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NAME: NKO ARIRANG2 20090810I TAPE: EF09/0760 IN_TIME: 10:27:27:16 DURATION: 00:02:00:07 SOURCES: APTN DATELINE: Pyongyang - 10 Aug 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST Pyongyang - 10 August 2009 1. Wide of performers during build up to torch lighting at May Day Stadium 2. Zoom into torch as it is lit, pull out to wide of performers 3. Various of performance 4. Performers waving flags 5. Wide of performers creating the Korean word for "Independence" 6. Wide of audience watching 7. Wide of performance in front of North Korean national flag image 8. Wide of audience watching 9. Various of children performing 10. Pull out from performers to wide, with display in background reading: (Korean) "A Thriving Nation. 2012" 11. Pan across roof of stadium during fireworks at end of performance STORYLINE North Korea put on a massive show of synchronised dance and gymnastics on Monday night, in a performance that this year is promoting the country's stated aim of achieving prosperity by 2012, the year which will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the country's founding leader. APTN North Korea filmed thousands of spectators watching choreographed, colourful and lavish spectacle at Pyongyang's May Day Stadium. The performance, called "Arirang" after a folk story well-known in both North and South Korea, features a cast of approximately 100-thousand, according to organisers. Many of the performers are schoolchildren and students. "Arirang" displays dance and gymnastics in a way that North Korea has honed over decades of similar mass performances. Thousands of North Korean schoolchildren are trained to make the backdrop of the performance, holding flashcards, which they change in rapid sequence according to an exact grid, creating a changing screen displaying images and slogans. This year's performance is expected to run until October. In previous years, "Arirang" has continued its run longer than expected. According to foreign travel agencies that specialise in tours to North Korea, tickets for foreigners to watch "Arirang" this year cost from 56 to 340 US dollars each. International visitors described their appreciation after Monday's performance. "It was really breathtaking. I have never seen something similar in the rest of the world," Albrecht Thomas, a German tourist told APTN North Korea. "Arirang" was first staged in 2002, and since then it has been put on in 2005, 2007, and 2008.
Footage Information
Source | ABCNEWS VideoSource |
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Title: | North Korea Arirang 2 - EDIT Arirang performance takes place in North Korea |
Date: | 08/10/2009 |
Library: | APTN |
Tape Number: | VSAP615730 |
Content: | NAME: NKO ARIRANG2 20090810I TAPE: EF09/0760 IN_TIME: 10:27:27:16 DURATION: 00:02:00:07 SOURCES: APTN DATELINE: Pyongyang - 10 Aug 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST Pyongyang - 10 August 2009 1. Wide of performers during build up to torch lighting at May Day Stadium 2. Zoom into torch as it is lit, pull out to wide of performers 3. Various of performance 4. Performers waving flags 5. Wide of performers creating the Korean word for "Independence" 6. Wide of audience watching 7. Wide of performance in front of North Korean national flag image 8. Wide of audience watching 9. Various of children performing 10. Pull out from performers to wide, with display in background reading: (Korean) "A Thriving Nation. 2012" 11. Pan across roof of stadium during fireworks at end of performance STORYLINE North Korea put on a massive show of synchronised dance and gymnastics on Monday night, in a performance that this year is promoting the country's stated aim of achieving prosperity by 2012, the year which will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the country's founding leader. APTN North Korea filmed thousands of spectators watching choreographed, colourful and lavish spectacle at Pyongyang's May Day Stadium. The performance, called "Arirang" after a folk story well-known in both North and South Korea, features a cast of approximately 100-thousand, according to organisers. Many of the performers are schoolchildren and students. "Arirang" displays dance and gymnastics in a way that North Korea has honed over decades of similar mass performances. Thousands of North Korean schoolchildren are trained to make the backdrop of the performance, holding flashcards, which they change in rapid sequence according to an exact grid, creating a changing screen displaying images and slogans. This year's performance is expected to run until October. In previous years, "Arirang" has continued its run longer than expected. According to foreign travel agencies that specialise in tours to North Korea, tickets for foreigners to watch "Arirang" this year cost from 56 to 340 US dollars each. International visitors described their appreciation after Monday's performance. "It was really breathtaking. I have never seen something similar in the rest of the world," Albrecht Thomas, a German tourist told APTN North Korea. "Arirang" was first staged in 2002, and since then it has been put on in 2005, 2007, and 2008. |
Media Type: | Summary |