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Act Without Words 1

Programme Outline

Zero VCR counter at title of film. Note: counter numbers may vary slightly on different VCRs.


00:00:00 Title

00:00:15 Man flung on to set

00:00:25 Whistle [R]: man attempts to exit

00:00:53 Whistle [L]: man attempts to exit

00:01:22 Whistle [L]: man reflects

00:01:40 Tree descends … whistle … sits in shade … looks at his hands

00:02:27 Scissors descend … whistle … trims nails

00:02:54 Tree shade withdrawn

00:03:08 Carafe descends … whistle …

00:03:33 Cube 1 descends … whistle …

00:04:26 Cube 2 descends … whistle …

00:05:56 Carafe partly withdrawn

00:06:35 Cube 3 descends … whistle …

00:07:00 Cube 3 withdrawn

00:07:07 Rope descends … whistle …

00:08:15 Man cuts rope … rope withdrawn

00:08:30 Man makes lasso … carafe withdrawn

00:09:32 Tree bough descends

00:10:44 Whistle [R]: man attempts to exit

00:11:05 Whistle [L]: man reflects … looks at hands … trims nails … considers suicide

00:12:00 Cube 2, scissors and lasso withdrawn

00:12:27 Cube 1 withdrawn

00:12:45 Carafe descends

00:13:15 Carafe withdrawn … whistle …

00:13:23 Tree bough ascends … shade returns … tree withdrawn

00:13:54 Man looks at his hands

00:14:15 Credits