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of physical unity is preserved. (The most obvious instance of this is the timing of the sound of the locomotive which is artificially made to harmonise with the rhythm of movements in the picture — i.e., the elephant pushing against the tree.) Bearing in mind the special circumstances of the theme of Song of Ceylon^ one may conclude that the highly complex montage method employed in Reel 3 is only of a limited application, and that a more conservative approach to film continuity (such as the film employs in other sequences) is of more general use.
Here, for instance, is another continuity, quite clearly expressing a complex of ideas (and emotions), but which uses a simpler editing scheme.
DIARY FOR TIMOTHY1
Excerpt from Reel 3
An imaginative film essay about the war and its impact on the lives of ordinary people in Britain. The whole film is presented in the form of a diary recorded for a child born late in the war. The commentary (written by E. M. Forster and spoken by Michael Redgrave) introduces the various events as if addressing the child.
After a shot of the baby, Timothy, the commentator introduces various activities taking place up and down the country, finishing with a land-mine being exploded on a beach.
Dissolve to :
1 Leafless branches in the crown of a tree. Camera tilts down to reveal a man raking autumn leaves in a London park.
2 Men digging on an allotment. Autumn mist.
Ft.
10
1 Director
Commentator :
But suppose you went up to London. London in November looks a nice quiet place.
— But you'll find things are 6.| chancy here too ; and the bad mixed with the good.
— You never know what's 7\
coming. Voice of Grave-digger slowly fades in : Grave-digger :
I came to't that day that our
last king Hamlet overcame
Fortinbras.
Hamlet : I OS
How long is that since ?
Grave-digger :
Cannot you tell that ? Every fool can tell that ; it was the very day that young Hamlet was born ;
Humphrey Jennings. Editor : Alan Osbiston. Crown Film Unit. 1945.
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The top of the Haymarket Theatre, displaying a large notice " Hamlet."
Inside the theatre. Hamlet and Grave-digger on stage.