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CINE TECHNICI A N
April 1956
THE OTHER MAN'S JOB
MEMBERS FROM KODAK VISIT NETTLEFOLD STUDIOS TO SEE PRODUCTION OF A.C.T. FILMS' PICTURE " THE JURY." ON LEFT THREE OF THE VISITORS TALK TO TOM CONWAY. ON RIGHT
A GROUP WITH EUNICE GAYSON
Book Reviews
Commercial Television Year Book and Directory. Business Publications Limited, 35/-.
This is the first book of such a nature published and is the most complete record on Commercial Television.
Admittedly it is not up to date, probably owing to the fact that this field is expanding so quickly that there are inaccuracies which are not the fault of the publishers.
The Year Book is divided into two parts, one giving a series of informative articles describing many aspects of Commercial Television, financial arrangements and technical information. The second part of the book contains a quick reference directory covering production companies, artists' representatives and research facilities. In addition a full list of television equipment manufacturers and suppliers is embodied.
While admittedly the book is not completely up to date owing to the fact that the field is expanding so rapidly, and there are some inaccuracies which are not their fault, the publishers have done a very good job and the book should be a must for everyone interested in this field.
H.T.M.
How to Write Film Commentaries,
by Maurice Kirsch. Focal Press, 7/6.
Striped 16mm. film enables the home-movie maker to add a sound track, and Mr. Kirch's book, addressed to the younger teenager, tells how to go about it.
Lest it be thought that Shaw's dictum is right, that those who can, do; those who can't, teach, the author disarms the sceptic by admitting that he writes the commentary to Pathe Pictorial. Furthermore he explains how that result is achieved; how mood, tempo, insight, hardwork and (let it not be concealed) ability labour to produce the script — " sprinkled with dots and hieroglyphics " — eventually put before the commentator.
It might be thought that Mr. Kirsch is unconsciously training an army of commentary writers, unwisely in an age when opportunity does not knock in all directions; but he explains that he himself has no fear; apparently the knowhow must be accompanied by a Hair. The best novelists and dramatists, he implies, would be at sea on Pathe Pictorial. He is undoubtedly right.
J.C.S.
DEATH OF GEORGE BURGESS
Just as our last issue was in the press we learned with deep regret of the death of George Burgess, one of the oldest members of our Sound Section.
George Burgess was known and respected throughout the industry and, in the field of sound recording, his work was generally recognised as outstanding. The sound equipment at Riverside Studios and the fine standard of recording there were in a very large measure the result of his work. Later, when the B.B.C. took over Riverside, George worked at Southall and Twickenham.
His reputation in sound recording was not confined to this country, in fact his name was almost equally well known in this field on the Continent.
OUR COVER
Picture by Dick Cantouris shows Terence Fisher lining up a scene in the Old Bailey in A.C.T. Films' production of " The Jury."