Film Record: Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Date produced: 1951

Filmmaker(s):

Newell Tune

Languages:

English

Length:

600 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1952 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Newell Tune's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' has some outstanding photography in which distortion lens attachments were used for some fantastic effects." American Cinematographer, May 1952, 224.

Resources:

Home Movies (Sept. 1953, 376) reported that this film was recognized as a "Distinguished Film" at the PSA convention of 1953; this mention describes the film as "a clever novelty film. Distortion and reverse motion produce weird screen effects." Similarly, a mention in Movie Makers (Dec. 1952, 318) notes the film's "comic imagery and adventures inherent in distortion filters."

Record of the film at the BFI.

Genre:

• Experimental

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened at the Photographic Society of America convention in 1953: Los Angeles, CA

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