Correction Please; or, How we got into pictures - ACE084.4
1979. Correction Please; or, How we got into pictures - ACE084.4.
1979. Correction Please; or, How we got into pictures - ACE084.4.
Title | Correction Please; or, How we got into pictures - ACE084.4 |
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Timecode | |
In | 00:17:32 |
Out | 00:25:20 |
Description | Medium close shot of maid assembling and loading a pistol which she fires directly at the camera. Medium shot, slightly angled, of Peeping Tom. Keyhole shot of Mr Williamson cranking camera and running away as car drives into tripod. Explosion of a Motor Car (1900). Caption: "The dissecting eye: Primal version." Still from Explosion of a Motor Car with inserted image of woman’s leg in high-buttoned boot. Commentary reading from description of argument between D W Griffith and Billy Bitzer about moving the camera close enough to see an actor’s expression; Henry Marvin being critical. Medium shot, slightly angled, of Peeping Tom, this time too close to include his feet. Insert of woman’s hand holding James Williamson’s visiting card. Medium shot of Williamson examining contents of room from angle which allows Countess’s entry to be included Conversation cuts too and fro between them. Keyhole shot of violinist who’s been accompanying the filming. Peeping Tom seated behind door. What Happened on 23rd Street, New York City (1902). Caption: "Centring her: An object for the eye." The Gay Shoe Clerk (1902). Caption: "The dissecting eye: fetishistic version." |
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