Amateur Movie Makers (Dec 1926-Dec 1927)

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to increase the feeling of mystery and terror. The Gothic architecture of the sets lends itself particularly well to this purpose, and, also, by its eery character brightens the effect. Dissolves: In the opening sequence of this picture dissolves, double and triple exposures are used with consummate cleverness, and they tell the history of twenty years in a few feet of film, a remarkable use of these devices and an economy of execution which is seldom equaled. INSIDE STUFF IN HIGH HAT And this is a birdseye view of the works What Price Glory Fox Film Corporation Directed by Raoul Walsh Photographed by.... Barney McGill Close-Ups: Seldom have close-ups been used so effectively as in the sequence designed to express the horrors of the war front, in which one close-up dissolves rapidly into an other. Without the use of the conventional long shots of battlefields a more powerful impression of actual modern warfare is given by this series of close-ups than hitherto achieved in films. While the deft PITY THE SAILORS When this model starts to rock in High Hat Photograph by First J^lational Photographs by First National THE DELUGE Delivered as ordered for High Hat technique of dissolving one scene into another is still difficult for amateurs it is not impossible, but even without the dissolves such a series of close-ups, touching on the salient points of the story to be told, would prove a clever and effective variation in amateur filming. Underworld Paramount-Famous-Laskey Directed by. . Joseph Von Sternberg Photographed by Bert Glennon Short Closeups: To give a running impression of the crowd at the crooks ball a series of very short closeup flashes is used. Thus one gets a series of definite impressions in rapid succession, which leave a totality of impression that is panoramic. Use of such very short flashes for the same purpose can be adopted by amateurs whenever a crowd is germane to the action. (Continued on page 53) i~~ ■ m i -„ a w Twenty-nine