Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

MOVIE MAKERS 117 Island in the foreground and snow mantled Mauna Kea in the background. This scene can be taken from the Naniloa Hotel grounds and must be taken in the morning. AT LAST ALOHA No matter how long your stay in the Islands may be, you will find the day of your departure for the Mainland arrives all too soon. Plan to arrive at the dock early, as the sailing from Honolulu is as colorful as the arrival. Outside the dock building on sailing day the Hawaiian lei vendors gather to sell their wares. Scenes of these charming Hawaiian girls and of the leibedecked passengers will bring you aboard ship. Here catch the passengers as they throw multicolored paper streamers shoreward and, as the ship pulls away, show the gay farewell salutes. According to tradition, as the ship steams past Waikiki you cast your lei into the sea. If it floats shoreward, you will return to Hawaii again. Picture, then, a pretty passenger casting her lei into the sea, and close your film with a closeup of the flowers as they drift shoreward . . . Aloha, and good shooting. Look to your splicing [Continued from page 98] sparingly. If painted on the film, as with the stroke of a brush, excess water may soften the emulsion beyond the line of overlap. This in turn is likely to cause a jagged tear along what should be the straight edge of the scraped emulsion. Furthermore, if too much moisture is applied, the scraped surface may become damp and unreceptive to the cement. For a uniform application, a small felt pad of cube shape, about % of an inch wide and high, is the most practicable moistener. It should be -naked in water and then well squeezed. The emulsion should absorb the moisture instantaneously, somewhat similar to the way a drop of water is absorbed by a blotter. It is better to moisten in small amounts, between scrapings, than to spread a large amount of water at one time. CARE IN SCRAPING Whether scraping is done wet or dry, the use of a sharp scraper is indispensable. A dull scraper requires more pressure and is likely to injure the film by gouging it or by tearing the perforations. If more emulsion is scraped off than the width of the overlapping film, a white streak will flash on the screen as the splice goes through the projector gate. Any such difficulty suggests that your splicer needs adjustment. If less emulsion than the area 'Beg. U.S. Pat. Off. WSXWQSueto EXPOSURE METER * 0 vAth the amazing pho^s^* ONLY the Norwood Director features the amazing PHOTOSPHERE the 3-dimensional light collector and integrator which gathers and distributes directly to the photoelectric cell ALL of the incident light illuminating the camera side of the subject. Anybody yes, anybody can get excellent results the first time with a Norwood Director. No tilting, guessing, compensating. You merely point the PHOTOSPHERE at the camera, line up the dial with the needle, and you read the exposure directly, easily, accurately. And it's versatile — for black-and-white, color, stills or movies. $29.95, plus tax, complete with leatherette cov ered, gold stamped, plush-lined steel carrying case, neck cord, instruction manual, ASA indexes, registration guarantee card and calibration certificate. At your dealer's, or write for free, illustrated booklet, "Correct Exposure Determination." AMERICAN BOLEX COMPANY, INC. 521 Fifth Avenue New York 17, N. Y. 8-16mm Silent, Sound, Sales, Rental, Exchanges MOVIES Two 3c stamps for giant catalogue. State Size Reed & Reed Distributors, Inc. 7508 Third Ave. Brooklyn 9, N. Y. y THE RALPH R. ENO CORP. 626 W. 165 ST. • NEW YORK Send your film for free criticism or *ttimate. ^ don't be Even audiences have some righls. Don't lei film blemishes spoil iheir enjoyment of your picture. Protect prints with PEERLESS FILM TREATMENT 'trrni tree fllM processing > ttKLtyy CORPORATION 165 WEST 46th STREET, NEW YORK 19, N. Y.