Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1940)

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HARTLEY PRODUCTIONS 230 West 79th St. New York filming the actual attempts to educate the dog for life in a civilized world. We made closeups of his expressions when he was about to be brushed and combed. He knew that something was going to happen, as his expression reveals. We took closeups of him when efforts were made to convince him that he and his bones were nuisances. We definitely staged the situations that gave opportunity for the latter shots. We hate to admit it, but placing temptation in his way helped a lot! Perhaps the most difficult scenes that we took were those of a very sleepy puppy being made to study the alphabet so that he might read the orders about his bones! We made three attempts before we were successful. The first time, we waited until early evening and tried to get the shots shortly after the pup had gone to sleep. We took out our equipment, consisting of a camera with an f/1.9 lens, a tripod, exposure meter, two double light stands using four No. 2 flood bulbs and two single clamp reflectors using No. 1 flood bulbs. (With this equipment and extremely fast panchromatic film, we had ample light for any indoor home scene; in fact, we had enough basic illumination to permit the use of back lighting and other effects and. on many scenes, to stop the diaphragm down to //5.6 or even //8.) After everything was all set for the shots of the sleepy dog, we very gently picked him up to move him on the '"set" — only to have him wake up with a start and proceed to run all around the place as if it were midday. Sleepy? Not he! The second attempt was made a few evenings later. We had set up all the equipment early in the evening and then had gone to the movies (!) to while away enough time for the puppy to get sound asleep. Returning about eleven o'clock, we tiptoed up the steps, gently unlocked the door and found a wide awake pup on the other side. The third and successful attempt illustrates the principle of taking your pictures while the taking is good. The pup had had a busy day and seemed tired when we left to spend an evening with friends. However, he had seemed tired before, only to awake with a start, so we were unimpressed. Returning home well after midnight, somewhat exhausted after a dozen strenuous sets of table tennis, we found the pup sound asleep. When gentle pokings failed to arouse him. we knew he was ready to play his part! The funny part of all this is that some of our friends refuse to believe that those scenes of a genuinely sleepy Shadow were made without some artificial means of making him sleepy. An essential device in pet filming, which also applies to filming children, consists of shooting many scenes with the camera placed at a level with the viewpoint of the subject. As Shadow was our featured player, he was the only subject to appear entirely in the film. The human characters were included only in part; hands might appear in one scene and feet in another. But Shadow always was the star, so nearly every shot of him was taken with the camera on or near the floor. In this connection, a special low camera support, which was made at home, proved most useful. We had a hectic three weeks, but the pictures of Shadow's puppyhood are worth it. Now, of course, we can see how we might have done a better job, as who can't! But Shadow is full grown now, and this particular picture can never be filmed again. We hope that it will be many years before we make a film of the puppy that may someday replace Shadow. As for dog pictures — that's d i f f e r e n t — and Shadow was trained for the camera in his youth! Amateur clubs [Continued from page 120] cently formed in that central Canadian city. Headquarters have been established at the Canadian Legion Home. An early activity planned by the group will be the production of a record film of the Children's Shelter, in Moose Jaw, under the direction of L. Puckering and Len Taylor, club secretary. For Walla Walla Entering their second year of activity, members of the Walla Walla Cinema Club, in Washington, saw at a recent meeting the award winning films in the club's contest for 1939. These included pictures by Cecil Ripley, Frank Maddux, ACL, and Dr. E. M. Tapp, in the 8mm. division, and a film by Michael Thomas, in the 16mm. division. First and second award winners in this latter class, produced by Kenneth Owsley, ACL, and Dr. George Scofield, had been screened earlier at the group's annual banquet. Recently elected president, Edgar M. Thornton, ACL, has announced his appointment, as committee heads, of Mr. Thomas, for programs; Mr. Maddux, for publicity; Mr. Ripley, for the 1940 contest. A photographic picnic, to be held jointly with the local still camera club at Palouse Falls, is planned for the spring. Clarence Ludwig, Louise Felts and Harold Otto, ACL, are in charge for the cinema group. Films for Toronto Members' films have been featured on recent programs of the Toronto Amateur Movie Club, strong Canadian group now in its sixth year of activity. Among those screened have been European Revieiv, by Rex Frost ; A Day at the Fair and New Eng