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Century Precision Specialties Co. 11960 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 25, Cal. STUDIES IN BEAUTY Featuring Hollywood's Most Beautiful Models Sample reel— 50 ft., 8mm $3.25 100 ft, 16mm $ 5.50 Kodachrome— 50 ft., 8mm $8.50 100 ft., 16mm $16.00 16mm in Sound $7.50 Catalogue mailed with each order. We Ship C.O.D. Plus Postage FINE ARTS FILM PRODUCTION (HM) P. O. Box 2084 San Antonio 6, Texas Distinctive TITLES and Expert EDITING For the Amateur and Professional 16mm. Black and White Kodachrome Price List on Request STAHL EDITING & TITLING SERVICE 33 West 42nd Street New York, N. Y, 8mm MOTION PICTURE 16 PRINTERS CONTINUOUS REDUCTION ' SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE UHLER C%™ Mze&fteGr. 15778 WYOMING AVE DETROIT 2I.MICH Are You Ready? • continued from Page llih grown-ups get an urge to stick out their tongue, strike glamour poses or flex their muscles when confronted with a camera. And here is where the ability to direct enters the scene. Before shooting a scene of adults, give them something to do— something interesting that will not make them look foolish in your completed film. If you move in for a close-up, direct the action so that it will not be necessary for your subject to talk. If he does, the audience will want to know what he said and you will have to cut in a spoken title or leave the scene hanging. i Good movies are movies that entertain the audience or family. If you follow these simple rules, you will make good movies from the start: darkroom for still work. At this point I would agree to anything, for to have the possibilities of a darkroom within my grasp and to let it fail, — well it just couldn't fail. Two days later a truck turned into our driveway — the airconditioning men were on the loose. And that night, the hottest of the season, we slept under light cover — my sins were forgiven. The next morning I raced down stairs to view my 100% owned closet. All the night before my dreams were filled with enlargers, developing solutions, acids and hypo. While standing in the very center of my future darkroom it suddenly dawned upon me the impossibility of handling photographic materials in a closed-in closet with no ventilation! I had already discovered the heat while operating my projector with the door to the closet wide open. But to be shut in completely, which I would have to be to develop films, would not be possible. Yes, dear reader, you have guessed the answer to this problem — a small air-conditioning unit was installed before the week was out. Before the next week passed the following workmen appeared in and out of the now fast-growing darkroom: The air-conditioning men, a contractor to have cabinets made to measure; the plumber to set the sink; the painter on the woodwork; the paperhanger to finish above the cabinets and sink; a floor-covering man to cover the floor and the shelf around the sink; the electrician to install base plugs for enlarger and safe lights — and the family doctor to give me something to prevent a nervous breakdown. The Darkroom & Projection Room has been finished for almost a year and many happy hours spent within its closed door. Prints galore are scattered over the house. At a moment's notice the draw curtains majestically open displaying a wonderful silvery screen. The "hobby bug" has done its work and flown on. The bills have finally been paid and everything is peaceful once again. What about the cost? Why should one care about the cost, after all one has a projection room and a darkroom, what else in this wide wide world could one ask for — regardless of cost? 1. Plan your shots or sequence. 2. Check exposure carefully. 3. A steady camera does it — a tripod is a "must." 4. Vary your shots. 5. Coach and direct adults. 6. Know what you are trying to do. Then if you make mistakes you will understand why. Now you are ready to start shooting. Ooops! Don't press that button! You'll have to take the cover off the lens first. "STOP APOLOGIZING" FOR YOUR MOVIE TITLES Write today for a FREE A-lo-Z Sample Title Test Kit. Moke titles that are different . . . better and tailored to your taste. Try our method . . . FREE. Complete color or B.4W. Outfit $6.50 A-to-Z MOVIE ACCESSORIES 175 Fifth Avenue Dept. H New York 10, N.Y. For indoor events . . . 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