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[…]er called Alan Forbes. Alan made documentary films. He was in London and he taught me about editing, and about camera operating, and about sound, and basically was a very committed filmmaker. And, God, I was lucky to work with somebody who was so inspirational and cared so much about his art and his[…]
[…]il end of my time at the BBC, we were moving into computer scripts and running orders. Well, that was just beginning here as well and it was all very basic but it was computer-led. The Studio would be, so, you were out on a story and it was Beta tapes so it was physical, you had to get them back, al[…]
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[…]ne was called “From East to West” and it was about the influence of the east on Western music, Western classical music and the first program was just basically looking at all the different pieces of music that Simon wanted to talk about and using illustrations, artwork you know, comparable pieces fr[…]
[…]wynn House. So in those days, because it was one bedroom, my sister my mother slept in one bedroom, I slept in, I think, a cot bed. It was all pretty basic. But actually, what was so interesting was the Nell Gwynn House was a bachelor pad for visiting businessmen in those days and quite l[…]
[…] He was an atrocious barber actually but he was quite good at shaving but haircutting he was dreadful. And anyway he was a very temperamental - basically quite an illiterate man but he had some good points - typically Maltese - had a really fiery temper. And my mother and father, they us[…]
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[…] Mr George Smith who was a great character. He introduced me to harmony and Counterpoint and so on, a bit of a wider musical education. Miss Bell was basically a piano teacher. Then came the great moment of big question arose, was I musical enough to take music up as a profession. So I was sent to a[…]
[…]s like that in those days?Freddie Francis: Yes, oh yes, yesAlan Lawson: Remember burning out theFreddie Francis: Absolutely, all sorts of. There were basic one they used to use, round ones, Harrisons, OAS and OBs and NPAs and NPBs and Shibies as well. Shiby filters.Alan Lawson: The NPA was rather he[…]
