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How to cartoon for amateur films (1958)

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Record Details:

Title:
How to cartoon for amateur films
Date:
1958
Publisher:
London : Focal Press
Volume:
How to cartoon for amateur films
Leaf #:
00021
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
Date Added:
September 05, 2024
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As the quality of our animation will depend largely on the accuracy of these pegs, it is worth while taking considerable trouble over fitting them. An exactly similar set of pegs will be needed on the camera rostrumwhen the drawings are photographed (p. 105). The Field of View We must also know the exact size of the drawings to occupy one frame of film. This is the field in which the action takes place. Its position must be fixed in relation to the pegs in the same way as the frame of film is fixed in relation to the sprocket holes. A frame of 16 mm. film measures about 10.5 x 7.5 mm., while the projection gate aperture is slightly smaller. So if the camera lens is directed on to a surface at right angles to its centre line, it will photograph an area in proportion to these measurements. The drawings must, therefore, always fill an area of these proportions. The actual size of the area photographed depends on its distance from the lens. A short focus {wide angle) lens, as shown below right, will take in a larger field than one of longer focal length, as shown below left, at the same distance away. 17