How to add sound to amateur films (1954)

Record Details:

Title:
How to add sound to amateur films
Date:
1954
Publisher:
London : Focal Press
Volume:
How to add sound to amateur films
Leaf #:
00035
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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Presentation Whenever possible, preface the film with a short introductory record. As it ends, switch off the room lights and stand by the projector ready to start it with the second record. At the end of the film, you will need an additional record for interval music. This will entertain the audience while you thread the next film in the projector. Choose something over which they may converse easily and choose the mood of the interval music as carefully as that for the films. It should contrast mildly with the preceding film. After heavy drama, use soothing music. After a peaceful travel film choose something sprightly. See also that it sets the mood for the next film on the programme. Even with a detailed cue sheet to help you, you can still make mistakes with the records. You can miss a cue, or discover too late that you have forgotten to change records. Keeping track of all these points is part of the fun and a perfect presentation is well worth the effort involved. On the other hand, you will find that even with pilot lights it is inconvenient to operate turntables in semi-darkness. Also the audience may easily be distracted by the unavoidable sounds and movements occasioned by changing records. A flashlamp near the front of the motor board can throw an enlarged shadow of the pick-up on to a scale in the lid and so facilitate location of a required passage in a record. 31