THE BLANK VERSE OF BBC SOUND EFFECTS RECORDS

STOP STARTING

Self starter, tick over

Self starter, depart

Small town atmosphere

Slow Creak, Shattering Glass

Swarming Insects

Shouting men, advance,halt

Staff v Staff

Sword v Spear

Stomach Punch - Vocal Reaction

Self immolation

Self starter, tick over

Self starter, depart

Self-Starter, Constant Run

Stop: stable atmosphere

Sea Wash And Strong Wind (Cruising On Surface)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

 

EGYPTOLOGY

 

The enclosed back garden, the serving hatch of the subsidised canteen, the radiator in the smoking room, the outer office, the seated area in the Arndale, a corner of the kitchenette. Perfectly observed details that sum up the artificiality and banality of life in the 1970s, particularly for the women expected to inhabit these places.

Stills from Peter Wollen and Laura Mulvey's extraordinary experimental film treatise Riddles Of The Sphynx (1977). 

I once spoke briefly to Laura Mulvey, after a lecture she gave on Peeping Tom. The conversation lasted approximately three minutes, which was more than enough time to know she was one of the most intelligent, charismatic and interesting people I have ever met.

NOW YOU SEE IT

 

THE BLANK VERSE OF BBC SOUND EFFECTS RECORDS

EXPECTANT CROWD BACKGROUND

Self Starter; Medium-Speed Run Without Signals 

(As On Patrol)    

Hail beating on window; troops moving through mud

Stream;

40ft Waterfall (mic at top);

Six Separate Bands Of Thunder & Rain 

                      With Claps & Rolls At Various Distances

Fast constant over jointed and welded track 

Door Opened & Closed; Window Raised (As Heard Inside)

Hammering (exterior)

Light stake; heavy stake; fence post

Horse or cattle on the move (grass): fairly fast moving

Horse or cattle on the move (broken surface)

Trots up; stops and stands

Sheep Bleating (Bumping As Animals Feed From Troughs)

Herd frightened into sea

30 budgerigars in a shed

Agitated birds with cockatiel screeching

Old type window lowered; general atmosphere 

Arrives in station; as above, but busier;

Tickover; unintelligible PA announcement

Excited women in a large room

Chairs squeaking in hall

Quick Squeaks; Short; Double; Long

3 bow twangs; 6 men groaning

Maniacal laughter

Surge of an angry crowd

Train sounds siren and passes at speed; stop.
Village pond with frogs; very distant traffic; a sinister wind.      

ART AS HEATMAP

Robert Ruggles (1940-2009)

THREE SHOTS, FOUR SPOCKS

INBETWEENERS

A selection of backdrops, transitions and incidental details from Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-74).

THREE SHOTS

From Road Games, d. Richard Frankin (1981)

BONNIE LASS

Stills from a lovingly home made video for a Bonnie Tyler song released in 1978. The internet, ladies and gentlemen, so fucking weird.