Production of the BAFTA Mask: Casting at the foundry

Record ID: 427792
  • Title: Production of the BAFTA Mask: Casting at the foundry
  • Date: 31st January 2011
  • Summary: British Academy Film Awards 2011 - Additional content
  • Description:The iconic BAFTA mask was designed in 1955 by US sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe. The masks have been made at the New Pro Foundries in West Drayton, Middlesex since 1976. UK: Middlesex: West Drayton: New Pro Foundries: General views foundry technicians at work / Close shots flames as bronze metal is heated / Workers prepare liquid bronze metal to be used in the casting process / Foundry workers pour molten bronze liquid into casts / A worker pours sand on the cast for a BAFTA mask to create the mould / A worker removes cast bronze masks from their moulds and places in a pile on the ground / A worker uses a gas torch to burn off any impurities in the mask moulds before casting / A worker uses mechanical sander and saw to smooth off the edges of a newly cast BAFTA mask / GVs workshop
  • Collection: BAFTA
  • Genre:Entertainment
  • Producer:BAFTA
  • Keywords: BAFTA; British Academy of Film & Television; Bronze; Mask; Foundry; Making of; Production; Process; Creation; Technician; Worker; metal; Design; Icon; Iconic; Award; BAFTA award;
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Transmission Date:31/01/2011
  • Decade: 2010s
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