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Competition Results-~~ Your Holid11y Fil1n~~

The general entry for this competi- don Holiday". Whilst less than
tion in addition to being numerically 200ft. in length this film employed
higher, were also of a higher standard
than those submitted for previous
contests organised by this Company.
Progress has been maintained, a point
which the panel of judges commented
upon most favourably, but the overall
standard was, however, low. It was
evident that in addition to taking ad-
ditional care in obtaining good ex-
posures, a great deal of thought had
been given to the final composition
of the film. However, it may be of
some value at this point to indicate Snowdon Holiday
briefly the main reasons why the
majority of films were rejected from many desirable features. Not only
the final judqing. Several films were did this film portray a typical holiday
completely devoid of the basic idea scene, it also ventured upon the docu-
for competition entry. Others com- mentary and sparkle was added by
the inclusion of several whimsical
sequences. The result when screened
proved conclusively that Mr. Burgess
had studied and applied mood before
undertaking any filming.
Second and third prizes of £3 and
£2 were awarded to Mr. Marston,
New Malden and Mr. Twitchen, Cow-
ley respectively, for their entries
"London Scene" and "Festival Fair".
Both films were well presented and
well photographed, but failed slightly
from editing faults. Two other entries
London Scene
were commented upon favourably by
menced with original and pleasing the judges and consolation awards
themes, but were not followed up in were given. The next competition, is
the remainder of the film. A lot of of course, the Open Award for 1952
films lost points due to the lack of and details are given on page b.
titles. In several instances entries
would have qualified for commenda-
tion had a suitable linking title be-
tween sequences been employed.
One final point which shou~d be raised
is the question of editing. Several
entries were marred by the use of too
many long sequences-slicker cutting'.
would have added polish to the final
result.
So much for the rejections, but now
a few words about the winning entries.
Pride of place was taken by Mr. Bur-
gess of Worthing for his entry "Snow- Festival Fair
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