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Shearing the Rams

This film commemorates the work of the eminent Australian painter Tom Roberts, celebrating the 100th anniversary of his famous painting ÒShearing the RamsÓ, which has become an Australian icon.
Year : 1990 | Total Duration : 17.5 Minutes |
Director : Martin Daley |
Various re-enactments - slow pan over sepia toned artists' paintbox, brushes, paints etc and shots of table to artist at easel, lower torso visible only. ECU of brush starting to paint signature.
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Access No. 127324 | 25 secs | | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Woman in bonnet and pinafore at ironing board, zoom to unframed print of ÒShearing the RamsÓ on wall. Similar print on classroom wall c.1920s, and over pharmacist's shelves. Interior in typical Australian pub c.1980s with calendar on wall featuring ÒShearing the RamsÓ.
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Access No. 127325 | 34 secs | | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
FS framed original painting ÒShearing of the RamsÓ, 1890 by Tom Roberts.
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Access No. 127326 | 6 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
Re-enactment of Tom Roberts wandering across rural sheep property near Corowa, NSW carrying painting equipment. WS shows scattered trees and sheep grazing. WS Roberts seated on folding camp stool sketching. All shot in sepia tones.
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Access No. 127327 | 52 secs | | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CUs of four sketches by Tom Roberts of shearers and lambs.
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Access No. 127328 | 10 secs | | Australia | © Mitchell Library, Sydney | Colour |
CU Tom Roberts society painting ÒMadam PfundÓ 1887.
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Access No. 127329 | 9 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery ofVictoria | Colour |
CU Tom Roberts society painting ÒEileenÓ 1888.
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Access No. 127330 | 7 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery ofVictoria | Colour |
CU Tom Roberts bush painting ÒThe SplittersÓ 1886.
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Access No. 127331 | 10 secs | | Australia | © Ballart Fine Art Gallery | Colour |
Re-enactment of Tom Roberts walking in pastoral countryside near Corowa, NSW and sitting in a shearing shed sketching shearer clipping wool from sheep. GS of Tom Roberts character positioning young man carrying fleece into pose for sketching.
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Access No. 127332 | 52 secs | | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
FS painting Shearing of the Rams, 1890 by Tom Roberts.
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Access No. 127333 | 6 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU Tom Roberts gouache sketch ÒFirst Sketch for Shearing the RamsÓ demonstrating tonal variations.
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Access No. 127334 | 25 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
Re-enactment of Tom Roberts in woolshed positioning man with pipe and small child with broom into poses for painting. VS of the small girl kicking up dust with a broom to create hazy atmosphere.
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Access No. 127335 | 25 secs | | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Detail of smiling face of young child with broom from Tom Roberts painting ÒShearing the RamsÓ 1890 then slow zoom out to reveal rest of painting. Graphic overlays are placed over painting to mark out light zones and spatial structure. Various CU's of painting details are shown.
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Access No. 127336 | 3 mins 17 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU of Muybridges Animal Photographs showing various frames of movement of a kangaroo.
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Access No. 127337 | 5 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Australia | Colour |
Details of sketches of animals (mostly sheep)by Tom Roberts.
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Access No. 127338 | 16 secs | | Australia | © Mitchell Library, Sydney | Colour |
CU ÒThe GleanersÓ 1857 by realist painter Jean-Francois Millet.
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Access No. 127339 | 5 secs | | © Louvre, Paris | Colour |
CU ÒThe WinnowerÓ 1847-48 by realist painter Jean-Francois Millet.
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Access No. 127347 | 7 secs | | © National Gallery, London | Colour |
CU ÒThe WinnowersÓ 1854 by realist painter Gustave Courbet.
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Access No. 127348 | 8 secs | | © Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie de Rennes | Colour |
CU ÒThe Potato GatherersÓ 1878 by realist painter Jules Bastien-Lepage.
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Access No. 127349 | 3 secs | | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU Tom Roberts painting ÒA Quiet Day on Darebin CreekÓ, 1885
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Access No. 127350 | 8 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Australia | Colour |
CU Tom Roberts painting ÒBourke Street, MelbourneÓ, 1886
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Access No. 127351 | 9 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Australia | Colour |
CU zoom out from Tom Roberts painting ÒThe Sunny SouthÓ, 1887
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Access No. 127352 | 7 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU Tom Roberts painting ÒA Summer Morning TiffÓ, 1886
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Access No. 127353 | 6 secs | | Australia | © Ballarat Fine Art Gallery | Colour |
CU Tom Roberts painting ÒMentoneÓ, 1887
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Access No. 127354 | 7 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU detail Tom Roberts landscape painting - probably ÒEvening When the East Flushes Faintly at the Sun's Last LookÓ 1887-8.
