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Title: MUCKITALLUP

Reference number: 6481

Date: 1970

Sponsor: Edinburgh Cine Society & Hawick Film Group

Sound: sound

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 2.51 mins

Description: Amateur short about the carelessness with litter of visitors to the countryside. A young family leave a trail of litter along their trip, only to find visitors with a similar habit have been to their picnic spot before them.

Shotlist: Title (0.16) exts. young family, couple with a baby and one child- walk out of a hotel/bar in scenic location and drive off in a blue Ford Escort. [woman in blue mini-dress] (0.57) Car drives off through trees. (1.02) Tracking shot countryside, road markings. (1.27) Man takes cigarette out and throws packet out window. Woman does likewise with snack, and their son copies with a juice bottle. (1.45) tracking shot follows car as various litter streams from the windows (1.48) Shot of overhead trees and sky. (1.53) Car stops at country location, family gets out and walks along path, still dropping litter. (2.35) L/s family arrive at messy picnic site; c/u pile of litter, c/u baby's concerned face. The End. (2.51)