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Description: | Five VHS cassettes documenting the process of creating the video 'The Giant Alexander in Essex', combining songs from the musical by Bryan Barnes, story-telling, pictures and footage of the real locations which feature in the story.
The cassettes include preparatory footage for the film, and consist of the following:
- 'Rawreth & St Cedds School Prize Giving': Recordings of the prize giving ceremonies for the two primary schools which won 'The Giant Alexander' singing competition. The footage shows Frank Herrmann presenting the prizes and talking about the books, as well as the children singing songs from the musical, conducted by Bryan Barnes.
- 'Giant Alexander - Bryan Barnes Rehearsing': Uncut footage of the children from the competition-winning schools, rehearsing the musical with Bryan Barnes in preparation for the recording of the video.
- 'Frank Herrmann, some selected shots to give you some idea of filming': Clips of footage for the final film, sent to Frank Herrmann by the director, Lyn Forsyth, during the production process. The video includes the introduction, some footage of singing and some aerial footage of Maldon.
- 'Copy 2nd shooting WBH': Unedited footage of Frank Herrmann reading 'The Giant Alexander' to four children, in his living room, and unedited footage of Frank at work in his attic office, with him explaining the history of 'The Giant Alexander' books. The footage of the reading appears to be a rehearsal, and is not the footage used in the final film.
- 'The Giant Alexander in Essex': Complete copy of the final version of the film, created by Plume Video Productions, narrated by Frank Herrmann, and produced and directed by Lyn Forsyth. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Rights holder: | Seven Stories | Subjects: | Seven Stories | Source: | Seven Stories | Identifier: | FH/03/06 | Go to resource |
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