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Title: SCOTSCREEN 100 PRESS LAUNCH

Reference number: 4440

Date: 1996, February

Sound: sound

Original format: Betacam SP

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 137.59 mins

Description: Unedited master tapes featuring the celebration of 100 years of Scottish Cinema hosted by the Scottish Film Council at the Glasgow School of Art, 1996. There are speeches, scenes at the buffet and reception as well as a summary of achievements in the Scottish film world. People in attendance include Maxine Baker, James Cosmo and Alan Scott.

See also refs. 4554, 4555.

Shotlist: TAPE 1 [ARRIVALS AND CROWD]
(01:06:04) EBU bars and tone (01:44:03) gvs people arriving at drinks reception and chatting [camera sometimes oof] (01:27:56) 21.52 mins

TAPE 2 [SPEECHES AND CROWD]
(01:27:56) EBU bars and tone (01:28:12) ints Glasgow Art School corridor where people walk along (01:30:22) woman makes speech introducing press launch (02:00:00) speech, Maxine Baker (02:02:11) speech, James Cosmo (02:04:10) Maxine Baker puts various questions to people on the floor (02:12:46) gvs people milling about over buffet lunch, c/u some television screens presenting Scottish film talent and industry (02:18:57) Maxine Baker and James Cosmo pose for photographs (02:25:05) gvs people milling about (02:28:31) END 1 hour 35 mins

TAPE 3 [DISSOLVE TAPE FOR SPEECHES]
(00:00:00:00) -blank- (00:00:10:08) Maxine Baker extract of speech (00:00:50:22) - blank- (00:00:52:09) brief shot crowd, including James Cosmo, watching presentation (00:00:58:24) -blank- (00:00:10:13) Maxine Baker, extract of speech (00:01:25:20) 1.25 mins

TAPE 4 [ALAN SCOTT]
(01:00:07:04) EBU bars (01:00:25:08) commentary, covering topics such as the history of Scottish film, its successes and failures, documentary films, (50th year of EIFF) (01:11:46:08) [second take] as previous (01:19:22:06) retakes etc (01:19:42:13)
19.42 mins