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Your news sense tells you, if he is any good, that’s a story.” Hewitt, who began work- ing at CBS in 1948, talks about 60 Minutes with vérve vestigative TV journalism. In June, the Museum of Broadcasting held a three- day seminar series called 60 Minutes: Creating a Trad- ition attended by Hewitt, correspondents Mike Wal- lace, Morley safer, Ed Brad- ley, Diane Sawyer and Harry Reasoner, and humorist- commentator Andy Rooney. “I would say almost a fourth of the story ideas now come from viewers,” Hewitt says. “I think a lot of people threaten other people, ‘If you don't stop that, I'm going to write to 60 Minutes. We've sort of become America’s ombudsman.” Hewitt says it’s difficult to do a story about someone who doesn’t want to be inter- viewed. “In a newspaper, you can quote a lot of people about that person,” he says. “But people watching TV want to hear from that person.” MAKES CALLS Bradley, who does 20 to 25 stories a year, says phone calls are made to check out letters that sound promising. Then a producer travels to the area and does research. Finally, the correspondent goes out and conducts inter- views. “You can almost smell the Visit the Scenic Slocan Valley! 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CastewsPhoto by Lindo Gymer urday night or a when it rained was to tell stories of movies we had seen during the summer. I was al- ways one of the best story- tellers.” DON'T SPECIALIZE None of the correspond- ents specializes in a par- cieular type of story of 60 Minutes, Hewitt says. When the executive producer thinks of a story idea, he proposed it to whichever correspondent is around. Correspondents also come up with ideas. “Mike will walk in and say, ‘Kid,’ — he calls everybody kid — ‘why don't we follow up on thus and so,” Hewitt says. “Or Diane will say, ‘I heard the most fascinating fact about somebody.’ It's informal, loose, no structure and it all gets back to ‘Tell me a good story.” ” The Museum of Broadcast. ing seminar was one of the rare occasions when Hewitt, Rooney and the five corres- pondents were in the same place in the space of a week. One day a week earli Sawyer was in California, Wallace in Japan, Safer on a local story, Reasoner ill and Bradley just back from Ok lahoma. “I would say these guys log more hours in the air than any other news people in the world and spend less time at home,” Hewitt says. “People ask us why we do repeats in the summer. If we didn't, they'd burn out.” uvvneusvnnenuszuesenega denen an z SUPERHEROES By ROB CARRICK Canadian Press TORONTO — Spiderman is getting married, Superman has lost some of his invincibility, Batman has come back as a middle-aged mercenary and his sidekick Robin is now.a girl. What's happened to the superheroes? The comic book merchants who dot Toronto's trendy, slightly offbeat Queen Street West district insist they're the same old caped crime-fighters, just freshened for an "80s audience. “The comic book companies are stripping away the barnacles that have accumulated and getting back to the basics that made the characters popular in the first place,” says Francois Labbe, assistant manager of a shop known as the Dragon Lady. At the Silver Snail down the street, manager Janet Jones says the change began last year when Superman and Batman — possibly the grandest of comicdom’'s numerous old men — were subjected to a complete overhaul by their publisher, DC Comics. EXERT HIMSELF “The rejuvenated Superman has done well,” Jones says. “Everyone was tired of the completely invincible Superman — now he as to exert himself. And they've eliminated Superdog, Supergirl and Superpets ete.” The new Batman made his appearance in a hugely successful limited series called Dark Night in which he was portrayed several years in the future, a bitter man forced out of retirement by rampant crime. Dark Night made its debut last summer in what Jones describes as a “mini graphic novel” priced at $4.50. These days, it sells in her store for about $40. There's always a chance a new comic book may at some point rocket in value but Jones denies that’s what motivates her customers. Comic book shake up “They like the art, they like the story. Then they hope it will increase in value. Some books are never worth anything and some will be worth 60 times what someone paid.” HOPE FOR PROFIT Labbe says he tries to discourage his customers from buying comics as an investment. “It's trickier than the stock market,” he says. “Some people act like they have a broker telling them to sell this and buy that. It'd be funny if it weren't so sad because very few books are of investment interest.” Those who do buy with the idea of making money are divided into two