[…] in and extra, not Jimmy Grainger. But there were a gang of us that used to be there, whether were were working or writing or doing extra work.RF: It sounds rather like a club.VG: It was.RF: And even if you weren't working on something would you hang out at the studio.VG: No, you'd meet some of the […]
[…]s reel – there were two. ​Q:​Two. 00:22:36​ADOLPH:​Two or three, according to the importance, you see. You had the car with your camera and sound gear, you see. ​Q:​Well sound, not yet. Not yet sound. We’re still in 1918, ‘19, yes? 00:22:55​ADOLPH:​[???] sound only started in 193[…]
[…]born in Oakley St., Kennington not very far according to one report from where Charlie Chaplin was born. If the wind was favourable it was within the sound of Bow Bells, so I suppose I could call (myself a Cockney. That was 31st October 1903.AL: What schooling did you receive?SC: I had ordinary prim[…]
[…] born. If the wind was favourable it was within the sound of Bow Bells, so I suppose I could call […]
[…]rom there. And I will probably interpret your question now and again.Michael Clarke 0:52 Okay, well, I'm not quite sure where I was born, sounds improbable. My first office savings was taken out by my uncle the day I was born, so electron, which is now a suburb of Warrington, and his unc[…]
[…]an hour and a quarter.Kay Mander: About an hour...Third Person: These were the pound-a-footers, were they? Or...Sidney Cole: Yes, because three weeks sounds a long time, the ones I edited were usually shot in ten days.Third Person: It does.Kay Mander: Well I may be wrong about that.Third Person: But[…]
[…]tarted.Alan Lawson: Yes...Leonard Harris: And I used to go down there - it was quite cheap, and saw all the old films. Now I must have seen - because sound had just about come in you see, they used to show mostly silent films, they could only afford that and then when eventually they got sound equip[…]
[…] the old films. Now I must have seen - because sound had just about come in you see, they used […]
[…]t wasn't a good idea because I actually failed my course at university and, funny enough, failed graduates were what were perceived to be the head of Sound Department at STV's idea of the right kind of person to put in the team because graduates, at a functional level, graduates always wanted to mov[…]
[…] had long careers in the film and TV industry. We've just done the interview with Doreen. So this interview is with Brian, who had a long career as a sound recordist. So Brian, if you'd like to just start us off with telling us when and where you were born where you went to school.Speaker 2 0:[…]