RIVER

Duration              #  60 to 70 Seconds

Language            #  Hindi

Format                #  High Definition

Location              #  A ghat of a major river like Ganga, Yamuna or Gomati in Northern India.

TREATMENT

The intention of this spot is to inform the viewers, about the misuse of a river. A day’s happening at one of the ghats. The audio-track will have music mixed with the ambience of the location.

 

SCRIPT

SHOT#1     Black Screen

Caption : 0530 Hours

Fade in

The entire frame has a dominance of bluish tint. A middle aged person comes to the ghat to clean his back, after defecation. The camera follows him in a mid long shot.

Fade out.

 

SHOT#2       Black Screen

Caption : 0715 Hours

Fade in

The sun has just risen. The camera focuses on a person who is cleaning his tongue, while several persons are seen in the background, out of focus.

The camera tracks in from medium to close shot, who after cleaning his tongue, spits on the river. The character has a rim light, from the rising sun.

Fade out

 

SHOT#3          Black Screen

Caption : 0910 Hours

Fade in

Medium long shot. A group of women chatting casually and washing clothes with detergent.  A few of them are drying their clothes on the ghat, in the background.

Fade out.

SHOT#4      Black Screen

Caption : 1123 Hours

Fade in

A dead body of an animal floating in the river. It is a prey for a couple of crows.  The camera pans in medium shot, along the dead body.  The light is toppish and harsh.

 

SHOT#5        Black Screen

Caption : 1415 Hours

Fade in

A herd of cattle is brought by a farmer for bathing.

The shot begins with the cattle entering the water. The farmer sprinkles water on their soiled bodies.

Fade out.

 

SHOT#6      Black Screen

Caption : 1750 Hours

Fade in

Evening light. The yellow colour is dominant.

By the side of the bank, on a heavy stone, a person in early fifty’s is seen washing his face. He then, discharges his nasal mucosa onto the river. The camera initially holds the person in the mid-long shot. His reflection is seen in the water.

With the nasal discharge, the camera tilts down to reveal a human excreta at the river bed, and the water floating over it.

Fade out.

 

SHOT#7       Black Screen

Caption : 1812 Hours

Fade in

Camera is positioned almost same level as that of the water. The frame is dominantly occupied by the river, while the upper one-third is covered by the setting sun.

To begin with, the frame is empty. We see only the water flowing. The corpse of an infant is placed on the water – it floats.

The crowd then, release the corpse – it floats away from the camera.

Fade out

 

SHOT#8    Black Screen

Caption : Each Moment

A tannery in the background, while the ghat of the river is in the foreground.                         The camera intends to capture the difference in the colour of discharged water from the tannery with that of the river-water.

The factory could be mild out of focus. The smoke from the factory, covers a large portion of the sky.

Fade out.

CAPTION

WATER IS LIFE. DON’T TAKE ITS LIFE