for this reason are best handled in total darkness. After subjecting the film to a preliminary washing in clear water, the next step is first development. The developing solution is placed in a tray that forms a part of the developing apparatus and the drum or rack set in place in the frame so it extends about two inches into the solution. The drum is rotated slowdy during which time all the film passes through the developer a number of times. This continues until the film image is distinct when viewed from the shiny side. With ortho film, this can be observed under the red safelight. With pan film, this stage of development is usually determined through time and temperature development. When developed to the proper density, the film is removed from the solution and washed in clear water. Thereafter the film is subjected to bleaching, flashing and redevelopment, then washed and transferred to the drying rack to complete the final stage of processing. One advantage in home processing of cine films is that the amateur is in a position to correct over and under-exposure either by control of the developing process or by reducing or intensifying the film with chemical solutions after reversal is completed and the image examined in bright light. Actual reversal procedure is a complete study in itself to which many comprehensive articles and books have been devoted. Even today home reversal "experts" disagree among themselves as to formulas and ingredients, and often new and interesting results are accomplished in zealous amateur research. Amateurs interested in extending the scope of their hobby to include film processing are referred to the several articles on the subject, which have appeared at intervals during the past two or three years in Home Movies, and also to the volume, "How to Reverse Movie Film," made available by the publishers of this magazine. ZJltle Composition . . . • Continued from Page }f6 cate a film is a record of a family vacation, this information may be given in a foreword title, or facts concerning location, time of year, etc., may be included in small lettering in the main titles. For example, in following title of a vacation film, "The Story Yosemite Tells" there also appeared in small letters at the bottom, "As Told to the Martin Family, Summer, i9}9." Whereas composition of a main title usually involves the selection and arrangement of but two or three words, the writing of sub or descriptive titles calls for one or more complete sentences. These sentences should be informative or, in the case of a spoken title, should express the words pertinent to the immediate action spoken by one of the characters.