Home Movies (1943)

HOME MOVIES FOR AUGUST PACE 259 -discovering, • Continued from Page 24) to obtain good clear pictures of average exterior night scenes, and of action in dark interiors, etc., with this film. With superspeed pan it is possible to successfully shoot a circus performance under the big top even on dull days, or to make pictures of the Ice Follies — something difficult to do with slower emulsions even when they have been "hopped up" or super-sensitized. There is another group of black and white films known as orthochromatic or semi-orthochromatic. The latter are slightly more sensitive to color but less sensitive than panchromatic films. The difference between panchromatic and orthochromatic emulsions is that the first are sensitive to a wider range of colors than the orthochromatic. Orthochromatic films are commonly known as "color blind" films which means they are not sensitive to the red colors in the spectrum. Panchromatic films are made sensitive to reds and more sensitive to the greens and yellows through special dye treatment at the time of manufacture. The semi-orthochromatic film such as Agfa's Plenachrome are ortho films in which the color sensitivity is slightly increased to render better tonal values in the green and yellow colors of the spectrum. There is much of interest to be learned by the movie amateur who will test and study results of the various black and white films. In professional motion picture filming, particularly in Hollywood Studios, cameramen have a wide range of panchromatic emulsions available for use in different types of work; and it's because of this that present day cinematography has progressed to great artistic heights. One type of film is used on general interior set shots; another for background projection shots; and still others for outdoor work. The amateur might ask that this being true, why doesn't the varying tonal qualities of these films show up in the finally edited picture? Most amateurs who have used a number of different brands and grades of black and white film know that if you splice them all together into one reel, each grade of film projects in a slightly different tone. However, this is eliminated in the theatrical picture in the printing process, the positive print being made on one type of emulsion throughout. Any tonal differences in the various negatives are compensated for by automatic light adjustment in the printer mechanism. While the range of panchromatic films available to the amateur is not as great as for the professional, still they are ample to satisfy demands of the most exacting cinetographer. The filmer who wants to shoot colorful pictorial compositions of stately trees backdropped by interesting sky patterns or fleecy white clouds, may use any one of the panchromatic emulsions plus an orange or a red filter and obtain startling results. The serious cinetographer with an industrial or documentary film to shoot can use the super-speed panchromatic films for poorly lighted interior shots and get brilliant pictures with fine depth and detail due to the small diaphragm opening they make possible to use. The following chart lists the panchromatic film currently manufactured by Eastman, Agfa and DuPont classified according to Weston daylight rating: WESTON 12 Agfa Twin-8 Pan DuPont Regular Pan Eastman 16mm. Safety WESTON 16 Agfa Pan DuPont No. 314 Pan WESTON 24 Eastman 8mm. Super-X Pan WESTON 32 Agfa 1 6mm. Hypan Agfa Twin-8 Hypan Agfa 8mm. Filmopan Agfa Straight-8 Pan Eastman 16mm. Super-X Pan WESTON 100 (Ultra-Speed) Agfa 1 6mm. SSS Pan Agfa Twin-8 SSS Pan Dupont Super Pan No. 302 Eastman 16mm. Super-XX Pan We do not mean to imply here that all of these films are generally available. Rather it is intended to list the 8mm. and 1 6mm. films that were being made available by the three leading film manufacturers up until the time war demands affected production. Availability of any one of the films depends entirely upon local conditions. A dealer in New York City might have a few rolls of Agfa or Eastman panchromatic on his shelf while a dealer in Texas or Oklahoma would have none. DuPont has ceased perforating 8mm. film for the duration, according to a late report, and have restricted production to just| "HEY ED... can I use your Craig Equipment?" For the duration — the entire production of Craig Home Movie Equipment is being made only for the U. S. Armed Forces, and for prime contractors for use in vocational training essential to the war effort. 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