Champion Papers Incorporated “Imagination 10”

Cfa collection: Jack Behrend Collection
Notes: Imagination, which ran from 1963 to 1986, was an annual print publication targeting the design community and showcasing the varied creative uses of paper. Each Imagination book has a distinct theme executed through the use of photography and illustrations printed on a diverse range of paper grades using a number of different printing and finishing techniques, such as fold outs, die cuts and specialty bindings.
Sponsor: Paper Division of Champion Papers
Subjects: Design; Locomotion; Railroads; Paper
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - animated title sequence zips across screen like train cars, sound of train, two large, red dots as railroad crossing lights; 00:42 - Var shots, CU details of train, ZOOMS, TILTS; 01:30 - MS dark profile of railroad worker from shoulders down shoveling coal, MS glowing furnace; 01:38 - increasingly quick cuts, CU details of train starting in motion, wheels turning, smoke blowing, gauges moving, some handheld movement following motion; 02:12 - highly stylized negative images of trains moving past overlapping in multiple directions; 02:35 - book opens, collage image of train on bridge; 02:39 - SA MS train cars passing; 02:50 - quick cuts of CU details on trains, steel design, worn wood, stencil, chalk, layout of train photographs, metal and wheel details; 03:19 - Montage of men working on railroad, song whistling "I've been working on the railroad" plays; 04:55 - SA train moving past behind a stationary train, CU wheels moving over tracks; 05:05 - Var MS, shots interior office, behind dark silouhette of train operator, CU hands of worker flipping switches; 05:11 - Var POV MS, CU trains moving around in a busy interchange; 05:35 - rear SA MLS railroad worker crossing tracks as red caboose leaves the frame; 05:39 - dark frame of trains passing quickly with cracks of light intercut with flashes of logos for train companies; 06:12 - CU sun through canopy, sunflowers, tall grass, dark sillohuette of birds in nest, all scenes of quiet nature disrupted by the sound of a train barreling through, shots of them blowing about as train passes, then still again; 07:00 - interior train station, shots of neon and boarding signs, clocks, glass; 07:14 - Montage of people moving about the station and platforms, waiting to board, loading luggage; 07:41 - train pulls into station, FA, RA man operation a vehicle that washes the train, conductor opens the door after he passes, RA steps out, SA wipes down train, photographic image of conductor, All Aboard!; 08:07 - window of train car POV HA tracks behind, MLS forward train on a curve as another train passes in opposite direction; 08:34 - LS front SA train coming from horizon over long arched bride, snowy mountains in background; 08:39 - PAN LEFT foggy cityscape across body of water; 08:45 - conductor POV tracks ahead; 08:51 - Montage Var LS, MLS, CU Var landscapes moving quickly past out window of trains; 09:29 - CU Daumier's painting "Third Class Carriage" of people on train; 09:32 - Var MS, CU people on train, reading, talking with conductor, looking out the windows; 09:51 - MLS Var landscapes from train window, trees, mountains, rock formations; 10:03 - train window POV, MLS silver train disappearing around curve of red rocky mountain, purple flowers, mountain covered with pine trees in background; 10:12 - FA MLS red Santa Fe train moves towards and passes camera, ZOOM LEFT RA as it passes; 10:37 - early dawn, MLS sleepy people exiting train, steam rising from train; 10:46 - MS dark silouettes of people walking past camera with luggage, stream of diagonal sunlight through composition, train car in background; 10:53 - MS var conductors, PAN LEFT follows conductor as train pulls away, blurry ECU train passing; 11:07 - rear SA MS train leaving station; 11:15 - TS, LS then MLS train moving quickly through landscape with trees whizzing by; 11:28 - interior train POV tracks ahead, PAN RIGHT houses, conductor; 11:37 - CU rearview mirror showing tracks moving behind train; 11:42 - Interior train POV train crossing steel bridge; 11:51 - CU conductor's hand with pocket watch and schedule, shifting gears, liquid in glass dome, MS SA silouette conductor; 12:02 - caboose POV tracks moving behind train; 12:05 - train window POV landscapes moving by quickly; 12:14 - Var shots waiter setting table with "heavy silver service that won't topple over" MS, CU of food and table settings; 12:45 - Var shots train window POV water through quickly passing steel bridge, body of water TILT DOWN, CU rain on window; 13:00 - Var slower MS, trees passing by window; 13:11 - dusk, MS dark sillouette railroad crossing, gates coming down, SA behind cars waiting as train passes, MS gates go up; 13:31 - train window POV Montage of Var LS sunsets; 13:42 - FA, horizon at dusk, tracks, RA tracks; 13:52 - train window POV Montage Var blurry lights of cities passing, cut to red dot from opening title; 14:22 - Montage CU, PANNING images from book, narrator explains "Imagination 10" is a collection of graphic impressions on paper of what a railroad was and is. Series of books published by Paper Division of Champion Papers Inc., describes how images in film are graphically translated and vibrantly reproduced on their paper; 16:13-17:05 - credits
Cfa elements: Answer Print, 620 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3418