FILMING AS WAR CLOUDS LOOM IN 1937-6000KM WITH A CINECAMERA

Author: Sun Mingjing
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
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Author Bio: Sun Mingjing, born in 1911 in Nanking, was a professor of cinematography at the University of Nanking and from 1952 at the Beijing Film Academy, a trailblazer in China's educational and documentary filmmaking. He made over 50 films himself and co-produced more than 100 educational films between 1934 and 1947. From 1938 to 1952, he set up courses on film and radio and initiated Chinese university filmmaking major courses. He also founded the magazine Film and Radio. The courses he set up included "Chinematographic Technology," "Film and Radio Scriptwriting," "Exposure and Sensitivity," "Film Optics," "Magnetic Film," "Technology vs Artistic Expression," and "Recent Development in Cinematic Technology."