Amateur movie making (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
Amateur movie making
Date:
1928
Publisher:
New York : Falk Publishing Company, Inc.
Volume:
Amateur movie making
Leaf #:
000105
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 02, 2023
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AMATEUR MOVIE MAKING 91 pleasantly surprised when the film goes upon the screen. This will look like a nasty, wet, cold storm, not the nice little parlor storms so often shown upon the screen. When you show a storm, make your audience uncomfortable by the suggestion of inclement weather, when you show a desert scene, make them fairly pant, arid when you show winter make the spectators swear at the janitor for not providing more heat. A motion picture which remains only a picture when it is projected, is more or less a failure, but one which can make the spectator feel that he is actually a part of the scene depicted, whether record, drama or art study, is a success. This effect can be secured only if you use the proper light for that scene, although of course other factors enter into the case also. (Courtesy Amateur Movie Makers) Many oeautiful night effects can be secured by proper camera manipulation, but they should be made like the scene above, with such exposure that the effect is unmistakably that of a real night scene. Night Effects. — We then have the night films to consider. This is a subject which for some reason has an intense fascination for the amateur and one which leads to more dissappointment, possibly, than any other type of subject. There is no reason why any amateur who possesses proper equipment should not make successful night pic