Ron Doerring Collection

Tender Loving Care Of Your Films

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I start my tender loving care by stealing a little space in my wife's freezer, right next to the chicken pie.

Never leave your camera in the hot sun because the heat will rapidly deteriorate the colors in the film.

Before I load my camera, I dust out any emotion particles in the gate area and with a small ear syringe blow out any dust or film particles from the camera body.

When my films have been returned from processing, the next step is editing.

A clean working area is essential and painting the editing board white aids in dirt detection.

And fellows please, if you still use that greasy kid stuff, keep it off the film.

When making cement splices, many particles of film scrapings collect on the editing board.

Film normally accumulates a static charge which attracts dirt in the same manner as this magnet attracts small nails.

I catch these scrapings by placing a film can cover beneath my splicer.

In spite of these precautions, my film picks up dust from the air, so I clean and lubricate it for projection.

The items used are film cleaner containing lubricant, a metal pie tin, a hairdryer fan, and two clean unused powder puffs.

Adequate ventilation is essential.

Pour the film cleaner on the powder puff.

Turn on the fan to evaporate the cleaner and slowly wind the film through the two puffs.

By painting the tops of your projection reel cans white, then the whole cover can be used to record pertinent data.

Marks a lot of felt pens are ideal for this purpose.

And I store my films at normal room temperatures and not in a hot attic or damp cellar where the color dyes tend to deteriorate.

Aids for keeping your projector clean are an ear syringe, Q -tips, acetone, pipe cleaners, and a brush.

Dust off the surfaces of the projector.

Remove the pressure pad.

And then with a moistened pipe cleaner, remove those ugly whiskers that are so objectionable on the screen.

Dust out the film gate area.

A Q -tip moistened with acetone will remove hardened emulsion from the pressure pad and film gate area.

By using tender loving care, I can sit back in the dark, confident that my films have been properly prepared for projection.

Always use a lens cap.

If I spend $125 for a good lens, I'm not going to let it get dirty.

No, sir, not me.

On a vacation trip, there's dust and smog and spray to watch out for.

I play it safe and use my lens cap, a good, tight -fitting one.

Even in clear weather, there are those harmful ultraviolet rays to think of, and there is always someone who will sneeze right into your lens.

They say you can clean a lens, but I say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It's lens caps all the time for me.

One precaution, though.

Don't use them on cameras having a through -the -lens viewing system.

You won't be able to see a thing.

Identifier
F.2005-02-0058
Date Of Production
circa 1963
Abstract
A short amateur film about how filmmakers can extend the life of their motion pictures, made by Bob Messenger and distributed by the Society of Amateur Cinematographers (SAC).
Run Time
0:07:21
Format
16mm
Extent
262 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positive Print
Genre
Instructional
Form
Amateur
Short
Subject
Amateur films
Motion picture film
Motion picture production & direction
Motion picture projectors
Related Collections
Ron Doerring Collection

Related Places
North America ➜ United States

Distributor
Society of Amateur Cinematographers

Main Credits
Messenger, Bob (is filmmaker)

 
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