Home Movies (1944)

PAGE 120 HOME MOVIES FOR MARCH BARGAIN 16MM SOUND FILMS 16mm SOUND on Film Recording Studio and Editing Facilities BERN DT-M All RER RECORDER GEO. W. COLBURN LABORATORY 995-A Merchandise Mart CHICAGO 8MM. — HOLLYWOOD FILM — 1 6mm. HI SPEED WESTON 100-80 25 R. Dbl. 8, $3.00 100 Ft. 14, $5.75 New and Improved Outdoor 25 ft. Dbl. 8mm. $2.25 100 ft. 16mm. $3.50 Including machine processing HOLLYWOOD LAND STUDIOS •320 CALIFORNIA AVE. SOUTH SATE. CALIF. Wide Angle Projection Lenses List Price $8.50 — Special now $5.00 Postpaid. nch. F3 Wollensak lens, mounted in chrome tube. Gives double size movies. Fits any 16mm. Keystone irojeetor and many others. Please order by —J 139. Free catalog. JAX MAIL ORDER SERVICE Box 3. Times Square New York 18. N. Y. make his own disc recording of narration, theme music, etc., to be transferred to the film track. This can be done successfully where the disc is cut on a recorder that turns accurately at 33-1 3 or 78 r.p.m. speed and where the projector, on which the film is run simultaneously with cutting of the disc, was held accurately to 24 f.p.s. speed. In making such recordings, it is advisable to set the tone level high to obtain a sharp response as there is a certain amount of loss encountered in the transfer of sound from a record to film sound track. It also must be understood that quality of the finished tor the wide array of material available to him for his characters. After the characters are obtained and costumed and backgrounds and props built and decorated, the most important step before actually beginning filming is to determine the ratio of movement of the characters in order to produce the most natural action. It is a simple matter to guess, move the characters a step, expose one frame of film, and repeat the process; but this method usually produces jerky, unnatural motion. It isn't the technique of the true animator. In filming the motion of a character taking a single step, several exposures are involved — each capturing the character with legs in various positions in the cycle of one complete step. If you will stop and observe a person walking down the street or across the room, it will be seen that both the legs and arms go through a definite cycle of simultaneous motion in the completion of each step. The steps are not made stiff legged, neither do the arms remain stiff against the person's sides. Instead, as one leg is raised, the opposite arm moves forward, and this action continues — the arms and legs moving simultaneously with a changing position of the torso — until the step forward is completed. The chart at bottom of previous page illustrates this in six progressive steps of natural movement in executing a dance step. Close study of this chart will show how the arms and legs of an animation character should be moved in order to obtain graceful, natural movement. Where any natural movement is to be filmed in animation, the action of some person executing the same movement should be studied and timed. In this way may be determined how many separate single frame exposures will be required to film the complete movement. Proper tempo of action may best be de sound track, in instances of this kind, is dependent on quality of the disc recording. Exact lip synchronization in post-recording should not be attempted nor expected. An interesting narration augmented by appropriate background music will give any silent film everything that can be desired in sound. As the interest now manifested in sound for amateur films continues to grow, the post recording of sound as outlined here is certain to be explored by more and more movie makers and accepted as the only trouble-proof method of supplying sound for their pictures. termined by executing the desired movement yourself and timing it with clock or watch. The action may then be filmed on the basis of 16 frames of film passing projector gate in the space of one second. Thus if the character, in walking moves one complete step in one second, the complete cycle of action must be filmed in 16 frames. This can be done by allowing two or more frames to each adjustment of the character in the cycle of movement, or moving the character's limbs to a lesser degree each time and filming the action one frame at a time. Obviously, the latter method will give smoother, more natural action on the screen. The camera has already been mentioned as one of the important factors in filming successful animated action. That it is essential is, of course, obvious. But its ability to expose single frames with unvarying uniformity of exposure is most important. Perhaps you have seen some amateur attempts at filming animation by single frame photography in which there is a constant flicker and variation in exposure on the screen. This results where the camera is not designed for single frame exposure, or where single frame shutter action does not result in the same amount of exposure for each movement of the shutter. Where a camera is used that provides single frame shutter action, the spring should be kept wound at the same tension throughout the picture. This can be insured by operating the camera with spring wound to the half-way point, then winding the camera, after the exposure of 50 or 100 frames, the approximate amount consumed in shooting this amount of film. 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We have Reversal and Cine Positive Films, roll films, camera spools, and all available Movie supplies. 3c Stamp brings all Catalogues. No post cards answered. W. STUART BUSSEY FILM LAB. 17 E. ST. JOSEPH ST. INDIANAPOLIS 4. IND. 2 reel — 800 ft. Sound Feature $10.95 "Anti*Freeze," produced and edited by makers of March of Time. Filmed in country's finest research laboratory. Like new, worth $35, only limited quantity available. Special, while they last Also complete list of special buys in slightly used sound film — scenic and educational subjects only a fraction of original price. Write today for complete list. Manv "nly one of a kind. SUPERIOR BULK FILM CO. 188 W. Randolph Dept. HM 244 Chicago I, III. (Animation Wit It Z)oy,£ and JbolL . . . • Continued from Page ;oj