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note

Gutierrez was quick to
the difference in animation of

this type as compared to the better
known types of animation:
"'Animation' conjures up
the notion of a cartoon, but in this
case it's a really specialized means
to an effect. In the 'heads up dis¬

actually used the com¬
puter to simulate the motion of
the target trying to find the plane.
It was actually created as a com¬
puter motion control of the mo¬
tion of animation graphics and
then optically composited with
the aerial photography. The tracer
stuff also is on the background
plates and must be animated to
play'

we

match that. You have to let the
of go out of the frame
and put it through at odd angles.
tracer sort

"Incidentally, we don't
do our own opticals," he added.
"We have good working relation¬
ships with Cinema Research and
Modern Film Effects. These are
the two companies we work
with."
The main principle that

USFX is a striving for
realism, almost of a documentary
sort. After The Right Stuff was re¬
leased, even veteran effects men

prevails

at

hard put to determine which
flying scenes were real and which
were created
via miniatures.
Gutierrez recalled, that "I'd tell

were

people I produced the special ef¬
fects and they'd say, 'What ef¬
fects?"' Much of this was the
result of a search for photographic
touches that he calls "the sublimi¬
nal visual cues of actual flight."

Top Gun is filled with these
camera

cues:

unsteadiness which sug¬

gests that the shot is being made
from another aircraft; use of long
lenses to capture a compressed,

jumpy look

subconsciously as¬
flying; the tendency of

we

sociate with
aerial cameramen under battle

conditions

to

lead the

nose

of the

subject plane and make hasty ad¬
justments in composition; clouds
(liquid nitrogen and fogger vapors)
blowing through.
Despite the headaches
that accompany any large effects
job, Gutierrez said he enjoys them
all: "I always learn something." A

JUNE SALE
QUALITY USED EQUIPMENT

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Good

VG

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GRIP

EX

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35MM PROJECTORS
S0I0 Price

Elemack Spyder Dolly, VG
''Fox" Velocilator stage dolly by Fearless
Camera. Everything works, new tires. G
Mini-Crab Dolly (Colortran) with side boards,
power column, 1 ea. rechargeable C02
tank. G
TVP Pneumatic video camera pedestal dolly

$18,000.00
$ 1,195.00

...

Sale Price

MP-30 M

Magnetic Interlock 35mm portable
projector w/lens G
MP-30 S Standard 35mm portable projector

$ 5,495.00

w/lens G

$5,995.00

VG

Miller F Tripods New
Ronford F2 fluid head w/tripod EX
Arri "Cartoni" gyro head w/tripod EX
Wooden side boards for Elemack Cricket G

$
$
$
$

450.00
395.00
895.00
895.00

$

100.00

SOUND
Sale Price

Swintek 2L/50A Body Pac Wireless Mic System
includes 2L AC receiver, 50A Body Pac

transmitter, Lavalier microphone, antennas,
case VG. List $1,900.00. Now

$ 1,000.00

Swintek Mark 6/50A Body Pac Wireless Mic
System including Mark 6 camera piggyback

$ 3,000.00

(1 Pr.) Simplex XL 35mm Projectors, w/Forward
& Reverse, RCA Mag/Optical Interlock Sound
Heads, Electric Changeover, Motorized 2000'
Take-Up Magazines, Xetron 4000 Watt
Lamphouses, (Vertical Bulb for Lower
Wattage, if needed). Simplex Pedestals. New
$30,000.00. Excellent Used (1 Pr.)
(1 Pr.) Simplex XL 35mm Projectors, w/IPC
Simplex Sound Heads, Simplex Pedestals, No
Lamphouses. Overhauled and Rebuilt, (1 Pr.)
1 ea. Century Model MDA 35mm Projector
w/Century Sound Head, Model MR-3-G,
Pedestal, No Lamphouse or Magazines. Fully
Rebuilt. EX
Tower Film Transport, 2-hr. 40 min. Capacity
35mm Goldberg Booth Rewind
Used 35mm

receiver, 50A Body Pac transmitter, antennas,
EX. List $1,755.00. Now
Mini-mic Lavalier microphone-assorted types

$

case.

$ 9,995.00

$ 4,450.00
..

$ 3,500.00
$ 695.00

Proj. Lenses & Anamorphics Available

995.00

from
Perfectone 3 channel field/studio audio mixer for

$

75.00

Nagra Recorder. G
Nagra BMII Field mixer, 3 channels plus line.

