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MOVIETONE BULLETIN
Published in the interest of the Movietone Projectionist by
Fox CASE CORPORATION 460 WEST 541 ST., NEW YORK
VotuME 1, No. 26.
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Concerning the a at oe Over
Be very careful about which direction you turn the fader at change-over. An error, (and it sometimes happens, too), in this respect, raises the sound amplification on the projector you are cutting out and leaves the projector you are cutting in without sound, which is, as you know, not so good. The actual net result is a series of squawks and meanirgless noises.
A projectionist in the Northwest, who says he has committed that blunder twice, asks if there is not some method of insurance against it.
Certainly there is. It was described in Bulletin No. 3, January 21. I present you again the illu:tration printed in fhat 4 issue.
Assuming that you are cutting out projector No. 1—the left hand one as you face the screen, if you will grasp the fader handle as shown in the upper diagram, with your wrist over the red, you cannot very well turn it the wrong way, even were you to try. On the other hand, if you are cutting out projector No. 2, (the right hand one as you face the screen), you have but to grasp the fader as per the lower illustration, with your wrist over the white, and youll have a hard time turning the knob in any other than the right direction.
The reason for error in this matter lies in the fact that at change-over, the mind is centered
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Grasp fader as shown by diagram. Turn as shown by arrows.
upon watching for the cue, and upon the mechanical operation of change-over. Form the habit of grasping the fader knob as here illustrated at change-over time and you'll make no mistakes in future.
June 30, 1928.
Oiling the Projector
Careful with that oil can, men! One or two drops of oil is quite sufficient for any projector bearing, except the intermittent, and that is of course in an oil well. More oil than that will just run out, get daubed about and very likely get on the film.
You don’t like to receive oily films do you? What do you say about the projectionist who sends you oily film—the man who used them next before you?
Well, just remember that another man must put on a show with these same films when you are through with them, and it’s much nicer to have him comment on the excellent condition of the films than to have him say things no respectable printer would put into type because of the oil you got on them.
That Sound Gate
Have you got the habit? Do you examine the sound gate carefully each time before threading and clean it thoroughly if there is the least bit of need? It’s much nicer to do that than to find a scratch mark all the way through a reel of film, is it not?
Just keep your head and you will get along all right. About the only thing that doesn’t get bawled out when it gets balled up is a pawnbroker’s sign or a pool table.