Home Movies (1950)

you can usually forget about it for the rest of the sequence, unless you want to come back to it at the end to round things off nicely. Once in a while, there is an exception to this rule of opening a sequence with a long shot. Occasionally, the most informative way to open a sequence might be, let us say, a close shot of a birthday cake, which tells us that a birthday party is in progress. Or we may want to open on a pair of hands to arouse curiosity. It's all a matter of deciding what you want to say in a particular shot, and then selecting the camera distance that will best say it. Simple as all getout, but it will make a big difference in the next film you make. (To be continued) folks • continued from Page 291 lady to pose a la Whistler's mother? Next: Ashland. We stop on the way to take some shots of my brother-inlaw on the combine. These are beautifully dramatic shots; the gold of the wheat, the red of the combine against the drop-back of the azure sky — interspersed with light fluffy banks of snow, masquerading as clouds. I continued to press the button until he is on top of me; depending on him to stop before he runs over me. Ha! Ha! At last, the villian of the performance makes his appearance. When I run this off, I found that he was paying no attention to me. Did he do that on purpose? And I took such a splendid close-up, angling him against the sky. Now, the grand finale, a family picnic. Took some footage of my sisterin-law preparing the picnic lunch and her son stealing cake. Taken inside between two windows; meter reading //3-5 Took title at picnic grounds of the Island Park //5-6 in the shade. Stood a little to one side, so as not to have a head-on shot; much more effective that way. The picnic was a grand success both as regards movies and eats. 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