Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1930-1949)

Page scan 000544 from Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers

Record Details:

Title:
Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Date:
1930-1949
Publisher:
New York, N.Y. : The Society
Volume:
Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Leaf #:
000544
Language:
English
Collection:
Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (SMPE)Êdocuments the technological progress of the film industry, highlighting technical developments in production and exhibition. Of special interest are articles about special effects, theater practices, lighting, and the introduction of the 16mm format. Initially titled "Transactions of the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers."Digitized by the Prelinger Library and the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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1950 FOREIGN VERSIONS 539 may have to be expressed in a few words which will fit into one, two or at most three lines at the bottom of the projected image. Difficult words and ambiguity must be avoided. To this end at least one large company, from time to time, sends a selection of the most difficult and controversial titles to an outside translation bureau for their retranslation into English, to see whether they will convey the proper meaning. Fig. 2. John Casolaro, of the C & G Film Effects Co., at the camera, photographing titles for superimposition. Title negatives for foreign versions are produced on this For some countries, such as Belgium, pictures are subtitled in two languages, French and Flemish. For others, such as Egypt, as many as four languages are used, with two sets of titles flashed from slides onto each side of the screen, with possibly a live or recorded narrator's voice in a fifth language. Again, other countries, like Italy, Spain and Western Germany,