One Good Turn (1930)
M, S of a man kneading a slab of clay outside a brick building. He wears an artists smock. C, U of the clay being kneaded. turning on the Interior of a pottery. Potter throws slab of clay onto the wheel. The wheel turns and he shapes a pot. Dissolves are used to squash the period of time it takes him to shape his pot. He uses a length of wire to slice the pot from the wheel. He stops the wheel and lifts off the finished pot. This is the real old English style of pottery making. C, U of the man as he paints slip stripes onto a jug. He is concentrating very hard. Dissolves are used a pattern emerges. He paints the handle. C, U of patterns being painted onto a smaller pot. About five times a year they put the collection in the old kiln to be Various shots of a kiln being loaded. Some good turn results L, S of potter admiring his handiwork. C, U of a finished pot which has a fish painted on the side. Dissolve into a shot of a teapot. Was an
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