$

800.00

$

300.00

VG

$18,000.00

COMPLETE STUDIO SOUND PACKAGE

Magnasync 3116-E-3 16mm
Recorder/Reproducer Rack Mounted
w/lnterlock Motor

Magnasync 3116-E-33 16mm Triple Reproducer
Rack Mounted Interlocked

Magnasync G962 Mixing Console w/''Counter
Intelligence Counter" & Distributor Remote
Control
Eiki NT-116mm Projector w/lnterlock Kit
Distributor all Cables & Manuals. System used

EDITING EQUIPMENT
Sale Price
Moviola K-20 16mm Viewer-Motorized
Moviola L-20 16mm Viewer w/TU Arms
Motorized
Moviola UL-20-CS Upright w/TU Arms
Zeiss Moviescop Viewer
Bell & Howell Filmotion Viewer
16mm Maier Hancock Splicer
16/35 Maier Hancock Splicer
35mm Rivas Splicer
35mm Robot II Splicer
16mm Bolex Splicer (Demo)

$

595.00

$

895.00

$ 2,195.00
$ 249.50
$

99.50

$
$
$
$
$

495.00
495.00
145.00
149.50
75.00

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

approximately 100 hrs. Current Replacement
Cost. $40,000.00

$25,000.00

Complete Package

Sale Price
16mm/35mm Wet Gate

LIGHTING
Sale Price
$
275.00
$
195.00
$
225.00

Mole Richardson 5K G

Kliegel 5K G
Bardwell McAllister 5K G

System for Acme
Projector. Forward, reverse, stop motion,
freeze frame, continuous high speed to 500
fps., normal 240 fps. Fixed pin registration
with threading latch for easy loading.
Regulated pump-fed closed support system
consisting of two pumps, reservoir, controls,
valves, gauges, cabinetry. Complete system
includes: 16mm & 35mm Wet Gate for Acme

ANIMATION STANDS

&

Support System. New: $22,450.00. EX

.

$11,000.00

Sale Price

Richardson RB-300 Prof. Stand w/16mm Mod. 6
Acme Camera. Totally Rebuilt to "Like New"
Condition

PRINTERS

$44,000.00

Oxberry 35mm Film Strip, Slide Film Complete

Sale Price

Animation Stand w/Camera, Follow Focus

Acme Model 37 16mm

Compound, Top & Bottom Lights, EX

$14,500.00
$ 7,500.00

FAX Senior Stand, Complete, Rebuilt, EX
FAX Double Column, Custom Senior Stand

$ 7,500.00

16MM PROJECTORS
Sale Price
1 Pr. Norelco 16mm Pedestal Projectors w/2500
Watt Hughes Xenon Lamphouses. Solid State
Power Supplies. Change-overs IV2" Lenses,
21/2" Lenses, Anamorphic Lenses, Used only
500 hrs. (New Replacement Cost

$22,000.00). Our Price
Bell & Howell Specialist, Optical Sound, EX
Elmo 16 CL Xenon Demo, New $2,900.00
Bell & Howell Jan Optical Sound
Bell & Howell Jan Optical Sound
Graflex Mod 940 Xenon - Very Low Hours
Graflex Mod 815 Optical Sound
Siemens Double Band Interlock (Playback Only)
Kodak Analyst w/Control, EX
..

Step Contact Printer.
Designed for printing dupe negatives, color
separations, master positives. Daylight
operation. Acme movement. Variable dissolve
shutter 16-128 frames. Prints edge numbers
on either side of film, has automatic light and
shutter controlling devices, variable speed
sync motor for speeds of 11/2, 3, 6,12,16
and 24 fps. Film capacity, 1200 feet. Rebuilt
like

BLIMPS

$11,500.00
$ 695.00
$ 1,795.00
$ 595.00
$ 325.00

$ 795.00
$ 395.00
$ 1,395.00
$ 695.00

$35,000.00

new

Sale Price
Mitchell Mark II Blimp. EX
Mitchell 16 Blimp, Complete
Arri 16S Blimp. EX
Arri 16M Blimp, Fiber Glass
Arri 35 Cine 60 Blimps (Incomplete)
Misc. Barneys

$ 4,500.00
$ 1,995.00
$ 1,995.00
$ 1,495.00
$ 995.00
30% Off

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