Home Movies (1943)

HOME MOVIES FOR DECEMBER PACE 417 large panel of black cardboard. This was trimmed to fit the picture area of his 3o"x4o" beaded screen and applied over it, being held in place by transparent scotch tape. The light of one No. i photoflood was concentrated upon the screen, producing a brilliance adequate for proper photographic results. A further realistic effect was achieved by highlighting the heads of people in the audience nearest the camera by placing one No. i photoflood in a reflector at some distance from subjects and at either side. Other scenes showed the audience watching the picture. Here again low key lighting prevailed, yet features of people in audience were discernible — very important to the story. For while Fumblebum's bad photography unfolds on the screen, his guests grow restless and some of them sneak unnoticed out to the kitchen. Evans explained the method by which he lighted these scenes. One No. i photoflood in a reflector was set up 10 feet distant from nearest subjects and the scene filmed at f/2.5 with super pan film. A light-toned Max Factor panchromatic makeup was applied to faces of players in order to bring out their facial features in the subdued lighting. The story continues with all but one of Fumblebum's guests sneaking out to the kitchen and raiding his icebox. The picture over, Fumblebum snaps on the lights to discover only one of his guests remains. And he's fast asleep. Spying the empty takeup reel on his projector, Fumblebum looks about for his film, catches a glimpse of the trailer end being pulled along the floor. Over in a corner of the room, the family cat playfully entangles herself in the film. Joe faints and the picture ends. This picture won for Evans his first First Prize in a club contest and was indirectly responsible for his election to president of the Los Angeles 8mm. Club for 1943. Another of Evans' films worthy of note is a satirical educational film entitled, "Seeing Is Believing." Filmed entirely with an inverted camera, which causes action to appear in reverse from that filmed, this picture is a collection of trick episodes showing a man eating a banana that grows as he eats; eating grapes, yet the bunch of grapes becomes larger as he eats; sawing timber, yet the timber gets longer as he cuts; and of a man breaking up a litter of kindling which takes the shape of a wooden box with each stroke of the axe. Smoothly executed, this feature is novel and interesting. It is adequately titled, and the titles match the picture footage in sharp focus. This, as any amateur knows who has tried it, is difficult to achieve the first time. The pictures are filmed with the cam # Nature is lavish in pictorial opportunities when the land is clothed in white. The jeweled sparkling of drifts like frosting on a giant cake . . . shadowed foot-prints or ski tracks luminous with reflected light . . . portraits in high key. But remember . . . winter photography can be tricky, unless you use your Master as your exposure guide. Rely on it for every shot. Then your winter pic tures will all have the crisp brilliance you want ; rather than the soot-and-whitewash or flat leaden grays, which so often result. > > The booklet "Using Your Weston" contains many valuable pointers on correct exposure. It's on sale at your dealers. Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation, 585 Frelinghuysen Avenue, Newark 5, New Jersey. WESTON £p*r«*e'faas» RESERVE Your Copy Now! New Revised Edition NEW formulas, new illustrations and a complete new format with spiral binding that permits book to remain open flat at any page, makes HOW TO REVERSE MOVIE FILM the most popular book available for the home processor. Tells how to reverse movie film, build reversing apparatus, and how to process film step by step. Order your copy today! $#|.00 1 per copy postpaid. VER HALEN PUBLICATIONS 6060 SUNSET BOULEVARD HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA