[…]anybody. Er, but, again, through my father and some solicitor, we managed to get a contact to Sir Gordon Craig, I think it was then, who was Managing Director or General Manager of Movietone, and a director in Fox -20th Century Fox - films, and eventually I think we got to see Tommy Scales, who gave[…]
[…]s think of it being the relationship with the cinematographer and the choices they make. So I guess there was probably a very few cinematographers or directors that could actually go out and say “No, this is what I’m doing” or…BP: Yeah. You had to be someone pretty important to be able to specify. I[…]
[…] the story could come first I think you’ll find that the inspiration for good photography comes from within the writing. And it’s surprising how many directors you work for who haven’t the faintest idea really how to photograph a film but if you’re inspired by the writing and the ideas in the story,[…]
[…]ker 2 14:21 the well there was yes. I mean, you know, Misha, you know, wrote music to a number of films that Harold French are well known director Adam and Eve Lin was one that comes right mainly to mind. And he remained a good friend and a very funny man Harold was. He liked his drink, […]
[…]d shoot up to a two-minute film but if it was a bigger story, even a feature for Scotland Today News programme, if it was over two minutes, you had a Director, his Production Assistant, a Cameraman, an Assistant Cameraman, a Driver and a Stagehand, for something over two minutes! So, invariably, you[…]
[…];we had all four whether it was such a shame because. Terry Bishop was the director and Terry had gone out beforehand and uh to suss out the locations and&[…]
[…]ght side of the industry. I sort of halved my salary, becoming an assistant, you know, but it was well worthwhile.What kind of an assistant?Assistant director. And that day and age, now out of interest, in that day and age of coursewe were fighting for an apprenticeship scheme in the industry becaus[…]
