(9 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST
Komiza, Croatia, 5/6 December 2008
1. Pan left from waves crashing against wall to Komiza harbour
2. Wide of fishing boats in the harbour
3. Mid of trawler
4. Zoom into a procession of people carrying a statue of Saint Nicholas down the stairs of a church
5. Close-up of Saint Nicholas's statue
6. Mid of Saint Nicholas's statue is brought into another church
7. Wide of four priests at the altar in front of congregation
8. Mid of women listening to mass
9. Wide of a girl on a balcony, listening and watching mass
10. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Marija Greget, Komiza resident:
"My father was a fisherman and he sailed all over the world and he drowned. Saint Nicholas saved him. Not once, several times. That is why we worship him. We'll come to the church even in bad weather, even if it is raining."
11. Wide of fishing boats at the waterfront
12. Mid of a fisherman washing his equipment on his boat
13. Wide of a fisherman watching out to the distance
14. Mid of Bishop Saint Nicholas parish priest, Father Sime Vrsalovic, reading in his office
15. Rear view of Sime is writing
16. Close-up of Sime's profile
17. SOUNDBITE (Croatian): Father Sime Vrsalovic, Bishop of Saint Nicholas parish priest:
"When they were aligned to the Saint Nicholas church, they would stop for a moment, take their hats off, greet Saint Nicholas and say a prayer: Saint Nicholas, help us with our voyage and fishing."
5 December 2008
18. Trailer drags an old boat to be burnt and sacrificed
19. Wide of men offloading the boat into the courtyard of the Saint Nicholas church
20. Men lifting the boat
21. SOUNDBITE (Croatian): Jaksa Marinkovic, Komiza resident:
"This boat was everything to us, it was like a family member. Even more than that. Before, when the factory was operational, when we sold sardines to the factory, many members of every family used to work there. Some worked on boats, some in the factory. We were attached to the boats, to fishing and this tradition for many years."
6 December 2008
22. Wide of villagers gatherimg around the sacrificial boat
23. Close up of a man taking photograph
24. Pan left of a tourist filming the burning boat
25. Wide of the burning boat
26. Close-up of the boat's bow burning
27. Wide of the burning boat
28. Mid of the burning boat
29. Close-up of remnants burning
5 December 2008.
30. SOUNDBITE (Croatian): Father Sime Vrsalovic, Bishop Saint Nicholas parish priest:
"That fire and that light indicate the light of Christ's doctrine and Christ's Gospel. And Jesus said: 'I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness' Therefore, this fire represents Jesus' spiritual light."
31. Pan right across Komiza port
LEAD IN
The ancient custom of burning a boat in honour of St Nicholas the Traveller still happens to this day in Croatia.
This year too, on December 6, the inhabitants and numerous guests gathered around a ritual fire in front of the church of St Nicholas, the patron saint of the fishing village of Komiza.
STORYLINE
Komiza is located in a deep bay on the west side of Croatia's island of Vis.
The waves and a lack of fertile land have created a community reliant on fishing and the fruits of the sea for its survival.
Fishing first developed here as an industry under the Venetian reign, making Komiza an important trader in seafood in the Adriatic.
Venetian authorities recorded in the 16th century that the fishermen of Komiza caught three million tons of sardines in just one day.
Komiza resident, Marija Greget, says her father was a fisherman who sailed all over the world.
Keyword wacky
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