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Group A (continued) Ft.
sunk into the ground. The emphasis is on shots of work done at ground level. These are inter-cut with night shots of passing oil barges and with glimpses of the boy approaching the derrick in the canoe. The sound of the derrick contrasts with the calm accompanying the shots of the boy, over which only the quiet persistent heart-beat of the drilling can be heard.
Group 8
Dusk. The operations on the 180
derrick are shown in long shots : some from the outside, with the swinging pipe-lengths glistening in the dark ; some from ground level, shooting up towards the top of the tower ; some from the top of the tower, shooting towards the base of the derrick. These are inter-cut with shots of the boy approaching the derrick in his canoe. As the sequence progresses, the sound of the derrick can be heard louder and louder over the shots of the boy, indicating that he is getting nearer.
Group C
Night. The boy arrives on the 100
derrick. He looks around gingerly. We see various images of the operations as through the boy's eyes. The Driller spots him and asks him to come and sit beside the controls to get a better view.
Group D
From close, the back and arm of Very loud noise of machinery 9
one Roughneck holding the next throughout the sequence.
pipe-length. When the two pipelengths fall into each other with a thump, back and arm recede and another arm swings into frame, throwing the heavy chain around the pipe. Through off-screen manipulations the chain is tightened and the first arm appears again, ready for the next move.
M.S. Driller pushing the pedal ; 91
the chain appears in frame from the right, very much in the foreground, slashing back and forth, then it almost imperceptibly slackens.
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