..in Cinerama "Renault Dauphine"
Tentative shooting script
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The
Renault Dauphine. Image by Thomas Hauerslev
Renault
Sketch
February 6, 1959
General considerations
"The Message"
The intention is to produce a short Cinerama sequence (maximum 4-5
minutes) which will present the Dauphine from two major points of view
1)
As the typical French car, inherently a part of the chic Parisian scene.
2)
As the product of a modern manufacturing and engineering organization is
whose plants are to be found production techniques and mechanization
second to none in the world.
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"The
Angle"
The sequence must be presented in such a way that there is a humorous
angle which remove it from the category of a strictly "educational"
commercial film. The sequence must be entertaining and amusing as well
as factual.
Sound
It is a hoped that a "live" sound made synchronously as each scene is
photographed will carry the entire sequence without musical
underscoring. However, during editing it may be found necessary to
introduce some music.
A narrator will be used very sparingly to connect the scenes and to
create the angle. Very familiar, easy, conversational style.
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Tentative
shooting script
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Scene 1
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Location
A street scene in a very chic quarter of Paris. It must be instantly
identifiable as being part of Paris; for example, the Eiffel Tower might be
seen in the background.
Action
A Dauphine comes down the street and stops screen center, medium close-up.
Door on the driver's side opens and a truly stunningly beautiful girl gets
out and walks away -- into a shop or a building.
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Scene 2
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Location
The steam hammer at Le Mans
Action
Close up of hammer with a red hot forging ahead. The hammer drops with a
tremendous noise. The camera dollies backwards as there are repeated blows
of the hammer.
Narrator
"The crankshaft come from the steam hammer at Le Mans."
(It is of course obvious now he was not speaking of the girl in the previous
scene.)
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Scene 3
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Location
Billancourt, automatic machinery handling the cylinder block.
Action
Medium-long-shot showing the corner of the automatic machining line with
illuminated control board. The camera moves in close to watch the reversal
of the cylinder block. Dissolve to scene 4
Narrator
"The cylinder block is machined at Billancourt..."
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Scene 4
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Location
Billancourt, the motor test carousel.
Action
Medioum-long-shot showing the entire test stand with motors arriving and
leaving on the conveyers. Then camera moves in a lateral dolly shot which
has the effect of speeding up the action on the stand. Motors being gunned
and tested close to camera.
Narrator
"...and the completed motor is tested here."
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Scene 5
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Location
Flins, the giant compound top forming press in the hall of presses.
Action
Medium -close-up of press as sheet metal is fed into it. Camera moves closer
as the press closes. We hear the scream of metal as the compound pressure
draws and forms the top: As press opens we can see through it to the other
presses forming a continuous line where other operations on the top are
performed. Dissolve to scene 6.
Narrator
"Parts of the body are formed in the giant presses at Flins."
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Scene 6
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Location
By means of the dissolve, camera moves to opposite side of press and dollies
backward, following the pieces though the succeeding operations in the line
of presses.
Action
The backward motion of the camera is faster than the movement of one piece
along the line, but not so fast that we can't follow the steps as the top is
formed.
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Scene 7
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Location
Area on the assembly line where electric welding of the body is done.
Action
The camera moves very close to one assembly line. The other line can be seen
in the background. The scene must be rather dark, not too well lighted, so
that the sparks from the welding guns are accentuated.
Narrator
"The final assembly if the car is begun here."
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Scene 8
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Location
Final assembly line at Flins.
Action
Medium-close-shot of the operation where the motors on their conveyers are
brought together with the bodies dropping down from above. Then continues
into backward dolly, increasing speed along the line. Dissolve into scene 9.
Narrator
"The motor is assembled to the finished body."
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Scene 9
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Location
The end of the assembly line
Action
We dissolve into a continuation of the reverse dolly shot moving along the
assembly line and come to a stop at the end of the line as white robed
worker jumps into the end car on the line, starts it, and drives it off the
line past the camera with a roar.
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Scene 10
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Location
Outside of the Renault plant at Flins.
Action
Medium-long-shot of the doors through which new cars are being driven for
initial test. Several cars come out and then we see the car (the same one we
saw leave the assembly line). This car must be instantly identifiable
because it is a strikingly different color from the others. It is, of
course, the same color (the same car) as we saw in scene 1. As this car
comes through the door, it turns directly towards the camera. It drives up
and comes to a sudden stop. It has made the identical approach and stopped
in the same position as the car in scene 1. Dissolve to same car in same
position in Scene 1.
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Scene 11
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Location
Same as Scene 1. (It is a continuation of Scene 1)
Action
By means of a dissolve we have followed the same car from Flins to Paris.
The beautiful girl comes out of the shop or building, gets in the car,
starts and drives away on a fade out.
Narrator
Immediately after dissolve,
"So now you know where she came from..."
Girl approaches car -
"As to where she is going, I'm afraid only Mademoiselle knows that. What's
that? You would like to meet her? Oh, I'm sorry. May I present the Dauphine,
product of Renault."
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