Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1947)

MOVIE MAKERS Practical films [Continued from page 21] of using a metal as light as magnesium, benefits shared by consumer and industry alike. The animation is not only graphically effective, but it provides the humor and audience appeal lacking in so many routine industrial films; it is at its best in the sequence demonstrating the comparative speeds of a hypothetical magnesium train, as opposed to the heavy cast iron locomotive. The respective weights and ease of handling household tools made of magnesium are shown with the familiar Disney whimsey, so that the film never lapses into a statistical coma of facts and figures. It is acceptable entertainment, as well as a polished presentation of the assets of magnesium. The film may be obtained in 16mm. Kodachrome, through the Princeton Film Center, Princeton, N. J. For groups who want to round out a half hour program, a twenty minute film on the extraction and processing of magnesium is offered with the Disney "short." BOOK LEARNING The American Library Association and Warner Brothers have combined forces, to publish a comprehensive list of books for people whose interest in motion pictures goes beyond a vicarious romance at the neighborhood theatre every Saturday night. Iris Barry, curator of the film library at New York City's Museum of Modern Art, Helen F. Conover, of the Library of Congress, and Helen Fitz-Richard, of the Art and Music Division of the Los Angeles Public Library, have made the selections and annotated them with shrewd and straightforward appraisals. Any one planning to supplement his camera work with intelligent reading will find this booklet a useful guide, for it includes material written from both the creative and critical points of view. The bibliography may be had free by writing to Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., 321 West 44th Street, New York City. 39 ROUTINE Experienced filmers generally have worked out a regular series of actions in exposing for any scene. The orde» of the series is relatively unimportant, but the invariability of that order is a definite protection. If you compose, arrange lighting, estimate exposure, set the diaphragm, set the focus, rehearse the action once or twice, check the settings and then shoot, you will have a logical order. If you want to vary it, to suit your own desires, you can do so safely. But, if you work out a fixed series and stick to it, you will have fewer spoiled shots. mion Pacific contest winners STANLEY MIDGLEY, of La Canada, Calif., has been announced as the first place winner in the motion picture section of the first annual amateur photographic contest sponsored by the Union Pacific Railroad during the summer of 1946. Mr. Midgley will receive a $1000.00 cash award and an engraved silver trophy for his 1600 foot 16mm. Kodachrome record, Free Wheeling in the Utah Parks. Other prize winners, in order, are Frank E. Gunnell, FACL, of Staten Island, N. Y., who takes a $500.00 cash award and trophy for his 1000 foot 16mm. Kodachrome, Bryce Canyon Trails, and Al Morton, FACL, of Salt Lake City, winning $200.00 and trophy for his 1500 foot 16mm. Kodachrome, Call of the Canyons. Ten Distinguished Film Awards, carrying with them specially inscribed medallions, were made to the following producers, listed alphabetically: Elliott M. Barnard, ACL, of Kansas City, Mo., for For Two Hundred Million Years; Richard H. Graham, of Beverly Hills, Calif., for Utah, The Rainbow Land; Walter J. Herz, ACL., of Reno, for The Southwest — Land of Scenic Surprises; W. T. MacDonald, of La Jolla, Calif.. for Southern UtahArizona National Parks; J. B. Manahan, of Los Angeles, for Bryce, Zion and Grand Canyon National Parks; Dr. Blake D. Prescott, of Wethersfield, Conn., for Gems of the Desert; Theodore D. Shaw, of Chicago, for Nature* in a Lavish Mood; Eric Unmack, ACL, of San Francisco, for Bryce, Zion and Grand Canyon National Parks; W. J. Veale and D. A. Greatrake, of Pasadena, Calif., for Zion National Park — The Opalescent Valley; Roy A. Whipple, ACL, of Chicago, for Scenic Vacation Playgrounds of Utah and Arizona. Two of these ten films were on 8mm. stock, eight were on 16mm. and all were in Kodachrome. There was a total of forty three entries in the motion picture section of this Union Pacific contest. Mr. Midgley's production is a gay and picaresque saga of a 350 mile jaunt by bicycle along the highways of Bryce and Zion National Parks and Cedar Breaks National Monument. Distinguished camera work, pleasing compositions and imaginative treatment contribute to the film's success. Outstanding in the picture, however, are its crisp pace and lighthearted laughter at the cyclist's own wry adventures. Brightly executed titles and a restrained use of a fine "running gag" round out this altogether engaging travel study. The judges of the motion picture entries were Vincent H. Hunter, ACL, New! 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