Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

342 DECEMBER 1952 Classified advertising 10 Cents a Word Minimum Charge $2 EQUIPMENT FOR SALE ■ REVERE 8MM. camera, f/2.8 lens, case, $38.50; another one with f/1.9 lens, $47.50; Movie Mite SOF projector, perfect, with folding table and 2 reel SOF picture, all for $90.00; Victor 16mm. silent projector, 750 watt lamp, perfect, case, $62.50; Revere SOF projector, LN, $257.50; Keystone K 109, case, 750 watt lamp, cost $159.50, sell for 105.00; Weston Master II meter, $14.50; GE meter, $9.50. We buy your films or equipment for cash, or we trade. FRANK LANE, 5 LITTLE BLDC, BOSTON, MASS. ■ AURICON Cine Voice Sound Camera, like new complete (less lens), turret front model, amplifier, mike & all cables, case. Lists at $784.50; exceptional value at $575.00. R H. PHILLIPS, 337 Main St., Binghamton, N. Y. EQUIPMENT WANTED ■ WANTED TO BUY: Borden Camera Gun for Bell & Howell 70. State price. HAL HARRISON, 1102 Highland, Tarentum, Pa. FILMS FOR RETAIL OR SALE ■ NATURAL COLOR SLIDES, Scenic, National Parks; Cities, Animals, Flowers, etc. Sets of eight, $1.95; Sample & list. 25^. SLIDES, Box 206, La Habra, Calif. 9 SPECTACULAR 16mm. color sequences made by daring explorer. Brown bear closeups, shipwreck, sealions, caribou. Alaska, Mexico, Europe and the Alps. Write to NEIL DOUGLAS, Box 664, Meriden, Conn. ■ MOVIE LIBRARY for sale— lock, stock and barrel! Some equipment. Write CHARLES VANCE, 568 E.N. Broadway, Columbus 2, Ohio. FILMS WANTED ■ 16MM. KODACHROME footage on ducks, duck hunting, wild animals, hawks, other wildlife. Good prices offered. HARRISON, Highland St., Tarentum, Pa. MISCELLANEOUS ■ KODACHROME DUPLICATES: 8mm. or 16mm., 11^ per foot. Immediate service on mail orders. HOLLYWOOD 16MM. INDUSTRIES, Inc., 6060 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. ■ SOUND RECORDING at a reasonable cost. High fidelity 16 or 35. Quality guaranteed. Complete studio and laboratory services. Color printing and lacquer coating. ESCAR MOTION PICTURE SERVICE, Inc., 7315 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland 3, Ohio. Phone: Endicott 1-2707. ■ 8mm. HOLLYWOOD TITLE STUDIO 16mm. Complete titling service. Color and black and white. SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE MEMBERS. Send lOf? for Price List and Sample. Address: 1060 North Vista Street, Hollywood 46, Calif. S COLORSLIDES — Exclusive interiors of historic homes, buildings, museums, caves. Free list. KELLER COLOR, Clifton, N. J. Scene Fade in. Hands on organ keyboard. 11 sec. Girls on platform. Pan shot 18 sec. Closeup, and 1951 Queen. 11 sec. Narration No voice. Main event of the festival is the coronation of the Festival Queen. This is done the first day. This charming young lady is chosen each year by popular vote. Miss Nelda DeMik, of Wichert, 111., has top honor this year and is attended by Miss Donna Fieleke, the retiring queen and a court of attendants. Music Record #10. Bring up loud, fade down as scene ends. Record #10 (soft) Record #10 (soft) pushing the "lock-in" record button, we project the film and watch carefully for the scene that was flubbed. Just as that scene appears, we push in the record button and we're recording again. Then, when played back, the only evidence of the re-recording is a click as the recording function was activated. No wow, no distortion! TIME YOUR SCENES WITH A STOP WATCH When your film is finished — edited, tilled and sound striped — you should time each scene with a stop watch. For now you are ready to write your narration and to choose your music. On narrative, some allow 120 words each minute; others even more. But I find that 100 words each minute are plenty. I like time for a scene to establish itself and for the mood music to be brought into full effect both before and after the description. So, I don't write it "full." Besides, a few extra seconds on each scene can be mighty handy for turning pages, watching for screen cues, and the like. Now you're ready to plan your music. This is a big task but a pleasant one. I have a large record library, collected over the years, and it is most helpful. Thus, after listening to dozens of records, I finally choose the ones I want and number them to match the completed cue sheets. VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR 110 VOLT AC/DC TACHOMETER for EK CINE SPECIAL Motor drive your Cine Special with confidence! Tachometer is mounted in clear view of operator. Calibrated from 16 to 64 frames per second. Definite RED marking for 24 fps. Electrical governor adjusts speeds. Stead/ operation at all speeds. No adapters needed. Motor coupling attaches to camera and couples to motor. Spring steel drive arm shears if film jam occurs. Easily replaced. SPLICES NOT HOLDING? Try Jefrona all-purpose cement. Send for FREE sample. FRANK C ZUCKER (7flm€Rfl€ouipni€nT(o. ^^ i6oo BRuROwny \ new yoR* cay ^r* PREPARING THE CUE SHEET Type your cue sheet in duplicate, so that the operator has one set and the narrator the other. I find the format above as good as any: I 'then rehearse the entire script with the film several times. If a record isn't right, we change it. And if a phrase in the narration is clumsy or out of time, we change it. For this isn't work at all. It is my hobby, and I enjoy every minute of it. USE A TRAINED VOICE In closing, one last thought I would leave with you is that we can't all have good recording voices. Some of us aren't experienced enough to do a good clear job of speaking and enunciating. And perhaps we can't even talk for 30, 40 or 50 minutes without difficulty. I've found that radio announcers, ministers and some school teachers are the best persons to help us on our narrative recordings. For our Community Chest film we asked a local radio man to do the job — and a superb job he did, indeed. Words that meant nothing when the rest of us spoke them took on specific meaning when he read them. For my Bulbs and Beauty film, I enlisted the help of my minister, who has a well modulated voice and whose years of public speaking were a great aid to us. If your own (or your wife's) voice doesn't record effectively, then don't use it. You wouldn't think of spoiling a fine film with poor subtitles. Now, in the magnetic era, be equally selective. Don't spoil a fine film with not-so-good narration! (In launching this informal series of round-table reports, Movie Makers invites its readers everywhere to write us in detail of their trials and triumphs in this exciting new medium of magnetic sound on film. Share your experience with other amateurs! Tell us of your technical procedures in recording voice, music — via mike or electronically — and in rerecording either from tape onto the film stripe. Open your magnetic notebook tonight — and send us your report — The Editors.)