Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1922)

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January, 1922 MOVING PICTURE AGE 25 Jack MacCullough Studios Producers of Made to Order Movies 1825-31 WARREN AVE., CHICAGO Finest equipped independent motion picture studio in the middle west. One stage always open for rental by day or picture. Does Your 6 Need a Movie? Business Tell us your needs — our advice is yours and will cost you nothing. Part of our business is to help you build up yours. Ask Us About Our Home Talent Movies BETTER THAN A BAZAAR TO MAKE MONEY The National Academy of Visual Instruction (Continued from page 21) obtain high-grade material. The advice and the material of actual teachers must be sought — not after the film is made, but before. The producers should organize an editorial staff so closely related to educational activities that they understand and talk the language of the schoolroom. The following steps are necessary if loss, waste, and inefficiency are to be eliminated from production of historical film of educational value : First. A rapid survey of the school curriculum to determine the types of historical material required in the film. A careful grading and selection of the material proposed for production is necessary. Its place in the curriculum must be determined. The film is not an encyclopedia ; it gives but one thing at a time. Its' educational place must be determined before production begins. Primary material and university research in history must be clearly separated. Child psychology points to hero stories and valorous deeds for the first grades. The boyhood of Lincoln, Washington, Daniel Boone, and Roosevelt are suitable for action plays for the elementary grades. The elementary historical film must incite admiration and emulation in the pupils. The action must be something that is possible for pupils to do. The advanced grades of the grammer school must depict great events, and their importance to our country must be the theme; single episodes of national importance presented in their relative importance as the efforts of groups of men to establish justice, right, and liberty. A suggested series is : the establishment of Plymouth, the Boston Tea Party, Ride of Paul Revere, the Minute Men, Declaration of Independence, making the constitution, and the struggle for freeing the slaves. The development of machinery as depicted in the steam engine, binder, flour mill, automobile, and other industrial machines is a true part of history. Each historical film pictures the human interest, true as to facts and details, and so arranged as to incite action. The success of any historical film material depends upon the skill with which it fits into a definite place in the educational system. The when and zvhere it will function are factors to be carefully considered. MITROE SUN SCREEN "The Unequalled" Produces heretofore unattained Plastic — Definition — Brilliancy Gives exceptional results in The proper screen for Churches, Schools, Colleges^ Halls, etc. Produces soft, pleasing pictures which will not impair eyesight. Samples and further information on request Walker Motion Picture Service, Inc. 63 Fifth Ave., New York City Second. In historical films the material must be historically accurate. This "must be provided by careful research. Material that is not found in a textbook will play a vital part in the historical film. Its preparation will entail much time and skill of a high educational character. The control of the preliminary material must be in the hands of educational experts with the close advice and contact of the school. Each historical scene will have its carefully planned prescription written in complete detail. Each scene, dress, building, and action has a most minute prescription for reproduction in the laboratory. Detailed studies for the reproduction of costumes and incidents will require intelligent research for accuracy and artistry. 'The action and spirit of scenes will not be the less because of accuracy. The flashy inspiration of a poorly informed director or the notions of a movie star will not be factors of consideration in the preparation of historical material. Acts and scenes will not be filmed until the actors accomplish the results in constant rehearsal. No production of historical film should be attempted until preliminary studies have eliminated crudeness and inaccuracy. Preliminary studies should provide clear prescriptions specifying in detail all the studio equipment, dress, actors, etc. Too strong emphasis cannot be placed upon preliminary preparation and the constant adjustment to educational needs by experiment in the schoolroom with the teacher and pupils. Third. In the production there should be trained helpers to check the prescription in every detail. The cameramen should apply their art to bring out educational ideas, irrespective of sensar tional shots and photographic tricks. No expense should be spared in studio construction, training of players, making of costumes, etc. Every organization that intends to produce historical plays must have its elaborate equipment and its staff of artists trained in historical technique. Successful historical material is not obtained from local pageants, stills of old buildings, and cemeteries. Historical settings will be nearly always constructed in the studio under conditions that can be controlled for desired results. In historical material the stars, commercial directors, and all others engaged in production should be influenced by the educational motives of this particular film. Constant trials of the completed film should be made in the school so that proper adjustments may Please say, "As advertised in MOVING PICTURE ACE," when you write to advertisers.