categories, Jones said. There are the spectulator who buy new titles in hopes they'll turn out to be a prize some day and the collectors who work backwards by buying old titles. Mike Maguire is a speculator. Browsing through the racks at one store, he estimates he spends about $40 a week on comic books, each one costing $1 to $2. “I collect comics because I enjoy reading them but I know there's money in it,” says the 25-year-old owner of a fast-food outlet, “In the long run, I guess, it’s the rhaney.” Carlo Ragusi, also 25, says he has collected Marvel superhero comics since 1970. “I've grown up with them and I've just never wanted to stop,” he says. Ragusi, who rattles off withoyt hesitation his favorites superhero-villain confrontations, says he spends about $6 a week on his favorite titles. He also collects videotapes of superhero cartoons and posters. “TI don’t think I'll ever sell them. There are too many memories. Jones says her customers are generally between 18 and 30 years old and include lawyers, students, accountants and artists. Many older customers prefer so-called “adult” comies as opposed to the traditional superheroes, she says. MAPLE SPAGHETTI & MEAT SAUCE Rag. $5.75 > LASAGNA 5 MEAT SAUCE Rog $6.25 > FETTUCINE & MEAT OR ‘SEAFOOD SAUCE Animated films enjoying a renaissance There will also be tributes to walter Lantz (Woody Woodpecker), Italy's Bruno Bozetto, Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat) and Milt Kahl, one of the famed Nine Old Men who animated Disney classics. The animated film dates back to the beginning of the century, when nickelodeon audiences were amused by primitive drawings that moved on the screen LEADS THE SAY Emil Cohl!'s 1908 Fantasmagorie and Winsor McKay's 1909 Gertie the Dinosaur were among the first story cartoons. Max Fleischer, Walt Disney and other producers poured out short comedies in the 1920s and 1930s, and most of the major studios maintained cartoon departments into the 1950s. On Dee. 21, 1937, Disney elevated the cartoon to the status of art with the premiere of Snow White, which has sold $330 million worth of theatre tickets in its many releases. With Happy, Sleepy, Dopey, et al., once again de'ighting movie audiences, the question ‘arises: Has animation really progressed in the half-century since Snow White? “There has been technical progress in the past 50 years,” observes Charles Salomon, who reports on animation for the Los Angeles Times and is author of the fotthcoming Knopf volume Enchanted Drawings. is Week in DEXTER’S PUB — MON. THRU SAT. — July 6 to July 11 MAGIC }|SANDMAN IN "Castlegar N 1944 Columbie Ave. July 5, 1987 Castlégar News al ar News “7 40 YEARS SERVICE . . . Legion members receive their 40 yeor service pins. Pictured are (from left): Gerald Rust, George Watson, William Horvath, Harry Bate, 35 YEARS SERVICE . . . (From left) Ed Zorn, D.F. John, Albert Hill and Earl Rourke all earned their 35 year 30 YEARS SERVICE . (From left) Jean Deptuck, James MacBain and William Rempel all received their 25 YEARS SERVICE . . . (From left) John McGillivray T.A. Sanford and Alexander Taranko were presented Bob Wadey, George Johnson and Albert Lamb. Sh Condy is seated. service pins. with 25 year service pins. Three Castlegar residents earn lifetime memberships Three Castlegar area resi dents have received lifetime memberships from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 170. They are ladies auxiliary member Ruth Rourke and Legionnaires Earl Rourke and Norm Blais. A lifetime membership is only achieved through many hours of hard work and dedi cation to the Legion. The three lifetime mem berships were awarded dur ing a June 20 Legion dinner. In addition, three other members received 25-year pins, three received 30-year pins, four were presented with 35-year pins, while eight received their pins for 40 years of service. Most of these members have contributed many hours of volunteer work to keep the Legion operating smoothly Some are still active within the organization. “It takes people like them to make it possible for the legion to contribute to the many negdy functions in the community and abroad,” said a legion spokesman. Dinner was prepared by the Legion's ladies auxiliary ander the guidance of Pearl Mott, the catering supervi sor A total of 67 people turned out for the dinner, including Branch president Dennis Tucker and LA president Dorothy Fleming and new zohe commander Jim schuck and his wife. 2 Past zone commander Sam Brown, now of Pacific com: mand, also assisted in the ceremony, along with Ronald Webster, who is the last of the charter members of Castlegar-Robson Legion Branch No. 170, which was founded in 1942. Webster is the brother of Phyllis Lamb, whose hus