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TWO FILMS by W. H. GEORGE
These two 16 mm. sub-standard films, designed for use in the classroom, are simple and unambitious, and, in this respect, contain lessons for all amateur film-makers. Clouds and Rain begins with a laboratory creation of clouds. It then goes out into the country to describe types of cloud and the weather they create. The angles have been chosen with imagination, though occasionally there is unnecessary over-emphasis of angle. The exteriors are distinguished by some of the loveliest photography yet seen on 16 mm. Filtering has been used skilfully to bring out the different types of clouds. In The Outer Isles, George used filters excessively, and although he obtained lovely cloud effects (justified in Clouds and Rain), he lost the action he was shooting on the ground.
Nevertheless these two films are noteworthy for their choice of subject and their technique. After painful experiences of many early efforts by amateurs, these films appear to be the product of real thought. They are both available from the G.P.O. film library.
D. F. Taylor.
Glasgow Independent Film-makers Group, which has already a membership of fifteen, intends to start production immediately on a film of a documentary and experimental nature. Membership of the Group will be limited to twenty-five. The Hon. Sec. is D. Paterson Walker, 127 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2.
Studio accommodation is a difficult problem with most amateurs. The Brondesbury Cine Society, however, is fortunate in having premises of some 1400 square feet, with a lighting equipment of nearly 25 kilowatts, which is available by special arrangement for individual workers. Full particulars may be had from A. D. Frischmann, 27 Mincing Lane, London, E.G.3. The Brondesbury Cine Society, though mainly interested in film play production, has a small circle of keen experimental workers.
• FILM BOOKS WANTED.— Film Till Now. Anatomy of Motion Picture Art. All standard works. Abbey Book Shop, 3 South Street, St Andrews, where all books reviewed in Cinema Quarterly may be purchased.
I F M A THE INDEPENDENT FILM-MAKERS ASSOCIATION
For all serious workers interested in the production of Documentary, Experimental or Educational Films.
Advisers: Anthony Asquith, Andrew Buchanan, John Grierson, Alan Harper, Stuart Legg, Paul Rotha, Basil Wright.
Write for a Hon. Sec, G. A. SHAW, 32 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.l.
Prospectus.
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