Episode number 2 of Series “Critic and the Film”.
Dilys Powell, a film critic of the London Sunday Times, analyses the editing of a series of sequences in the Ealing Studio’s 1946 production of “The Overlanders”, directed by Harry Watt. Using the cattle stampede sequences as an example, she shows how the editor obtains his effects by the selection of images and sounds, and points out that the order and length of the shots create a narrative rhythm especially suited to the subject matter of the sequence.
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ACMI Identifier
322422
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Appreciation
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Editing
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
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Sound
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Black and White
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16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)