Photoplay Studies (1940)

NUMBER 15 THE DARK COMMAND NOTE TO TEACHERS For keys to the two objective tests provided in this Guide, or for additional copies of the tests at 1^ each (minimum order, 35 copies), address Educational and Recreational Guides, Inc., Room 1418, 1501 Broadway, New York City. With each subscription or advance renewal for 1940-41 received before July 1, 1940, E. R.G.I, will send, on request, free of charge, a set of 35 copies of either of the two tests in this issue. Subscription rates: six months (15 guides), 1.25; one year (30 guides) , 2.00 ; two years, 3.50 ; three years, 5.00. Subscribers also receive radio guides and scripts without charge. A GLOSSARY OF MOTION-PICTURE TERMS—MATCHING TEST PARAGRAPH TESTS 1. Write a paragraph in which you identify Dark Command as to type of photoplay. Give two reasons why you think The Dark Command clearly illustrates this type. 2. Write a paragraph in which you give examples of five different types of shots or cinematographic effects in The Dark Command. Terms ..Close-up 1. ..Double Exposure 2. ..Focus (verb) 3. .Montage 4. .Persistence of Vision 5. .Tilt (verb) 6. .Telephoto Lens 7. .Camera Angle 8. .Lap Dissolve 9. "KIT OF TOOLS" A packet of materials for introducing the discussion of motion pictures, including tests, rating scales, basic monographs, and the 64-page Sterner-Bowden course, may be ordered at $2.00 from E. R. G. I., R. 1418, 1501 Broadway, New York City. .Dolly .Still .Pan (verb) .Long Shot .Iris In (verb) .Hard Lights .Frame .Iris Out .Film 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Definitions The angle of view taken by the motionpicture camera. A picture showing characters or objects at a short distance. The gradual change of one scene into another, made by lapping the fade-in of the one on the fade-out of the other. The exposure of a negative film at two separate times before development, so that images will appear combined upon the film when developed. A celluloid strip coated with a lightsensitive photographic emulsion. To adjust the position of a lens so as to secure the sharpest possible image of an object. A single rectangle of the series exposed on a motion-picture film. Arc lights or illumination from arcs, casting sharp shadows. To open a diaphragm, gradually, before or behind the photographic lens in a camera, until the full area of the recording frame is exposed. To obliterate the image formed in a camera, by reversing the "irising-in" process. A scene photographed so as to utilize the entire angle of the view of the camera lens focused for objects at practically infinite distance. To rotate a motion-picture camera in the horizontal plane, without changing the position of the tripod, so as to take in a panoramic view or to swing from character to character. The property of the human eye which causes an impression of an image to persist for a short time after the light causing the image has ceased. An ordinary photograph, as distinguished from a motion picture. A long-focus lens which gives the effect of a close-up although the camera is at a distance from the object photographed. To rotate a motion-picture camera in the vertical plane, parallel to the direction of film motion, without changing the position of the tripod. A "mounting" or rapid piling up of a series of flashes or brief scenes in a film, often unrelated, yet designed to build up a single idea. A rolling platform or truck for moving the camera while photographing the action.