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QUITE often it is a real problem for the new amateur cinematographer to decide on what to shoot for his first serious attempt at a complete movie. Usually his first idea turns out to have quite a few unthoughtof complications. As knowledge and experience grows, these complications smooth out and disappear — but what to shoot in the meantime, to impress our friends with our cinematic ability, is the question? Here is an idea that requires a minimum of equipment and a very small cast. With the exercise of a little ingenuity, a movie based on this idea can be interesting, dramatic and very simple to film.
The production of the idea about to be presented will serve two purposes. Two very important purposes for future guidance. First, it will give the novice an introduction to simple lighting technique and second, it will introduce him to the use of close-ups. It has been
HAND FUMBLES and locates alarm button.
THE MORNING chores get under way.
THEN A GENERAL straightening up.
MORNING — AND THE FINGERS WILL FLEX IN WAKING
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by HAL COOLIDGE
truly said that a good film is 90% close-ups and it is in this respect that the amateur film is generally so lacking. Too many filmers do not break up their long shots with enough explanatory close-ups.
Let's call the scenario outline, "A Day In The Life of Mother." The entire film is to be done in extreme closeup, with only the hands showing. And they can be made very expressive. The only lighting needed will be a couple of No. 1 Photofloods. (See lighting diagram.) And now we are ready to start our story outline.
The first shot will be of mother's hands as she is asleep and the next will be of her reaching to shut off the alarm. Have the hand fumble around a bit (you know how it is when your sleepy) before getting the right grasp on the clock. This could be followed by a shot of the shower being turned on and then soaping a wash cloth. Then to the kitchen as we see hands
dropping eggs in the frying pan, dishes being placed on the table and then shaking the shoulder of a sleeping child. This sequence could end with hands picking up the soiled breakfast dishes and placing them in the dishpan. (Fade out.)
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AFTERNOON— mending or bridge wherever fancy leads.
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