How to cartoon for amateur films (1958)

It should be as high as possible, according to the height of the room in which it is going to be used. The back and feet are best firmly fixed to the wall and floor. The floor of the room in which the rostrum is erected should be solid, without loose boards, and if possible, away from heavy traffic outside the house. If the floor vibrates while shooting is going on, we cannot expect a steady picture. The camera and operating gear is fixed to a board, with a hole cut for the lens, at the top of the framework. If the camera is going to track, holes are drilled at the corners of this board, and four metal collars, with setscrews, fixed above them. Four metal rods pass through these collars, and are fixed by brackets at top and bottom, to the uprights. The camera board will then slide up and down along these rods, and the setscrews will lock it in any position. A length of wire cable is attached to each corner of the camera board, with a pulley above it on the top of the framework. The cables are passed over the pulleys, and counterweights are fixed to the ends. The weights are adjusted until the board can be moved up and down easily by hand, but will remain stationary if left alone. The guide rods for the camera board also pass through the corners of the easel, and through battens screwed to it at each side. These battens are fastened to the four uprights by G-clamps when the correct position for the easel has been found. This position should be at a convenient working height which allows sufficient distance from the camera to cover the standard field. The Animation Board This is another flat piece of board. A small drawingboard is very suitable, about four times the area of the field. On this are fixed a pair of registration pegs just as they were on the light box. 106