Learning on ScreenW. H. May ("Jock")
Profile
- Dates
- 1947-1948
- Role
- Sound
- Newsreels / Cinemagazines
- Mining Review
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Career
Jock May’s first feature film credit is for ‘FIRES WERE STARTED’ (1943), with Humphrey Jennings. In 1947 and 1948, he worked for the Crown Film Unit [qv] on the Mining Review series, recording the sound for 1st Year Nos.2, 3 and 5.
He went on to have a very successful career as a sound recordist, with his credits ranging from ‘DRACULA’ (1958), ‘SPACE FLIGHT IC-1’ (1965) and ‘SCROOGE’ (1970). He created the ‘Hammer sound’ for the audio tracks of the productions from Hammer Films.
He went on to have a very successful career as a sound recordist, with his credits ranging from ‘DRACULA’ (1958), ‘SPACE FLIGHT IC-1’ (1965) and ‘SCROOGE’ (1970). He created the ‘Hammer sound’ for the audio tracks of the productions from Hammer Films.
Sources
http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0562002/; Accessed 22/5/2006: NoS Number 334725; Mining Review 1st Year Number 2; Date released October 1947: NoS Number 334729; Mining Review 1st Year Number 3; Date released November 1947: NoS Number 334737; Mining Review 1st Year Number 5; Date released January 1948.
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