Sweeney Todd – "My Friends"
A couple of shots from the number “My Friends” as Sweeney is presented with his old razors. Mrs Lovett had saved them. Three tries and never did get the presentation shot I wanted – in the best one they were just too far apart to make for an effective shot....
Sweeney Todd – "Poor Thing" – #2
As the “Poor Thing” number moves along, Lucy is tricked into going to the Judge’s, where the following sequence takes place. It ends with Mrs Lovett telling Sweeney that she took arsenic afterwards…
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Sweeney Todd – "Poor Thing" – #1
“Poor Thing” was, I’m sure, tricky for whoever was on lighting – a spotlight had to be separately on the two areas at the same time. Of course they weren’t equal, so working up thr first two images was a little time consuming. Mrs Lovett is telling Sweeney...
Sweeney Todd – "Worst Pies in London"…
Sweeney enters the pie shop below his old home and barber shop, and meets Mrs. Lovett. She gives him one of her “Worst Pies in London”. In the first shot he’s “a customer” the first in weeks – then you quickly discover why. More in the sequence below…....
Sweeney Todd – Meeting the Beggar Woman…
These were all part of the “No Place Like London” sequence, I just liked too many of the first appearance of the Beggar Woman on the scene to add them to the previous posting. In the first pair Anthony is approached, only to be shocked at her sudden metamorphosis…....
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