Cinemagic #10 (1980)

Below: Don Dahler created this set for hiS new film, "Fiend," for absolutely zero dollars. Dahler, founder of CINEMAGIC and a master of doing more with less, used articles con· tributed by friends and bric·a·brac he had laying around his house to create his "weird room" set. The story starts on page 16.

Above: David Renwick used a split·scree n technique to get this shot showing him tWice in the same frame. The technique IS simple. just matte out half the scene. film . back· wind. matte out the other half and film the actor on the other side. Renwick's article, "Mastering Mattes:' starts on page 6

Don Doh ef recordS exte· r Of SOUnd "' 1h a typ.c al doUble· system set·up a Nagr a crysta Sync record er. a Sennhe,ser ··shot ·gu n·· microphone (seen here with a hand held mount) and head· phones, which allow the soundman to monitor the recording. Dahler's arti· cle, "Building a Super Soundtrack," starts on page 26 of this issue.

CONTENTS Issue #10

Editor's Bench

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Publisher Keny O'Quinn discusses the " FIVe P's" of filmmaking.

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Building a Super Soundtrack

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A little creative scrounging may be aU that 15 J"Iee, """'"",""" T""?'hYledr(, AlvIn Toffler "00 many others.

SPACE ART ful-color portfohos by such 'o"ISIOI'la1"'y arusts asOY1s Foss, BobMCCaIl, (hesle:y Bonestell

Sf TV AND CINEMA The most c~ reporting In pnnt: r::J upccmng science fictoo and science foct!TlCltlOl'l pictures and TV EJ.dusIve phcXos and lRefVIeWS on SUCh prcductlOflS as Ahen, .v.c:x:..nraker, Star Trek- The M::XJon PIcture, Nova, The: oYdrtlan Ctrorndes and NetOOf.

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