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12 Years a Slave scene 3: INT. DRESSER'S - DAY · The Reading Room

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12 Years a Slave
Scene 3

12 Years a Slave · written by John Ridley and Steve McQueen · 2013

A dresser cleans the animal casings, sorts them by quality, and groups them into hanks.

Scene 3 of 211 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1 min into a 2:22 film

The story so farBefore scene 3

After being kidnapped from New York and sold into slavery, Solomon Northup uses his skills and carefully placed trust to survive and seek a way back to his family.

Just before
Scene 1
A butcher takes a sheep from the pen and carries it into the slaughter shed.
Scene 2
The butcher shears and slaughters the sheep, then removes the warm intestine that will become violin strings.
Scene 3
This scene

3INT. DRESSER'S - DAY

We see now the DRESSER taking the casings from a pot of cold water. He then removes all membranes except for the muscle fibers. The casing is now ready for sorting; the casing is checked for length, color and general condition.

Selected casings are grouped together in HANKS.

← Scene 2INT. ABATTOIR - LATER Read the screenplay from here Scene 4 →INT. STRING MAKER'S - DAY