Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1929)

Record Details:

Title:
Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Date:
1929
Publisher:
New York : Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Volume:
Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1929)
Leaf #:
000486
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Cinematography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Preceeded by an unnumbered issue published in 1916 called: Incorporation and by-laws
Date Added:
November 17, 2022
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THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES Frank Woods* IMPORTANT events have occurred in the history of the Academy's progress since the last information conveyed to your distinguished Society. These events may be summarized under the f ollov^ing heading : 1. Installation of sound equipment. 2. College Cultural course. 3. Bestowal of Merit Awards. 4. Stanford-Muybridge Memorial. Through the courtesy of the Electrical Research Products, Inc., the Academy is now equipped with a complete sound reproducing system, said by the engineers to be the best on the Pacific Coast. In addition to reproducing sound by disc or film, the equipment may be used for the double film method by which the picture is on one film and the sound on another running synchronously. The installation was inaugurated by a general meeting of the Academy on April 24, at which President J. E. Otterson of Electrical Research Products, Inc., was the guest of honor and principal speaker. At this meeting the plans of the Academy for the future use of the equipment were announced and discussed. There was general agreement in the thought that with this new installation the Academy is now in a position to be of more value to the industry than it has ever been before. All of the Branches have announced series of meetings to demonstrate and discuss problems peculiar to each of the several classes — writers, directors, actors, and technicians. In addition to this use to which the new equipment will be devoted, the Academy has extended to representative committees from National Better Film organizations, the courtesy of the Academy quarters for previews of new pictures. These committees make reports to their national headquarters regarding the pictures they preview, and these reports are then distributed throughout the country by the organizations. It is in no sense a censorship, but rather a report to * Hollywood, Calif. 470