Traditional mask making in Thailand

Описание: (18 Oct 2010)
AP Television
Bangkok, Thailand, 16th August 2010
1. Close of a white "Khon" mask, a headpiece used in traditional Thai dancing and other rituals
2. Mid of Khon masks next to one another
3. Mid of Prateep Rodpai, Khon mask maker working on an unfinished mask
4. Close of the maker's hands working on the face of the mask
5. Wide of Prateep sitting at his working station, a wooden bench where unfinished masks and tools
6. Close of Prateep's fingers applying clay on a Khon mask
7. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Prateep Rodpai, Khon Mask Maker:
"Since (Khon mask making) is a family business, it's something my children can inherit. It won't fade away anytime soon. However, the extinction might take place after two next generations if modernity seeps in and the new generations of children turn more toward western culture."
8. Close of a hand picking out soft clay from a mould
9. Wide of Prateep's wife Pinthip and daughter Kaem working together on a Khon mask
10. Close of a hand putting decorative clay on the head part of the mask
11. Tilt-up from a piece of clay to the face of Prateep's daughter
12. Wide of Prateep drawing on a mask, with his family in the background
13. Close of a paintbrush being used to draw a pink line on a white mask
14. Pan from the mask in Prateep's hand to his face
15. Wide of Prateep working with his daughter sitting walking by
16. Pan of a row of finished Khon masks to a worker
17. Close of mirror plates bearing reflection of a mask
18. Close of mirror plates being cut as part of mask decoration
19. Close of a crafter's face
20. Close of hands and scissors cutting mirrors into tiny pieces
21. Mid of shaped tiny mirrors falling into a container
22. Tilt-up from a row of Khon masks on the holders to one mask picked up by Prateep
23. Mid of a hand holding a bunch of joss sticks pointed at one of several candles in a room where a worshipping ceremony takes place
24. Close of joss sticks lit up by the candle
25. Wide of a shaman, Somkiat Sukkumnert, praying in front of a shrine
26. Mid of Somkiat's silhouette while he is praying, with a garland hanging at a window in the background
27. Pan from the shrine to the praying shaman
28. Mid of a Khon mask used in the ceremony with a burning candle in the foreground
29. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Somkiat Sukkumnert, Shaman:
"The Khon mask represents the symbol of gods in heaven. Every constellation or every year, a day must be designated as a ceremonial day for followers to worship the gods."
30. Tilt-up from a Khon mask in Somkiat's hand to his face while he chants
31. Wide of Somkiat sitting on his legs, carrying the mask and looking upward while praying
32. Mid of Somkiat holding the mask
33. Close of Somkiat's face
34. Mid of Somkiat putting the mask on half of his face and praying
35. Mid of Somkiat with a mask on, with a big candle at the foreground
36. Mid of two students in Khon costumes picking up Khon masks to wear, in preparation for a school performance
37. Wide of a Khon dancer make a wheel during a rehearsal
38. Mid of Pornchai Sripraram, a teacher who coaches the dance, claps his hands to dictate dance rhythm to the dancers
39. Wide of Khon dancers standing in rows, rehearsing the dance moves
40. Mid of a Khon dancer in a full costume rehearsing
41. Wide of Khon performers practicing the dance moves
42. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Pornchai Sripraram, Dance Coach:
43. Wide of dancers doing a wheel move on the stage before hundreds of spectators
44. Tilt down of a performer on stage
45. Close of two performers dancing together
46. Various of the dance moves
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