band Albert received his 40-year pin. The evening was climaxed by renewing old memories over coffee and dancing in the downstairs lounge. A past presidents’ dinner will be held Sept. 19 for all legionnaires and ladies auxi liary members. Meticulous work By MARLENE HABIB Canadian Press TORONTO —-Four thirsty hunks surround the antique wooden bar in the smoke-filled, English-style pub. “OK, what'll you have, fellas?” the squat, grey-haired bartender asks, swabbing the bar counter. “Beer,” replies one tall, swarthy fella. “Beer's fine,” adds the curly-haired blond. The third names a well-known Ontario brand, with oomph and assurance. The bartender: “Someone who knows what he wants.” This early take of a 15-second television commercial was brought to you by a cast of dozens — from the advertising agency that wrote the script and chose the actors to the production company employees who ensured every beer mug was crystal clear and every word spoken perfectly. TAKES HOURS The brief ad that will whiz past average TV viewers required close to 16 hours of icul Pp jon and Director George Willis, who's also the cameraman and lighting expert, runs the show. He checks that the bar is table when the actors lean against it, tells them what to do and how to say their lines. His job is to ensure the beer being promoted is protrayed as a unique brand, “not your same old beer,” as an announcer says near the end of the commercial. And this must be done without a drop of beer touching the actors’ lips because federal di forbid jon of beer and wine in commercials. When Willis finally yells “Everybody quiet on the set,” silence falls, Shooting is done in stages. With the camera on the entire pub, the actors say their lines until Willis is completely satisfied — more than an hour of retakes later. Next step is close-ups of each actor; beer being poured; bubbles swirling in a glass, then bubbles rising in the glass; graphics and everything else that could possible be shot. A gruelling day of work ends with loads of film ready to shooting time. “This was an empty room when we walked in here,” Mare Guspie, a freelance production assistant for Schulz Productions, says of the studio where the company filmed three beer commercials over three days. “When you first come in here, you say, ‘My God, this is?” But that’s the magic of commercials.” Through the efforts of the crew, from the jaek-of-all- trades production assistants who earn $75 daily, to directors with salaries of $3,000 to $8,000 a day, the’starkest set can be transformed into anything from a sunny beach to a garage. BUDGET HEFTY Schulz, one of the largest production companies in Toronto, was hired by Vickers and Benson Advertising Ltd. for the three 15-second commercials — which cost the beer company a total of about $250,000. That doesn’t include the cost of air time — several thousand dollars for a 15-seeond spot on a top-rated show in prime time. As much as 20 per cent of the total budget for TV ads goes toward shooting costs, estimates Pat Silk, who as producer of the commercials has budget contol and the final say on any financia} changes. This bar-room ad is aimed at men 25 to 49 years old, says Peter Shier, account executive for Vickers and Benson. It will appear during news shows, current affairs and movies on TV stations across Ontario — the programs men in that age group tend to watch most, according to surveys. BUILD SET Production staff — most of whom are freelancers — were up with the sun to begin work on the bar scene. In less than three hours, set dressers and prop people converted a corner of the studio into a pub, using a phoney brick wall made of plastic, an antique bar and stools, a dart board and mirror. A machine that spews out a mist-like dry ice vapor created the smoky atmosphere. “The props come from wherever you can get them,” says production manager Dave Beatty, listing sources such as antique stores and rent-all outlets. “One of the reasons commercials are so expensive is because they are often done at the last minute. “Sometimes you know when you're filming two weeks in advance and other times you're told Friday you begin Monday and that’s when you panic.” BEER THE STAR While the four thirsty guys and the barman — littleknown actors — are in the makeup rooms getting primed for their roles, props stylist. Marie Shelef fusses with the plant on the phoney window sill so the leaves hang just the right way. She also ensures that the real star of the show — the beer — is enticingly foamy in the glass and is captured perfectly on camera. Repellent thwarts attacks be, p d and edited. Renting Quality Cars SUB COMPACTS ANS MIDSIZE © FULL SIZE GRANUM, ALTA. 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