Talking pictures : how they are made and how to appreciate them (1937)

Record Details:

Title:
Talking pictures : how they are made and how to appreciate them
Date:
1937
Publisher:
London : E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd.
Volume:
Talking pictures : how they are made and how to appreciate them
Leaf #:
000351
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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G L O S S A R Y Author's Note: This glossary of terms includes not only standard expressions but succinct, semislang trade parlance which has given motion pictures a vital and distinct idiom of their own. Acknowledgment is made for definitions used or adapted, which originally appeared in the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Vol. 17, No. 5, November, 193 1. Ac' e-tate film : Film the base of which is composed principally of cellulose acetate. Ac-tin'ic ray: A light ray of sufficient energy to make important chemical changes in substances or the skin of the body. A ger : Film studio technician whose business it is to give new buildings, rooms, furniture, and costumes an artificial appearance of age. Ake'ley: A type of camera for taking rapidly moving objects; for example, race scenes. Angle shot: A motion picture scene which continues or duplicates the action from or of the preceding scene, but which is photographed from a different angle. An' i mat' or : Pen and ink artist who makes successive drawings of the same characters for use in a film cartoon comedy. When the drawings are photographed, an illusion of action is given to the characters. Answer print: The first release print made of a picture. Ap'er ture: The opening in the aperture plate of the camera, projector, sound recorder, or positive film printer at which each individual picture or the sound track is halted during exposure, printing, or projection. [ 301 ]