Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

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233 Photographs by Arthur L. Center POSED AND UNPOSED tells the story of the set shot at left and the grab shot above, a picture made possible by a ready camera. movies outside of the livestock arena, such as exciting sequences of the sulky and quarter-horse races, the rodeo, the thrill rides and the horse show. Anyone who has watched a sulky race or a rodeo knows that both events are full of chills and spills, where anything is likely to happen. Here, indeed, is a choice location for movie action. All of your movie scenes will not necessarily be masterpieces. In fact, many of them may turn out to be straight bread-and-butter stuff; but free-lance cameramen will find that even their more commonplace sequences may be salable to fair officials, local organizations, or even TV stations for news release. In many cases, the parents of future farmers, movie makers themselves, are willing to purchase selected footage of the kids and their blue ribbon winners. Most movie makers will shoot for their own library, dubbing in sound, voice and music, perhaps even tape-recorded on location for realism. Those who do not yet own such facilities can purchase sound effect discs for playback on their own turntables during projection. So bring your movie camera to the fair! You will find new filming fun, offering a pleasant and, often, a rewarding diversion from the usual run of movie work. HIGH DRAMA, LOW COMEDY mingle in the dog ring, as the haughty little hoyden at left upstages her more sedate sister in this act. From pigs to pets, the country fair is a rich mine of movie making ore. Dig it, man! THE BOY LOOKS BRIGHT even if the bull doesn't, in this posed portrait of a blue-ribbon award winner. Sulky racing, left, is a top outdoor cine subject.