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be produced in specialized areas such as fire fighting, there must be a complete understanding be¬ tween the film maker and fire serv¬ ice technician or specialist who is serving as technical advisor.
The technical advisor on the film must be acquainted with the many production problems in¬ volved in film making. Having this background knowledge, such a specialist can help the film mak¬ er produce a clearer interpreta¬ tion of the subject.
Must Know Subject
Before the film maker starts, he must thoroughly understand the technical information he is pro¬ posing to present on film. If he is going to make a film on fire-fight¬ ing techniques, he will be wise to watch the techniques applied in fighting full-scale accidental fires. He may even go one step farther and try to gain additional knowl¬ edge through actual fire-fighting experience.
For example, if the film maker really wants to find out how a wide fog stream of water protects the nozzleman from the heat of a fire, there is no better way to find out than to stand behind such fog and then turn it off. Observation and experience will bolster the theoretical background the film maker has carefully obtained from the technical advisor. It gives him a better chance to an¬ alyze existing problems and de¬ velop a more comprehensive and accurate script.
And the script has crucial im¬ portance. With an unpredictable subject like fire, it may seem like a script would be a waste of time. But this is not the case. An even more unpredictable subject is fire-fighting, all the more reason why the subject matter should be fully scripted before production begins, because it provides a com¬ mon ground on which to proceed with the production and helps add continuity to the finished film. It allows the film maker a chance to integrate his own ideas, the
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CAMERA, MOUNTED ON elevated hydraulic boom of power company service truck, covers fire fighting operation from h.gh vantage point to effectively show method of attacking a large fire from above.
WORKING FROM CARTOP platform, photographer covers a fire fighting exercise unham¬ pered by curious onlookers who might otherwise crowd around camera and obscure its view.
SCRAP LUMBER fueled flames for schoolhouse burning.
AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, MARCH, 1963
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