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Children of all ages loved it I In this Magic Carpet episode eight acts from BARNUM 8c BAILEY RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS were brought to the WABD studio in New York City.
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Film and Live Talent Television Combination Offers Chance to Create Atmosphere Effectively in Dramatic Series at Low Cost
by KARL KN/PE, Anderson, Dauis § Platte, Inc, New York City
THERE has been a great deal of talk and many articles have been written regarding film versus li\e talent for television programs.
The proponents of film point out the many advantages of that medium and the greater scope that may be achieved through celluloid scenes that are impossible to reproduce in a television studio.
On the other hand the live talent boosters call in the treasurer to back their side and point out the added expense of producing films solely for television.
In my opinion, however, television will be infinitely better if both film and li\e talent are used together. Most people, I believe, will btiy a television set to see things that are happening as they happen. This applies to drama as well as to news and sports events. They will want to see live people doing things, not just motion pictures of people. However, film can be used most effectively with live talent.
Ix the production of The Magic Carpet we use both actors and film in a most natural way. Our plot has to do with three children who have a magic carpet that takes them wherever they want to go on the earth or in the sea.
The opening scene shows the children in jmenile situations, either cjuarreling about their pet goldfish or looking at a picture book of some far-off spot.
In the case of the goldfish, we have them get on the magic carpet for a trip to the depths of the sea Avhere they see a fight between an octopus and an eel. This, of course, is done by dissolving oiu^ studio scene into a film. At the end of the film we reverse the proceedings and dissolve back into the living room where the children are found sitting on the carpet. Film is also used in the effect of having the children fly out of the house on the carpet.
There are many other wa)s in which film and live talent can be profitably combined particularly to create atmosphere in dramatic programs.
If your studio set is the deck of a steamer, film clips can be used to good advantage to show harbor and sea scenes, passing ships, etc. This use of film is boinid to add realism to any program and stich methods are not expensive or difficult to handle.
Film and live talent used together form a perfect imion, and as television progresses I am sure more and better ways of using them will be devised.
MARCH, 1946
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