Cinemagic #01 (1979)

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Foreground Miniature Magic

Backwinding For Special Effects Do-It-Yourself Aerial Braces

Above: Mark SulUvan n_ded an aerlaJ.

brace for. _quence In .. recent fUm. Ted Rat!I gives step-by-.tep lnatructlona for the construction of Jour aerial b£llce. Right: Joho Dod. KeRe from Farut Star" with apple. suspended from hi. aerial brace. Below: 80me of the very bolented apedal errec:u crew that gathered togethel" to give Rodut.hIp I·M. special effect. facellft.

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Editorial ---::::-:=:c-,-:::::-;-~=:-;OC:;-;--'-.c:::c---;-:- 4 A letter from CINEMAG1C founder Don Dahler and a letter from CINEMAGIC's new publisher Kerry O'Quinn

Filmmakers' Forum ______ 6 A regular department devoted to readers' comments about filmmaking, their problems and solutions

Re.Making 'Rockets hip X·M' _8 An old SF/adventure thriller gets a new special effects facelift

Product Review _ _ -:---=--_--,---,14 Crit ical appraisal and commentary of the filmmaker's tools

Producers' Bulletin Board

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Latest news of ou r readers' productions

Backwinding Super·8 Film

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Backwinding the sound and silent cartridges

Cinemagic Marketplace

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Classified ads from readers and manufacturers

The Aerial Brace

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Step-by-step construction feature

Closeup A focused look at tools or techniques for the filmmaker

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hblla"'edby: O'QUINN STUDIOS, lNC. 475 Park Avenue South New York, N.Y. 10016

PubU. be ... : Norman Jacobs/Kerry O 'Quinn

Fou...... of ClfIEJIlAGIC • •• Edltort.l Co.lMIItaat: Don Dohler

EdIto.. · la·Chlef: David Hutchison

....... DI...cto.. : Robert P. Ericksen

0........ Susan St evens

JIb_.... Ultor: Bob Woods EdIto~ICoa~aton :

Ted R. Rae John Cosentino James Caldwell

Art SLaff: Laura O'Brien Robert Sefcik

A8e0date . .bl.......: Ira Friedman

h.l.taat . . blla......: Rita Eisenstein

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