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

Page scan 000581 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 #:
000581
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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"rehearsals" are erased. The "take" can be reviewed at any convenient time and then transferred to photographic film for release printing. In this connection, a multitrack magnetic equipment has been used to good advantage. This equipment records one, two or three tracks on the same film strip on which music, speech or sound effects, or any combination thereof, can be recorded with the same relative volume variations as they have in the finished product (Fig. 5). The benefits of this equipment, as experienced by Columbia Studios, are as follows: It saves track storage space by a factor of about 10 to 1. It reduces the cost of foreign versions by 50%. It provides a ready means of furnishing duplicate release negatives as needed. It provides a convenient source of material for television versions "minus music" and it provides a source from which dialogue, music and effects can be rebalanced in the dubbing of 16-mm versions. Fig. 3. The Ryder portable magnetic sound recording unit. 572 Fig. 4. Westrex portable magnetic sound recording system, May 1951 Journal of the SMPTE Vol. 56