Disk, animation

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0201.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Cast aluminum disc has flat black finish; fitted with clear glass window; bright brass metal peg bar. Opaque parchment-like paper fixed to disc back using white adhesive tape.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 44.0 cm
Width: 43.5 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Cine images
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: Unknown
Canada: Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s.
Function: To provide registration, rotation and a backlit surface for drawing animation cels. May also be used to mount and move cels under the camera for photography. [Ref. 1]
Technical: The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16 mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period. A skilled and experienced animator, Bill Mason prepared all the animation sequences in his films. The animation disc is a standard tool that can be used both in drawing and photographing “cels,” the transparent sheets of cellulose acetate on which successive scene movements are depicted. This disc is made of machined cast-aluminum with a plate-glass window on which a sheet of paper has been taped to provided translucency when backlit. It is likely that originally the window was made of frosted glass, which after breaking was replaced by clear glass. A brass peg bar is inserted into one of two slots on the disc. [Ref. 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " YO 551" crudely incised by hand in disk frame. Rule divided 8-0-8: each inch subdivided in 20-ths.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Cast aluminum disk has flat black finish; fitted with clear glass window; bright brass metal peg bar. Opaque parchment-like paper fixed to disk back using white adhesive tape.
Decoration: N/A

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