The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 03, 1914, Image 7
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TRICKS IN THE MOVIES
Some of the Magic that Bak
flet the Audience#.
Tint twccel of most "parlor magic"
In ra|?l?l motion. That Is why the trh-k
phonograph although not unknown !??*
fore the .lays of tho I ih - heon
flourish in# like ti nn^'ii fig (rw nIiuv
the motion of th?* Image oil the 'hcuh'ii
%&Y0 it additional opport unities to
in Its aniUslllg work Wo SIM- < 111 1 1 \ in
the moving pictdri' *hows do/.eub of
things that wo know did not hap|>eii,
1111,1 <oiild not luipiM'ii ; hut how th. \
'?jiiiio to- Ih? so realistically portrayed
passes t h?? knowledge of tho most of
us all. | a writer warnx us that of Jut'
secrets Ht ill aro so carefully guarded
that nono may know them, so that no
reader nw'd foar (hat all illusion will
ho stripped from tho plot uro play by
fho explanations.
In a general way there aro throo
methods of obtaining illusions hy jhc
moans of m camera ; first, hy period i
<mi I ly starting and stopping tho oamora
In snoh a way that certain acts aro
performed hy tho playors of tho objw-ts
l?oiiiK lilmod, <]iii'iiiK tho tiino that the
oamora is stopped; secondly, hy revers
ing tho routine on .certain ] tortious of
tho tihn In relation to tho remaining
portions of tho same film ; and third
ly. hy making two or more suiieriiu
posed impressions on a single tihn.
lo ho suro, o vory film manufacturer
has his own pooulia methods of taking
tih'k pictures, and almost every direc
tor in tho employ of overy manufactur
er, hut practically all of thom d6l>etfd
primarily upon one of the three meth
ods mentioned ahove, or upon the use
of faked scenery and dummy figures.
Films In which toy animals, tiny
jointed dolls, or animated cartoons are
shown furnish the host examples of
the first class of trick work mentioned,
for In these views "stop" pictures are
used ahhost exclusively. Tools are
made to perform their functions appar
ently without' human aid, and the toy
animals go through a regular circus
performance, the position of whatever
tool or animal is being used being
changed a fraction of an inch while
the shutter of the camera is closed, so
that In the succeeding picture it is
clearly observed to have moved. Com
bining a whole series of such views
one obtains action of a most surpris
ing sort. ?
A film called ' "The Magic Coffee
I of, popular some years ago, Is an ex
cellent example of the method used.
Cords or strings of indefinite fineness
were attached to the, coffee pot, and
the man shown in the illustration with
elaborate /carefulness moved the pot a
fraction of an inch at a time, a picture
being taken between each minute
movement of the strings. In the fin
ished picture the magic coffee pot ap
peared to raise itself slowly from an
upright position on the table and tip
itself over the coffee cup, when a
stream of coffee ran from its mouth
into the cup. "Once the cap was fill
ed the pot slowly righted itself and
sank hack into its original position.
Lumps of sugar then chased them
selves across the table, climbed up the
side of the coffee cup and tumbled in.
The sugar was oi>erated in a similar
manner and each 'minute movement
was filmed, one picture at a time.
The method by which dummies are
.substituted for real players in some
hair-raising scenes is practically the
same. The players carry out the ac
tion for by the scenario until the cli
max is reached, when the director
calls "hold it!" and all the players
stand rigidly in position, without mov
ing a muscle. Then a dummy, con
structed to resemble exactly, 6ome lead
ing player, is substituted for the liv
lng man, and when the camera is again
started the audience is fooled into
the thinking that it is still looking at
the living player. The dummy is then
thrown over the cliff, drops from a
lofty height, or Is run over by an auto
mobile, and the instant the apparently
Impossible feat is accomplished the di
rector again calls "Hold it!" and the
real player again takes his body fliffl
real player again takes his plac6 in
the picture, arranging his body to cor
respond exactly with the i>ostition of
the dummy. The camera is then start
ed again and the action proceeds as
usual, though probably three out of ev
ery four persons in the audience are
astonished at the death-defying deeds
of the photo player.
It must not. be imagined that players
never take their lives in their hands,
or never perform the feats they arc
supposed to accomplish in the pictures,
for almost every day one reads of some
player being really hurt while attempt
ing some unusually hazardous piece of
business." But as a rule, when one
sees an apparently impossible action on
the screen it is pretty safe to assume
that you have been fooled by a dum
my, for so cleverly are these dummies
constructed, and so quick is the sub
stitution, that even the man who looks
at pictures several hours a day is of
ten deceived into thinking that a real
player has risked his life to make a
sensation,
The second type of picture- mention
ed?that In which the usual routine of
things Is reversed ?is b?*t illustrated
by the films in which smoke floats
down a chimney,, divers come flying
out of the surf and land on a dock, run
ning backward out of the picture, or
ohjoet* Ifiip from tlu* floor onto it (?*?
bit Till 1 >iM* of picture In QIUlll)
nimlc h\ either ii rovtfivlug flunk on
the camera being iimhI, or by turning
the ca mem upside down, though in
soiutft. si udios |( is accomplished by |)
8|?ecial printing machine, which feed*
I !??? 1 1 \ ?? films In ii direction op|w?
site to that of the )H?tt)tivc during tint
prisess ul' minting. (10 t i lit t the i flit
tion of one portion "f the til in is re
versed in rcgurd to the portion which
Immediately precede* it.
