Practical cinematography and its applications (1913)

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42 PRACTICAL CINEMATOGRAPHY into the exposed film box and is thus secure from the light. Opening the side of the camera obviously ruins the whole of the unexposed film threaded through the mechanism, so that when picture taking is resumed the handle must be given a few more turns to make sure that the whole of the light-ruined film has passed through the gate. Seeing that one turn of the handle re- presents eight exposures, equivalent to 6 inches of film, it is a simple matter to estimate how many turns of the handle are necessary to clear the gate of spoiled film. Most cameras are provided with a film indicator enabling the operator to tell at a glance how many feet of film have been exposed. In this case, care must be taken to see that the indicator is returned to zero when the mechanism is threaded-up. Another convenience is the " punch " whereby it is possible to mark the film after an incident has been photographed, so that the worker can afterwards tell in the dark room by a mere touch where the exposure ended in each case, The film should be marked after every episode is finished because it is then possible, if desired, to develop the film in lengths. Indeed it is advis- able to follow this practice, and especially when the exposures have been made under varying conditions of light. By developing in sections