Ideal Home Exhibition (1966)
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- Опубліковано 12 кві 2014
- Kensington, London and Surrey.
The Exhibition Centre at Olympia is transformed for the Ideal Home Exhibition - a look at some of the preparations and results.
Various shots of a caretaker sweeping up bits of paper around empty dog baskets. L/S of Olympia's vast but empty exhibition centre - men are clearing up the aftermath of Crufts. Tracking shot going in the main entrance and panning around the centre. Various shots of sets being built, three men look over the plans for the next exhibition. Various shots of builder building the brick walls of the house exhibits.
Various shots of decorators painting fibreglass sheets yellow inside a designer's studio in Surrey. M/S of designer, David Gillespie, being past sheets of coloured fibreglass by an assistant. Another of Gillespie's assistants is seen working on transparent fibreglass in a lattice pattern. C/U of Gillespie working on his design, he takes a small sheet and adds it to his fibreglass model.
C/U on the exhibition designs, C/U on organisers Ken Corney and Trevor Smith. L/S of a scaffolding up the walls of the hall, builder hoist up giant baskets of flowers. Various shots of builders at work - mixing cement, laying paving stones, painting fences etc. M/S of a swimming pool being built. Various shots of artists doing biblical floor paintings with sand.
L/S of a modern house, builders work all around it in the exhibition hall. Various shots of soil being laid in gardens, flowers and plants are then added to make instant gardens. A woman holding design plans stands in a fake rock pool, she seems to be giving instructions to a nearby gardener. M/S of decorators painting window frames. M/S looking out of French windows at the chaos of the half finished exhibition. More shots of the sand artists. M/S of a man and women looking at sand painting plans.
Various shots of a very convincing garden exhibition, gardener bring in more plants. Various shots of gardeners pruning the plants, several C/Us of flowers and blossom. C/U of an old lady working on the embroidery panels commemorating British history. Various C/Us of the panels.
Various shots of the last minute preparations - carpets are unrolled along the walkways. L/S of the arched roof of the centre, tilt down to see hoards of the public enjoying the completed exhibition. Various shots of a family in an exhibit full of curved "compressed paper" furniture. More shots of people lounging in ultra modern room sets. C/U of a poster advertising the chance to own a tropical island - M/S of a salesman trying to sell this idea to a client. M/S of girls in traditional costumes on a Swiss themed stall, one of the girls holds out a plate of cheese. L/S of the exhibition.
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Super video 👍👍👍👍
✔Great Video! Masive work involved to make it happen ... a Show Home Exhibition to impress visitors. 🏡 What a days! 👍
Superb video! Thank you for the sharing!
In December 1969 I had a three-week job painting dioramas for the reptile cages in Antwerp zoo. I had to work at night. My way into the intimidating challenge was to paint in washes all over the surface. These washes would suggest landscapes. However, the zoo authorities - including the director M. Tabac - came and saw what I had done and got into a terrible state about it. They phoned my boss, David Gillespie, in Dippenhall, UK. “We are extremely worried by what your assistant has done,” they said. “He’s made a terrible mess.” David Gillespie - Capricorn, always supportive - explained that I was "an artist”, not an illustrator (?) and all would be well and he was confident that “the mess” would be transformed into satisfactory landscapes to their liking. They were and all was well. I’ve had trouble of one kind or another all my life. No one understands me. Doesn’t matter what it is. Here are David and Anne Gillespie in 1966.
The footage from 2:28 to 2:44 has been used in the music video for master and servant by Depeche mode
I just looked up David Gillespie. He and his wife Ann who is shown in the film created their company together, he was a television set designer and she was a artist who did many different things in her long life including having 3 children, doing an MA in fire art therapy for children. She nearly died of an aneurysm but recovered and was able to live alone. But this film is from 1966 so let’s not mention her name at all. But I’m mentioning it!
We saw so little of the finished spaces or “homes”. All the prep and two homes!? This was so disappointing.
Really, this was a bit of promotion for the exhibition. They wanted to tempt the viewer into buying tickets to see for them selves.