S ince 1945 the Moody Institute of Science in Whittier, Cali fornia has produced gospel- science films which illustrate a consistency between God’s Word and His revelation in nature. Shortly after the first film, “ God of Creation,” was released, the need for it to be translated in to other languages was expressed by many who longed to see it have a world-wide outreach. Before that first year ended, the first lan guage translation, Spanish, was under way. Today, the science films have been translated into 17 languages, totaling about 100 for eign-language titles. To produce a lip-synchronized translation is a time-consuming, specialized task. In the early years when a foreign version was made, an entire film was dubbed at one sitting. Today, however, a more efficient method is used, that of dubbing a film by loops or seg ments. Narrating a film by the loop method was recently demon strated in the Urdu language. Kundan Massey, representative of Campus Crusade for Christ in West Pakistan, was the narrator. First, the film was cut into 160 segments. Lengths varied from five to 15 feet depending on the duration of a sentence or two. Each segment was spliced into its own continuous loop. Then segments of 16mm magnetic tape were cut to match the lengths of the film loops and spliced. Moody films are being shown in 90 countries around the world and are administered by thirty film committees. The films are finding wide acceptance and ac claim as they are shown in fairs, factories, schools, homes, open-air campaigns, churches and over television stations. Scores of mis sionaries relate excellent results
by M arjorie Larson
Top: Bob Schofield, MIS film edi tor, splices a 16mm magnetic tape loop to match one o f the film loops from “God o f Creation" Middle: Schofield threads a mag netic loop on the recorder in preparation for d u b b i n g . A matching picture loop is on the nearby film projector. Bottom: Schofield’s next step is to add music and sound effects. Dr. Moon now speaks the Urdu language!
Right: The new translation in Urdu is ready for use. Dr. Irwin A. Moon, manager o f MIS, tells Massey o f the missionary pro gram for Moody films.
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