Post by johnstewart on May 8, 2007 0:12:34 GMT
Here are details of the edition of BBC series 'Search' featuring films in 1971 made by professional BBC unit with winners.
YOUNG FILM MAKERS, Episode 1971
• First broadcast on 1971-12-01
• Next in series: GOOD OLD MUM
• Previous in series: THE NEWS
Description
• The winners of the Search competition for young film makers have made a film of their own with a professional crew. 'RETURN JOURNEY' is by John MINSON. Cast:Roberta TOVEY, Nigel ISHERWOOD, Harry MARKHAM, Nick TAYLOR, Fanny CARTER
• The winners of the Search competition for young film makers have made a film of their own with a professional crew. 'ARROWS OF ETERNITY' is by Malcolm DALTON. Cast: Philip POTTER, Wendy CREWE, Kathy MCCARTNEY & Alan RICHES.
• The winners of the Search competition for young film makers have made a film of their own with a professional crew. 'THE DRUMMER' is by Karen SCHLOTTER & John GRANSHAW. Cast: Charlotte MITCHELL, Keith SKINNER, Stan CULLIS etc.
Arrows of eternity. - My minds eye account sees it like this: A boy who I seem to recall as having a plain white T shirt on is watching a war film on TV. I recalled it as being a Custer style Confederates style one. In my minds eye shots from the film were seen on screen and it was a surprisingly bloody affair with soldiers falling with arrows through; or axes stuck; in their heads and chests. A College friend recalled the film and said 'I remember that, wasn't it the Great Sioux Massacre they used?' This was about 1979. The edition would have gone out in 1970 or 71 according to my memory. A sort of dimmed room lighting was used, faces illuminated slightly from underneath. An older sister or Brother then goes out, or out of the room. During their absence the boy seems spirited into the action of the film by his imagination, I recall drifting through a dark space vacuum. When the older Sister returns, he is lying dead in the middle of the sitting room with an arrow sticking up out of his chest.
For this edition the inserts; exist devoid of detail or title so I hear; the actual films as shot, with no post production additions.
Items held appear to be broadcast format. I can't imagine the BBC would have wiped such a significant studio if pre recorded bearing in mind most of the editions around it exist in broadcast format.
From the 1972 winners,
'Hit and run' - My minds eye account. A car accident had been witnessed by a child, can't recall if it was a boy or Tomboy girl with short haircut. Either they had been shocked by it or knocked down themselves. They were then seen returning to school and teased by a circle of bullies who surrounded them and pushed them to the playground floor. Each had a different letter or number on a plain T shirt and; as unlikely as it seemed; they suddenly formed the number of the hit and run car prompting the victim to remember, and the Driver was caught.
Obviously my accounts are bound to be not 100 per cent accurate but this is what I recall, and that the items I mention here were the ones that stuck in my mind as being the strongest ones from the time, certainly the most chilling.
This item seems listed as the second film makers edition for 1972 where the winners of the contest were given their own BBC professional crew to shoot a film.
Of the original film makers contest for 1972 I recall the following;
'Ruby' - My minds eye account. Prompted by someone else. I thought it was a cartoon. It involved a man ill in bed wounded in war with his hand reaching out for the unseen Ruby of the title not to leave him.
A runner one (sports). This involved a very ordinary situation where a young man is preparing for a cross country run round a field. After the starter gun fired, a shot was seen of the runner from ground level and as he approached the camera a hand suddenly poked up through the grass and grabbed his ankle forcing him to fall.
I also recall a Bing Crosby cartoon one. Possibly the item in following edition listed 'high hopes' which was I think a Frank Sinatra - Bing Crosby duet?
SEARCH
YOUNG FILM MAKERS, Episode 1975
• First broadcast on 1975-06-20
Description
• John CRAVEN pres children film makers competition. Tony ROSE intvs animation finalist; Andrew JOHNSTONE, Paul BISP, Jan SUCHACKI, Chris BROWN, Christopher BROWN, Christopher WILTSHIRE, Charles MCALL, Alan WILLLIES & Timothy NASH.
