Home Movies (1954)

FILM LIBRARIES 8MM and 16MM FILMS . . . Where To Rent or Buy . . . Sound or Silent CALIFORNIA COMPTON Evongelistic Audio-Visual Association 2342 E. 1 26th St. NEvada 6-5118, NEwmark 1-9920 HOLLYWOOD Hollywood Camera Exchange 1600 Cahuenga Blvd. HO. 3651 LOS ANGELES Films Incorporated 5625 Hollywood Blvd. SAN FRANCISCO Brooks Cameras 56 Kearney Street LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS Delta Visual Service, Inc. 815 Poydras St. (12) MARYLAND BALTIMORE Lewy Studios 853 North Eutaw St. at Biddle MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON N. E. Film Service, Inc. 755 Boylston Street (16) MONTANA GREAT FALLS Holman's Sound Service 3008 Third Avenue South NEW YORK BROOKLYN Reed & Reed Distributors, Inc. 7508 Third Ave. (9) NEW YORK CITY Films Incorporated 330 West 42nd St. National Cinema Service 7 1 Dey St. Nu Art Films, Inc. ( 19) 1 1 2 West 48th St. Peerless Camera Stores Film Library 415 Lexington Ave. OHIO CLEVELAND Sunray Films, Inc. Film Bldg., 2108 Payne Ave. OREGON PORTLAND Films Incorporated 716 S. W. 13th Ave. PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA Ted Kruger 3145 N. Broad St. RHODE ISLAND PROVIDENCE Samson's Picture Service 35 Portland St. (7) WISCONSIN KENOSHA Cairo Home Movies 5815 Eleventh Avenue MILWAUKEE Movie Mart — DeVry Corporation 4518 W. Burleigh St. UP 3-9932 (open Mon. and Fri. Eves.) MANY DEALERS LISTED ABOVE RENT PROJECTORS AND SCREENS; ALSO HAVE COMPETENT PROJECTOR OPERATORS AVAILABLE UN! iEWS Hackensack Movie Society Hackensack. New Jersey. On December 14 the Amateur Movie Society of Bergen County installed officers and had their Christmas party. Ralph Santulli ( re-elected) ; Vice PresNew officers installed were: President, ident, Michael Nozarinko; Secretary, Walter P. Koechel (re-elected) ; Treasurer. Leon Konsevick (re-elected) ; Program and Publicity Director. William Messner. The Christmas party included the showing of the three top winners in the recent society competition and other films. The program order is "Ceramics" 1st prize winner in the club contest by Ralph Santulli. ''W hy Men Go Gray" by Jack Boone. 2nd place winner: "A Pair of Shorts," 3rd place winner by Don Celastanto. The fourth film will be "Hollywood Blow Lps" supplied by member George Labes. The final film will be Bill Messner's "Dark Interlude." Background music for the first three films were made by Ralph Santulli. John Stoohs and Bill Messner. "Dark Interlude" has sound effects, music and commentary on magic tape accompany the film. After the screening the members were served refreshment. Proceedings were held at 8:30 p.m. at the society's headquarters — 25 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, N. J. SALISBURY, SOUTHERN RHODESIA— The Mashonaland Photo Society reports that recent entries for their 1953 Cine Competition "were generally of very low quality", but that "One Eye, Two Eye, Three Eye", the winning effort was "excellent in terms of script, make-up, acting and photography". (Now here is a courageaus group who call a spade a spade. Think of the tensions and vendettas born of such plain talk.) Another film, "Bullfight at Nimes" was shown and they report that all films will later be shown to the public. John Kernan, secretary, says that they have heard rumors of an electronic system for movie projection now being developed in the U.S.A. and want more information. (The issue of HOME MOVIES and PRO CINE PHOTOGRAPHER which carries the report has been mailed to you. Ed. CAPSULES • Continued from Page 5 LACK OF CONFIDENCE in a light meter makes it useless. Get thoroughly familiar with the operation of using it, and then stick religiously to its readings, and confidence in it will automatically follow. * * * ALWAYS USE a tripod when possible. It pays dividends on the screen. It is practically impossible to hold a camera by hand as steadily as a tripod will hold it. * * * A LENS, being softer than ordinary glass, requires greater care in cleaning it in order not to scratch it, and even more care is required when cleaning a coated lens, or the coating will be rubbed off eventually. * » * A DEVELOPER containing a high percentage of hydroqunone is usually contrasty, and good for developing titles. » * ♦ A SHOT of a monogram of the photographer's initials, or something similar, like the trademark shot on professional films, when spliced before the main title, provides a means for getting the projector focused before the main title appears on the screen. * * ♦ WHEN SHOOTING at 8 f.p.s. or any of the clow motion speeds, the shutter varies accordingly, and therefore an adjustment of the lens aperture is required to compensate for it. « * * SHOOTING AT HIGH altitudes, an increase in exposure of one-half to one stop smaller is required than at sea level under similar light conditions. * * * TO CHECK CAMERA SPEER, run a scrap of film 2 feet long I 16mm I or 1 foot 1 8mm) through the camera. It should take exactly five seconds to pass through the gate at 16 frames per second. * * * DON'T GET trigger-happy and take shots of everything you see. Generally speaking, know where each shot is ging to fit into the plan for the final film before pressing the button. * * * WHILE YOUR lens may be fast enough to take clear outdoor shots in color on a dull rainy day, don't expect the result to look like a bright sunny doy. You have taken a shot of a dull rainy day. and that is what you must expect to see on the screen. * * * IN AN EMERGENCY clean amber sunglasses make very good filters when • See CAPSULES on Page 42 40