[…]en I got a job with an American filmmaker 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 […]
[…]t done before. There was two editors. I think Mike Arrington was one myself. And yeah, it was it was a nice studio laevis Yeah, Arthur Lavers was the cameraman if I remember right. And anyway, we did that for a while and a friend of mine, Spencer Reeve, he called me and he said, Oh, he said, I'm doi[…]
[…] he said I said Well all right Peter what about science fiction. So this guy actually took me under his wing and he taught me a heck of a lot. He was cameraman. He was director. He was everything but he took me and a few others under his wing and we started making his other science fiction film. And[…]
[…] time wasn't it? Because, how sensitive were the mikes in those days?Peter Birch : Oh they weren't too bad at all, the trouble was noise you see. The cameras weren't properly silent, so they had to be put in a booth, and that made it awkward for them, and of course you were never allowed to get the […]
[…], tell me if it's funny." So they shot one take, he said, "Is it funny?" They said, "I don't think so." He said, "All right, shoot it again!" And the cameraman was having nightmares, because the thing was rocking like this! So they made a second take and he said, "Is it funny?" They said, "Oh yes, y[…]
[…]asm, I don't even remember how much it cost but it would be practically nothing.I was provided with the local school master John Jones to operate the camera and a friend of Gavin's who was I think third assistant third assistant at British National Bill Bindon helped maybe. He didn't really know muc[…]
[…]y'd ordered and get them and take the money in you know. And I remember one of the big smokers was Bill Shenton who I think you know!John Taylor: The cameraman...Charles Wilder: Yes. And there was Cyril Bristow, did you know him? Cyril Bristow and Jack Cox and Percy Strong, they were all there in th[…]
[…] in those days you put a plug in a wall. You weren't radiocommunication, it happened to me once the camera when between me and the wall, the wire, the cable and cut me off for a little while. That was not&[…]
[…]eloping in hand rock cans and pretty rough it was. And in my spare time old Barker used to train us boys, and we were really only boys, to hand crank cameras. Ready for any great news event which would come along. And we used to spend our lunch times just going up onto the top floor with an old Moy […]
