An Artist In Eggs (1958)

Lambeth, London. C/U of a box of eggs, several glass jars and a small sieve on a kitchen table. C/U of Francis Plummer’s hands as he picks up an egg and cracks it with a knife. Plummer gently squeezes the egg’s white through the sieve onto a saucer. M/S of Plummer emptying the remaining yolk into a tea towel he is holding. The narrator explains that Plummer is an artist - “talented yet struggling“. Plummer never eats these eggs but uses them to paint with. C/U of jam jar on the table. Plummer holds a saucer with the yolk on above the jar. He pierces the yolk with a small knife, squeezes it to release the fluid into the jar and places the empty yolk skin on the saucer. M/S of Plummer tipping acetic acid onto a spoon to add to the jar containing a mixture of yolk and colouring to preserve the egg. C/U of Plummer’s face. Panning shot to Plummer’s hands stirring the gooey mixture. C/U of the mixture being transferred to a smaller jar and blended with green and brown pigment to create paint - an an