Home Movies (1943)

HOME MOVIES FOR SEPTEMBER CINE WORKSHOP at this low speed, any movement within the scene must be extremely slow in order to appear normal when projected on the screen. — /. M. Hirschinger, Quincy, III. Projector Stand Here is a sketch of my projector stand which was made of a few pieces of wood. It serves me well at home movie hour. The base and upright are made of i" x 2" finished oak. Base pieces are 20" long and were cut to fit as shown. Blocks 2" x 2" x y2" with steel castors form the feet. The upright was cut 38" long and is fastened to the base by a long screw up through the center. Four pieces of pine cut as shown, 6" on a side, were securely screwed in place and glued. Screws were countersunk and the holes filled with plastic wood. The shelf which was made of two pieces of 7/&" pine, 6" x 15" and cut to permit the upright to pass through, is held together by iron straps and supported by two brackets. A beading goes all around the outer edge. The top is also of 7/%" x 6" x 10" pine. A shallow mortice on the underside makes it fit neatly on the top of the upright and it is held tight with a large wood screw and glue. Small pieces about 1" x 2" x 6" were cut as shown for the clamps. The back clamp is removable with a carriage bolt (Y4" x zl/2" -20 thread) snugly fitted into the center to pass through a hole in the base. A Y4" washer and wingnut to fit complete the assembly. The stand is wired with a socket in the base to receive an extension cord and a plug in socket at the top for a small 7 watt lamp on the right side of the front projector clamp, which serves as an excellent pilot light. — Kobt. H. Mid' dleton, Wash'n., D. C. "Fall Over" Titles An unusual form of title is the "falloved" type, in which the whole title card seems to fall "flat on its face" in front of the camera. Titles like this may be easily made by altering a regular small commercial typewriter titler as shown in the sketch. A small hinge is fastened to the baseboard and to the title card holder with machine screws. The machine screws holding the card holder to the baseboard are then removed so that the holder is free to fall forward toward the camera through the arc shown by the dotted line. On titlers of cast construction, it will be necessary to cut the title holder from the base with a hacksaw. Proceedure for making title is simple. Insert title card in holder, film title in usual way, then slowly drop card over on its face with camera running. Endless variations of this stunt may be worked out. A smooth transition between two titles, such as the main and f 1 w TITLE B0«RD^ 1 1 credit titles, may be made by having the title fall over and then come up with different wording. This is done, of course, by filming a "fall-over" title as described above, stopping the camera, replacing the title card with the second title, and then, with the camera running, slowly raising the holder to an upright position. It is important, of course, to have a black background immediately behind titler so camera will not pick up other objects in the room behind titler after title has fallen. — fames E. Tannenhill, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Toy Projectors Here is a suggestion for those owning toy 16 mm. projectors who wish to convert them for use with larger reels of film. I have an Excel toy projector which I have improved to take 400 in PACE 289 gadgets, trick* & shortcut* contributed by, C inebugJ extension-^, y REWIND CRANK A » \-^h S TO VE 801 TS } <§>■ / PROJECTOR g. *-\ STOVE BOLTS ^ EXTENSION stead of 100 foot reels of film. I bought a pair of Kodatoy extension arms from Eastman Kodak company and mounted them on the Excel as shown in accompanying sketch. With some toy projectors, it may be necessary also to replace the motor with a more powerful one in order to obtain sufficient power for the larger takeup reel. In mounting the extension arms, place a 400 foot reel on them first in order to determine how far they must extend from projector to clear. Secure extension arms in place with short stove bolts. — Irwin C. Hasacb, Ogden, Utah. For Larger Reels Having recently subscribed to a film library rental service, I found many 16 mm. film subjects I wanted were avail• Continued on Page 300 RCTS DS SHIM