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I reckon, that if this use of making a specific item stand out in a modern b&w Isandlwana film, it would focus on the flag, during Melvill's attempt to save it, although it was cased in the real event.
I can just see it now, through the camp and the flight down Fugitives' Trail, with b&w imagery of the terrain and fleeing men, mounted and on foot, with the flag clearly defined in colour.
It would make for a striking scene, methinks.
C.J.
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Coll: Many fans of 'Zulu' may disagree, but from a historical view, even for a wider audience, black-and-white instead of colour could be the key, in bringing, on the big screen anyway, events somehow closer, narrowing the gap between now and then.
It is something that I'm concentrating more on, preventing me being obsessed with this colour and that, allowing to get to the heart of the historical battle without worrying about such a distraction.
You know I'm beginning to think that a new treatment as you note should be done but rather not on the battle itself but on PERSONALITIES and you can take your pick, Durnford, Chelmsford, Frere or personnel in the Army etc. B&W photgraphy to emphasize the seriousness, the tension and the conflict of making sense of a disaster through the eyes of its participants. Put it in a Victorian environment with period chairs, tables, etc and wallah you'd have a nice little film. Of course, it's all in the script! That's all you need Coll... I think what "Isandhlwana" could use is a modern-day script writer like the famous Robert Bolt. You can do wonders with great dialogue. And if it's good maybe the BBC would pick it up!
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Rich
One writer could put together a play or screenplay, but instead of from a single viewpoint, where personal opinion would eventually surface, assistance from several sources, whether here on this public forum, or sent privately to the writer, from historians taking the part of individuals present at the 'hearing' as witnesses, including Durnford, Pulleine, etc., responding to a list of questions (basically a questionnaire) in the way thought most accurate if answered by the actual historical figures, then incorporated into the action by the writer.
Therefore you need a setting and list of individuals present.
Is it a C.O.I. or Court Martial ?
Who would compile the questionnaires to each historian portraying the individuals involved ?
The above compiler would also have to follow up many of these answered questions with points raised by the 'witness'.
This way, the writer would gradually amass a file on each character, containing questions posed and answers given, as well as other relevant info, such as their appearance, age, unit, etc., etc.
It would take a great deal of time to accomplish, but with so many historians wise-in-the-knowledge, and the using of e-mails, something could begin to take shape in a few weeks/months, though not completed.
C.J.
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