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• JANUARY COMPETITION l

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The subject chosen for the Janu- So much for the country dweller
ary competition is "Winter". To and those near at hand, but what of
portray this to any extent does not the town and city 7 Here too, al-
necessitate the use of snow and ice though maybe not as bleak as the
for your stage setting. If the winter natural countryside, winter can still be
whiteness is conspicuous by its ab- very prominent. The sight of
sence then there are numerable al- vehicles with blanketed radiators, the
ternatives from which you can choose population rushing to and fro' about
for the filming of your competition their daily tasks, thus speeding thoir
entry. return to the homely fireside, tho
shops with their wares hidden from
A stroll into the country on a bleak view by the frozen fairy-like pattern-
day with your Motocamera and V.F. ed windows, these, without a doubt,
film will provide you with endless truly portray "Winter".
"sets", upon which to commence
filming. There is the country lane Of course, wherever you may be,
lined with windswept and bedraggled the arrival of snow and ice will add
hedges and ihe towering trees stand- that finishing touch to your film.
ing bare and leafless like monsters The local pond transforms almost
against an angry sky. The old gate overnight to become an ice rink,
leading to what was once a field of where skaters add wings to their feet
flowing corn, but now swinging and and where, sometimes, pants take a
creaking helplessly, back and forth, peppering too. The gentle slopos
under the strain of the fierce and that prove ideal for the toboganners,
bitter wind. The green fields, easy running or otherwise.
changed in the course of months,
from pleasant emerald carpets to The scope for this competition is
muddy waterlogged wastes, pitted limitless, so load your camera, wrap
heavily with footprints and the tracks up warm and proceed to make your
of a passing cart. film of a colc.l subject "Winter".

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