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"Cine %l)him&euy — an amateur Aound film
By | H. SCHOEN
SoMETHING new and refreshing in amateur-produced 16mm. soundon-film motion pictures is "Cine Whimsey" in which post-recorded lip-synchronized sound is successfully employed in a combination of narrative, dialogue and sound effects. "Cine Whimsey" is a romantic fantasy with definite European cinema treatment. The story of "boy meets girl and marries her" is depicted in a number of situations built upon typical American colloquial expressions, as for instance: "She swallowed it hook, line and sinker;" "They painted the town red;" "He pulled the wool over her eyes," etc. Staging of scenes often reached the realm of surrealism as for instance, following the narrator's colloquial comment: "She gives him the eye," a closeup shows the girl's winking eye in the palm of the boy's hand — a clever piece of trick cinematography.
The oddity of such treatment naturally makes for considerable controversy. There are some who will fail to appreciate this picture: others — more artistically inclined and perhaps with a her-' itage of the European cinema art —
will evaluate its merits in the light of fantastic yet artistic cine story telling. The idea is particularly adaptable to post-recorded sound where a mixture of narrative, music and sound effects easily can bridge cueing errors in dubbed lip-synchronized dialogue.
Briefly, the story concerns a stenographer, tired of the daily grind, who is given a week's vacation with pay. She meets a boy at the beach, and a hasty marriage ensues while both are under influence of cocktails. The boy relates his past, insists he's no good, but promises to reform. The girl forgives him and they look forward to a "Happy whimsical marriage," to use the narra
tors closing words.
Colloquialisms are used freely by the commentator in describing the story and action and each colloquialism is enacted or depicted.
Particularly interesting is the clever professional opening given the picture. Before the first scene flashes on the screen, the sound of a motor truck and screech of a traffic cop's whistle is heard. The first shots shows a delivery truck drawing to the curb and tossing a bundle of magazines to the pavement. A closer shot shows them to be the magazine TIME. Hands come into the scene, cut the strings on the bundle and • Continued on Page 27
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