While traveling, I purchase inexpensive color folders of each area we visit. They make LETTERS TO attractive titles for our vacation movies. Mr. C. R. N., Hurst, Tex. Since I edit all my movie films, I have found THE EDITOR it very useful to carry a small blackboard Q. Can KODACHROME II Film be used in electric-eye (14 x 18 inches) in the trunk of my car when movie cameras without special adapters or filters? traveling. It has "invisible" horizontal lines scratched on it. I use regular chalk, and it S. Sgt. J. W., Eglin AFB, Fla. takes but a moment or two to write or print A. Yes. However, you can enjoy the convenience of a title or other information on it. This is easily shooting indoors and outdoors on the same roll of wiped off with a damp cloth. film by loading with KODACHROME II Film, Type A, Mr. J. S., Seattle, Wash. and using as is under photoflood light and outdoors with a KODAK Daylight Filter (No . 85) over the cam- Here's a suggestion on how to protect film on era lens. a motor trip which you might wish to pass along to other readers. Three years ago we Q. I am very interested in having dupl icates made took a trip to th e West Coast, passing through of my films to send to relatives. Can I spl ice several portions of my films an d have that duplicated? Mrs. M. L., New Hyde Park, N. Y. A. Kodak offers duplicating service for both 8mm and 16mm users. You can edit and splice your films just the way you want them, and then take the film to your Kodak dealer to order the duplicate made. the Mohav e Desert both ways. I kept the film in a cardboard box on the floor of my station Q. If I submit a film cl ip for "Good Shots," will I w agon and waited un til I got home to have get it back? Miss M. A., Fa irbanks, Alas. it processed. Some of the film was affected A. If the clip is accepted for "Good Shots" use, we by the heat. The n ext time we went cross- keep it in our file. If it is not accepted, we return country, I carried my 20 rolls of fil m in a it to you . In any event, it is only a fraction of a Fiberglas bag but more important w as the second's screen action . fac t that I mailed each roll in for processing as soon as it was exposed. Although the COMMENT: While in the hospital for an ex- temperature ranged from 30 to 128 degrees, tended stay, I received numerous gifts, cards, w e had no film problems. and flowers. However, one that pleased m e Mr. M. S., Newington, Conn. Q. Is your high-speed EKTACHROME Film available in 16mm size? If so, how can I buy a 100- foot roll? Mr. T. P., Co atesville, Pa. A. KODAK EKTACH RO ME ER Fi lm, which is a high· speed color reversal film, is available in 100-foot rolls for 16mm cameras. Ch eck with your Kodak dealer. Note: while satisfactory in 16mm size, this film is too grainy for 8mm movies. most w as a gift of several rolls of KoDA- CHROME II Movie Film. The enclosed card COMMENTS: I have found that KoDACHROME said, " Get well soon and use this film to shoot II Movie Film will photograph color TV v ery movies of your own flo wers." well. I also shot 3½ rolls at the Ice Follies Mr. H. L. P., Kansas City, Mo. and am delighted with the footage. Mr. R. D. M., Philadelphia, Pa . Q. We have all our movie film in cans for protection. Som eone told us we should also add moist sponges. After editing my film , I splice a piece of Is this true? Mr. E. L. S., Ph iladelphia, Pa. spare white leader on the end of each reel A. No. Colo r films should never be humidified pur- so as to protect my movies. posely, exce pt under carefully controlled conditions . Mr. R . A. M., East Boston, Mass. It is important to keep your processed films on th e mai n floors of your house; not in the basement, which may be damp, or in the attic, which may be hot. Free 1964 Title Set COMMENTS: I have found small felt-tip pens We have prepared a n ew series of titles ideal for w riting titles on movie reel cans. I for popular occasions, similar to the set also number the can and put the same num- we offered this past year. For your free ber on the reel. The writing is easy to read set of 1964 titles, drop a letter or post and does not rub off. card to : Editor, Kodak Movie News, Mrs. M. H., Tacoma, Wash. Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester 4, N. Y.

