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Commute

tal click track
hand method.

to the

Composers no longer have to
sacrifice their creative intentions for the
sake of synchrony and can synchronize

Shoot
Long Island offers

a suggestion that
appeal to Art Directors and
Budget Directors alike: Take your film
crew on a short drive in the country.
Any country.

their musical intentions

will

talent and technical

wizardry,

you the world:

Victorian mansions, French vineyards,
Dutch windmills, Colonial villages.

on such films
Bueller's Day

Founding surf and serene lagoons.
Fields and forests. Seaports and
airports. Sports arenas, racetracks,
shopping malls and farmers' markets.
For a free Long Island location
portfolio or help in Finding the perfect
location, call the Suffolk County

*3rLong Island, li.Y.
County Office

Development

Michael A LoOrande, County Executive
Thomas J. Junor, Director
Nassau

Silverado, Ferris

Off, and The Color

capable of high speed duplication of
motion picture film with far greater pic¬
ture steadiness than previously
achieved. The system eliminates raw
stock waste. Instead of employing large
negative elevators, negatives are re¬
wound at 4000 feet per minute; printing
occurs at 3000 feet per minute. Since
negatives are handled in roll form in¬
stead of negative loops, changeover
time is shorter than most panel printers
making this printer economical for both
large and small print orders. The device
was employed on Ferris Bueller's Day
Off and Friday the 13th.

or call Stephanie Carlino
County at 516-555-4160.

Suffolk

as

A plaque was awarded to
Technical Film Systems Inc. for their
continuous feed printer (CFP) which is

516-560-4800,

of Economic

film with 500

Porple.

Motion Picture and TV Bureau at
in flassau

to

resolution than was
previously possible. Under-the-gun modi¬
fications on the soundstage, previously
almost impossible, are now a snap.
Composers have explored its potential
per cent greater

Just minutes from Manhattan's

Long Island offers

eliminating the laborious

County Department

of Commerce and

Industry
County Executive
Floy fl. Cacciatore, Commissioner

Thomas 5. Gulotta,

MGM Laboratories, Inc. re¬
ceived a certificate for their Comput¬
erized Silver Recovery Operation. Stateof-the-art microprocessor-based controls
in the system continuously monitor all
mechanical functions. Further, they

SALES/SERVICE/RENTAL

the silver levels of all pro¬
by turning the amperage on or
the heavy duty rotary cathode

manage
*

cesses

Dealer for most

off to
silver cells. The result is

major companies
including ARRIFLEX

cient,
ver

*

Full line of

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Buy / Sell/Trade
Used Equipment

expendables
i

*

Motion Picture

Equipment

Service / Sales / Rental

Rick Tiedemann
Owner/Operator

SMS PRODUCTIONS, INC.
100 E. Ohio Street Suite 226

Chicago, IL 60611 312-664-3752

recovery

operation than

any

other in

j since 1985.

From England, Sam Ltd. was
recognized with a certificate for their
Cinematographers' Computer Program.
The program deals with a number of
important photographic variables, in¬
cluding color, exposure, film length/
time, focus, light and electricity, optics

speeds. For example, this program

makes it

possible to input

any

lens focal

length,

any point of focus and any circle
of confusion - among other vari¬
ables - to calculate depth of field. The

program runs on

94

a more effi¬
effective and safer sil¬

existence. The system has been used
on all motion pictures at MGM Labs

and

Stcadjcam

more cost

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