John Say "Me in Mind"
1/2 inch open-reel videotape Black & White Sound c.1970 17:15
Summary: A black-and-white video revealing three different scenes: a room; a direct-animation amateur collage; a school skit about kings and queens.
Title number: 21521
LSA ID: LSA/28224
Description: The video begins with an image of an empty room, zooms in on a beer bottle among the mess of newspapers strewn across a table. A man sits on the chair and moodily drinks his beer. A trick of camera editing reveals the man vanishing, then the chairs, which are then replaced with only one small chair, with the man’s jumper strewn on it.
We see a direct animation of a collage of a pair of jeans that have the word ‘Bored?’ move across the screen. A magazine cutout of a woman in a bikini and a military tank also join the collage, moving across the screen.
A woman in a costume squats backstage. Then, we see a skit of a play of kings and queens, with a young Black boy running around on stage with a humorous performance. The skit reveals messengers, kings and a kidnapping at the centre of the drama.
Credits: Maggie Pinhorn (Filmmaker)
Cast: Basement Project. Cast Unknown
Keywords: young people; skits; collage
Locations: East London
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