Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1934)

116 MARCH 1934 BARGAINS!!! WRITE SUNNY SCHICK Cinemachinery Brokers I have what you want, or can sell what you have. Bargains in Equipment: BELL & HOWELL EASTMAN SIMPLEX VICTOR STEWARTWARNER Save 30% to 60% on cameras, projectors and accessories. 405 West Washington Blvd. "Since 1925" Fort Wayne, Indiana DO OUR PAIT tYourOwn Film Titles Stationery, Cards, Bookplates, advertising, greeting cards etc. Easy rules furnished. Complete Outfits $8.85 up. Job Presses $11 up. Print for Others, Big Profits. Sold direct from factory only. Write for catalog and all details. The Kelsey Company. W-48, Meriden, Conn. AN UNEXCELLED VALUE An opportune purchase enables us to offer the famous Stewart-Warner 16mm 4 Speed Motion Picture Camera with double Anastigmat f/3.5 lens and carrying case which lists for $50 and the Precision Keystone motor driven projector equipped with brilliant projecting lens complete with 200 watt lame which lists at $34.50. Special Price for both $49.50 LUMA CAMERA SERVICE 330 West 42d St. New York For All Cameras, Projectors and Motion Picture Equipment Complete Stock of DeVry Parts AM Trades — Silent Machines Converted to Sound Write for CONSUMERGRAM BARGAIN LIST WORLD FILM ENTERPRISES 630 Ninth Avenue New York, N. Y. a scenario in making a film story, an industrial picture or any carefully thought out work, the editing system will be much the same. If the film is short and not complex, the script itself may be used as a guide. With the material all out of order on the reel, we start it through the projector and again stop after each scene. Perhaps the first shot to come through is the action described in the script under scene 23. Cutting it from the reel, we clip it in the editing device under this number and carry on, identifying each shot as it comes from the projector with the scene number in the script which describes it. When we have finished this procedure the scenes clipped up in the editing bag are right in the order which the scenario demands and splicing may go forward swiftly. In longer and more complex pictures, however, this method threatens confusion all too easily. With them it will be better to follow the system described for unscenarized film, in which we will compile a fresh listing of scene descriptions, numbering and clipping the scenes just as they come from the projector. When this is completed, we then can compare it to the actions required by the script and note beside each scene number in the scenario the number given that scene in this new description. This will facilitate locating the scenes in the editing device, and again we are ready for splicing. This slightly longer method has the added advantage of checking up on the actions or scenes which actually were obtained in the shooting, so that if they do not correspond to the script directions the discrepancy is soon found. We are then ready to retake the scenes if faulty or, on the basis of their new meaning which may differ slightly from that which was contemplated, make rearrangements in the scenario and editing order,' to take advantage of their strength. Filling the big screen UafterS [Continued from page 103] USE METAL LETTERS FOR MAKING TITLES Send for Price List of Capital and Lower Case Letters H. W. Knight & Son, Inc., Seneca Falls, N. Y. tained audiences of 250 with a three by four foot screen, of 500 with a five by seven and of about 1000 with a twelve foot screen. The last showing, it must be confessed, was given under exceptionally favorable conditions, as I had the good luck to secure a very efficient screen of this size. If, for large scale showings, you can secure a bead screen of the size needed, you will be fortunate in having a most efficient projection surface. Unfortunately, the cabinet affairs made in this size are really heavy and hence somewhat difficult to transport. A large, bead screen which hangs from a roller is satisfactory, although also heavy. Do not make the mistake of adopting a makeshift substitute for a large size screen, for here is precisely where the utmost efficiency is needed. A large sheet or a piece of muslin will give very mediocre results because the material, being translucent, may let almost as much light pass through as it reflects. One should not be able to see the picture from the back of any screen that is used. If the screen is used efficiently, it should reflect all the light toward the audience. Heavy canvas, well sized, is made for this purpose and is quite efficient, although lacking the higher reflecting surface of a bead screen. This material is often supplied with grommets around the edge and stretched flat by means of cord on a frame of piping. There are many patented surfaces of various kinds which are sold, and most of these are suited for the purpose if they are clean, white and not translucent. An old screen, cracked and discolored, that was installed in 1880 to serve for lantern slides will not do. Above all, do not attempt to project your picture on a screen which has been installed for sound pictures. Such a screen is perforated and will cost you the loss of about twenty to thirty percent of your light. If possible, it is far better to maintain your own tested screen for the production of large screen images in 16mm. The projector had best be stationed above the heads of the audience, if possible. If placed low or in the aisle, there is the inevitable danger that the heads or bodies of people coming and going will eclipse the picture. A low balcony is an ideal place from which to project. Have the surface of the screen as nearly perpendicular to a line drawn from the projector lens to the screen as possible. It is best not to attempt projection from an existing, professional booth because of the lack of flexibility in moving the machine and because the booth is usually too high up or too far away. Carry a ten foot length of extra, rubber covered cable for making connections and do not attempt to tamper with existing installations. Remember that the projector will operate on any standard, house lighting circuit. Hence, there is no need for disconnecting or removing Kleigl plugs or tampering with transformers or rheostats. It is wise to start with a fresh lamp, as the high power bulbs blacken more readily than others and the one in the projector may have begun to lose efficiency. Use a projection lens of wide aperture and of the focal length necessary to give an image of the size desired at the given distance. Lens manufacturers furnish convenient tables giving such data. Everything that has been said concerning large screen projection also applies to sound projection on a large scale. In addition, one must make sure of two important things — first, that the acoustic conditions of the hall are satisfactory and, second, that there is enough gain in the amplifier to deliver sufficient vol ■C!