MWS of neurology operating room and surgical staff preparing equipment and female patient for a brain operation. CUs and MCUs of patient’s shaven skull being swabbed with iodine. CUs of nurses and technicians attending to patient, preparing instruments, turning knobs on heart monitor machine. CUs of X-rays of patient’s head. ZOOM IN on top of patient’s head while surgeon is making incisions with scalpel. CUs on faces of medical staff, TILT DOWN to CU of nurse holding the arm of patient. MWS of surgeon performing incisions with other staff watching, CU of top of patient’s head while surgeon is making injections with a large needle. ECU of staff member holding patient’s hand.
DETAILS
Excerpt from
Something Hidden: A Portrait of Wilder Penfield
Location
Montreal
Year
1980
Collection
National Film Board
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