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Access No. 127355 | 4 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU Tom Roberts painting ÒThe Artists' CampÓ 1886.
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Access No. 127356 | 6 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU George Ashton illustration ÒSheep ShearingÓ 1888.
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Access No. 127357 | 12 secs | | Australia | © Mitchell Library, Sydney | Colour |
CU detail of William Hatherell illustration ÒShearingÓ 1888.
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Access No. 127358 | 17 secs | | Australia | © Mitchell Library, Sydney | Colour |
CU of Charles Nettleton photograph ÒShearingÓ 1889
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Access No. 127359 | 14 secs | | Australia | © State Library of Victoria | Colour |
CUs and pans over details of Tom Roberts painting ÒShearing the RamsÓ 1890 studying composition and form.
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Access No. 127360 | 31 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU bronze detail of Jacob and Esor from ÒThe Gates of ParadiseÓ 1424 by the Italian artist Lorenzo Ghiberti.
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Access No. 127361 | 6 secs | | © Photograph of the original | Colour |
CU painting ÒThe StonebreakersÓ 1849 by Gustave Courbet.
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Access No. 127362 | 7 secs | | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU painting ÒThe Sculptor's StudioÓ 1885 by Tom Roberts.
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Access No. 127363 | 10 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Australia | Colour |
CU detail of man drinking in the painting ÒShearing the RamsÓ 1890 by Tom Roberts.
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Access No. 127364 | 5 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU detail of man drinking in the painting ÒWorkÓ 1863 by Ford Maddox Brown.
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Access No. 127365 | 6 secs | | England | © City Art Gallery, Manchester, England | Colour |
CU of the painting ÒThe SplittersÓ 1886 by Tom Roberts.
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Access No. 127366 | 3 secs | | Australia | © Ballarat Fine Art Gallery | Colour |
Slow zoom out from detail of shearer in the painting ÒShearing the RamsÓ 1890 by Tom Roberts followed by CU details of people featured in it.
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Access No. 127367 | 1 min | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
Cu of the painting ÒWeighing the FleeceÓ 1921 by George W Lambert.
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Access No. 127368 | 3 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Australia | Colour |
CU detail of shearers in the painting ÒShearing the RamsÓ 1890 by Tom Roberts.
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Access No. 127369 | 10 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU of photograph ÒShearers at MittagongÓ .
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Access No. 127370 | 5 secs | | Australia | © State Library of Victoria | Colour |
Melbourne building exterior and re-enactment of Tom Roberts showing ÒShearing the RamsÓ in his Melbourne studio to a well dressed crowd of people. CUs of painting details and people viewing painting.
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Access No. 127371 | 1 min 5 secs | | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Re-enactment of Tom Roberts at writing desk with back to camera snapping pencil in annoyance with article he is reading. MS Roberts with arms crossed then at desk writing by lantern light.
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Access No. 127372 | 50 secs | | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU detail of painting ÒShearing the RamsÓ 1890 by Tom Roberts.
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Access No. 127373 | 30 secs | | Australia | © National Gallery of Victoria | Colour |
CU early photograph possibly ÒSheep ClassingÓ by Charles Kerry from ÒCharles Kerry's Federation AustraliaÓ by David P Millar.
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Access No. 127375 | 6 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph of shearers with fleece and bales in shed.
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Access No. 127376 | 4 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph of shearers in shed.
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Access No. 127377 | 3 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph of bullock train carting bales of wool.
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Access No. 127378 | 4 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU illustration of shearer with sheep
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Access No. 127379 | 4 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph of shearer with sheep.
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Access No. 127380 | 4 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph possibly ÒWool ClassingÓ by Charles Kerry.
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Access No. 127381 | 3 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph of family with machinery.
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Access No. 127382 | 5 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early illustration of team of shearers in shed.
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Access No. 127383 | 4 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph possibly ÒLambmarkingÓ by Charles Kerry.
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Access No. 127384 | 4 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph of shearers with fleece.
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Access No. 127385 | 3 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early portrait photograph of seated shearer.
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Access No. 127386 | 6 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early illustration possibly ÒThe BossÓ by Charles Bayliss.
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Access No. 127387 | 5 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph of shearers lined up in shed.
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Access No. 127388 | 5 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph of shearers posed outdoors.
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Access No. 127389 | 3 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU early photograph of shearers posed outdoors.
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Access No. 127390 | 3 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Good CU and pan of early photograph showing itinerant workers on dirt road with swags over shoulders and pipes in mouths.
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Access No. 127391 | 17 secs | | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU's of early photographs of Melbourne showing buildings, traffic and street life.
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Access No. 127392 | 7 secs | | Melbourne, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
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