Traditional theatre festival in Tehran

(22 Jul 2011) SHOTLIST
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Tehran, Iran - July 17, 2011
1. Wide of the 15th Tehran International Ritual-Traditional Theatre Festival in progress in streets near Theatre Shahr (City Theatre) complex
2. Mid of young boy and girl dancers performing in traditional outfits
3. Mid of boys dancing with wooden sticks
4. Close of festival's logo
5. Wide of artists performing Parde-Khani (kind of historical storytelling with illustrative paintings used as a backdrop for performance art)
6. Close of storyteller recounting the story of Abraham
7. Wide of people watching the narration
8. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Abolfazl Varmazyar, Parde Khani storyteller:
"The Ritual-Traditional Festival is held annually or biannually to keep alive our rites, custom and traditions. During the festival, different kinds of dramas, interludes and other stage performances with themes inspired from Iran's literature are performed. It is an excellent festival."
9. Mid of man with a peepshow
10. Close of boy looking into peepshow
11. Wide of Theatre Shahr exterior
12. Focus pull from face of nomad woman to coloured beads hanging in foreground
13. Mid of foreign tourists taking photos with Turkmen headgear from northeastern Iran
14. Tilt down from banner reading (English) "The 15th Tehran International Ritual-Traditional Theatre Festival" to children drawing
15. Close of father's hand helping his son draw with coloured pencil
16. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Sasan Rasoulpour, resident of Tehran:
"Those who are not familiar with their own culture are far from their origin. I think it is important that all people get to know their native culture."
17. Tilt up of backdrop illustrations showing the Battle of Karbala (680 AD whereby Prophet Muhammad's grandson and 3rd Shiite saint was killed) used for Ta'zieh (historical passion-plays depicting sufferings of Shiite religious leaders and other religious stories)
18. Wide of a Ta'zieh stage and actors
19. Mid of actors acting out the story of Cain and Abel, children of Adam and Eve
20. Close of man playing trumpet to accompany show
21. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Toumaj Danesh Behzadi, theatre actor:
"Unfortunately, little or no effort is made in our country to introduce our traditions and shows to the world because we are not very familiar with them ourselves. We only approach them for a limited period of time like this festival. Look at the crowd here - it should be like this more often."
22. Pan of people applauding
23. Close of teapots and samovar from old Iranian coffee houses
24. Close of coloured glass window
25. Pan from ceiling of Ghahve-Khane (coffeehouse) to man playing Tar (lute) instrument
26. Close of man playing lute
27. Close of audience laughing
28. Zoom in to actors performing comedy show for traditional Iranian coffee house
29. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Morshed (nickname meaning mentor) Mohsen Mirza Ali, young storyteller:
"When you watch a live performance or song, it will influence you for days and words you have heard will remain in your mind, giving you a positive energy. Our traditional arts have the same benefit too and influence audiences positively. If it is credited by the authorities and more people get attracted to them, it will surely have many benefits for society."
30. Wide of Morshed Mohsen narrating a story

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