Thursday 25 March 2021

FAS #155 (Page 40) 'addendum'

Full camera multi-screen for the songs that were filmed at the Isle Of Wight Festival on August 30, 1970. This is actually all included on the 'Free Forever' 2DVD set - so you should all have it - but just in case you don't...

Here you can see all the film that was shot during each song from every camera that was running at the time - all at once! Every single frame of film is used here - hence you get the intro for 'Fire And Water' after 'Mr Big' (even though the song itself wasn't filmed) and also a little bit of 'Crossroads' is featured at the end of 'All Right Now', until the final running camera is turned off. You'll also notice that no one filmed the 'Mr Big' bass solo...  It's a great shame but that's because none of the crew knew there was a bass solo, and anyway both cameras they were using at the time ran out of film, which is clearly seen. That's why there are the random helicopter crowd shots inserted here on the 'Free Forever' disc, as without these you would just have a gap in the footage. 

All the film is 'in synch' here, which means it all runs to the audio properly in real time. The time-coded B/W film is the original first 'cut' of the footage. Here some material is 'cut-in' from other places in the performance, hence it isn't seen on the running cameras that are synchronised to the audio. This isn't missing or alternate film, it's simply cut from elsewhere in the footage and moved during editing.

Due to restrictions on size uploads to Blogger here these aren't fantastic quality, but give you the chance to view the film. if you don't have the 'Free Forever' 2DVD set it's easy enough to find, and cheap enough for everyone to pick up a copy that would want one. The songs are in the order they were played on the day. Enjoy.

1: Be My Friend

 

2: Mr. Big

 

3: All Right Now


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