• FILM EXTRACTS: Gary THOMPSON "Bicykill", Andrew JOHNSTONE "High Hopes", Jan SUCHACKI "Professor Pumpernickel's Time Machine", Chris BROWN "Terra Firma", Christopher MACALL "Baron meets his match", Alan WILLIES "The Solution to pollution", Timothy NASH "Wasp"
Screen test appeared to take over with the young film makers contest when the original run of 'Search' ended in 1975.
Only one film, from the 1970 film makers contest, devoid of links, exists apparently as it was used in a pre programme special for the 'Young makers film contest' 1974. according to 'Infax' there are no records for any other 1970 material.
I have a vague memory of series 1 having a darkened studio with the lights coming on following the titles, whereupon John Craven seated in a swivel chair greeted the audience. This seems in my minds eye to be a studio with dark rounded walls and black polished floor; a set featuring tessellated images of the shows logo on the wall features in later editions. I thought the original programmes featured a 'Dark side of the moon' style oscilloscope pulse line superimposed across the centre of the screen in time to the music. Also a Letraset 'Apollo' style typeface for the logo which 'zoomed' to larger size on screen over the studio action. I seem to recall Magnus Magnusson sitting elsewhere, either on another swivel chair in the studio or seen in an armchair, wearing a chunky knit white 'polar neck' sweater. He ran a regular feature which was either a science or geography feature which would cut to film stock inserts of a European country. I recall one in the snow, and I think Magnusson stating that Iceland was the country of his origin. Also something about volcanic activity and seismographic measurements and film stock inserts of volcanoes. I've never seen clips so the absence of series 1 would explain this.
With the large and comprehensive set of holdings, starting with 17 from series 2 in 1971 and material held apparently in its broadcast format; I wonder that this may not be a case of the series being wiped as such.
Would it be correct to say that any linking material lost for the series was therefore a live broadcast and that this was what affected the non holding of any studio material for series 1 1970?
YOUNG FILM MAKERS, Episode 1971
• First broadcast on 1971-12-01
• Next in series: GOOD OLD MUM
• Previous in series: THE NEWS
Description
• The winners of the Search competition for young film makers have made a film of their own with a professional crew. 'RETURN JOURNEY' is by John MINSON. Cast:Roberta TOVEY, Nigel ISHERWOOD, Harry MARKHAM, Nick TAYLOR, Fanny CARTER
• The winners of the Search competition for young film makers have made a film of their own with a professional crew. 'ARROWS OF ETERNITY' is by Malcolm DALTON. Cast: Philip POTTER, Wendy CREWE, Kathy MCCARTNEY & Alan RICHES.
• The winners of the Search competition for young film makers have made a film of their own with a professional crew. 'THE DRUMMER' is by Karen SCHLOTTER & John GRANSHAW. Cast: Charlotte MITCHELL, Keith SKINNER, Stan CULLIS etc.
Arrows of eternity. - My minds eye account sees it like this: A boy who I seem to recall as having a plain white T shirt on is watching a war film on TV. I recalled it as being a Custer style Confederates style one. In my minds eye shots from the film were seen on screen and it was a surprisingly bloody affair with soldiers falling with arrows through; or axes stuck; in their heads and chests. A College friend recalled the film and said 'I remember that, wasn't it the Great Sioux Massacre they used?' This was about 1979. The edition would have gone out in 1970 or 71 according to my memory. A sort of dimmed room lighting was used, faces illuminated slightly from underneath. An older sister or Brother then goes out, or out of the room. During their absence the boy seems spirited into the action of the film by his imagination, I recall drifting through a dark space vacuum. When the older Sister returns, he is lying dead in the middle of the sitting room with an arrow sticking up out of his chest.
For this edition the inserts; exist devoid of detail or title so I hear; the actual films as shot, with no post production additions.
