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BACK FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE A Film made by the Video Club of Tauranga, New Zealand When a story broke in our local newspaper last November, that a local car enthusiast had faithfully restored a 1907 Ford “S” motor car, I thought it worth a second look. Not only was this “horseless carriage” found as a small heap of rusting “bits” on a Cambridge farm, - it turned out to be only one of three vehicles of its type known to exist in the world today - (The other two are owned by the Ford motor Corporation in the USA). I immediately saw the prospect of a film project here. I was President of our club at the time and had been over a period of two years, providing means for any club member who wanted to improve camera or editing technique, to take advantage of programs held at our club rooms throughout the year. We had done topics on storyboarding - studio lighting - camera technique - sound and editing … and so on, so I immediately considered that we could wrap this up and show all our newly found skills by making a film. I made immediate contact with the car’s restorer, Seaton Dredge who turned out to be a retired design engineer who had worked at General Motors in Australia designing the early Holden. With an agreeable nod from him, I went about getting our local club members informed and began plans to muster equipment and start storyboarding sequences I thought I wanted for the film. My first thought was to film in high definition and my Canon HV20 and HV30 - a matched pair-would be suitable, but soon realised that I wanted 4 cameras at some point, so I used 3 CCD mini DV cameras. I thought that my previous experience of directing a film, and being number 4 cameraman in another, would come to the fore and keep me in good stead. I could easily pull this one off with few problems until the main actor, Seaton Dredge, the restorer of the car, told me just as a matter of fact one day, that he was heading back to Australia in about 2 weeks for an extended 2 year stay. Sheer panic broke followed by a severe sweat disorder and it was time for a radical rethink. Then came further problems. We had days of rain and our filming location was a farm implement shed made from corrugated iron, that did nothing for our sound department. The farm was near the local airport and we had aeroplanes landing on the hour, and, when filming. we just happened to have a trainee pilot doing take off and landings nearby which lost me some more hair and I was wondering what I had done so wrong in my life to deserve this, and wondered what more could go so wrong, when Seaton announced that he was going to be out of town for 3 days. With only days to go, we abandoned any thought of storyboarding procedures and filmed “old turkey” as they say and we were “nearly down to the wire” with only 3 days left when Seaton announced that the car would not start and he was sourcing another carburettor so that we could film the car driving along the road. Now down to only two days before Seaton left for Australia and we had to film the next day, wet or fine or have no film at all, and the car just would not start with the recently acquired carburettor. So …… We filmed “as if” the car was driving under its own power and made sure we did not film the “pushers” at the rear. We then towed the model “S” to get more footage “on the road” and then filmed again from the sunshine roof of another car driving alongside, taking care not to show the tow rope attached to the towing vehicle. Sound was added later from a 1928 Ford with a similar sounding motor, and the film was “in the can”. Yes, 4 cameras were utilised, and yes it did take me 3 months to edit but I can tell you this, with full authority, that all concerned had a fast learning curve and with what turned out to be an excellent choice of our “front person/interviewer”. Also by chance the very professional way in which our host, Seaton Dredge, presented both himself and the stories of the car’s construction, and we have finished up with a quality DVD that any Video Camera Club would be proud of. Page 48 Australian film & video
It is a 67 minutes long of very authoritative and entertaining dialogue that would appeal to veteran car enthusiasts everywhere, and anyone who has a love of motor cars from those bygone years, or members of Video Camera Clubs everywhere. Would I do it again? ……… Too right mate! Alan Arnold Director. Copies of this video are available for (AUS) $25 each which includes postage. (In aid of club funds and repay costs) It is presented in a full size DVD case with a printed cover. Contact: The Director, Alan Arnold, 8 Azores Way, Welcome Bay, Tauranga 3112, New Zealand Phone: 64 7 544-9485 - (Local (07) 544-9485) Email: frienz49@hotmail.com 1907 Ford S The Answers to Jim Dunn’s Brainteasers. BRAINTEASER No 1 The letter “e” which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in this long paragraph. BRAINTEASER No 2 “Happy Birthday.” This song can be sung with anyone’s name in it. BRAINTEASER No 3 He should have said ‘THREE’, the NUMBER of LETTERS in the number the guard said. Australian film & video Page 49
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