Strictly Confidential
1932
Cat no. 9523
Experimental short film exploring various camera effects and trick photography techniques.
Amateur filmmaker, cinema historian and railway engineer H.A.V. Bulleid employs an array of camera effects and trick photography techniques in this experimental short. Bulleid uses a mirror to distort a woman's reflection and a lens mask to conjure multiple images of her within the same frame, followed by a brief sequence showing how it was created. A ghosting effect uses double exposure to show the woman getting up from the chair but leaving her body behind. Bulleid also uses coloured filters and gauze diffusion to alter the look of his shots, and slow motion to change their visual impact. To display the versatility of interior shooting under normal lighting conditions, Bulleid uses orthochromatic film stock, before returning to exterior effects, using greased disc diffusion to create a dreamlike wash over the image. The film concludes with two sequences created using trick photography techniques including film reversal and split-screen shooting, and an example of step-zooming which gradually zeros in on the Big Ben clock tower at the Houses of Parliament in London.
Featured Buildings
Houses of Parliament, Westminster
Keywords
Camera tests; Cinematography; Trick photography
Other Places
Westminster, Greater London
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Maker : H. A. V. Bulleid
Manifestations
Strictly Confidential
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- INV355568
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- Unknown
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- MP4 H264 digital
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- Duration
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0:07:05
- Modification Date
- 03/11/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 732838
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- Barcode
- INV372350
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- Unknown
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- MP4 H264 digital
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- Duration
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0:07:05
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- 03/11/2011
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- 732837
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- INV389890
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- Unknown
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- MP4 H264 digital
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- Duration
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0:07:05
- Modification Date
- 03/11/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 732836
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- Barcode
- INV331957
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- DV digital
- Dimension
- Duration
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0:03:24
- Modification Date
- 01/11/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 732788
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- Activities
- Barcode
- INV374980
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- Unknown
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- master digital
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- Duration
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0:03:24
- Modification Date
- 31/10/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 732777
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- Activities
- Barcode
- INV208339
- Canonical Identifier
- 2
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Details
- Carrier Type
- 9.5mm film
- Colour System
- tinted
- Colour Type
- colour+bw
- Dimension
- Duration
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0:12:00
- Has Image
- Y
- Has Sound
- N
- Identifier
- Image Polarity
- pos
- Modification Date
- 18/11/2009
- Parts
- Reference
- 680923
- Sound
- silent
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Genre: Amateur / Avant-garde
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Description Type: monographic
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Subject: trick photography
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