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2.3 John MacFadyen/Painted Eightsome (1955-1971)

John MacFadyen/Painted Eightsome (1955-1971) Can 71: Hand-painted original, Comopt, 35mm, 880ft. 1955. Can 72: Negative soundtrack, 35mm, 880ft. 1955. Can 73: John MacFadyen print, Comopt, 35mm, 316ft. 1971. Can 74: Painted Eightsome print, Comopt, 35mm, 564ft. 1971. Can 75: Painted Eightsome pos. reduction of #74, Comopt, 16mm, 245ft. 1969. Can 76: B&W reduction negative from [...]

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1.2 Calypso

While I intend to continue discussing the life and work of Margaret Tait, from hereon in I shall do so with reference to the hand-painted and hand-drawn films she produced throughout her career as a filmmaker.1 These films are: Calypso (35mm/16mm, colour, sound, 4:29, 1955) John MacFadyen (The Stripes in The Tartan) (35mm/16mm, colour, sound, [...]

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1.1 Margaret Tait

Born on Armistice Day in 1918 in Kirkwall, Orkney, Margaret Caroline Tait made her first film in 1951 and her last in 1998. During that time, she made thirty-two films ranging from short hand-painted animations to a feature-length narrative fiction film. All except the feature, Blue-Black Permanent (1992), were independently financed despite periodic attempts to [...]

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Preserving the Hand-Painted Films of Margaret Tait An MA Dissertation by Joss Winn, 2002

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2.3 John MacFadyen/Painted Eightsome (1955-1971)

1.2 Calypso

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