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Written by: artistharry [31/01/11, 12:26] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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Discovery Channel - Great White Silence (2011) Information Great White Silence Olympian James Cracknell looks at the ill-fated last voyage of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, in Great White Silence with James Cracknell. A Film by Herbert Ponting The official record of Captain Scott's legendary expedition to the South Pole restored by the BFI and presented, with live musical performance from Simon Fisher Turner. A hundred years ago the British Antarctic Expedition led by Captain Scott set out on its ill-fated race to the South Pole. Joining Scott on board the Terra Nova was official photographer and cinematographer Herbert Ponting, and the images that he captured have fired imaginations ever since. Ponting filmed almost every aspect of the expedition: the scientific work, life in camp and the local wildlife - including the characterful Ad?lie penguins. Those things he was unable to film he boldly recreated back home. Most importantly, Ponting recorded the preparations for the assault on the Pole - from the trials of the caterpillar-track sledges to clothing and cooking equipment - giving us a real sense of the challenges faced by the expedition. Ponting used his footage in various forms over the years and in 1924 he re-edited it into this remarkable feature, complete with vivid tinting and toning. Part 2: How Did they Do it The Great White Silence is the official film record of Captain Scott's trip to the South Pole. Here, Discovery Channel meets the BFI National Archive team responsible for restoring and remastering Herbert Ponting's 1924 film. The BFI National Archive - custodian of the expedition negatives - has restored the film using the latest photochemical and digital techniques and reintroduced the film's sophisticated use of colour. The alien beauty of the landscape is brought dramatically to life and shows the world of the expedition in brilliant detail. A happy scene of Scott and his team in a tent demonstrating how they would cook and sleep on their race to the Pole - the same tent that would be their tomb - is particularly poignant. |
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