The technique of film editing (1958)

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Group E (continued) 22 M.S. Driller, starting pulling. the chain Ft. n 23 Continuation of shot 21. While one Roughneck is intently watching the chain to grasp it quickly before it slips, the big monkeywrench is moving back and forth in the foreground, screwing the two pipe-lengths together. Screeching noise of the machinery I3£ coming to a stop. 24 M.L.S. of the two Roughnecks holding on for all they are worth, one to the chain, the other one to the pipes, the monkey-wrench still slashing in the foreground. Croup F 25 " Curtain-raiser " on the whole operation. In the foreground the monkey-wrench is slung low by the two Roughnecks, thus revealing in the background the Driller and the boy. The Driller moves his lever up, turns a valve and the pipe-length sinks down into the well. The hand of one Roughneck comes into the foreground, ready to grasp the grip. The boy looks in all directions and the pipe-length continues to move downward. Stillness. 11} 13 26 M.S. Driller. He pushes the brake farther down and then, bending in the direction of the boy, smiles at him. H T7 C.U. Roughneck, his features still somewhat twisted, though not as much as before. 28 M.S. Driller stil boy off-screen. smiling at the 29 A similar, total-curtain-view as shot 25. As the pipe-length moves down it reveals the boy again, now sitting in a far more relaxed position, on his legs and feet. 13* 30 150 M.S. Driller and the boy. The Driller looks upward and the boy, now with a smile on his face, also looks up. The cable unwinds behind him. The boy points to something above and talks to the Driller, who answers him. but through the din we cannot hear what they say.