[…]what did, what was your, what were your first impressions of the film studio and about the shooting and the other people, cam..., cam..., who was the cameraman for example?Yes, the, well the cameraman was Jack Cardiff. And the, the, no I correct that, Mutz Greenbaum was the sort of big, big chief, J[…]
[…]ersmith.Carmen Dillon: It's lovely.Sidney Cole: Oh it's a marvellous play. But tell me about Hamlet because I was very friendly, and very fond of the cameraman on that - Desmond Dickinson.Carmen Dillon: Oh yes.Sidney Cole: Who got an Oscar for that.Carmen Dillon: Yes I know. We loved Desmond. He was[…]
[…]the Ram Gopal film too with a totally Indian unit.What was their reaction to you, the actual unit? Did they accept you just like that?The documentary cameraman did, but not the features, you know. I mean it was a very...I was very cut off, I mean I just had to get on with it as best I could. But it […]
[…]basis, and I started as a third male boy, you work your way up to first male boy. And then they ask you, where do you want to go? You want to go into camera? Do you want to go into art department? Do you want to go into production, I said, I want to go into production. So I waited my turn. And then […]
[…]ight, electricians eight and they 10 down from mo Richardson and a huge truck and they jumped out in tracksuits virtually, I think David Whitson, the cameraman, we looked at each other, and we said, what do we do? What do we do? But they were very kind. And I think I was learning all the time, becau[…]
[…]p;been given the job with Peter Hennessy of all people who was after all a cameraman. We were slammed into the cutting room in a hurry. The doctor upper cu[…]
[…]nobody seemed willing to get me into the union. Well I then discovered that the shop steward was in fact Frank North and he was on location, he was a cameraman, you remember...Jim Connock : That's right, yes I remember Frank.Kitty Wood : And eventually I did manage to get into the union, but not unt[…]
[…]d to have an understanding of the techniques of production within the studio so that you would design something that would create enough room for the camera and that kind of thing? R: Absolutely. I: So, it was also an understanding of the process? R: Yes, it was. And, I mean, you lear[…]