Items held appear to be broadcast format. I can't imagine the BBC would have wiped such a significant studio if pre recorded bearing in mind most of the editions around it exist in broadcast format.
From the 1972 winners,
'Hit and run' - My minds eye account. A car accident had been witnessed by a child, can't recall if it was a boy or Tomboy girl with short haircut. Either they had been shocked by it or knocked down themselves. They were then seen returning to school and teased by a circle of bullies who surrounded them and pushed them to the playground floor. Each had a different letter or number on a plain T shirt and; as unlikely as it seemed; they suddenly formed the number of the hit and run car prompting the victim to remember, and the Driver was caught.
Obviously my accounts are bound to be not 100 per cent accurate but this is what I recall, and that the items I mention here were the ones that stuck in my mind as being the strongest ones from the time, certainly the most chilling.
This item seems listed as the second film makers edition for 1972 where the winners of the contest were given their own BBC professional crew to shoot a film.
Of the original film makers contest for 1972 I recall the following;
'Ruby' - My minds eye account. Prompted by someone else. I thought it was a cartoon. It involved a man ill in bed wounded in war with his hand reaching out for the unseen Ruby of the title not to leave him.
A runner one (sports). This involved a very ordinary situation where a young man is preparing for a cross country run round a field. After the starter gun fired, a shot was seen of the runner from ground level and as he approached the camera a hand suddenly poked up through the grass and grabbed his ankle forcing him to fall.
I also recall a Bing Crosby cartoon one. Possibly the item in following edition listed 'high hopes' which was I think a Frank Sinatra - Bing Crosby duet?
SEARCH
YOUNG FILM MAKERS, Episode 1975
• First broadcast on 1975-06-20
Description
• John CRAVEN pres children film makers competition. Tony ROSE intvs animation finalist; Andrew JOHNSTONE, Paul BISP, Jan SUCHACKI, Chris BROWN, Christopher BROWN, Christopher WILTSHIRE, Charles MCALL, Alan WILLLIES & Timothy NASH.
• FILM EXTRACTS: Gary THOMPSON "Bicykill", Andrew JOHNSTONE "High Hopes", Jan SUCHACKI "Professor Pumpernickel's Time Machine", Chris BROWN "Terra Firma", Christopher MACALL "Baron meets his match", Alan WILLIES "The Solution to pollution", Timothy NASH "Wasp"
Screen test appeared to take over with the young film makers contest when the original run of 'Search' ended in 1975.
Only one film, from the 1970 film makers contest, devoid of links, exists apparently as it was used in a pre programme special for the 'Young makers film contest' 1974. according to 'Infax' there are no records for any other 1970 material.
I have a vague memory of series 1 having a darkened studio with the lights coming on following the titles, whereupon John Craven seated in a swivel chair greeted the audience. This seems in my minds eye to be a studio with dark rounded walls and black polished floor; a set featuring tessellated images of the shows logo on the wall features in later editions. I thought the original programmes featured a 'Dark side of the moon' style oscilloscope pulse line superimposed across the centre of the screen in time to the music. Also a Letraset 'Apollo' style typeface for the logo which 'zoomed' to larger size on screen over the studio action. I seem to recall Magnus Magnusson sitting elsewhere, either on another swivel chair in the studio or seen in an armchair, wearing a chunky knit white 'polar neck' sweater. He ran a regular feature which was either a science or geography feature which would cut to film stock inserts of a European country. I recall one in the snow, and I think Magnusson stating that Iceland was the country of his origin. Also something about volcanic activity and seismographic measurements and film stock inserts of volcanoes. I've never seen clips so the absence of series 1 would explain this.
With the large and comprehensive set of holdings, starting with 17 from series 2 in 1971 and material held apparently in its broadcast format; I wonder that this may not be a case of the series being wiped as such.
Would it be correct to say that any linking material lost for the series was therefore a live broadcast and that this was what affected the non holding of any studio material for series 1 1970?