2 This Christmas ... new ease and range for your holiday movie-making

Making Christmas movies, for years, has which provides about as much illumina- been as easy as rolling off a yule log. Yet tion as a 3- or 4-lamp reflector flood-light this Christmas, thanks to faster film, a bar. Lighter and more convenient, the Sun brighter and handier lighting unit, and a Gun Movie Light mounts on top of cam- growing appreciation of the fact that the eras, thereby making it easy to place cam- same roll of color film can be used both era and lighting unit on a table when not outdoors and indoors, holiday movie- in use. Easy, too, to make self-movies by making will be simpler and more reward- setting the camera's exposure button to ing than ever. "Run," so you can step around to get in The faster film, of course, is KoDACHROME your own pictures. II Movie Film. It's two-and-a-half times as The "one" all-purpose movie film is fast as the regular KoDACHROME Film which KoDACHROME II, Type A, which is used un- it replaced. In effect, this means your filtered under artificial light, and can be movie camera's lens is now one-and-a- shot through a KoDAK Daylight Filter No. half stops faster than heretofore. And this, 85 (Type A) in daylight. Results are among other things, means you can now thoroughly comparable to those enjoyed capture dim-light movie opportunities with Daylight KoDACHROME II Movie Film. formerly beyond your reach. The No. 85 Type A filter is built right into The new lighting unit is the KoDAK Sun many newer movie cameras, ready to be Gun Movie Light- a single-lamp unit flipped "in" or "out." For other movie cameras, it's available in an inexpensive mount, readily slipped over the lens whenever needed. These are the basics of today's movie- making. Think of them in terms of the movies you'll make this holiday season! Previous Christmases your indoor film was probably regular KoDACHROME, Type A-and a wonderful film it was until the advent of KoDACHROME II. With the 2- lamp light bar used by most movie-mak-

3 ers, the shooting range with a 2.7 or 2.8 Making movies with a camera to which lens used wide open was limited to maxi- a Sun Gun or other movie light bar is mum distances between 8 to 10 feet, with attached is unquestionably an easy way to a 1.9 lens to between 12 to 14 feet. have light and camera trained on the same But now look at what can be done with targets, whether they are stationary or the faster KoDACHROME II Movie Film, whether you swing the camera to follow Type A, and the single-lamp, lightweight them when they're in motion. By this KoDAK Sun Gun Movie Light. method, with an electric-eye camera you can move about to your heart's content, LAMP-TO-SUBJECT DISTANCE IN FEET always ready to shoot as your camera 3-4 4-6 6-8 8-12 12-16 16-25 automatically adjusts its lens opening 11 8 5.6 4 2.8 1.9 for different light distances and intensi- LENS OPENINGS ties. And with a non-electric-eye camera, all you have to do is remember to check This table is for the guidance of those against an exposure table to determine using hand-set cameras without built-in the right lens opening for each new light- electric eyes. With automatic cameras, and-camera distance. however, all you have to do is adjust them for the greater speed of KoDACHROME II Other lighting methods Movie Film (ASA 40 under artificial light] Even so, camera and light source don't and your camera's photo cell will take it have to be secured to each other. Now, from there. thanks to the greater speed of KoDA- Yet obviously you won't want to shoot CHROME II Movie Film, Type A, it's pos- -and in smaller rooms you simply can't sible to flood an average-size room with shoot-from 25 -, or 16-, or maybe even 12- ample shooting light. One member of a foot distances. So up closer than these family can point the light source from maximum filming distances, you'll be mak- one end of a room toward the subject, and ing movies with smaller lens openings as long as the subject is approximately than ever before. And, entirely apart from the same distance from the light, you can the improved detail of KoDACHROME II un- wander about at will, shooting at the same der all filming conditions, these smaller lens opening from any camera distance. lens openings .will assure you of the However, don't get between light and sub- sharpest indoor movies you've ever seen! ject. Here's a filming advantage which can But there are still other possibilities prove particularly helpful when things born of faster film and brighter lighting. are happening fast around the tree on

Take your choice of indoor lighting methods CAMERA SECURED TO CAMERA AND LIGHT SOURCE "BOUNCE LIGHTING" FROM LIGHT SOURCE USED SEPARATELY AN UPWARD-TILTED Shoot at close distances, or This. is suggested only for cam- MOVIE LIGHT from as far back as your light eras with fast lenses when the Here's another way to achieve source permits. Automatic cam- light is supplied by a KODAK soft, over-all illumination for eras will set their lens open- Sun Gun or 3- or 4-lamp movie fairly close-up movie-making. ings for proper exposure at al l light. Now, with one end of any It's proposed only for electric- distances. Hand-set cameras can average-size room flooded with eye cameras or when hand-held readily be adjusted to the right illumination, and all exposures meters are used to measure the lens opening. If your movie light determined by this one light varying amount of light that does not list KODACHROME II distance, the movie camera may bounces back upon subjects Film, Type A, use the exposure be used from any shooting posi- from ceilings of differing bright- guide on the film instruction tion at one and the same lens ness and distances. Light source sheet. opening. can be separate from camera.

