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Still image from The Inside Story of the Outside Cover in Movie Makers, Dec. 1947, 514.

Date produced: 1947

Filmmaker(s):

George A. Valentine

Languages:

English

Length:

400 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With narrative.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1947 - Honorable Mention General Class

Description:

"No matter how one feels about the outside cover of a magazine, George E. Valentine's The Inside Story of the Outside Cover will be a surprise. If you think that the production of four color engraving plates is a simple matter, you will do some quick revising of your thinking. If you have a certain admiration for the technical skill that goes into such work, that admiration is likely to be heightened by Mr. Valentine's step by step story of the creation of a four color magazine cover. Aside from the story it tells, Mr. Valentine's film is a real technical achievement because of the working conditions under which most of the shots were of necessity filmed. His peak sequence — a proof-press run analyzed in slow motion — was achieved by mounting the camera directly on the moving press. When you can do that, you're good." Movie Makers, Dec. 1947, 539.

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