movies_creation
American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Behind the Lens
- Year
- 1940
- Abstract
- Scientific and special-purpose cinematography helps reveal what would otherwise be invisible.
- Notes
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Produced: Handy (Jam) Organization
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Run Time: 8:00
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W - Keyword
- Perception: Vision;Motion pictures: Production;Motion pictures: Scientific;Motion pictures: Production;Motion pictures: Scientific
- Theme
- or Why Cats Always Land on Their Feet
- Review
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This film starts out pretty interesting, as it shows us and tells us about special scientific kinds of motion picture photography, such as time-lapse photography and slow-motion photography. But since it is a Jam Handy Chevrolet film, it has to get around to cars eventually, and when it does, showing us how special photography is used by Chevrolet engineers to understand how cars withstand bumps in the road, it gets rather boring. Fortunately, though, it’s a short film, and that means the boring part is short, too.
(Reviewer: Christine Hennig) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F