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May, 1951
annakin: director s problems
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Fig. I. Scene showing the Set of the London Club Scene in " The Colonel's Lady."
the artistes as close as possible to the screen. The scene of the cocktail party in " The Colonel's Lady " was shot in one fourminute take. This is probably the best sequence I have ever shot. This does not mean to say that I favour long takes ; in principle I would be inclined to say that they
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Fig. 2. Sketch of Camera Movements In London Club Scent,
fetter the director to theatrical presentation and lose for him that unique quality in film — selectivity. In this cocktail party I believe the atmosphere of the party was successfully captured because the camera kept a continual flowing movement, matching the gyrations of the people present.
Technical Details
The following are the notes I made for the scene in the interior of the London club. The sketch shows the camera movements.
The Colonel enters at the door (angle 1), the camera pans him to pause (angle 2) and we held the set in order to get the atmosphere ror a second. He then moves left and camera pans with the Colonel to arrive on two club-men (A) gossiping in foreground (angle 3). The Colonel (B) joins them and they talk. A fourth man (C) approaches, but comes sharply into focus only when he is needed, i.e. on arrival beside B. They turn back to camera and walk away down the room, the camera tracking after them and the focus is thrown on to the critic (D), an odd, eccentric figure whom we want to see and laugh about before the Colonel (B) and his friend (C) reach him. After a brief threeshot (angle 4) B and C move out right and the camera holds close on the centre (D) as he sits and talks.
The film "The Colonel's Lady" was then projected,.