4 Christmas morning, or when you want to sible with units such as the KoDAK Sun make a fuss-free series of shots when it's Gun Movie Light, Model 2, which can be turkey-time at the dinner table. Another tilted upward for over-all "bounce light- version of general room lighting is pos- ing" off bright ceilings.

Shooting hints for your holiday movie-making

Make lots of close·ups-Some movie cameras focus Vary your shooting angle-Although movie cameras as close as 12 inches. All others accept inexpensive are usually sighted from eye-level, heightened screen Portra lenses for close-ups that let you move near, interest is yours when you shoot high, shoot low, so you can show a subject BIG on the screen. angle up or down. Try floor-level views, for example.

Add outdoor nighttime shots-KODACHROME II Type Shoot outdoors with indoor color film-KODACHROME A, is the film to use. Try f/3.5 for brighter holiday lI Movie Film, Type A, used with a filter, is exposed displays; f 12.7 or f I 1. 9 for the dimmer ones. When in daylight exactly as is Daylight color film itself: shooting with photo flood lights outdoors, use one Average-bright subjects in sunlight call for between lens opening larger than you would indoors. f jll and 16. Set electric-eye meters for ASA 25.

Christmas is a time to SHOW movies, too! Christmas evening, when the day's excite- Christmases. Perhaps especially if, this ment has quieted and the family is gath- Christmas, you have one of the newer, ered together, is the time of times to turn brighter, more convenient projectors with room lights low and a projector's lamp which to show them. (See latest models "On" to screen movies of past years and on pages 10 and 11.)

5 How to "edit" in the camera Editing is a kind of treatment for your per- should start when your Christmas story sonal movies whereby you can add a pro- starts, and an ideal opening shot could fessional touch to your films. Basically, be a close-up of your Christmas card, badly-exposed or poorly-focused footage which becomes your title. The wrapping is removed. Scenes that are too long can of gifts, decorating of the tree and hang- be shortened. Also, scenes could be re- ing of stockings, plus other pre-holiday arranged in a different order if it would activity can easily be filmed in proper mean better continuity or a more interest- sequence. ing result. And, of course, specially made How long should each scene be? This titles can be added during editing. depends on your subject. Some scenes However, a tremendous amount of edit- only require 3 or 4 seconds, others as ing can be done in the camera, and many much as 10 to 15 seconds or longer. A movie-makers we know do this. They end general rule is to run your camera for as up with quite polished films by merely long as you would like to see on your splicing their films onto longer reels for movie screen that particular scene from 15-minute or half-hour showings. A little the spot where you're standing. And, of thought or planning before you shoot as course, strive to avoid exposure and to what you want to see on your screen focusing errors. By doing this, you get is all that's necessary. Photograph the much more value from each roll of film, activities in their normal sequence and and the only further step you may wish ta include natural titles whenever possi- take is to splice the related rolls together ble. For example, your Christmas movie for longer, uninterrupted showings. Action ... and correct exposure for snow One of the problems voiced by a number of our readers is that the family members or friends just stand around looking un- comfortable when the movie camera is aimed at them. This is true of children as well as adults. The solution is to have your subjects interested in doing or watching something so they won't con- sciously be aware of your camera.

telephoto or zoom lens for occasional close-ups, which add so much to any personal movie. Snow scenes are brighter than average which means you need less than normal exposure. Close your lens a half stop from the setting recommended for average subjects.

For example, instead of just getting a record shot of Junior and some of his buddies, get the action of some activity, such as a snowball fight. This can be one of their own choosing or one you've prodded them into. Keep your camera fairly well on the side line. If you inter- fere or direct too much, you're apt to lose the natural and spontaneous action you want. You can still move in or use your

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Raymond Deere, Urbana, Ohio-Mr. Dee re made this G. Yellin, Long Island, N. Y.-Photo lamps were used shot of the toucan through its glass cage wall. Four fo r this indoor scene, which is part of his Christmas fluorescent lights were inside cage . f / 2.3. 8mm movie. Shot at f j 5.6. 16mm

Sal Maragni, Scotch Plains, N. J.-This Indian was Mrs. Rose Dabbs, Bronx, N. Y.-Available light was "shot" at a Halloween costume party given by the used for this fireplace shot with the silhouette figure Maragnis. Colorful occasion for movies. f /4.5. 16mm in the foreground . Lens wide open . 8mm

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