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Form Encyclopaedia Britannica Films - Art In Action series Very strange film w/ morose classical piano soundtrack interspersed w/ jarring mouth organ. CUs modern ‘art’ objects as abstract shapes etc. VO “Art is made of a number of things, of things that are dark, of things that are light...of colour, of line...and of form”. 20:23:44 Empty sky - seagulls appear, rocks on beach. “space or emptiness becomes filled with forms...” - beach ball rolls among rocks - “some forms are made by Man”. Zoom in balloons & other shapes against black backdrop. CU vars items, VO “Some forms have a name, like and egg or an orange” - little boy guessing what he is holding in hand: orange & beach ball. 20:26:17 Bizarre shot of well dressed young boy caressing leather sandal. VO “make the form suit your need”. Pan to boy sewing new pair of sandals. Girl sculpting odd figure out of clay. VO “choose a material” CU clay on potter’s wheel, metal sheet, abstract pieces of paper. 20:27:46 Pan across range of paints, brushes & chalk to hand drawing fish in chalk. CUs wooden blocks & pieces of wood on revolving platform. Modern Art; Oddities; Erotic Fetish; Artist; Artistic