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made, shooting in confined space without the facilities for highpowered lighting, having too much light in the wrong place and the innumerable difficulties to be overcome in shooting documentary — these were some of the things Legg spoke about. Several 35 mm. cameras were demonstrated and fitted with various lenses and filters, Legg explaining their uses.
BASIL WRIGHT on " Cutting."
A fearsome subject to have to talk about for over an hour, but Basil Wright came through with flags flying. He showed how by different cutting and juxtapositioning of the same shots the content of the whole can be entirely altered. It is not possible to have a shooting script anything like the detailed instructions of a studio production. Documentary needed a different working procedure, Wrright explained. He spoke of how the welding of two sequences of different content could be carried out to hold the continuity by cutting on similarity of movement.
PETER LE NEVE FOSTER on "A Movie-maker in Moscow." By giving the simple unadorned truth about U.S.S.R., le Neve Foster, perhaps unconsciously, debunked the Soviet propaganda of happy ending. Fatalism is still extant in Russia, dreamers have not been replaced by hard-headed technicians and still nobody worries. Foster visited the new Sovkino "Hollywood," of enormous size, with huge revolving stage, immense tank for acquatic scenes, large cutting and dressing rooms, all wired for sound, with everything a director could wish for — but it wasn't finished. He told us of the only training college for film-makers in the world and of his meeting with Pudovkin. This was afterwards illustrated with a 16 mm. film taken at the time.
W. G. Farr, of the British Film Institute, gave a talk upon the purpose, aims and functions of the Institute and showed what demand there is for instructional and documentary films in training centres and schools.
Films were projected every night during the week-end and included the following:
Three classics which were well received: St. Joan the Maid, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Siegfried (Pathe, 9.5 mm.). The King's Visit to Manchester by Peter le Neve Foster. (16 mm.) This is one of the best news-reel items I have seen. Atmosphere of waiting and excitement is definitely created and the shots of vast crowds and attendant incidents make me wish that le Neve Foster had the supervision of some of the news-reels inflicted upon us. Good documentary this. A copy has gone to America for showing.
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