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PHILOSOPHY OF MOTION PICTURES
George O'Brien*
SUCCESS in any phase of .life is usually attained with the combined efforts of co-operative forces whether it be motion pictures, railroads, or football teams. We who are actually part of the team responsible for making a goal, which will be converted into another tally called 'victory', or, I should say, 'box-office success', continually hear the call for good stories. A good story is always welcomed by director, interested cast, and cameramen. With the proverbial word known as 'meat' in a story the director may work with a situation until he, the cast, and cameramen have satisfied themselves that they have given all that the sequence or sequences called for. But, if the work is not properly handled by the cameracrew the efforts put forth are wasted. On the other hand, if given poor material the director exhausts himself trying to inject highlights into the story, tears down the otherwise smooth characterizations the players may try to offer, and their efforts are hardly worth the expense of photographing.
Keeping up the morale of a troupe is quite essential in producing a successful picture either on location or in the studio. A good story often plays a big part in keeping up the morale. In my own experience I have found the camera-crew, at the start of the picture, as well up on the situations of an interesting story as the director and cast. This, of course, should be the rule always, as a story that interests its producing unit will create greater enthusiasm and spur its workers on to unlimited heights of creating new effects of lighting and other forms of artistic endeavor, which, after all, promotes harmony. This sort of spirit which is not impossible to develop as it is being practiced among many well known producing units seems to travel like wavelengths in the air. The publicity and exploitation departments take up the spirit in turn and find themselves not only boosting but bragging about their product. The producers and financial executives who gamble to find such spirit very often delight the enthusiastic crew by allowing more time on the schedule and more money for the budget. The salesmanagers and salesmen learn of the enthusiasm put forth in the production, and with an honest effort to satisfy the exhibitor they encourage him to preview their product, which results in a 'box-office success'.
Each individual, the director, the members of the cast, the cameracrew, and all up and down the line of motion picture producing units feel that the production could not be a success without their efforts. Individual effort would mean nothing. Each person co-operating in their particular line produces splendid pictures which spell success at the box-office.
Fox Star.
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