Sandlers Film Library - Religion - Optical Effects (silent, sound)

Description: Optical effects shots: sixteen panels of changing clips; heaven and angels animation with kaleidoscopic effects; rapid effects montage with world events and a series of mattes for optical printing of fancy geometrical wipes; comic drawn animation effects for "seeing stars".

Religious clips — Three wise men on camels in desert following star; Christian procession of icons in large city; pan across book titles until Holy Bible, then biblical pages turn.

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Subjects: Film and media art; Religion

Tags: montage; image divided into 16 frames with different segments playing; world events; opticals; animation; Christian procession; Christianity; Holy Bible; Biblical images; kaleidoscope images; angels; animated wipes; animated transitions; animation loops; drunk stars; liquid hitting the ground; exclamation points and jagged lines; fight effects; special effects

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Distributor: Sandlers Film Library

Contributor: Internet Archive

Source Collection: Sandler Film Library,Internet Archive 35mm Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

Production Date: 1952; 1959; 1954

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Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: stock footage, religious, animation

Language: eng

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Film Format: 35mm film

Element: negative

Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: silent, sound

Film Soundtrack Type: mos, variable area, variable density

Edge Code: square plus, circle circle, plus circle

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 279