Concept and creative process
‘The Price of Freedom’ was a long running series tackling the issues of human rights and freedom of speech and the freedom to belong to a political party or trade union. In this series John Tusa highlighted the stories of people who had suffered under political repression by being harassed, imprisoned, tortured, exiled and even threatened with death. A simple idea to symbolise freedom was delivered in the form of a short live action sequence. Barbed wire was bought from a builder’s merchant and laid out in the studio at Stewart Hardy Films in Borehamwood. It was shot on 35mm film by cameraman Doug Adamson. The hand artist was Brian Tolton. It wasn't an easy task to grab the barbed wire just at the right time as the camera settled. It was not possible to film the shot in reverse because it just did not look realistic enough when we tried it.
Lighting Cameraman - Doug Adamson.
Design & Live Action Direction - Liz Friedman.