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REQUIREMENTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND NONTHEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENT FIELD
By W. W. Kincaid
THE Standardization Committee of the Motion Picture Chamber of Commerce, made up of agencies that are interested in developing
the motion picure service in the non-theatrical field, was formed for the purpose of setting up standards for the efficient operation of the portable motion picture projector. • It is the purpose of this Committee to set up operating standards to meet conditions which usually occur in lodge rooms, churches, schools and other places in which the non-theatrical exhibitor is called upon to show film.
It is our purpose to instruct the non-professional operator how to detect and meet these conditions and secure as nearly as possible 100% efficiency. This operator must be made to appreciate the conditions which he has to face and must be taught to adjust his equipment so as to meet these conditions successfully.
Your Societ}' has pioneered the way by working out the laws and principles of the movie projector, including the principles of light and the laws and principles of reflection qualities of screens. This work is certainly not only helpful but indispensable, if progress is to be made along the line of scientific development of the industr^^
If all of the operators in the non-theatrical field were trained in their work we would experience satisfactory projection on the screen and the work of our Committee would be unnecessary. The outstanding fact is that most of the institutions and societies in the non-theatrical field must rely for operators upon some one of their number and one who has not been sufficienth' instructed in either the operation of the projector or how to judge and meet the conditions with which he is confronted.
While it is true that the manufacturers of projectors and equipment supply books of instruction with their machines, they usually fail by going into too much detail about particular operations. On the other hand, the}' do not give necessary instructions on how to study conditions commonh' met in setting up and operating the equipment. Some information regarding the usual conditions which are found in the average lodge room, church and school room must be pointed out. The operator must be taught how to judge of these conditions and how to successfully meet them. He must know the maximum efficiency as well as the limitations of his projector. He must be taught how to coordinate and operate the three elements necessary to produce a satisfactory picture — the projector, the screen and the film. He must be taught to survey the conditions under
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