Operating Instructions
l
titles
for films
Almost every
motion
picture
requires
titles to exp
lain
shifts
in
subject
materia
l,
or
to clarify
certain
types
of action.
Users
of
the
Cine·Kodak Special
II
Camera
can
make
their
own titles.
to
make
titles
with
the
Special-Many
times a shot
of a sign
or
a
name
,
made
outdoors,
is sufficient to
bridge
a
gap
in
a film story.
At
other
tim
es a
typewritt
en, hand-lettered,
or
printed
title,
or
a close-up of a
map
or
folder
may
be
more
desirable.
The
height
and
width
of all such titles
should be
in
a 3 x 4
proportion.
Printed
titles
can
be
made
by
daylight
or
by
arti
-
fi
cial light.
Mount
the
camera
on a
tripod
or
other
solid
support.
Lay
the
copy to be
photographed
on a
table
or
mount
it
upright.
To center
cards
or
other
copy
for
filming, use
the
reflex finder.
wipe
titles-A
wipe title
can
be
made
of scenes
that
contain
no
action,
or
from
photographs.
In
this type
of title, a l
ine
appears
to
pass
across
the
screen wiping
off one scene as
it
uncovers
another
scene
or
title.
Set
the
camera
on a table
and
place a piece of fin e-
ruled
paper
(such
as
graph
pap
er)
flat on
the
table
between
the
camera
and
the
vertically
mountedsubj
ecL
Attach
a piece of dull
bla
ck
card
to a block,
the
card
being of such a size as to
obstruct
completely
the
camera
field when
the
block is placed vertically
about
two feet
in
front
of
the
25mm
lens.
With
th
e
aid
of
th
e reflex finder, determine
the
points
on
th
e
graph
paper
(at
a
marked
distance
from
the
camera)
that
represent
the
two sides of
the
picture
area
.
The
block
is
to
be
drawn
square
by
square,
from
one side of
the
picture
to
the
other.
Photograph
the subj ect in
the
usual
manner.
When
the came
ra
is stopped
at
the
end
of
the
scene,
make
necessary
exposure
adjustments
for
single
·frame
work.
Draw
the
block
acro
ss
the
graph
paper
one
square,
expose one frame, move
the
block
another
square,
expose
another
fram
e,
and
so on
until
the
camera
field is completely blocked.
Count
the
number
of
squares
tra
versed, close the
s
hutt
er,
and
wind
the film
back
that
number
of
frames
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