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Novros's much sought after course at USC helped young filmmakers understand the relationship of color, light, movement and form as they specifically related to the film medium. Upon his retirement from USC, he continued to assemble his lectures into a textbook. Former student and friend
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Novros taught USC filmic writing students. I had his brilliant class in spring of 1986. He included the brilliant psychological theory of movement laws and human evaluation. This understanding creates excellence in all visual mediums. These theories were from Slavo
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Among his many achievements, Novros may be most remembered as a pioneer in the large format and special venue film industries. Included in his filmography are numerous specialty films produced for
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In 1941, Novros left Disney to form his own production company, Graphic Films. That same year, he joined the faculty of the Cinema
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emerged in the post war period, Graphic's expertise in animating the visual dimensions of space exploration played a key role in interesting the
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flame burning at USC, and it is a tradition that has strongly influenced my work."
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