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Title: ONCE BITTEN...

Reference number: 6420

Date: 1970

Director: filmed by John Welford

Sound: sound

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 12.00 mins

Description: Amateur film of busy streets in Edinburgh, seen through the eyes of a young man. He speaks about his experience of social phobia, depression and attempted suicide and how his stay at a Young People's Unit has improved his outlook.

Credits: We are grateful to the Young People's Unit of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for their kind co-operation in the making of this film.

Shotlist: Ext., c/u young man's face, wearing curly hair, sideburns and a polo neck. Title. (0.28) Ext. busy street scene in Edinburgh, people walking past shops. Youth standing by pedestrian crossing, shop in background 'New Day'. (1.34) brief shot youth walking alongside railway siding. Youth standing outside some townhouses, c/u face. Busy street scene. (2.21) Still photographs of busy street scenes. (2.43) shot young man walking by a fence; Youth sitting on bench as people and traffic pass. (3.48) Ext. large building, probably school. (4.22) Tracking shot following youth walking along Rose Street before pedestrianisation, occasionally past some people; Youth turns down into Frederick street, castle in background. (5.54) Int., youth sitting in white t-shirt, youth sleeping in dark; intercut with shots same man walking by fence, alone (7.33) Youth constructing small model aeroplane. (9.08) Youth seated at table with other teenagers, drinking tea, talking and smoking. (10.19) Large modern office block. Young people playing football on large grass area in front of large house. (11.40) We are grateful to the Young People's Unit of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for their kind co-operation in the making of this film. (12.00)