Evening star., 1957-12-15
ny A. J. wEDDERBURN
cgrster o. PhotosIaphy

Ths smithsenisn instiintien
!: The Importance Of close
i. ups In motion pictures can
not be over-stressed. Scenes
: that disclose the fullest de-
tails about the main subject
of o movie are those that
people are most interested In.
So be sure your home movies
-have their fun quota Of
=close-ups In each sequence.
: Let's suppose you plan 70
shoot Q film Of the kids play
ing in the snow this winter.
Stop for a moment and try
: to visualize just how you
would watch the scene Of ac-
: ton as . spectator. You
might look out your window
and see the youngsters out
in the backyard making .
snow man. Would you let Il
60 at that? Hardly: II they
were your children the odds
are you'd put on your warm
clothes and go outside for q
closer look at the fun.
You would walk closer to
Catch the expressions Of hap
.piness and to inspect the
snowman in al its handsome
"Details. You would very prob
{: ably walk right up to that
piece Of snow sculpture TO see
what was used to make the
eyes and other features. Then
you would step back again
for an overall view Of the
activity.
Work Out Details
In planning a movie Of the
same action simply keep in
mind the fact that those who
later on. will watch the
movie story unfolding on the
screen. will be just as in
terested in the details Of the
scene as you were as a
: spectator.
+. Happy. laughing faces.
hands patting the snow In
place. balls of snow growing
as they are pushed by the
children, the pipe in the
snowman's mouth. the haton
his head. and multitude Of
other interesting things
should be shown in detail by
the closeup method. Just
have enough Of these eye
filling shots in each sequence
to keep the audience fully
satisfied as TO details.
Virtually all modern movie
cameras are fitted to capture
close-ups as big or bigger
than life. Even the most in
expensive movie cameras can
do this for you even II they
come equipped with only a
non-focusine lens. With such
q lens you can, unaided, shoot
within ga feet Of q subject
and still get q sharp image.
At that distance It's lens will
span Q field about q foot wide.
Enlarged by Projection
As even the lowest-cost 9.
nm. movie projectors will Al
a screen 2 TO 3 feet wide. /,
automatically doubles or triples
the width Of your camera tar
act. thus increasing It's over.
al area 4 to 6 times. Some 9.
rom. projectors will show NOV.
tes up TO 5 feet wide and IS.
rliin. projectors will blow up
their images TO 10 feet in width
o. even larger.
10 do even better with Z
nonfocusing lens. Just slip or
az inexpensive supplementary
lens such as the portra attach.
nient and you will be able tc
go within about 10 inches u
span a field Of about 4 inches
VIDE. When these inches are
transposed into feet on your
movie screen you will really
have some flrst-rate close-ups
cameras with focusing lenses
VIII enable you TO get as close
az IL inches from the subject
thus covering q 4-inch-wide
field. But even with this type
lens you can get added size
to the image by using the
portra attachment for a target
Of about 2 inches In width.
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TWO TYPES OF DYES
are necessary In q color film,
one TO see" the color and
the other TO record 1t. Image
dyes used In the images OF