FILM REVOLUTION

Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1935, Page 20 (Supplement)

FILM REVOLUTION

PROCESS OF MAX FLEISCHER. SHORTENED PERSPECTIVE. Discovery of a process which, he claims, brings practical third dimension economically to the motion-picture screen, is announced by Max Fleischer, pioneer film cartoonist. Although he has been perfecting his device during the past two years, Mr. Fleischer remained silent until after he had tested it out in various parts of his cartoons released by Paramount during the last few months. There are samples of the process in such coloured cartoons as “Poor Cinderella,” “Little Dutch Mill,” and “An Elephant Never Forgets,” which Paramount is now releasing to theatres all over the country. The illusory effect, however, can be used in, feature pictures to even greater advantage than in cartoons, Mr. Fleischer states. Heretofore, pictures, endeavouring to obtain depth, could attain it only at prohibitive cost. Fleischei’ estimates his method will not increase production budgets over fifteen per cent.

Based on the theory of shortening the perspective point in the camera, the Fleischer process realises this by means of a huge machine, weighing over a ton, and composed of 500 working parts. Until patents, for which he applied some time ago, are granted, the cartoonist intends keeping all details a secret.