Prodigy with a Paintbrush

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1768
Date Released
22 Apr 1963
Date submitted
17 Apr 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prodigy With a Paintbrush. DESCRIPTION: This exhibition in London is the work of eleven-year-old Senaka Senanayake who has already won international acclaim. Sophistication far beyond his years, his sense of rhythm and line, is doubly remarkable, because he has no formal training. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV interior exhibition hall (Ceylon Tea Centre, Lower Regent Street). MCU painting ‘Tigers’. CU detail of same. CU zoom out same. CU woman looking. MCU painting ‘Women with Musical Instruments’. CU detail of same (2 shots). CU woman looking. MCU painting ‘Composition with Women’. CU detail of same (3 shots). CU zoom out painting ‘Zebras’. The painter is 11-year-old Senaka Senanayake from Ceylon.
Keywords
Children; Arts and crafts
Locations
London; England; Ceylon Tea Centre, London
Card file number
86430
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Prodigy with a Paintbrush', British Movietone News Issue No. 1768, 22 Apr 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25070 (Accessed 04 Mar 2025)