Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

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MOVIE MAKERS movies with one hand while hanging on for dear life with the other. If you can get a spot in the reviewing stand, so much the better. But one note of caution: if you must pan your parade shots, pan only in the direction of movement of the unit. Panning in the opposite direction will produce a jerky sensation. And don't forget your spectator reaction shots. If you have time to scan the local newspapers during the convention, you may find headlines which, photographed later in closeup, will make effective subtitles for one sequence or another. Also pattern shots of souvenirs and badges will make for interesting color. Finally the convention is over. Sure, you are tired by the hectic pace and bent from the load of equipment you have been toting. But don't forget the closing shots. People checking out, waving goodby, and the car driver scratching his head at the mountain of luggage on the curb, wondering how to get it all into the trunk. And for a closing shot, how about filming the poster announcing next year's convention? Film the family at fun [Continued from page 130] ing African violets. Start with planting the tiny seed, and end with a color study of the prize winning Blue Boy of which she is so justly proud. Catch Grandpa playing a lively game of checkers or chess, where a novel touch can be added by making his opponent one of contrasting age. If you lean to longer scenes on a single subject, you can find a whole story in a single sport. Our entire family, for example, dabbles in soft ball, though our children range from a husky 12 down to a babyish 3 years of age. And a small town I know stages an annual game on donkeys, which develops situations so comic that the event draws spectators for miles around. In case you are short on donkeys, you might use special uniforms such as old fashioned hobble skirts. Music has possibilities, particularly band and orchestra work. (Who can ever forget, after seeing the movie, Stars and Stripes Forever, the way the young sousaphone player just home from the war rhythmically puffed his cheeks in time with the music of the parade?) Most any family that's musically inclined can recruit a comic hillbilly group with colorful costumes and suitable props. And it's fun to fake a score by exaggerated renditions in time with a Spike Jones record, and then using the same record as a sound track when the film is viewed. There are endless ideas, but these will give you a start. And for every one that comes to mind, there will be another you've overlooked in your family's life. J. Herbert Wolsey, Kankakee, III. Lt. Herbert M. Federhen, Ft. Monmouth, N. J. Carl T. Buck, Oak Park, III. Vernie Fossan, Wanamingo, Minn. Photo Copy Service, Waukesha, Wise. Sgt. Umberto Rafaels, Savannah, Ga. Frank Jaskolka, Warren, Ohio William L. LaBonville, Dearborn, Mich. Miss Pauline McCauley, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Lilliam D. 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