"Silhouettes"

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

431

Date Released

5 Sep 1929

Length of issue (in feet)

965

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

British Pathe synopsis: "Here’s a new indoor pastime for Eve - making silhouettes - " C/U of a woman’s hands as she holds a framed silhouette. "Take one small boy, one big sister, and a sheet of paper." M/S of a young boy with curly hair posing for the silhouette artist. A teenage girl pins a piece of paper to an easel. "With the aid of a pocket lamp cast a shadow on the paper and mark the outline in pencil - " L/S of the girl and her brother (who is sitting on a table). The sister shines the torch and directs the boy on how to sit. She traces round the shadow’s outline. "Ink now, and plenty of it - " the sister marks out the shape with black ink and colours the shape in. C/Us and L/S of her at the easel with her brother watching. "One small camera to photograph the large silhouette - (and thus reduce it.)" Girl sets up the camera. "And there you are - another indoor hobby for Eve." M/S of the girl and boy looking at other silhouettes she has made. C/U over the girl’s shoulder of the silhouette of her brother, and others she has made.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Footage sources

Pathe

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly 12 September 1929, p57.
Pathe Inventory File Tin No.110
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP110 Used for synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

141

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