[…]rs and very how wages. Or were there other reasons?John Aldred: Basically the hours were long. They were longer than Shepperton. For instance certain producers seemed to find they worked better in the evenings or halfway through the night. Yet the crew would always be called in the morning at 8.30. […]
[…] vested in the BECTU History Project. David Attenborough, television director, producer. Interviewer Norman Swallow, recorded 8 April 1991 Recordist: Alan […]
[…] to [Islington]. Because we'd made a good impression with the producer over there who was in charge called Ted Black. […]
[…] Vistatone (Marconi) sound equipment at Shepperton and worked with the producer John Baxter (who hired out a stag e at […]
[…]ter enjoy spells as Director of the Edinburgh Film Festival while Lynda would subsequently work with David Puttnam’s company and receive an Executive Producer credit on the 1985 thriller DEFENCE OF THE REALM. Yup, the Edinburgh University Film Society committee produced some great alumni … as well a[…]
[…]uction side was nearly always to the production company. And in those days, we just don't know, in those days, even slightly more than it is now. The producer, and the director will always leave it to the cinematographer to choose the stock. They weren't really interested at all in getting involved.[…]
[…]ilton. He said, well you look right for it, what have you done? And of course I’d done absolutely nothing so he said for Christ’s sake don’t tell the producer that, so I thought what do I say. I knew well enough that the Liverpool Rep was quite well known so I didn’t dare say that I’d been there so […]
[…]le like that and itdepended which films you were responsible for, you got to know throughout the course of a bigdocumentary film, you got to know the producer and director pretty well and that was enjoyable.That was really enjoyable.Taylor/Peet: What was the financial side of all this when, did the […]
[…]ussia the BBC decided to make a demonstration film, Dallas Bower who'd I'd known from the Stoll days as sound recordist at Stoll was one of the drama producers in the prewar television service had been given the job of making this demonstration film which would be shown in the morning for the trader[…]
[…] into one story, and it was a sticky time. Our producer, Ivor Montagu, was staying in the Basel Kandersteg in […]
