Home Movies (1943)

HOME MOVIES FOR DECEMBER page 423 think of: using more cement; using iess cement; applying more pressure, etc. but the trouble continues. — Fred Kauffman, Lawrenceburg, Kas. A: The usual answer to the problem of parting splices is deteriorated film cement. Throw away your present cement — bottle and all. (Don't pour new cement in the old bottle!) Buy a Iresh bottle of cement, then repair your parted splices. Place an identifying mark on edge of film near these splices, then re-examine them three or four weeks later and you'll probably find they're holding fast. With the trouble you are having, it will be time saved to re-patch all splices in the film at one sitting. (Review* o/ cAmateur 3ilm& . . . • Continued from Page 390 exact order in which they were filmed. The thing to remember is that a motion picture, not a snapshot record, is the goal of our filming. Another fault displayed by this picture was the habit of panning on a scene, then doubling back with the camera in a reverse panning action. It is much better to leave the camera on the starting point of the pan and shoot the scene, than to pan quickly away, then return to it. But better still, don't pan. No movie ever suffered from lack of panorama shots. "Scenes in Yellowstone Park" was filmed by Vm, E. Jensen of Salt Lake City and received a i-Star Home Movies merit leader. Lap Dissolves and other transitional effects should never be used to excess in a motion picture. A lap-dissolve, smoothly executed is a very effective device for introducing a closeup of some object from a long or medium shot; to imply a lapse of time or change of locale; or to be used consecutively in series in a montage treatment to shorten the time required to relate a certain passage in a story that otherwise would be too lengthy, or might slow the pace if treated in straight filming. Often the amateur, once he masters the technique of making dissolves, will use the effect too often or unwisely, just to see it on the screen. "Rocky Mountain Sundaes" is a typical example of just such error. This 8mm. Kodachrome film, a document of beautiful mountain scenery, employs lap-dissolves altogether too often. Moreover, the device used to produce the overlapping fades evidently jarred the camera at a certain stage in the transition, for on the screen the picture jumps noticeably at conclusion of each dissolve. Some dissolves are only seconds apart, the scenes in between consisting of no more than six or eight frames. Obviously, it was impossible to apply much editing to this picture in view of the transitional effects which precluded much cutting. It would have been better to rely upon the beauty of the mountain country to appeal to an audience rather than to infuse a measure of the spectacular by means of dissolves. Eliminating some of the dissolves and deleting some of the very short scenes altogether, will greatly improve this picture filmed by Al Londema of Salt Lake City and awarded a 2-Star Home Movies merit leader. €xperimental Cine Workshop . . . • Continued from Page 407 small end of the cone and inside of this was mounted a standard porcelain lamp socket. A length of pipe soldered to bottom of can serves as handle with the lamp cord running through the center. As may be seen, a swivel has been soldered to the handle just back of the reflector and this is tapped and threaded to permit mounting on a tripod screw. For the lamp standard, I use a lightweight camera tripod to which has been added a triple-link made of light chain to brace the legs and hold them at right distance apart when tripod is in use. — Melvin J. Sohn, Plymouth, Mass. Developing Rack A satisfactory film rack for tray developing of movie film may be made from the frame of a toy slate. These are usually about y"xn" in size and are just the size to fit the popular photographic dark-room trays. Break and remove the slate writing surface without damaging the frame. Then tack a row of brads along the edge of opposite ends of the frames, and space them properly according to the width of the film to be used — 8mm. or 1 6mm. Where possible, use short wooden pegs instead of the nails, and obviate possibility of metal contaminating developing solutions. Frame is ample to hold short lengths of titles or test strips. — Harry Coburn, Chelsea, Mass. Hollywood Sepia . . ESO-C Our must popular MONOCOLOR 8mm, emulsion for all double 8mm. and Vnlvex 8mm. cameras. Prices quoted below Include spooling and processing without additional charge. Processed and slit ready tor projection under license by the Eastman Kodak Company. (Ask for prices on single 8mm. ESO-S films In our latest catalog. ) Please State Make of Camera When Orderng. 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