Cinemagic #20 (1983)

Abovt: A sample o! the !oor different SIzes o! nail alld socket armature parts available from animator Bill Hedge's new rornpany, The JointlWrks The JoIntworks Is the first company to make precision nn:lular nail and socket armature parts available to amateur animalOfs on a mail order naSis See page 22.

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CONTENTS Editor's Bench Profile

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Issue #20

Producers' Bulletin Board

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Dream Screen

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Latest news of our readers' productions.

Ball & Socket Parts

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Joey Ahlbum talks about his CINE·

Animator Bill Hedge's new company, The Jointworks, offers modular ball (,

MAGICJSVA Dward winning animated adventure, Bandits. By John Clayton.

socket armature parts to amateur animators. By Nicholas Seldon.

Filmmakers' Forum

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GripKit _

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Masks That Move

A regular department devoted to

readers' comments and correspon· dence about fllntasy filmmaking .

Electronic

FX

An inexpensive technique for creating dream sequences for fantasy films. By Jack Imes, Jr.

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14 Useful a«essorie5 for filmmakers.

Books

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Books for filmmakers-valuable sources of Information and technique for the filmmaker.

Electronic Sped.!!! Effects columnist Chris E. Stevens shows you how to build a movie sync strobe unit.

Cinemagic MarketPlace

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Classified advertising and an· nouncements.

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Specilll effects artist John Dods shows you how fellow makeup artist Arnold Gargiulo creates articulated full head masks and bladder effects.

Editor's Issue -20

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Publishers Norman Jacobs/Kerry O'Quinn

"&Soclate Publisher

SURVIVAL!

Rita Eisenstein

Circulation Director Richard Browne

Editor David Hutchison

Art Director W.R. Mohalley

Managing Editor John Clayton

Associate Art Director Nelli Holmes

Senior Designer Denise Lewis

Designer Daniel Abello

Editorial Contributors Joey Ahlbum John Dods Bi l l Hedge Jack Imes, Jr. Chris E. Stevens

Production Assistants Richard Cebek Eileen Dempsey Norma Garda Mary Osorio Andea Passes

Financial Manager

hen SuperB Flimakerceased publication last year, it left CINEMAGIC, for all practiclil purposes, alone in the field. It seems there are fewer and fewer Super·8 and 16mm fllntllsy filmmakers every year. Perhaps we have lost some of them to video and maybe we have even lost a few to video lind computer games. In any case, the interest and commitment to fantllsy Image mllk· ing seems to be at an all time low. It's true that fantasy filmmaking is an expensive lind time consuming activity. And that those who stay with it, even in times of economic d ifficulty, are the very few truely dedicated, hllrdy souls who are hooked on the power of the medium. For with just a camera, film and a lot of Imaginlltion, you Cinemagician's have the power to make people see and feel whllt exists only in your mind. You can make your dreams real enough for other people to experience them. Probably a good deal of video's lIppeal rests in the pocketbook. Once the init ial expense for camera and recorder is out of the way, your only expense is video tape. But the whole system seems to be gellred against the fllntasy image mi!lker, since the possibilities of frame.by·fr.i!lme manipulation are dosed to the video user. At this point in time, video Is still best suited for people making " home movies," as opposed to the readers of CINEMAGIC who are interested in filmmaking. Nonetheless, the Fifth Annu;,1 CINEMAGICJSVA Short Film Search will again have a video category. Last yellr, there was very little Interest shown ;,nd I will not be surprised if that continues to be the situation for some yeliTs. But video will sur· vive and eventually come into its own. One of the ways that filmmekers survive is by getting their work seen. The publishers of ClNEMAGIC together with the film department of the School of Visual Arts in New York City are trying to go a step further with the problems of filmmi!lkers. This year in lIddition to the screening of the winners at the awards ceremony, we hope to get the films seen on television as well, either in a syndica· tion situation or through cable television. We hope to have something worked out by this fall and we will. of course, keep you informed through the pages of CINEMAGIC. A filmmaker needs exposure in order to survive. His work must be seen as widely as possible. He needs to build an audience ... ultimately to find people who will pay to see his work. CINEMAGIC is working to help you get your imaginat ion on film ... and to get your fi lm seen. It's a quest ion ofsurvival. .. yours ... and ours.

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Joan Baetl

Founder of CINEMAGIC Don Dohler

P.S. We have already received a few requests for 1983 entry forms. They will not be ready unti l June, however. For your copy of the 1983 rules and an official entry form, send a stamped, self·addressed -I 0 envelope (the one that is wider than the letter sile) to: CINEMAGICJSVA Short Film Search, Contest Rules, 475 Park Avenue South. New York , NY 10016.

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