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Message # 79832.1.1.1.1.1

Subject: Re:my guess

Date: Thu 30/01/20 07:04:18 GMT

Name: Skelenton

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Thanks for your comment.

I was a bit surprised that the writers of this scene made no mention of the fact that the girl has to swim wearing her clothes and boots.

If I were writing this scene, I would have put some dialogue into the scene regarding her having to swim wearing her boots.

So, for instance when they're swimming, I'd have the bloke say either "Are you sure you can swim with your boots on?", or "Quick, kick your boots off!".

Or, I'd have the girl say something like, "I can feel my boots filling up with water!", or "I'm not sure I can swim with these boots on", or "I think I'm gonna get these boots off, they're weighing me down!".

When they climb out I'd have the bloke say "Your boots are still on - I thought you might have lost them in the water". In fact, I'd probably have the girl emerge from the water wearing just one boot and she'd say "That wasn't an easy swim - and I lost one of my boots as well!".

I think if it were a real-life situation, the girl would maybe have made an attempt to remove her boots along with her sweater/jumper and possibly her jeans as well.

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my guess

By ncgreg231 - ncgreg231@yahoo.com Thu 30/01/20 03:20:02 GMT

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From a production standpoint, my guess is that the actress took off her boots for some of the swimming scenes (and i have ZERO idea what kind of boots she wears *specifically*) and perhaps the "jump in" scene and the "climb out" scene were filmed first, and THEN the "swimming to land" scene was filmed (often, filming does not occur in the sequence that the story is viewed...) even that this particular scene might have been filmed over 2 days?

And then, in real life...on one hand a person probably would want the boots (or any kind of footwear) for walking AFTER the swim, but at the same time, might lose the boots in order to not drown. Tragically, drowning is also one possibility...

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Re:Thanks Skelenton (and Anonymous)

By Skelenton - Wed 29/01/20 12:49:37 GMT

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Thanks, Jollywetfellow, nice to hear from you.

I have 2 questions for you, please:

Do you think her boots actually are wellies, 1970s design; or do you think they are some kind of rubber riding boots? I can't tell, it's not clear enough.

Also, I notice you only actually see her with the boots on as she jumps into the water and climbs out again. Do you suppose the actress actually had the boots on whilst swimming, or that maybe she took them off for swimming, and it was edited out? I know you have no way of knowing for sure, but what is your best guess?

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Thanks Skelenton (and Anonymous)

By jollywetfellow - Wed 29/01/20 10:19:38 GMT

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At the risk of sounding like a cracked record, her boots don't fall off because they fit her properly. You can see this at 13:48, when it took quite a bit of effort to get them off even when she wanted to.

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By Anonymous - Wed 29/01/20 00:59:13 GMT

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1970s wetlook: jumper, jeans and wellies

By Skelenton - Tue 28/01/20 21:04:19 GMT

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From the UK tv series "The Changes", broadcast in 1975 - A girl in her late teens jumps off a boat and has to swim to dry land, including a shot of her climbing out of the water soaking wet. She is wearing a long wooly jumper, jeans and black wellies. Amazingly, her wellies don't fall off during her swim in the water.

See it here:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4d85yv

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