Film Record: Reflections

Still from Reflections in Movie Makers, Dec. 1944, 477.

Date produced: 1944

Filmmaker(s):

Henry E. Hird

Languages:

English

Length:

600 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With music and special recording on disc.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1944 - Honorable Mention General Class

Description:

"In Reflections, Henry E. Hird has followed the intelligent practice of revising footage shot when film was more plentiful, with the result that he has created a new and interesting synthesis by editing. On a winter evening, a man reflects on the joys and adventures of a past summer. Of an athletic disposition, he has swum, sailed and hunted. Interested in wild life, he has observed and filmed birds. From time to time, he adjusts a radio, to find music that expresses the moods of his reverie. Finally, he turns off the radio, the musical accompaniment ceases and the film ends in silence. With excellent cinematography and with a nice editorial sense, Mr. Hird has gathered interesting events into an entertaining whole." Movie Makers, Dec. 1944, 496.

Resources:

Discussed by Hird in "The Ties That Bind" (Movie Makers, Jan. 1946, 18, 33), where the filmmaker describes blending old footage with new film material via transitions. Film stills are shown.

The film won second prize in a Metropolitan Motion Picture Club members' film contest in 1945 (Movie Makers, March 1945, 99).

Subjects:

• Medicine
•      Psychology
•           Memory
• Seasons
•      Summer

Genre:

• Comedy

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened by the Passaic Cinema Club in 1945: Passaic, N.J.
• Screened by the Bell Laboratories Motion Picture Club in 1945: New York City, N.Y.
• Screened by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club in 1946: New York City, N.Y.
• Screened by the Mount Vernon Movie Makers in 1947: Mount Vernon, N.Y.
• Screened by the Metro Movie Club of River Park in 1947: River Park, IL
• Screened by the Winnipeg Cine Club in 1949: Winnipeg, MB
• Screened by the Oslo Smalfilm Klubb in 1951: Oslo, Norway

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