Making a film : the story of "secret people" (1952)

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SEQUENCE "E" E.i 8 Illustration on Plate XV. E.21 Camera pans away from Charlie, and tilts up on to an exterior view of Scotland Yard. E.22 Cut. E.24 A close-up of Miss Jackson is interpolated as she shakes hands with Maria: the friendly but searching glance of the professional police officer. E.25 In fact Sergeant Newcome, as cast, is much younger than Inspector Eliot. E.27 As played, Maria is drinking from her cup as she is shown the case, and almost upsets it in her emotion. E.29 Close-shot on Miss Jackson for her line. E.36 Illustration on Plate XIV. Maria's last line omitted. E.48 Cut after Eliot's Well he won't give us away. E.57 Maria's I'm not with you, Louis became No, I'm not. E.69 Cut to E70 after Louis' Best place is the back bedroom. E.90 Extra close-shot cut in, of Bill throwing the bomb. E.91 Extra close-shot, on floor level, as Number Two kicks the bomb back into the cellar. SEQUENCE "F" F.i These images, as they blur in and out of focus, are accompanied by the heavily magnified soundtrack of a heart beating. F.4 The Sister alone is seen. Sister's line is changed to That's your name now. F.5/7 Omitted in shooting. F.8 miss jackson. Well, I hear you're really better now . . . F.i 1 Rewritten before shooting. Maria asks Miss Jackson: Why do they keep calling me Lena Collins} Miss Jackson : I've told you already, but you keep forgetting. How much do you remember} Maria starts hesitantly, then the screen blurs. Maria's It's all so strange and misty cut. F.i 2 Omitted. F.17/19 Rewritten before shooting and much contracted. Shot with a general set-up favouring Maria, and two others favouring Miss Jackson and Inspector Eliot. Eliot's last line omitted. F/2oa Omitted, but Miss Jackson's line kept F.23 Fade-out on this shot. F.26 Miss Jackson's line changed (for obvious reasons) to The cafe's hardly changed. F.27 Not Back Projection. Taken from a car driving past the cafe, Anselmo and Penny cleaning outside — from Maria's viewpoint, but she is not in the shot. F.28 Illustration on Plate XIV. Maria starts Dear Anselmo . . . Strange — you live in a street for years . . . etc. F.29 Name of the theatre changed to "Doric Theatre" — the result of deciding, for economy and convenience, to shoot the ballet at the Bedford, Camden Town, instead of attempting a reconstruction of the Gaiety, Dublin. 212