The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1937)

38— OCTOBER, 1937 INTERNATIONAL Projection Standard Change Academy Research Council Proposes Revision of Standard Projector Aperture to fit present needs. Seeking closer coordination of studio and theater practice and a change to suit developments in composite title, special effects and process photography during the past five years, the Academy Research Council is recommending a new revision of the Standard Projector Aperture, first adopted in 1932. The proposal is the result of a series of detailed tests by an ARC committee consisting of: Grover Laube, Chairman ; John Aalberg, Sidney Burton. Frank Cahill, Wallace Castle, Merle Chamberlain, C. Roy Hunter, Ray June. E. A. McClintock. Arthur Miller, Virgil Miller, Thomas Moulton, Emil Oster, Harry Rubin. William Rudolph, Herb Starkey, Homer G. Tasker, and Ray Wilkinson. Main difference from that in use at the present time is by a .015" increased height and .021" increased width, and the proposed standard aperture is centered over the camera aperture. The limited framing tolerance, it is argued, will be advantageous in the theatre in that the possibilities for cutting heads and feet off the screen will be decreased, since more of the scene actually photgraphed will appear on the screen of all theatres. The top accompanying drawing, shows the proposed new revised standard projector aperture, while the bottom drawing gives the dimensions and position of the present Academy standard camera and projector aperture. It is proposed that the dimensions and position of the Camera Aperture will remain unchanged, revisions in only the Projector Aperture Standard now being under consideration. The size of the Standard Projector Aperture would be increased from 0.600" x 0.825" to 0.615" x 0.846" and the aperture itself would be recentered to a position so that center lines of both camera and projector apertures will be identical, half of the 22 mil difference in the widths of the two apertures being equally divided on both sides of the center line and half of the 16 mil difference in the heights of the two apertures again being equally divided on both sides of the horizontal center line. This thus moves the proposed projector aperture 6]/2 mils farther away from the sound track. The four corners of the proposed sound projector aperture are rounded, with the same radius as that of the camera aperture, which is 31 mils. T079S -550 L37» (35 MM) A Lfc d -c=X^ X. PROJECTOR APERTURE CAMERA APERTURE % ..--IOOMIL TRACK TJ JZZZ^ PROPOSED REVISED ACADEMY RESEARCH COUNCIL STANDARD PROJECTOR APERTURE APERTURE STANDARDIZATION COMMITTEE RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS I SCIENCES SEPTEMBER 1.1937 POSITIVE STOCK-EMULSION SIDE UP ALL DIMENSIONS IN INCHES UNIFORM PRACTICE FOR CAMERA AND PROJECTOR APERTURES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS A SCIENCES EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 15. 1932 New Models Due Long Beach projectionists readying carbon saver and animated effects machine for early marketing. Two members of the Long Beach, California, Local 521, IATSE are busy with plans for putting out new and improved models of projection room devices that already have been in use for some time successfully. One article is a carbon saver, the other an animated effects machine. The carbon saver was perfected and marketed by Kenneth Reynolds and now is used quite a bit throughout the west in Fearless Magnarcs. The new model will be available within a few weeks. There has been considerable interest in novel effects, particularly end-traveller stunts, since last month's article in International Photographer about the