Jai-Alai (Crowds, Players, Ticket Taking, Betting, etc)
Jai-Alai (Crowds, Players, Ticket Taking, Betting, etc)
Master 1490 - Tape 1 The Jai-Alai (Jai Alai) scene in Miami, Florida, 1975. Features great shots of play action, crowds in theater, bets being wagered, crowds buying tickets & entering arena. And oh the atypically 1970s fashions!
Jai-Alai (Crowds, Players, Ticket Taking, Betting, etc)
LSs seated crowd, spectators walking aisles to seats (in FG) at indoor jai-alai court (in BG; cam in back of theater). Panning (true panoramic) TLSs seated crowd watching jai-alai game in progress. LSs jai-alai court (in BG), spectators (in FG). Jai Alai.
Jai-Alai (Crowds, Players, Ticket Taking, Betting, etc)
Rear view MS jai-alai player bouncing ball on court, preparing to serve. Great panning TLSs jai-alai game in progress (cam on court for very kinetic, frantic feel). Panning MSs jai-alai players (including one rather unprofessional man wearing white t-shirt & blue jeans) bouncing, serving ball on jai-alai court. Nice MS player in t-shirt & blue jeans leaping, volleying ball off wall. TLSs jai-alai game in progress (serving, volleying, returning, etc). Jai Alai. High angle LS crowd making for exit, others still seated at jai-alai theater. H/a MS four seated old men (senior citizens) perusing jai-alai betting programs; gambling. H/a LS seated crowd, jai-alai players standing on stage & waving to crowd before running off-stage. Panning LS crowded balcony, floor; stop at jai-alai game in progress; quick pan to starting shot, repeat.
Jai-Alai (Crowds, Players, Ticket Taking, Betting, etc)
MSs people holding tickets, passing through turnstile at jai-alai arena (no faces, only torso & legs; in certain instances this could easily pass for concert goers entering arena for rock show); young white man wearing dirty blue jeans w/ tucked-in shirt & black leather belt; a white woman wearing a t-shirt featuring the Playboy bunny appears briefly; young white woman wearing open-toe sandals, bell-bottom polyester pants; portly woman in unflattering pink dress; dark-skinned man wearing dark t-shirt & white jeans. Great MS middle-aged Hispanic man in dark suit taking tickets, tearing them in half & giving attendees the stubs as they pass through turnstile (could pass for concert-goers entering concert hall for rock show); fashions are typically 1970s: bell bottom pants, plaid pants, cheeky mini-skirts, etc. Rear view MS of same (though only adults pass through in this shot). MSs adults (mostly) & young adults passing by and/or purchasing tickets at ticket booth (ticket counter, box office) advertising 75 cent matinee seats; Caucasian, Hispanic, African-American -- a melting pot, if you will; fashions for men include feathery long hair, polyester everything, funky facial hair, "Teddy Bear" caps. TLS/MSs betting agents working at counter, people placing bets or waiting to place bets. Gambling. Betting. Wager. Wagering.
Jai-Alai (Crowds, Players, Ticket Taking, Betting, etc)
TLS main facade of Miami Jai-Alai arena; zoom in to TLS crowd of mostly older adults filing into building. Over the shoulder MS box office agent counting money in enclosed booth while people mill about in lobby; pan & focus to ticket agent taking money, issuing tickets (money exchange, goods & service, ticket purchase through little window). TLS main facade of Miami Jai-Alai arena; zoom in to TLS crowd of mostly older adults filing into building.