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Title: CHANCE ENCOUNTER

Reference number: 7397

Date: 1975c

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: Fiction

Running time: 6.11 mins

Description: A teenage boy accidentally bumps into a supermarket check-out girl and resolves to ask her out. He goes to the shop where she works and has a series of mishaps before learning that she already has a boyfriend.

Note from Mr Saberton: This story is about a teenage boy who accidentally bumps into a supermarket check-out girl and resolves to ask her out. He goes to the shop where she works and has a series of mishaps before learning that she already has a boyfriend. The exteriors were filmed in Motherwell Town Centre during the construction of the existing shopping precinct and it looks like the interiors were shot in the club's former premises at Coursington Road, Motherwell. These were the training facilities for Dalziel Co-op and included mock ups of shops that I know were used by the club as sets on many occasions.

Note from Mr Saberton: This looks like it was filmed at Coursington Road and is the same set used in Chance Encounter. See ref 7402.

Paper archive records relating to the Dalziel Camcorder Club also held at the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.

Shotlist: [shot-listed from DV - manual control track]

title - shots of boy and girl walking along streets in town centre - they bump into each other on landing of stairway - boy watches girl walk away (1.04) street scenes, boy follows girl who walks into supermarket - shot of boy's platform shoes as he tries to look in window of shop - girl sits down at shop till - boy goes into shop, but trips over shop assistant's feet - girl laughs (2.13) shots of ladies shopping and shopkeeper checking stock, girl working at till - boy pretends to shop while watching girl, but takes groceries out of woman's basket by mistake - woman attacks him and reclaims her groceries, other customers laugh (3.56) boy brings groceries to till and chats to girl who looks embarrassed - boy walks away with groceries, but leaves wallet - girl calls him back - shopkeeper checking stock (5.02) girl leaves shop as shopkeeper locks up - boy waits outside for her and waves - they run towards each other in slow motion, but she runs into arms of shop assistant instead - boy throws down his paper in disgust - The End (6.11)

[Donor's note: The exteriors were filmed in Motherwell Town Centre during the construction of the existing shopping precinct and it looks like the interiors were shot in the club's former premises at Coursington Road, Motherwell.]