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1. “West Wing” signage
2. Walk-thru exhibit entrance
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on the exhibit:
“So we’re really excited to be, to be celebrating the West Wing’s 25th anniversary, because not only is obviously the 25th anniversary of one of the most influential shows in broadcast TV over the past several decades, but it’s an election year and it’s the perfect time to be revisiting this show that really presents an idealized version of what we would all love the White House to really be, and the people who work inside the White House.”
4. Pan of costume display
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on the costumes:
“So, we have costumes from all of the main cast members of The West Wing.”
6. Pan exhibit from podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on the exhibit:
“We have recreated the press briefing room that C.J. Cregg, as Allison Janney’s character would brief the press every episode. This is a terrific opportunity to take photos, you know, for anybody who’s visiting."
8. Medium of CJ’s fishbowl
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on CJ’s fishbowl:
“One great element of the show was there was kind of these Easter eggs, these little things that would be in C.J.’s goldfish bowl in every episode. Fans a lot of looking for that. We’ve collected some of the best and most kind of memorable artifacts there. So, you can take a look for yourself here.”
10. Close pan up on fish bowl objects
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on the scripts:
“We’ve also assembled some of the show’s most memorable scripts.”
12. Tracking shot of hanging scripts
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on the scripts:
“Many of which were written by Aaron Sorkin. So, we have those there.”
14. Annotated script from show
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on the scripts:
“And then we actually have John Spencer’s actual script from one of the episodes, including all of the notes that he made. So that’s terrific to have as well. And then a signed pilot script from the entire cast.”
16. Signed pilot script
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on the set model:
“And here we have an entire a replica of what the West Wing set looked like. And you really need to see this and to see this, to appreciate how incredible the production design was on this, especially for them to be able to film their walk-and-talks.”
18. Orbital shot around the replica of the set
19. Wall of artifacts from series
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on the scripts:
“We have more artifacts from the series, including the White House badges worn by everybody on the staff. We have Toby’s rubber ball here. A lot of other items from the various campaigns that we saw throughout the run of the show.”
21. Pan of display case
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on costume display:
“We have some more costumes from Rob Lowe and Josh Malina’s characters.”
23. Tilt-up on oval office door
+++NOTE: Shot overlayed of video peeking into oval office+++
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on the oval office:
“And here you’re able to kind of have this opportunity to peek in into the Oval Office and get an idea of what’s been going on there, as the show kind of gave you a look.”
25. Pan of character footwear
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on episodes being shown during the exhibit:
27. Pan the room to see script pages adorn the walls
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Lynch, curator – on the script pages:
29. Walk-thru of the exhibit
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