Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

MOVIE MAKERS 221 Klatt, ACL; The Badlands through the Windshield, by A. F. Buckles; Rocky Mountain National Park, by Raymond Penrod, ACL; Track Meet, by Earl Peterson; Movie Menagerie, by Harry De Vault, ACL; Florida, by Albert Berndt; Dragnut, by the club members; Water Lilies and Aqua Frolics, by Louis Harding, ACL, and Cuban Carnival, by Leon Goetzman. Peoria Awarded first prize in the Peoria Cinema Club's latest contest was Bryce Canyon, by Dr. K. Ikeda, with Helping Hands, by Kurt Keucht, second, and River Cruises, by Harold Benz, ACL, third. Also honored were films by Carl H. Legg. Carl S. Koch, ACL, and C. W. Gustafson. Special awards were given to Robert Bergrun, Walter Weber and Shirley Wandrey. N. California Final results of the Filming for Fun contest sponsored by the Northern California Council of Amateur Movie Clubs, ACL, have been announced. The winners were Sierra Summer, by Othel Goff, ACL, of the Westwood Movie Club of San Francisco, first; Yellowstone, by Milton Daley, ACL, of Sacramento, second, and A Problem in Division, by Donovan Smith, ACL, of the Bay Empire 8mm. Movie Club, ACL, third. Long Beach For those members of the Long Beach (Calif.) Cinema Club who could not get away for a vacation this summer the July meeting provided a pleasant substitute. Among the films screened were See Your West, by Ray Steber; Vacation in Victoria, by Ed Stephens ; A Day in the Life of Dotsi, by Neva Blust, and Guadalupe Island, by Al Larrabee, ACL. Incidentally, mark down the date of August 19 on your calendar! That is the evening on which Long Beach will show The Top of the Ten Best. Don't miss it! Omaha Among the clubs continuing their meetings through the summer is the Omaha (Neb.) Movie Club, ACL. A recent meeting featured Up Canada Way, by Jack Blodjett; Tucson, Arizona, by Oliver Barklage; Templer Park, by Forest Rorick, and a lecture on Lenses, Their Selection and Uses, by R. 0. Blakeslee. Albany AMPS At the annual banquet of the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Albany, ACL, on June 9, Rose Robilatto was elected president for the coming season. Serving with her will be Charles Senecal, ACL, vicepresident ; Katherine Duffy, secretary, and Kaye Sorenson, treasurer. Winners of the club contest also were announced that evening. Madeline Lemperle, ACL, took first prize for her Pilgrimage to Rome, with Mary Robilatto, ACL, second with West Indian Odyssey and Ann Flanigan, ACL, third with Vacation Memories. Highlighting the other events was a talk by Helen C. Welsh, AACL, who spoke on her adventures, cinematic and otherwise, during her recent trip to Europe. Minneapolis Tne APril meeting of the Minneapolis Cine Club, ACL, featured the premier screening of City of Minneapolis Election Film, made by members of the club. This film is destined for use by city officials in training future ballot counters and election judges. Also on the program were Trail Ride, by George Fish, ACL, and Fishing Trip, by Donald Lucier. History of a mystery [Continued from page 211] of the cast took each of the six viewers aside after the showing and questioned them alone. Did they get it? The results were disheartening. Fifty percent were not sure whether the man was the killer or not. The problem now was to convince everyone that the man was really the murderer. After consulting with the cast, I decided that a closeup of the man leering evilly, after the two-shot of him and the girl, would plant his intention more clearly in the minds of the audience. Also we decided that the closing shot (the news headline) went by too quickly; so we shot another scene of their car going away down the street and tacked it on after the headline closeup. This was a long shot and over it I superimposed The End. We found then that the addition of these two shots heightened the suspense and convinced everyone that the girl was really going to get it. It was extra work but, we know now, well worth the effort. SEARCH FOR A SCORE Selecting the musical score gave me a merry chase through the land of sharps and flats. From January until the first of October I listened to music from our WTAG record library. (Being a staff announcer on the station I have access to same.) Since I knew the story by heart, it was simply a matter of finding musical passages which matched the changing dramatic moods as the tale progressed. 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The Amateur Cinema League invites you once again, as it has done each year since 1930, to submit your movie making efforts in the oldest, most honored contest in the world of personal filming — the ACL selections of the Ten Best Amateur Films of the Year and the Hiram Percy Maxim Award. The contest is open to amateurs everywhere in the world, using 8mm. or 16mm. film, black and white or color, silent or sound, in short or long reels and on any subject. HOW SELECTIONS ARE MADE The Ten Best selections are made by the trained staff of the Amateur Cinema League, men who see and evaluate more than a quarter million feet of film each year. The selections are not limited to League members — any amateur filmer, anywhere in the world, may compete. The judges seek for sincerity— sincerity of camera work, film planning, editing, titling and, above all, creative movie imagination. Any fine film can win. This year, it may be your film! 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