Miniature Ceramics (1961)

C/U of an illustrated title page from a book, 'More Tales From Hans Andersen', panning right to show C/U of an artist painting a picture of a fairy tale castle entitled 'The Golden Goose'. M/S of artist Pamela Curtis-Green working at a table in her studio.



C/U of the painting as she puts it to one side and brings into shot a partly finished clay model of the castle. She adds more turrets and some small figures that dance across the front of the scene; we see her making clay grass by pushing wet clay through a small sieve and placing that at the base of one of the towers.



Pamela then takes the model to a kiln and puts that inside. She walks back to the table with a small model that has been fired. A third fired (and cooled) model entitled 'The Tea Party' is now before her on the table; C/Us as Pamela starts to paint it with special ceramic colours that will change in tone with the final firing that fuses the colours.



C/U of a finished miniature model called 'Gipsy Caravan'; panning right to show the 'Sugar Cake Cottage' from the Hansel and Gretel story; C/U of the two figures and cottage of this model. C/Us of a model called 'The Ballet' (five figures in balletic poses), seen on a revolving turntable; the finished model of 'The Tea Party' is seen revolving. C/U of the base of a tower in a model of Grimm's 'Rapunzel'; tilt up to show the top of the tower where a ceramic Rapunzel is letting down her golden hair.



Note: There are hand-written notes on file - probably from Pamela Curtis-Green - that the commentary was obviously taken from. Heal's Ltd is noted on the shot list although not mentioned in the commentary. See out takes on PM0127 CP 317 CUTS.
FILM ID:127.04

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