| B-Roll of House of 70 Families | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 2489 |
| Catalog #: | 487209 | |
| Clip Number: | 487209-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | Cuba 6B | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Cuba | |
| Year Shot: | 1996 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Slums/Tenements | |
| Description: | 00:25:07:- tight LS of an alley beside the house of 70 families; tilt D to see a dirty boy standing in a doorway, staring into the cam; good MS of the dirty boy half-hidden in the door jamb, zoom in to CU. MS of a muscular, shirtless middle aged man repairing something at a workbench in the house. MS of the boy and his mother sitting in a bedroom inside the house. MS of an old man standing on a balcony of the decrepit house; zoom out to tight LS of a staircase leading to the house. Good MS of a bathroom that has seen better days: a toilet bowl (non-functional), grout-stained tile (whatever's not broken or missing), water-stained shower stall. Good and moody tight LS of a dim hallway inside the house. 00:26:34:- CU of a woman scrubbing clothes in a small and soapy washbasin. MS of a kitchen corner, full of pans and chipped paint. Neorealistic (great lighting) MS of a simple, made bed in a bedroom of the house; pan left length of room to see sheets hanging on a drying line. High angle MS of two large pots sitting on stove, tilt up and pan right to resume former shot. CU of cosmetics and toiletries in a cabinet. CU of a very hazardous electrical outlet. CU of a Pure Land Buddha statue (the buddha with the large belly, the buddha of good fortune among laymen) on a nightstand in the home. CU of a smiling resident, a mother wearing an American flag patterned babushka to mask her setting curlers; panning (right) MS of her standing in her kitchen. MS of two young women standing in a hallway inside the home. MS of a kitchen corner: pots and pans, plates and silverware with no cabinet to go to; walls of chipping paint. MS of several female residents standing and talking in someone's kitchen. Creepy CU of a doll resting against a pillow on a bed. CU of a Santeria doll. MS of a woman puring oil into a stove, then lighting the burner. CU's of exposed electrical lines and crumbling foundations and ceilings. | |
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