Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1917)

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IMPROPERLY DESIGNED BACKGROUND, BECAUSE THE PRINTED LINES WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE FIGURES THAT ARE TO MOVE ALONG THE STREET many separate cartoons for the sixty feet of film, which, when projected on the screen, would run just one minute, for it requires only one second for a foot of film to pass thru the projector. A thousand cartoons for a one-minute entertainment would be entirely out of the question, and consequently there are many ways to get around that. In the first place, rarely more than eight drawings are used per foot of film calling for the smoothest of action, for two exposures are taken of each drawing. Note the strip of film with the cat. I have shown Tabby here in eight successive positions preparing to spring, but, on the actual film, No. 1 frame would Jb FIGURES. PROPERLY DESIGNED BACKGROUND, WITH SPACE FOR IN THIS TWO SAWYERS SAW LOG, WHILE DOG WAGS TAIL AND MOVES HEAD 46