Home Movies (1943)

PACE 424 HOME MOVIES FOR DECEMBER There's a Coupon at the Bottom . . . of this column that will bring you added enjoyment in your movie making hobby. It's your bid to join a grand organization of movie amateurs. . . . THE REEL FELLOWS All sorts of advantages immediately become available to aid you on your glorious trip to more fun, friends, knowledge, economy, prestige and standing in the ranks of non-professional movie makers — when you join . . . THE REEL FELLOWS First you sign the coupon below and send it in to headquarters with one dollar. It is just as simple as that. You then receive a gold pin, the emblem of the organization which introduces you to every other member on sight. Also an insignia for your camera which labels your equipment. Your membership card completes the credential package you receive just as soon as your application has been received by . . . THE REEL FELLOWS Yes, if you own a camera and have the slightest spark of enthusiasm in your blood, you owe it to yourself to join today. Then watch that spark explode and free those pent-up emotions of yours — to go places and do things — shooting for "The Movie of the Month" and the many other awards available to all members of . . . THE REEL FELLOWS THE REEL FELLOWS c/o Home Movies, oO&O Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, California. I am enclosing one dollar ($1) membership fee, for which please enroll me as a member of The Reel Fellows and send me my membership card, camera insignia, and gold emblem pin. I have been shooting movies — (length of time) My equipment is 8mm. 16mm. Name Address City State ANNUAL INDEX HOME MO VIES VOL. X 1943 Index By Titles PAGE 4— Information Please I — The Reader Speaks 9 — The Movie Amateur's Outlook lor 1943 10 — They Plan 'Em, Shoot 'Em Like Professionals: 11 — "Cine Whimsey," — An Amateur Sound Film 12 — Airbrushed Designs for Titles 13 — Scenario for Indoor Fllmers 14 — A War-Time Editing Board for Gadgeteers 16 — Color Filming with Blue Photofloods 17 — Successful Titles Depend Upon Careful Exposure 18 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 20 — Home Movie Libraries 20 — If You Want a Film To Show 23 — Reviews of Amateur Films 29 — Title Troubles 29 — Title Backgrounds 30 — Classified Advertising 36 — Information Please 38 — Reviews of Amateur Films 41 — Prepare Now To Film Bird-Life 42 — Have You Ever Taken Motion Pictures of JapaneseGerman-Italian Ships? 48 — When and Why To Use More Closeups 44 — Showmanship in Screening Movies 43 — Zoo Offers Filming Opportunities for All 46 — What to Expect from a Telephoto Lens 47 — Improve Your Movies with Dolly Shots 48 — Casting Problems of Amateur Productions 49 — It's Easy to Develop Your Own Movie Titles 50 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 52 — Home Movie Libraries 20 — If You Want a Film To Show 53 — 8 & 16mm. Depth of Field Tables & Hyperfocal Distances 60 — The Reader Speaks 61 — Title Troubles 61 — Title Backgrounds 62 — Classified Advertising 68 — The Reader Speaks 70 — Reviews of Amateur Films 72— If You Want a Film to Show 75 — Movie of the Month 76 — War-Time Movie Shows Keep Projectors Busy 77 — A Filmless Practice Project 78 — Single-Frame Release 79 — Shooting the Colorado Rapids 80 — A Custom -Built 16mm. Camera and Recorder 81 — Positive vs. Reversal for Titles 82 — Multiple Exposures and How to Make Them 83 — An Amateur-Built "Full-Frame" Splicer for 8mm. Films 84 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 86 — Directory of Home Movie Libraries 94 — Classified Advertising 100 — The Reader Speaks 102 — Reviews of Amateur Films 105 — Planning A Birthday Film 106 — Practice Projects for April 107— Movie of the Month 108 — Amateur Animation in Home Movie Titles 110 — Eastern Amateurs Film Western Thriller 111— Back-Wind and Frame-Counter for the Model "K" 112 — Continuity Ideas in Odd Shots 113 — Control Time with Variable Camera Speed 114 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 116 — Directory of Home Movie Libraries 116— If You Want a Film to Show 119— Hollywood Notebook 126 — Classified Advertising 127 — Title Backgrounds 132 — The Reader Speaks 136 — Reviews of Amateur Films 139 — Animating Title Letters 140— War Stamp Movie Show Nets $8,960 In One Night! 