How to Make Good Home Movies Eastman Kodak 1963 Printing Filmmaking Guide
$16.00
How to Make Good Home Movies is a 1963 printing of the Eastman Kodak guide for amateur filmmakers, a 192 page softcover with diagrams, color examples, and an index.
The cover keeps bright color with light creasing at the corners and along the spine edge, and the pages stay clean and free of marks.
The book works through camera handling, exposure, focusing, editing, titling, indoor and outdoor filming, special occasions, and projection. Its contents split into the mechanics of movie making and the craft of showmanship.
Details
- Item: Illustrated paperback filmmaking guide
- Title: How to Make Good Home Movies
- Author: Editors of the Eastman Kodak Company
- Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
- Publisher: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York
- Publication Year: 1963 printing, copyright 1961
- Edition and Printing: 1963 printing
- Format and Binding: Softcover paperback with a yellow spine
- Dust Jacket: None issued
- Pages: 192
- Genre: Photography and amateur filmmaking
- Language: English
- ISBN: None, published before ISBN use
- Dimensions: About 8 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 inches
Positives
- Graded Very Good: The book is clean and sound, with light shelf wear only.
- No handwriting, pencil marks, or underlining was found.
- The front cover photograph of a man and child on a beach keeps bright color.
- Diagrams and lighting examples run throughout the instruction.
Issues / Wear
- Pages carry light yellowing and age toning.
- Minor staining shows on the back cover.
- Cover edges and corners show light shelf wear, with a small nick at the lower right.
- The head and tail of the spine are lightly bumped.
This 1963 Kodak printing has 192 illustrated pages of filming instruction, and it suits a shelf of vintage camera and home movie books. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
Condition Grade: Very Good
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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