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experience in the production of motion picture scenarios, a task which is commonly believed, and rightly so, to be quite unlike that of any other form of writing.
An interesting question confronting every producerdistributor, and one involving the problem of production costs, is that of producing newsreels. Practically every exhibitor agrees that no program is complete without a newsreel. There seems to be a general unanimity of opinion that, while other short subjects such as comedies may be used to supplement the feature picture, the newsreel must be used. This being the case, it was a perfectly natural thing for producers, who wished to be in a position to offer an exhibitor a complete program, to add a newsreel to their other offers.
However, the problems involved are not quite the same as those growing out of the production of short subjects. There need be no duplication with comedies; the plots, comic skits, and the actors are in each case different. The newsreel, however, presents the important and interesting news of the day in visual form. This of necessity means that, if either local or national public interest is to be served, the same subject must be covered by every producer of a newsreel.
Consequently, the number of newsreel services has increased steadily. In 1925, there were only four newsreels being made, the cost of production of which is estimated as about $75,000 a week and the total income roughly $115,000 a week. In 1928, there were six newsreels being made, the cost of production being around $125,000 weekly and the total income probably not over $110,000 weekly. Each of the six newsreel companies maintained a regular staff of about 100 camera men throughout the world to obtain pictures of news events. These men were paid regular salaries varying from $50 to $200 a week. In each city in which a company maintained a camera man, it either owned or rented on occasion motor cars or trucks for transportation of cameras, camera men and film. These companies also dealt with independent "free lance" camera men, who