:06:02
which evoke the extraordinary
physical state of the island,
:06:05
these sharp cliffs
just rising out of the sea.
:06:14
- What's wrong, Andrew?
- The hills of Scotland.
:06:18
It's a rare thing
to see them from Hirta.
:06:22
(Schoonmaker-Powell) Here you see
some sequences shot in the studio:
:06:26
The sequences of Powell and his wife.
:06:30
You can sort of tell
by the soft focus of the background,
:06:34
which is done to fool the eye,
:06:36
when you're trying to match into
a shot as dramatic as these cliffs
:06:40
that have been raised up out of
the sea by violent earthquakes.
:06:43
(Dialogue) Ten years ago,
you'd have seen all the folk
:06:46
on their way to the kirk.
:06:49
The men in black,
:06:51
and the women neat and bonny,
:06:54
and young John Eisbister
standing by the gate.
:06:58
(Schoonmaker-Powell) Another
incredibly poetic moment here.
:07:01
Um, beautiful, beautiful shot
:07:04
of a bell ringing.
:07:05
Maybe it was done the same way
the previous shot was,
:07:09
which is, they would have
shot the bell at a 50% exposure,
:07:13
then rewound the film,
:07:15
taken the bell down,
put up a piece of rope,
:07:18
a frayed piece of rope,
:07:20
signifying that the island
is no longer occupied,
:07:23
and shot again, at 50% exposure,
:07:26
getting this beautiful, simple image
:07:29
indicating so much
about the death of an island.
:07:36
(Bell rings)
:07:44
(Christie)
As the islanders make their way
:07:47
across the landscape
towards the church,
:07:50
which is the focal point
of their existence, really,
:07:52
a communal existence,
:07:54
we see Kitty Kirwan,
:07:56
the oldest actress involved
in this extraordinary production,