Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1939)

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MOVIE MAKERS 25. Frank Buck and the adjacent Aerial Joyride are packed with interest for cine and still cameras. You can take pictures of monkeys that are not shut off by "wire screens. Try to get bird's eye shots from the Joyride. (Entrance fee charged.) 26. Sun Valley will be winter in midsummer. Plenty of action is here, with snow scenes under a summer sun. (Entrance fee charged.) 27. The Parachute Jump will let you film while you are jumping, if you are not too busy gasping ; anyway, you can take a shot before you leap. Watch the others "bail out" and film them in the act. Adjacent is the Cavalcade of the Centaurs, 'which means, in filmer's language, a "Wild West show, with all that this implies. The barkers are fine subjects. (Entrance fee charged.) 28. Fountain Lake presents a nightly spectacle, with fountains, fireworks and illuminated balloons making one of the photographic high spots. Boat rides, for which there is a fee, will give chances for wide angle shots of a lot of territory. The daily path of the sun is indicated roughly on the compass at the top of the general picture of the fair. By reference to it, one can estimate how the shadows will fall in any area of the fair during a particular period of the day. World's Fair nights [Continued from page 309] many different angles. In this area, 50,000 persons can stand comfortably and, as far as the officials of the fair are concerned, they might all be movie makers and still photographers. Still photographers may be interested in the following exposure data suggested by an amateur who filmed with a miniature camera and 35mm. Type A Kodachrome: Fountain dominated by gas flames and fairly light colors, 1/20 second at //3.5. Water jets painted dark red and orange, ^4 to % second at //3.5. Dark greens and violet, ^4 second at //3.5. A high place on a Fair itinerary should be accorded to pictorial impressions of the glory of the illumination of Constitution Mall, the central promenade connecting the Trylon and Perisphcre and the Lagoon of Nations. Here, the trees lining broad, mirror pools seemingly are suspended in mid air as they are bathed by beams cast from below by half buried mercury vapor lamps. Filming the trees and their reflections in the mirror pools is within the range of the movie camera at night, and a striking composition is revealed at almost every point along the promenade. The still photographer can include, in his compositions, the luminous Trylon and Perisphere, the Fraser statue of George Washington and four towering statues, the Freedoms, placed at the intersection of the Mall and Rainbow Avenue. An exposure of about a minute, with an //4.5 lens, is necessary to "build in" the subdued blue color of the 327 VICTOR PROJECTOR TO SHOW YOUR WORLD'S FAIR FILMS flri 1U**' tl? ftConoVn prof^sSl e*h»rt<f v 1CTOR prance Compact — All in one — Silent or Sound Whether your World's Fair Films are your own or augmented with purchased m film — whether they are silent or sound, or ' ' black and white, or colored — or whether your film is SO ft. or the big 1600 ft. reels — the New VICTOR 40A Projector alone gives you everything you require for that professional sparkle in your films. All, at the unequalled low price of $295.00. Features that make VICTOR the outstanding 16mm. equipment — regardless of price — are, ingenious design for compactness, light weight, superior performance — as well as many patented mechanical features that include VICTOR'S Famous Film Protection against all types of damage or mutilation. Your VICTOR Dealer will gladly demonstrate, or write direct. sup ctovs VICTOR ANIMAT0GRAPH CORP. DAVENPORT, IOWA Chicago Los Angeles New York