Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

MOVIE MAKERS 193 hibit featured a comprehensive display of the various makes of cameras, lenses, projectors and other accessory equipment used by amateur filmers. One of the show's highlights was a continuous presentation of films, made by members of the club and illustrative of the fine work that is being done. Australia Winners of the Australian Amateur Cine Society's 1953 awards were Youth Takes Wings, by W. G. Nicholls, first; Golden Valley, by S. E. Baker, second, and Ex Umbria, by T. Stabler and A. Patterson, third. WestWOOd Winners of the onereel contest held by the Westwood Movie Club of San Francisco on May 29 were A Walk in the City, by Bernice Jackson, first; San Francisco's Bumper Crop, by Othel Goff , ACL, second ; Heads and Tails, by Sal Pizzo, ACL, third, and Fleishhacker's Zoo, by Lee and Harry Ruffner, honorable mention. It's Maine for movies! [Continued from page 177] sequence on Maine's most noted fishing industry can spend hours and enjoy them all! DAMARISCOTTA TO BELFAST Between Damariscotta and Rockland the main highway cuts across country well behind the coastline and comes out at Rockland, there following the shores of beautiful Penobscot Bay to Camden and Belfast. Camden, one of the most picturesque seaport towns in New England, is the home of a whole fleet of windjammers, as well as being a yachting center for Penobscot Bay. Along the shores on this large bay are many lobster fishing centers and lobster pounds, where the succulent aristocrat of crustaceans may well form the theme of whole movie sequences — as well as mighty good eating! Many of the lobster pounds provide outdoor eating tables, where filming an appetizing shore dinner is easy. We recall a particularly effective pound, as well as attractive cove and beach at Lincoln ville. BAR HARBOR AND ACADIA And finally there's our fourth section of the Maine coast centering about Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. Properly photographed, this part of Maine may form a fitting climax for your film of the Maine coast. The first-time visitor to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, or the movie maker in too big a hurry, is often tempted to shoot innumerable scenes of the natural beauty of this land of mountains and water, without paying enough attention to the action material that is all around him. For instance, sail and power craft of every kind constantly ply the waters of beautiful Frenchman's Bay, and the frequent sailing races, fishing trips and sightseeing voyages offer much action for movie makers. The highways along the shores of Acadia National Park and to the top of Cadillac Mountain are indeed picturesque, but don't forget to include plenty of closeup action: an exploration of Anemone Cave where the sea creatures are left stranded by the falling tides; a picnic at Sand Beach and the reactions of ambitious bathers when they first try the icy water; a day of movie making around the bar from which Bar Harbor gets its name, or a bicycle trip to the Thunder Hole and Otter Cliffs on a day after a storm — when the pounding surf will be at its best. Be sure to visit the National Park headquarters and the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce. For they will have plenty of additional ideas if you need them — and if you have any film left! And so — whether you want to produce a personal travel-vacation film featuring the family and yourself, or a less personal film suitable for general audiences — Maine's a wonderful place for movie making! A scissors cinema [Continued from page 178] which in turn actuates the single frame release of the camera. In this manner Kallenberg can remain seated and concern himself with the movement of his robots, rather than having to get up to turn on the illumination or make the exposure. The solenoid is one he obtained at an auto parts store, being a regular automobile starter switch. This is wired to the storage battery which is placed on the floor below the stand. Important among Kallenberg's own designs is the arrangement of wires which stand in an upright position at the rear of the unit and adjacent to the area to be photographed. These wires are hinged in such a manner that any one of them may be pulled down over the picture area and thus locate any spot for the placement of a character. When animating a man, for example, who is waving his hands or taking his hat off, Kallenberg places him where he wants him, then checks his position with one of the wires. Then, after every second or third change of the man's hands, Kallenberg uses the wire to make sure that the position of the man hasn't changed. The two outside wires determine the margins of the animation area. Since many of the paper cutouts have intricate parts, Kallenberg has devised long sticks with sharp-pointed pins at the ends, with which he makes the slight changes of position necessary between Silent: $69.50 Sound: $99.50 CINE 16MM PRIft?E3S Make copies of your favorite films In either the sound or silent 16MM pictures. The printer la designed to make contact prints. The lights are separately Controlled with 1U light densities for picture and sound track. UHLER CINE MACHINE COMPANY I5778 Wyoming Ave., Detroit 21, Mien. Phone : University I -4CG3 DISTINCTIVE EXPERT TITLES and EDITING For the Amateur and Professional 16 mm. — 8 mm. Black and White and Kodachrome Price list on request ST AH L EDITING AND TITLING SERVICE 33 West 42 St. New York 36. N. Y. WITH A WINNER! The Amateur Cinema League invites you once again, as it has done each year since 1930, to submit your movie making efforts in the oldest, most honored contest in the world of personal filming — the ACL selections of the Ten Best Amateur Films of the Year and the Hiram Percy Maxim Award. The contest is open to amateurs everywhere in the world, using 8mm. or 16mm. film, black and white or color, silent or sound, in short or long reels and on any subject. HOW SELECTIONS ARE MADE The Ten Best selections are made by the trained staff of the Amateur Cinema League, men who see and evaluate more than a quarter million feet of film each year. The selections are not limited to League members — any amateur filmer, anywhere in the world, may compete. The judges seek for sincerity— sincerity of camera work, film planning, editing, titling and, above all, creative movie imagination. Any fine film can win. This year, it may be your film! 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