Home Movies (1943)

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Recently, the Movie Makers Club of Oklahoma City inaugurated a series of meetings for just this purpose with surprising results. All of us have said at one time or another: "If I were taking that scene over I would — ," and then state the remedy. Why not set aside your next club meeting as "Critics' Night?" Invite all club members to bring films that turned out differently than expected. Screen these films before the club, point out the faults, and solicit suggestions from members for improving the film or statements as to how certain errors may best be avoided. Thus, the entire membership can learn more about making movies by observing examples of common mistakes and listening to discussions that will enable them to avoid similar errors. If there are one or more "gadgeteers" in your group, encourage them to bring their gadgets to one or more meetings and demonstrate them to members. With many clubs, gadget building is as important as filming movies among some members. And gadgets are something which still can be produced in spite of restrictions imposed by the war. Gadget making offers a fresh outlet for the enthusiasm of club members deprived of opportunities for making movies. Having plenty of home movie films to show at meetings is one of the best attendance-sustaining mediums. If your club has not already done so, make a survey of the completed films in possession of members. Turn this list over to the program committee. You'll find it a rich source for building entertaining and educational club programs. Not all clubs have' dispaired of conducting filming contests. Many have found in the 50 foot 8mm. and 100 foot 1 6mm. "uncut film" contests a means for keeping members' cameras active and their spirits high. Today, most filmers are able to purchase at least one roll of film occasionally and it is surprising what excellent continuities can be turned out on a single roll of film. One of the most important club activities perhaps has been overlooked by the majority of cine clubs. It is the showing of movies to service men and to civilian defense groups. Sources of entertainment are still far short of what is needed for service men in small outposts. It is these groups that are missed by the big entertainment parties that are doing so much for the boys in the larger training camps. If your club possesses a sound projector — or if only a 1 6mm. silent projector — you can furnish much needed entertainment to servicemen in the small training centers or defense outposts located near you. Still another field offering unlimited activity for club film exhibiting committees is the shut-in groups. Children's hospitals, homes for the aged, and rest homes afford many opportunities to screen member's as well as commercially produced films, and the unfortunate inmates will be made happier by the thoughtfulness of the clubs providing such entertainment. The activities set forth here, if undertaken conscientiously by club committees, will hold together groups of movie hobbyists that might otherwise drift. They will provide practical outlets for the activities of members that will need no apology for the time and effort involved under war conditions. And when the war is won, a stronger foundation will exist for whatever the future may hold for the amateur movie maker. Conducting, M,ovie Content . . . • Continued from Page 249 alyze the progress and results of the contest to-date. If the number of entries received is large, then several meetings of the committee and judges may be necessary in order to preview and classify the contest entries prior to the final judging. This task can be materially lessened by providing entry blanks to contestants to be submitted with their films which will indicate title of picture, length, topic, and its classification — photoplay, documentary, travelogue, etc. The manner of judging home movie contests is a subject in itself and was treated at length in the July issue. However, we recently learned of an interesting method by which one cine club made the task of judging contest films