The Citadel, Afternoon (Continued)
The Citadel, Afternoon (Continued)
03:13:44:- tight LS's and MS's of construction workers restoring a patio area of the Citadel (all are working with new wood). LS's of workers tending to the grounds by the side of path by the side of a small lake. CU of an ancient ceremonial drum being struck with a pice of wood. EST shot of a Citadel tower, pan L to immediate grounds. MS of construction workers working in a pavillion, seen through a window (nice shot). CU of two small cannonball holes in a wall. More EST shots of the Citadel's weathered, neglected pavillion buildings. 03:17:15:- EST shots of a semi-restored building on Citadel grounds, adjacent to a courtyard. MS's of people exiting the temple-like building. MS of a woman leading her child back into the building; a Buddhist monk (in brown robes... Theravada?) walks out. CU detail of an ornate dragon sculpture atop the building. EST shot as a Buddhist nun in yellow robes walks out and into the courtyard. MS's of carved pillars in the courtyard as monks, laymen and cart-pushers pass by. MS's of two women tending the grounds, a horse grazing behind them. MS of ornate stone pavillions. Zooming (out) LS of a wall partly destroyed by shell fire; panning tight LS of same. Tight LS of people walking on a path, pan R to 2 horses grazing in a field. MS's of the video producer talking to people, pan L to them (includes two Buddhist nuns in yellow robes). Many MS's of the producer talking to them, exchanging business cards... sort of. 03:28:25:- EST shots of the Citadel's inner pavillions, all ruined or falling apart; old stone buildings, some damaged by shellfire, others subjected to weather and vegetation overgrowth. EST shots of a pavillion with several bronze urns outside it. MS's and CU's of a woman rubbing charcoal on one of the urns, specifically over a design of a peacock; she places a cloth over the area and taps a rubber mallet on the cloth, leaving an artistic impression on the cloth. Good LS's of the sun setting over a stone pavillion.