Art in Miniature

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

492

Date Released

6 Nov 1930

Length of issue (in feet)

920

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

NoS synopsis: "In the wax miniature are combined the virtues of two arts - relief sculpture and colour painting -" C/U of a wax miniature which depicts a child holding a ball. By means of a dissolve another miniature is shown - an older child with a puppy on her lap. Another design is shown - a teenage girl with a larger dog. "Two hundred years ago artists excelled in making wax miniatures, but thereafter it seemed to become almost a lost art. Today it lives again - " M/S of a young girl posing for a female artist. "The subject is roughly sketched and cut in silhouette." Various shots of the woman scraping the wax from a round disc. Soft wax is then stuck onto the shape of the child. "Wax tints, matching the subject, are used." C/Us of the wax being applied. The miniature takes shape. "Under the Artist’s skilful touch, the portrait becomes almost a living thing - " We see the child’s hair taking form. Through dissolves the child’s dress appears. "Alice" is given a wax basket of flowers. "A perfect likeness - " We see the final miniature in a frame. By means of a dissolve, the real Alice appears in exactly the same pose.

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Footage sources

Pathe Exchange

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.199
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP199
Pathe Eve 473-493 Boxfile Issue sheet

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

288

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