United States
English
200 ft
16mm
Kodachrome
Silent
"These Bloomin' Plants, by Eugene L. Ritzmann, has been given Honorable Mention because of the striking technical tour de force which it represents. In it, Mr. Ritzmann has pictured, by means of a camera controlled by a mechanism of his own design and construction, the actual blossoming of some half dozen or more flowers. Through this device of time condensation, buds are seen bursting open before one's eyes, often in cascades of beauty which vividly suggest the magic of colored fireworks against a night sky. The technical management of this difficult and esoteric phase of photography was almost without flaw. In the opinion of the judges, however, Mr. Ritzmann failed to do full justice to his material, both in his editing and in his title treatment." Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 551.
Ritzmann developed an "automatic control device for the stop motion photography of growing plants" to shoot this film. (Movie Makers, July 1933, 282). A diagram of the device is given in "The Camera Robot" (Movie Makers, June 1936, 244. 257).
The film won first award in the 16mm. class of a Greater Oakland Motion Picture Club members' film contest in 1937. (Movie Makers, Dec. 1937, 624).
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