In the thltyl type of trick picture,
siiisT-lmposed Impressions arc made on
the same hi rip of him, as in the so
4aUgd 'kIi ost" or "vision"' scenes, 1 In
w hich ii fbaractor M#0t6 himself before
it ti replace and dreams of some Inci
dent in hi* past life. Such pictures
are obtained, an a rule, by printing
with two negatives on a single strip of
I >osi t i ve Him,
Two separate scenes me really taken
by tint camera, one being tlu> large
H<\?iie In which the characters are ap
pearing when they see the ghost or
vision, and the other showing only the
ifhohi or .vision Itsulf. When I lt?> last
scene Is printed against the djirk back
ground of the llrst scene It api>ears on
the screen as a thin vaparous Impres
sion t hat t strongly suggests the ordi
nary idea of a "ghost," and owing to
the fact that the furniture or furnish
ings of the room shown In the first
scene, "r the outerdoor background
against which it was taken, shows dim
ly through the outlines of the ghost, as
if It were transparent, Is the illusion
heightened.
Substitution of small scale models
for the actual subject has been follow
ed in ordinary photography, and in
the making of novelty post cards, etc.,
for so long that its application to mo
tion picture need scarcely Ik? discuss
ed.
Here again it is well to say that
more and more frequently the real
thing is being shown Instead of the
small scale substitute, for the film
manufacturer is becoming a realist in
every sense of the word. ? Popular
Electricity.
AN ORDINANCE
To Raise Supplies for the City of
Camden, S. C., for the Year 1914.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Camden, S. C.,
and by authority of the same that the
following taxes be, and t In* same are
hereby levied for the eurreiit year
from the 1st <la,v of January, 1014,
to the .'Ust day of Decejtibet;, 1014.
Sec. IV A tax of sixteen (10) mills
on each and every dollar of real and
IMM'Honal property within the corporate
limits of the City of Camden, S. C.,
on I he 1st day of January, 1014.
See. '2i That all able ^bodied male
persons between the ages of twenty
one and sixty years, residing within
the corporate limits of the City of
Camden, S. C., not exempt from road
duty under the laws of the State,
shall work the streets, ways and
bridges Minder the direction of such
overseers as may be appointed
for such a space of time not exceeding
six (0) days In one year. Provided
that at the time of receiving such
tice any person may pay to the i?ersou
giving such notice three ($3.00) dollars
CommUtatioij, which shall be received
in lieu of the work, and that i>ersons
refusing to work on said streets or to
pay said Commutation, shall be fined
not less than five ($5.00) dollars nor
more than ten ($10.00) dollars or be
imprisoned not less than ten (10)
days nor more than twenty (20) days,
in the discretion of the City Recorder.
Sec. 3. The tax hooks for the col
lection of City taxes will be open in
Council Chamber, Camden, S. C., on
the 1st day of July, 1014, and remain
open each day except Sundays, from
0 a. m. to 1:30 p. m., and from 3 p.
m. to 4 p. m., until Saturday August
1st, Inclusive.
Sec. 4. ''That when the taxes and as
sessments, or any portion thereof,
charged against any property or party
on the duplicate for the current fiscal
year, shall not be paid on or before
Saturday, August 1st., the City Clerk
and Treasurer shall proceed to add a
peiyilty of one per centum on the said
duplicate, and the said Clerk and
Treasurer shall collect the same; and
If the said taxes and assessments and
]>enaltics are not paid on or before
the first day of September next there
after, an additional penalty of one per
centum shall be added by the City
Clerk and Treasurer on the said dupli
cate. and collected by the City Clerk
and Treasurer; that If said taxes, infi
nities and assessments are not paid on
or before the 1st day of October next
thereafter, an additional penalty of
five j>er centum thereon shall Ik? added
by the City Clerk and Treasurer on
the said duplicate, and collected by
the City Clerk and Treasurer; and if
the said taxes, penalties and assess
ments are- not paid on or before the
15th day of October hext thereafter,
the City Clerk and Treasurer shall
issue his tax executions for the said
taxes, assessments and penalties,
against the pro]>erty of the defaulting
tax payer according to law.
Ratified by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Camden, S. C., in Coun
cil assembled this 1st day of June, A.
I)., 1014.
C. II. YATES,
Attest: Mayor.
J. J. Uoodale, ?
Clerk.
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Will have three registered Aber
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three dollars cash. Also two large
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Terms $2 cash. All services guar
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