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The Making of Bread and Roses

The Making of Bread and Roses
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The Making of Bread and Roses
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NZ On Screen
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Award-winning drama Bread & Roses recreated the early days of trade unionist and politician Sonja Davies. Behind the scenes, the $4 million production required 175 speaking parts, and dozens of sets — many built from plywood, "to make something out of nothing". This documentary follows director Gaylene Preston and producer Robin Laing through casting, filming and editing. There is extended coverage of how a cabaret scene was shot at the Wellington Town Hall. Meanwhile lead actor Geneviève...

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Video
Date created
1993
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/bread-and-roses-the-making-of-1993
Related subjects
sonja davies / filmmaking / film-making / cinematography / cinematographer / editing / editor / wellington town hall / 50s / television / directing / acting / biography / geneviève picot / trade unionist / production finance / period piece / period drama / customwood / casting / wardrobe / shooting schedule / extras / actors / grip / focus puller / dolly / sound fx / soundtrack / production managment / footage / continuity / protest / nelson to murchison railway / train / rushes / post production / sound design / foley / 1993 / 1990s / 90s / nineties / music rights / incidental music / sets / props / dance / cabaret / camera movement / focus / majestic cabaret / research / music / sound mixing / film editing / fifties / lisa schouw / post-production / wellington railway station / makeup

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