(23 Sep 2024)
RUSSIA FOUNTAINS
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St. Petersburg, Russia – 20 September 2024
1. Wide of fireworks above palace and illuminated fountains
2. Close of Samson fountain
3. Various of show and video projection on palace facade
4. Wide pans right of fireworks in sky
5. Wide of people watching fountains
6. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Gleb Leshtinskiy, Art director of Festival of Fountains:
"We modelled it all on a virtual stage, and for a month and a half we were finding the exact accents for the video, and the lasers, and the pyrotechnics. And then we had two nights of rehearsals here. At night, because it’s impossible to rehearse during the day. Two nights of rehearsals took place here."
7. Various of show with fireworks, illuminations and fountains
8. Close of video projection on palace showing golden fish and winking cat
9. Wide of show
10. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Gleb Leshtinskiy, Art director of Festival of Fountains:
"(Alexander) Pushkin is something we know by heart. So that any line, any event is a trigger for Pushkin’s stanzas and lines to sound in our heads. But looking at my children, I see that this is a little different now. The amount of information, the amount of content is growing, increasing. And so the task is to interest, to attract attention and to show that much, including the language we speak, all this comes from Pushkin. That was the task."
11. Various of performance of fisherman and goldfish from Pushkin’s fairytale ‘The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish’
12. Various of crystal coffin from Pushkin’s fairytale ‘The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights’
13. Mid of people carrying model of the sorcerer Chernomor from Pushkin’s fairytale ‘Ruslan and Lyudmila’
14. Tracking shot of actor dressed as Ruslan carrying magic sword
UPSOUND: (Russian) "Insidious sorcerer, carry me to my Lyudmila, Chernomor!"
15. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Roman Kocherzhevskiy, Director of content at Lower Park:
"This year the festival is being held in an expanded format and the usual main show on the Grand Cascade is now preceded by a large promenade along the Lower Park, which begins at 6 pm. We give all viewers the opportunity to walk through all the locations at their own pace. The locations are dedicated to (Alexander) Pushkin’s fairy tales."
16. Over the shoulder of crowd watching theatrical performance
17. Mid tilt up of actors performing
18. Various of large puppet and actor interacting with visitors UPSOUND: (Russian) "We are bringing joy to the holiday, come to us!"
19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Roman Kocherzhevskiy, Director of content at Lower Park:
"Viewers can walk through and stop at a location for five minutes or ten minutes, and each scene plays in a loop, and so we let people walk through everything, all the locations, during the evening."
20. Various of puppet figures of Alexander Pushkin and Peter the Great walking
21. Tracking shot of people walking
22. Tracking shot of illuminated trees
23. Various of people posing for photos with multicolour cube and taking selfies
24. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Roman Kovrikov, General director of Peterhof State Museum Reserve:
25. Various of fountains and people experiencing the festival
STORYLINE:
LEADIN:
A festival in St Petersburg, Russia is paying tribute to writer Alexander Pushkin with a series of water, light, laser and fireworks displays.
STORYLINE:
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