PAGE TWO
Steps In Movie-Making
j Ist Installment
No. I—THE STORY
Mechanical aids in the production
of entertainment have not changed
since Shapespeare wrote, many years
ago, “the play’s the thing.” Follow
ing the Bard of Avon’s pronounce
ment, Hollywood has learned that a
motion picture, regardless of the fame
and popularity of its leading players,
is only as good as the story which
moves it.
Not so many years ago, when pro
ducers were still blinded by the novel
ty of the fact that pictures actually
moved, they paid scant attention to
etory. Any creaky old skeleton would
do, and any literate person who could
join a few simple phrases of action
together, was considered competent
to write for pictures.
But the old order has changed. Now
the world’s greatest writers are in
Hollywood, men and women who are
the literary giants of the day, au
thor* of best seller novels and smash
hit plays. No price is too high to pay
Ifor a story that will interest an au
dience of 100.000,000 people, which now
demands real entertainment rather
than novelty.
Story Essentials.
There are certain essentials which
•mint be observed in selection of story
material. First, plot and characteriza
tion must fit a certain star or group
of players; second, the story must
have novelty, originality and show
manship quaities, with a central
theme that appeals to a majority au- j
dience; third, the story must be topi-j
cal and timely, unless historical in I
character.
Occasionally a play or book creates
such a furore that it is bought with
out consideration for cast names.
Producers, too, sometimes capitalize
on this in a publicity way by invit
ing the public to suggest an ideal 1
cast. “Gone With the Wind” is a re
cent example.
Generally, however, the producer
buys a scory suitable to piayers undqr
ccn*r9ct to him. This preference has
developed greatly the field of “ori
gnuiis" especially tailored to fit es
tablished stars.
Tough for Amateurs.
Amateurs are up against a stone
wall when they mail in stories, a!’.
«uch being returned unopened. This
ia done to avoid possible plagianism
■uits. Recognized novelists, play
wrights and screen writers get quick
action, although. most of them deal
through established and reputable
agents, rather than handling their
material personally.
This series will detail the steps in
volved in production of a feature as
typical of '.ts march through a studio,
until it emerges as a finished film
ready to be shown to the public.
First Step.
friret, the production executive buys
tha story. Then he assigns it to an
associate producer and he in turn
either calls in a writer or two already
under contract to the studio, people
whom he feels are particularly fitted
to handle that subject. If such are
not available, he hires them from a
mong the large group of free-lance
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writers in Hollywood.
The writers, after several confer
ences with the “boss,” develop the
story into a continuous action out
line of about forty pages. This is
known as a “treatment.”
Dialogue Next.
When approved, this treatment is
enlarged with dialogue insertions in
to a dialogue treatment. This later is
developed into a shooting script de
signating camera positions, fade-out-.,
fade ins and dissolves to denote time
lapses, and various technical sugges
tions as to mood, tempo, character
ization and sound effects. In. a play,
these things are called “stage direc
tions.”
A properly written script is the lit
erary facsimile of a finished motion
picture. To write a successful script
the author must know camera craft,
the limitation of production and some
thing of the technique of directors,
film°editors and players.
(The next article will deal with the
problem of pre-production.)
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000 farmers in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida are
members of farmers’ cooperative mar
keting and purchasing associations
with an annual volume gs business of
over $72,000,000, according to figures
released today by the Columbia Bank
for Cooperatives from the recently
completed nation-wide survey of far
mers’ marketing and purchasing asso
ciations, conducted by the Farm Cre
dit Administration.
Florida leads all four states in the
number of these cooperatives and in
volume of business but is smallest in
membership. The 130 associations in
that state have a membership of ap
proximately 7>677 and their annual
volume of K usiness is over $43,000 000.
North Carolina c1 nes second in
number of cooperatives and member
ship but third in volume of business
while Georgia, third in number of co
operatives and in membership, is sec
ond in volume of business. South Car
olina is fourth in number of coopera
tives, number of members and in vol
ume of business.
The survev T’evea'ed that North Car
olina has 115 cooperatives with a
membership of 42,555 and their annual
volume of business approximates $9-
100.000, Georgia has 60 cooperatives
’ T "ith p membership of 39.869 and their
annual volume of business is approx
imately $13,426,000. South Carolina has
17 cooperatives with a membership of
13,335 and their annual volume of bus
iness is approximately $6,474,000.
In the United States, according to
figures from the survey, there are
10,752 cooperatives and in 1936 their
volume of business aggregated ap
proximately $3,000,000,000.
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„ , ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
S.uL Moral Failure .aw turn
COPYRIGHT. 1938. KING FEATURES SYNDICATE. Inc
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Qod wanted Israel to be a theocracy with
feimself as king. But the people de
manded a king like the nations about
them. So God commanded Samuel to
anoint Saul as their king.
Saul —Moral Failure
“BRASS TACKS” ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
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Che Golden (Text
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I Samuel 15:22 —“To obey Is better than sacrifice."
By DR. ALVIN E. BELL.
(The International Uniform Lesson
on the above topic for September 11
Is I Samuel 10:17-25; 15:10-23; 28:3-25;
31:3-6, the Golden Text being I Samuel
15:22, “To obey is better than sacri
fice.’’)
SAUL, first king of Israel, is the
most tragic character of the Old Tes
tament. He stated well; he had the
guidance of Samuel, the loyalty of
David and Jonathan, the opportunity
of a great national service; but he
made shipwreck of it all on the rock
of his own willfulness. All could have
been different had he, with that other
.laul of the New Testament, only been
willing to say continually, “Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do?”
“Make Us a King.”
