Home Movies (1943)

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Color. il< Complete Kit, $3.25 CRAIG MOVIE SUPPLY CO. lot 4ng.l.i • ttowlt • tan ffjjgehfj r3mmmmmmmmmmm capped, and then double-exposed over the board fence background. This gave the effect of the brush painting the fence." A good thick book could be written on trick titling effects, so it is obvious that only a few can be described within these pages in a single issue. However, there could be no timelier opportunity than now to explore trick titling. Many amateurs already have found more in terest in filming titles than in shooting pictures. And what with rolls of prewar movies still lying around untitled, there's lots of pleasure ahead for the amateur who will enter into the titling phase of this hobby with vigor and pleasurable determination. It takes a lot of patience to film trick effects in titles, but you will get a lot more fun out of a single roll of film as compared to picture shooting. JSew turntable outfit . . . • Continued from Page 2S4 The dialogue disk is always played on the upper turntable for the reason that this unit attains its rated R.P.M. almost instantly, making it possible to start and stop the record as required to provide even brief sound effects or bits of dialogue, and to spot it at the right place in the screened action. The amplifier unit for recording and playback is a small table model radio. A 30 foot shielded extension cable enables it to be placed near the projection screen for most average showings where it serves as both amplifier and loudspeaker. There is also a portable 8 inch P. M. speaker with cable which can be plugged into the radio and set up near the screen whenever it is necessary to keep the radio near the projector. A pre-amplifier unit is built in under the recorder table top and adjacent to the motor. This is an A-C line resistor type pre-amplifier and provides higher gain when using microphone for either recording or public address. Pilot lights are installed immediately above each turntable and these are adequately shielded against casting light on the screen during projection. On the lower platform, to right of radio, is a general accessory box with hinged top which accommodates tools, cables and other miscellaneous equipment. The current commercial record shortage is no problem for Lundwall. Whenever he needs music to score one of his pictures, he simply records tunes from popular radio programs. He has accumulated a small library of these recordings which provides almost any type of music and some special sound effects. The up and coming home movie sound projectionist no longer plays just any available record or group of records with a movie, according to Lundwall; the music must fit the picture both in theme and tempo. Moreover, the music should not intrude too strongly upon the consciousness of the audience. The audience should just barely notice it. For this reason, according to Lundwall, late popular tunes should be avoided unless they fit some particularly appropriate scene. The best music for scoring home movies will be found among class ical recordings — Nutcracker Suite, Clair de Lune, Valse Triste, etc. Popular tunes and vocals divert an audience's attention . from the picture, according to Lundwall, who should know. The art of unobtrusively fading from one recording to another is an important technique which the amateur projectionist handling turntables should develop, Lundwall said, and his sound outfit is particularly adapted to making this feasible. In the tightest quarters and under the poorest projection conditions, projector and turntables are always v/ithin easy reach of the operator. Thus, it is not at all unlikely that Kirk Lundwall's unique turntable outfit will materially influence design of future amateur movie record-playing equipment. M,ovie* for Service yMan... • Continued from Page 279 is not too expensive and can be mailed anywhere in the U. S. A., as well as to many overseas stations. Perhaps you did not know about this. Possibly you have a friend or relative in service who would welcome an occasional reel of movies of his loved ones. If so, you can do him a great service by making movies at frequent intervals and sending them to him. Of course film is no longer easy to get. Film manufacturers are distributing their greatly reduced stocks just as fairly as they can, and dealers in turn are doing likewise among their customers. Most dealers will make special efforts to supply film to those needing it for movies for service men. A single roll is ample. The man in service expects no "epic." A lot of picture "news" can be compressed within the narrow limits of a 50 foot roll of 8 mm. or 100 foot roll of 16 mm. film. For once we can say that titles are not absolutely necessary for movies — the home movies you send the service man. Its better to utilize the