Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

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Drive Hollywood 26, Calif. cine DUPLICATES 8mm enlarged to 16, 16mm reduced to 8 8mm, 16mm & 16mm sound duplicates Made in B&W or color on latest electronic controlled printers Distinctive titling and editing WRITE FOR FREE LITERATURE National CineLab.,Box4425,Washingfonl 7, D.C. SKCVDNS FILMS Thrilling Hone Movies of all types. Send only One Dollar for Super Short Subject "EXCITING STARS". Order HOT from Dept. MM. EXCITING FILMS ^1071 El Centro, Hollywood, Calif. Check Size: 8mm D 16mm □ Sound D it took its place in the cosmos. The scenes used (as will be immediately clear in the frame enlargements) were made specifically for this purpose in Yellowstone National Park. They were not faked, but real. But in use they do not represent reality. They serve rather as symbols — 'and as such constitute creative faking. To avoid dispelling the dramatic illusion of such inserts, certain precautions are necessary in planning these additional shots to be made at or near your home. First, of course, is that they be limited almost entirely to closeups. Head and shoulder closeups of individual people: closeups of an examination of appropriate souvenirs from the trip; added scenes of the selection of fishing tackle or baiting a hook; closeups of hands pulling on cowboy boots or other special equipment; scenes of consulting a road map, followed by closeups of the map with route or place clearly indicated, and staged scenes of writing postcards (in lieu of titles) are but a few of many possibilities of creative faking. Before shooting any of these specially planned closeups, it is advisable to study carefully the vacation or travel scenes which will appear, in the completed film, both before and after the added scenes. Of great importance is the need for checking costumes. There must be no variation in clothing (or condition of clothing) between the scenes actually taken on the vacation and those taken at home later. Sometimes little things like slight changes in hair styling or variations in earrings have to be watched for, if the subject of the closeup is a girl or woman. Even in the case of male subjects, it just won't do to have one closeup of a head badly in need of a haircut followed by a closeup of the same head obviously just out of a barbershop. In closeups of hands and arms, one must watch for such details as costume jewelry. The same rings, bracelets and watch must appear in connected scenes. And do not forget the time on the watch face! Already mentioned in connection with the Arizona film is the need for matching sky conditions in consecutively real and re-created scenes. Sky conditions in turn involve the type of lighting, for scenes obviously taken on a cloudy-bright day with soft shadows cannot be well matched with other scenes taken on a cloudless day when shadows are sharply defined. The direction and angle of light in the original scenes also should be observed carefully before filming the additional scenes. If the vacation scene shows the shadows falling to the right side of the face, then the closeups we are going to make must create the same effect. Care in these respects will result also in a better match of sky tone — which is one FEBRUARY 1949 further refinement of the illusion, possible in creative faking. So why not get out your latest travel or vacation film and see if it cannot be still further improved by the fascinating magic of creative faking? There's no reason why that camera should be idle until next vacation! Lighting should be high [Continued from page 54] pieces. One piece is 7 feet long; the other is long enough to make up the difference to the wall according to the size of the room in which it is used. Two strips form a set and are held together by a steel strap 8 inches long, l1/^ inches wide and 3/32 of an inch thick. Half of its length is screwed to one end of the wooden strip, while the other half is attached by machine screws and wing nuts to the opposing end of the wooden strip meeting it. Two steel straps, 4 by 1% by 1/16inches in size, are screwed to the outer ends of the wood strips and serve as anchors. The 1/16 inch steel strap on the end of the 7 foot wooden strip is inserted between the ceiling and the picture molding, and the strip is held there temporarily with the aid of a support. A prop like the one illustrated, consisting of a light stand with a wooden "Y" end, serves the purpose very nicely. The light sockets are fastened to wooden blocks, 3 by 2 by % inches in size, which are designed to slide along the strips with the aid of small angle irons. The light cords from the sockets are trained along the strips and the picture molding with the aid of elastic bands, picture hooks, etc. A small hole is bored through the shorter dimension of the wooden block in order to take dowel rods. Other appendages are slipped onto the dowels to hold such items as black paper to shield the light from the lens, or translucent tissue paper to eliminate undesired shadows, especially from the walls. I find that four No. 1 flood bulbs, without reflectors, positioned in this way supply adequate general illumination in a room 15 by 12 feet. When it is planned to film scenes in, say, the living room and dining room, I place ceiling strips in both rooms, wired and be-lamped in advance. Then, when T move from one room to the other, all I have to do is to plug in the circuits. I would like to mention that the apartment in which we are now living has two circuits of 15 amperes each. This means that a total of twelve No. 1 Photofloods (six on each circuit) could be used with safety. Using No. 2 flood bulbs for color films, no more than three lamps on each 15 ampere fuse is the recommended safety limit. I find