Movietone Bulletin (June 1928)

THIS FILE WweViE TONE” BULLETIN Published in the interest of the Movietone Projectionist by Fox CASE CORPORATION 460 WEST 54t ST., NEW YORK Vot. I, No. 23 Attitude and Work Few men realize just how much depends upon their attitude toward their work. Thomas A. Edison did not reach his present high place and accomplish the tremendous things he has by hating his work, neither did he do so by having merely a luke warm interest in it. The individual who goes to his work in much the same frame of mind that a criminal goes to jail, or to execution, will never accomplish anything startling in connection therewith. He will be fortunate if he succeeds in holding down a job for any length of time. The man who really wants to get ahead must manage to have at least some interest in what he is. doing. His attitude toward his work must not be that of cordial dislike. He must not regard it merely as a sort of necessary evil; a thing to get a living with, In projection surely there is plenty to interest one, the more especially if he is projecting sound in synchronization with motion. In fact every moment of such work is or should be filled with interest. You are dealing with and handling great forces. Optics, electrics, enormously finely adjusted mechanics, sound amplification, the vacuum tube both in amplifying and in rectifying and the distribution of both light and sound. If your interest in and attitude toward your work is not at least fairly keen, my advice to you is to ESD 19 JUNE 9, 1928 ‘yeveuvvoavevaecvaevaieeanasnanrenavenvaeievavceaecaenanuecenagneeeec geveaaeN A Star Trio of Projectionists ys vucervacneeeevenneaeeeneevneenevnvanveeevvieny tees veaecarae nec eevee fH Me nn LC vt nn These are the boys who put movietone over at the Globe Theatre, along New York’s famous street of a billion bulbs. Above: F. R. Day. Mr. Day is also secretary L. U. 306, I. A. T. S. E. and M. P. M. O., New York City. On the left: Teddy Greenberg On the right: Samuel Fiber go into some other line of human endeavor, for you will never be of any real value to projection and aside from “serving time” it will never be of much value to you. But to the man whose attitude toward the work is that of keen interest, the field is very wide and he may go far and always up. fre | A q Use the Fader Recently I have attended showings of movietone in which there was not a sufficient or well judged use of the fader. There is a wide field for the exercise of judgment in the use of that particular thing. It is “not so good” to hear a huge close-up figure speak in the voice you would expect to come from the lips of a man far away. Conversely it is an absurdity to hear a man in the distance speak with the volume one would expect to hear from a man right in front of one. One of the highly important functions of the man who is projecting speaking or singing figures is to make such use of the fader that the sound is as nearly as possible natural sounding to the audience. If this part of the projectionists’ duty is neglected, or not attended to very, very carefully, the results will not be the best and very soon theatre patrons will know exactly who is to blame for that sort of thing. The projectionist can produce an effect of perfect naturalness, hence it is up to him to do so. Those who make the sound reproduction apparatus have supplied the means. It is up to the projectionist to make successful use of them. Understand movietone and you will give the audience a perfect show. Even a turkey gobbler must know his stuff before he can strut it.