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AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, OCTOBER 1968

Fortunate is the studio that has
Aerial Image Photography facilities
. incorporated in its animation stand.
With Aerial Image Photography it is
possible to do in one run what requires
two runs and the preparation of Trav¬
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used.
The same double exposure effect of
live action scenes combined with ani¬
mated cartoon characters (described
in the process of the Optical Printer)
can be accomplished with less effort
and much more quickly with Aerial
Image Photography. The device mak¬
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can project a previously photographed
scene to table top level of an anima¬
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| picture film, projected upward from
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moves in synchronization with the ani¬
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one particular frame while the camera
continues to run, for freeze frame
photography. It can also be run for¬
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A previously prepared sheet of
transparent acetate, on wfTch the ani¬
mation has been inked and painted,
is placed on the glass where the aerial
image is projected. The animation
camera, positioned above, will then
photograph both the animated draw¬
ing as well as the projected image of
the live action simultaneously.
It must be mentioned here that the
term Aerial Image means exactly what
it says. The image is in the air and
is not visible to the naked eye unless
a piece of ground glass or a piece
of animation paper is interposed in the
optical
projection
path.
However,
were we to try to photograph the
image projected on the ground glass
or on the piece of animation paper,

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