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Title: PSYCHO

Reference number: 6416

Date: 1968c

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 5.05 mins

Description: Amateur comedy about an obviously incapable psychiatrist and the various strange patients he meets in the course of a days work. The psychiatrist ends up on the couch himself.

Shotlist: [shotlisted from speed corrected tape, manual control track]

title (0.06) brief view of peoples feet as they sit in a waiting room. (0.42) Woman putting on make-up in compact mirror. (0.49) Pan to door and sign 'A. Knutcase, Psychiatrist'. (0.53) Door opens, dishevelled man staggers out and collects woman, takes her back in room. He lies her down on couch and measures her with tape. (1.34) C/u patients head as she talks on couch, the man listens. (1.46) She is ushered quickly out of door. (1.54) Another female patient enters and begins to talk as she sits on the couch. (2.12) Psychiatrist shows signs of boredom. (2.21) Psychiatrist hides behind his desk, appears pouring a drink of water. He begins to shake. The woman continues to talk. As the psychiatrist becomes increasingly upset the woman leaves. (2.46) The psychiatrist beckons an elderly man, who stays very close to his face while talking. (3.10) C/u as elderly patient talks to camera, intercut with shot of psychiatrist crying. (3.23) Elderly man continues to talk to camera until he leaves. (3.34) A second male patient with a cap enters, and pickpockets the psychiatrists watch, wallet and shirt. (4.03) The third male patient enters wearing a coat. After shaking hands, the patient attempts to strangle the psychiatrist with his tie. (4.18) Woman enters and helps him up onto couch, the psychiatrist begins to talk. Woman begins to transcribe into psychiatrists notebook. She appears very shocked. (5.05) The End