The crushing grief of Samuel’s life
was the nation’s rejection of God’s
ideal for them in the theocracy for
their own plan of a monarchy. This
people, whose Ruler was to have been
Jehovah, grieved Samuel with the de
mand, “Make us a King to judge us
like all the nations.’’ God intended,
them to be “a peculiar people”; they
rebelled and insisted on being "like
all the .nations.” Therefore God said
to Samuel, “They have rejected me ,
that I should not reign over them.” <
“God Save the King.”
Thus it came about that God ac
ceded to their demand and directed
Samuel to select and anoint Saul to
be Israel’s first king. “And when he
stood among the people, he was high
er than any of the people from his
shoulders and upward.” And Samuel
:ald to all the people. See ye him
vhom Jehovah hath chosen, that
there is none like him among all the
people? And all the people shouted
and said, “Long Live the King.” And
this man of the people’s choice had
kingly qualities other than that of a,
good physiqiie. Chief among these was
lis humility. He demurred to Samuel
on the grounds of the smallness of
his tribe and the obscurity of his fa
mily; he hid amofig the baggage when
hey sought for him to crown him; he .
efused to punish those who objected [
to the choice of him as king; when
hey taunted him with his unfitness
‘he was as though he had been deaf.”
Had Saul thus continued to follow
he leading of God’s Spirit in obedi
;nce to God’s word through Samuel
he would not have made shipwreck
of his throne and of his soul as he;
lid. Within 20 years from his acces
sion we come upon an entirely dis-.
ferer.t man in King Saul. Years of
success have turned his head and
hardened his heart. He has become
willful, arrogant and disobedient, even
usurping the priestly functions of
Samuel in his vanity. Ordered to ut
terly exterminate the wicked Amale
kites and their cruel king, Agag, with
all of their possessions, Saul turned
the crusade into a curse by turning
the conquets to his own selfish gain
and vain glory. He spared Agag to
adorn his triumphal return and the
best of the sheep and oxen for his.
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The people were delighted witn Saul as
their first king. He stood head and
shoulders above them and they shouted,
“God save the king.” Saul started out
very humbly but soon became vain.
own profit. “I have performed the
commandment of the Lord... .the peo
ple spared the best of the sheep and
of the oxen to sacrifice unto Jehovah
thy God.”
To which sickening alibi Samuel re
plied, “Behold, to obey is better than
sacrifice and to hearken than the fat
of rams.”
In other words, empty, loveless wor
ship, from rebellious and willful
hearts can never qualify as religion
in the sight of God. Saul’s doom is
sealed by his own rebellion. He has
forsaken God and as a result God for
sakes him. He may resort to the devil
and the works of darkness with the
witch of Eudor and thereby only add
to his sin, but judgment fell speedily
in his death on the battlefield of
Gilboa.
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After defeating the Amelekites under
Agag, Saul disobeyed God in sparing
Agag and the best of the spoil, pretend
ing to use the animals as sacrifices to
God.
Today’s
Church Message
—By—
REV. J. EVERETTE NEESE
Pastor
First Congregational-Christian
Church
THE PRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT
Psalm 139:1-10. O Lord, thou hast
searched me, and known me. "Thou
knowest my downsitting and mine up
rising; thou understandest my thought
afar off. Thou compassest my path,
and my lying down, and art acquaint
ed with all my ways. For there is
not a word in my tongue, but, 10, O
Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and be
fore, and laid thipe hand before me.
Such hast beset me behind and be
fore, and laid thine hand before me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for
me; it is high, I cannot attain unto
it. Whither shall I go from thy
Spirit? or whither shall I flee from
thy presence? If I ascend up into
heaven, thou art. there: if I make my
bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
If I take the wings of the morning,
and dwell in the uttermost parts of
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the sea; Even there shall thy hand i
lead me, and thy right hand shall hold
me.
■*‘Tfay wordi« »lampnnto my fe*», alight unto my path.’*
TRUE RELIGION
True religion arouses the sympa
thies. It is always marked b an in
crease of interestin other people’s
welfare. Love of man grows with
love of God. Men who truly r-ray,
“Our Father” cannot be indifferent
to their neighbors. “If a man says that
he loves God and hateth his brother?”
he is deceived. He cannot do both. A
man’s religion may well be tested by
the keenness and inclusiveness of his
sympathies. The man who is ‘vlled
with the Spirit of Jesus feels h’mself
kin and neighbor to all the people
there are. The whole world is his
world. Religion breaks down barriers
between ranksand peoples and is the
only thing that can make the world a
unity and bring it peace.
A New York municipal clerk bank
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thing, thrift.
God allowed Israel’s old enemies, the
Philistines to triumph over them. Saul’s
sons were killed in battle and he com
* mitted suicide.
(GOLDEN TEXT—I Samuel 15:22.)
Rural Churches
MIDDLEBURG M. E. CHARGE.
Rev. Dwight A. Petty, pastor.
Services at Tabernacle church Sun
i day at 11 o’clock, and at Drewry
7:45 o’clock Sunday evening.
Sunday school at Tabernacle at 10
o’clock, with Boyd Brewer superin
tendent; at Drewry at 10, Felix Raines
superintendent; at Middleburg at Pj
with Allen Holloway superintendent
at Cokesbury at 10, with V. M. Breed
love, superitendent; and at Shocco
with Julian M. Alston superintendent
LOTS NEAR CITY ARE
CONVEYED IN DEEDS
Lots near the city were conveyed
in d-eeds filed with the Vance Registry
yesterday.
Bank of Commence and Trusts, of
Richmond, Va., sold lots on the Ox
ford Road and in Westover Hills to
Alex S. Watkins for $lO and consid
erations.
R. C. Faulkner and wife sold Thos
B Parham and wile a lot on tin?
! Dabney Road for $lO and cons-dera
tions.