UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS
DIFFICULTIES IN FILMING Litle did the producers oi “ Under the Southern Cross’’ realise what they were in for when they left the “com - pletely equipped” studio stages of Universal City for New Zealand, to make a picture dealing with the Maori race. One of their big handicaps proved t.o be the handling of big mob scenes, in which many of the native extras could speak little English, and were quite confused over the American accent of the director and his assistants. In order to secure the correct facial expressions and registrations so necessary in ciose-up photography, director Collins had to communicate his ideas to an educated Maori assistant, who in turn conveyed what was wanted on to the Maori actor in his own language. Very often, in his enthusiasm. Mr. Collins would revert to studio parlance. at which even his Maori interpreter would register a blank expression,
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 734, 6 August 1929, Page 15
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