142 — This Gadget Shortcuts Setting Exposures 143 — How to Make Family Movies Interesting to Other6 144 — Practice Project for May 145 — How to Make Enlargements from Your Movie Films 146 — Extension Tubes Alter Lens Characteristics 147 — Home Duplicating of 8mm. 4: 16mm. Films 148 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 150 — Home Movie Libraries 150 — If You Want a Film to Show 153 — Title Troubles 156 — Emulsion Ratings for 8mm. and 16mm. Films 157 — Information Please 161 — Title Backgrounds K2 — Classified Advertising 168 — Information Please 170 — Reviews of Amateur Films 173 — Let's Film Our Victory Garden! 174 — Your Projector — How to Lengthen it's Lifeline 176 — Processing Bugaboos and How to Avoid Them 177 — Blue-Printing Your Photoplay 178 — Camera Angles — Filmless Practice Project for June 179 — Are Your Titles Properly Placed? 180 — Lengthen Life of Your Photofloods 181 — Gadgeteer's Apparatus Simplifies Animation 1»2 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 184 — Home Movie Libraries 184 — If You Want a Film to Show 188— Title Troubles 192 — The Reader Speaks 193 — Title Backgrounds 194 — Classified Advertising 202— The Reader Speaks 204 — Reviews of Amateur Films 207 — Substitutes for Photofloods 210 — Movie of the Month 211 — Accessory Lenses You Can Make . . . 212— Going to Build a Tltlerf 213 — The Human Side of Filming Wild Life 214 — Windback and Frame-Counter for Keystone-8 215— How to Judge a Movie Contest PACE NUMBER GUIDE 1943 ISSUES OF HOME MOVIES January 1 February 35 March 68 April 100 May 132 June .167 July 200 August 238 September ...... 272 October 308 November 344 December . • 388 PAGE 216 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 218 — Home Movie Libraries 218— If You Want a Film to Show 228 — Filter Factor Compensator Chart 229 — Title Backgrounds 230 — Classified Advertising 238 — Information Please 210 — Reviews of Amateur Films 243— Re-Discovering Black-and-WhIte Film 244 — Movies in color from Black-and-WblU Film' 246 — Make Your Titles Easy to Read 257 — Gear Your Movie Club to War Conditions 248 — Rent Films by Mail 249 — How to Conduct a Club Movie Contest 250 — Ultra-Closeups Without Supplemental Lenses 251— Let's Analyze Our Lighting Misukes 252 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 234 — Home Movie Libraries 254— If You Want a Film to Show 261— Title Troubles 265 — Title Backgrounds 269 — Classified Advertising 272 — The Reader Speaks 274 — Reviews of Amateur Films 276— Reviews of O. W. I. Films 279— Make Movies for a Man in Service 280 — Magnetic Wire — New Sound Medium for Home Movies 282 — How to Prepare Your Contest Film 253 — Fragile — Handle With Care! 284 — Something New in Turntable Outfits 285 — Focus Your Camera on Your Business 286 — Tricks in Titles 287 — Dollytoons — New Idea for Animators 288 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 290 — Home Movie Libraries 290 — If You Want a Film to Show 301 — Title Backgrounds 302 — Classified Advertising 308 — The Reader Speaks 310 — Reviews of Amateur Films 312—0. W. I. Film Releases 315 — Get Those Grid ShoU Missed Last Year: 316 — Edgar Bergen Presents 318 — Movie of the Month 319— Magnetic Recording of Sound 320 — Progressive Ideas for Club Programs 322 — Is 8mm. 8. O. F. Just Around the Corner T 323 — New Films for Home Movie Showmen 324 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 326 — Home Movie Libraries 326— If You Want a Film to Show 336 — Title Troubles 337 — Title Backgrounds 338 — Classified Advertising 344 — The Reader Speaks 346 — Reviews of Amateur Films 350 — O. W. I. Film Releases 353 — Bonds Buy a Bomber 354 — This Is the Post-War Camera 1 Want: 356 — Synchronized Sound-on-Disc 358 — Editing Lessons in ' Three Little Bruins" 359 — Filming the Ice Follies In Color 360 — A New Home Reversal Process 361 — New Entertainment In Old-Time Movies 362 — The Experimental Cine Workshop 364 — Home Movie Libraries 364 — If You Want a Film to Show 378 — Title Troubles 381 — Title Backgrounds 382 — Classified Advertising 3S8 — Reader Speaks 390 — Reviews of Amateur Films 392 — OWI Film Releases 394 — Information Please 397 — Plan Christmas Continuities Now 398 — Build Me This Postwar Projector 399 — Bringing News to Your Screen 400 — Dramatic Values in Nature Filming 401 — Movie of the Year 402 — One Man's Filming 403 — Cartoons Vitalize Home Movie Programs 404 — I Scooped the Newsreels 405 — Fitting Your Films to Music 406 — Experimental Cine Workshop 408— If You Want a Film to Show 126 — Classified Advertising