Super 8 in the Teaching of Film Production

Beginning students at the University of California, Los Angeles must produce a double-system sound film using super 8. For convenience in editing and interlocking with 16mm magnetic film, a projection rate of 24 frames/s has been made standard. In the fall of 1970, a new super 8/16mm mixing system which used a single-phase 117-V sync-interlock drive was installed. All films are screened in a 280-seat theater. It was necessay to provide projection equipment which would give image size and brightness adequate for viewing in a theatrical situation. A number of specialized design considerations had to be implemented so that the system could be operated by nontechnically oriented students.

Print ISSN

0361-4573

Published

1971-09

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J05749