Amateur Photographer & Cinematographer (1933)

July 26th, 1933 k AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER ts 6 CINEMATOGRAPHER a the exaggerated perspective that the camera gives to such a shot are always effective, but do not forget to close down the lens diaphragm slightly before taking one of these upward shots, because filming towards the sky you get more light into the lens. Scenes in which people walk into or across the picture can be given a new twist by photographing the shot with the people walking in from behind the camera, so that their backs are seen. If you wish, they can turn round after they are in the picture. Most amateurs introduce all their characters from in front of the lens. If there is a lot of uninteresting foreground to a picture, as for example in a scene taken on the sands, get down as near to the ground as pos¬ sible and shoot the scene with a slight upward tilt of the camera. This will cut out the uninteresting part and give greater prominence to the scene you wish to record. Remember that scenes filmed from below eye-level make objects appear big and important. Conversely shoot¬ ing from above eye-level reduces the importance of the things seen, and objects photographed from a very high angle appear insignificant. Make use of this fact by introducing into your scenes of high buildings taken from the ground, a few shots of the street taken from a high window or the roof of a lofty building. An unusual camera angle can some¬ times be obtained by filming not a scene itself but its reflection in still water. In this case take care not to get a reflection of the camera in the picture. Filming a scene reflected in a mirror provides another different slant. It may be a motor car mirror or a lady’s vanity-case mirror, or any other kind, but let your picture include just sufficient of the mirror and the hand holding it for the immediate surrounding to make it clear that the picture is a reflection, otherwise you will only get a reversed picture of your scene. Reflected shots like this must be filmed with the camera at an angle to the mirror to avoid including the camera and opera¬ tor in the reflection. ACTION SUBJECTS for the AMATEUR CINEMATOGRAPHER The Amateur Photographer and Cinematographer's Diary of Forthcoming Events FORTHCOMING EVENTS DURING AUGUST, 1933. Date. Event. Place. Date. Event. Place. Aug. 1. " Mill Week ” . Penicuik. Aug. 12. Y acht Regatta . . Bournemouth. i-3 August Race Meeting . . Brighton. ,, 12. West Indies at the Oval London. ,, 1-6. Open Golf Tournament Blackpool. „ 12. Agricultural Show Crieff. ,, I. Cattle Show and Games Turriff. ,, 12. Long Distance Swim Girvan. ,, 2. MacCrimmon Memorial Unveil „ 12. Gala Day and Procession Ayr. ing . Skye. „ 12. Southport M.C. 100-mile Race Southport. 3 Northern Counties Agricultural „ 12. Grouse Shooting Begins. Show Inverness. „ 12-14. Ancient Mitcham Fair . . London. 4-5 Agricultural Show Harrogate. .. 14-15 First Summer Race Meeting . . Folkestone. 4 Highland Gathering Dornoch. „ 14-19 Lawn Tennis Tournaments Nairn and 1 * 5 Ancient Customs : St. Wilfred Buxton. tide Procession and St. Ripon and „ 15-16. Carnival . . Boscombe. Oswaldtide Pageant Guiseley. „ 15-20. Highland Scratch and Handi 1 1 5 St. James’s Fair Kelso. cap Tournament . . Pitlochry. f » 5 Strathallan Games Bridge of „ 16. Yacht Regatta . . Sandown(I.W.) Allan. „ 16. Welsh Carnival . . Aberystwyth. ft 5 • Agricultural Show Perth. „ 17-19 Lawn Tennis Tournament Scarborough. 5 Clyde Corinthian Y.C. Cruise . . Clyde. „ i7-!9. Open Golf Tournament Dornoch. 5-i2. Rochester Festival Week Rochester. „ 19 Highland Gathering Crieff. 5-12. Polo Tournament Rugby. ,, 19 Ulster Motor Cycle Grand Prix Belfast. 11 5 Highland Games Strathpeffer. „ 19 Sheep and Dog Show . . Jedburgh. it 5 Cowal Sheep Dog Trials Dunoon. „ 19 Motor Race Meeting Donnington 11 5-8 Military Tattoo . . Tidworth. • Park. 11 5 Open Amateur Golf Tournament Ballater. „ 19 Motor Racing Ivinghoe. 1 1 6-7. British I.C. v. French I.C. (Ten „ 21-23. Yacht Racing Torquay. nis) . . London. ,, 21-26. Open Lawn Tennis Champion 11 7 Bank Holiday. ships Scarborough. 1 1 7 Open Motor Race Meeting Brooklands. „ 21-27. Lawn Tennis Tournaments Folkestone. 11 7 Racing Sandown. ,, 21-28. Carnival . . Southend-on 11 7 Keswick Sports . . . . — ; . Keswick. Sea. 1 1 7 South of Scotland Tennis Cham ,, 22. Lochaber Highland Games Fort William. pionships Moffat. „ 23. Golf — Mixed Foursomes Girvan. 11 7 Agricultural Show Uxbridge. „ 24. Sheep Dog Trials Rydal. 11 7-i I Welsh National Eisteddfod Wrexham. „ 24. Highland Gathering Ballater. 11 7-12. Lawn Tennis Open Tournaments Bournemouth, „ 26. Pooley Bridge Sports . . Ullswater. Ikley and „ 26. Mary mass Ancient Fair Irvine. Sandown „ 26. Gordon Castle Gathering Fochabers. (I.W.). ,, 26. Racing Dublin. 11 8. Ancient Lammas Fair . . St. Andrews. „ 28. Essex Junior Lawn Tennis Westcliff-on ,, 8. Eden Amateur Golf Tourna- Championships Sea. ment St. Andrews. „ 30 Dog Show Brighton. ,, 8-1 1. Royal Dublin Horse Show Dublin. During Agricultural Show Guernsey. ,, 9 Welsh Sheep Dog Trials Aberystwyth. THE Blessing of Fisheries Folkestone. 11 9 Golf — Mixed Foursomes Girvan. Month Special Service for Wayfarers . . Ripon. IO-I2. Ancient “ Puck ” Fair . . Killorglin. Model Engineering Exhibition London. ,, II-I4. Babbacombe Yacht Regatta .. Torquay. Yachting Regatta Lowestoft. •• IT. Highland Tattoo Pitlochry. 26 94 /