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Script |
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10:00:00:00 |
Wide of burning Aleppo buildings as seen through crack in wall TEXT: Aleppo, Syria |
Music, Actuality |
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10:00:09:12 |
Wide of fighter about to cross junction |
Fighter actuality TEXT: “Stay back, stay back” |
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10:00:17:21 |
Wide of fighter about to cross junction |
Fighter actuality TEXT: “I don’t need covering fire” |
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10:00:22:06 |
Wide of fighter running across alley |
Actuality |
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10:00:26:00 |
Mid shot of ABU MUHAMMED walked towards alley, reaction to tank blast |
Actuality |
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10:00:33:12 |
Mid of destroyed buildings |
Actuality |
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10:00:35:19 |
Wide of ABU MUHAMMED, fighter and reporter reacting to tank blast in distance |
Actuality |
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10:00:42:15 |
Wide of fighter and reporter running towards camera |
Fighter actuality TEXT: “It’s coming, it’s coming” |
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10:00:48:18 |
CU camera wild as reporter gets into car |
Reporter actuality TEXT: “Tank’s coming” |
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10:00:53:19 |
Wide of Aleppo, smoke rising amid several bomb blasts |
Title TEXT: Battle for Syria |
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10:01:08:18 |
Montage of various wides of street to street fighting in Aleppo (shot by FSA fighters) |
Actuality |
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10:01:19:07 |
Mid of ABU MUHAMMED getting out of car |
Actuality |
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10:01:22:24 |
Mid of ABU MUHAMMED getting out of car |
NARR: Since
defecting from the Syrian Army early in 2012, former colonel Abu Muhammed has
been trying to organise rebel forces. |
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10:01:27:16 |
Mid of ABU MUHAMMED talking to fighters in the street |
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10:01:33:15 |
Mid of 3 fighters preparing for battle |
Fighters TEXT: “God is great” |
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10:01:35:24 |
Wide of fighters waiting for battle |
Fighters: “Takbir! Allah-u-Akbar!” |
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10:01:38:01 |
Wide of fighters waiting for battle |
NARR: His
new comrades aren’t used to taking orders. |
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10:01:41:03 |
Wide of ABU MUHAMMED walking down the street |
Actuality: ABU MUAHMMED TEXT: “Why is there always this hatred between us” Fighter actuality TEXT: “I’m defending my land. I’m the one who faces the tanks. Do you really expect me to go out like this” ABU MUAHMMED TEXT: “Put your ammunition back” |
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10:01:55:14 |
ABU MUHAMMED and fighter react to tank blast |
Actuality Fighters: “Allah-u-Akbar” |
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10:01:59:11 |
Mid of fighters sitting and firing from behind barricade |
Actuality |
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10:02:09:23 |
Mid of fighters sitting and firing from behind barricade |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW TEXT: “Most of the revolutionaries are civilians” |
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10:02:13:02 |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW |
TEXT “In the army there are rules If you order a solder to do something and he fails… … you can discipline him, but you can’t do that here We have no discipline |
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10:02:26:01 |
Mid of fighters milling around, holding guns |
ABU MUHAMMED INTV TEXT “This is one of our biggest problems They don’t follow directions |
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10:02:31:04 |
Wide of fighters walking up the street |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW TEXT “We make plans and they don’t abide by them If they follow 15% of the plan, that’s a great result!” |
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10:02:39:15 |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW, mobile phone rings |
ABU MUHAMMED ACTUALITY on phone TEXT: “Yes, Abu Hussein, I’m at my location What can I do? I only have 6 rockets and about 600 bullets 600 bullets” |
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10:03:00:12 |
Mid of fighters sitting against a wall |
NARR: It’s
Abu Mohammed’s responsibility to distribute ammunition |
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10:03:05:08 |
Mid of fighters standing, holding RPGs |
NARR: and
the rebels fighting the Syrian Army on the frontline are running short. |
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10:03:07:19 |
Mid of 2 fighters, one on radio |
Actuality |
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10:03:11:12 |
ABU MUHAMMED sitting in garage, pan to mid of Mahmud |
Actuality TEXT: ABU MUHAMMED: “Mahmud Can you go to the car… …and open the boot and take 3 bags Each bag has 100 bullets Take them to the hospital road” |
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10:03:23:03 |
Mid of soldiers standing up and walking out building |
NARR: Salahuddin
district in Aleppo |
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10:03:27:21 |
Wide of fighters in back of pick up truck |
NARR: has
seen the bloodiest fighting since the civil war began. |
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10:03:32:10 |
Wide of fighters in back of pick up truck |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW TEXT “The army has taken key areas of Salahuddin |
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10:03:35:21 |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW |
TEXT: “They push tanks forward… …plant snipers and pull the tanks back The snipers clear the area in front The next day, the tanks advance past the snipers… …and then the snipers go forward again” |
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10:03:51:01 |
Wide of dump truck filled with stones turns |
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10:03:52:14 |
Wide of dump truck driving by, stones fall off |
NARR:
The
rebels use anything available to build barriers in a war where the frontline
is |
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10:03:37:16 |
Wide of fighters hunched behind wall made of stones |
NAR: constantly
changing. |
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10:03:59:13 |
Mid ABU MUHAMMED and fighters discuss tactics near the street |
Actuality: ABU MUHAMMED TEXT: “The army is moving back and forth.” Fighter TEXT: “We need local fighters, about 50 men” |
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10:04:08:12 |
Wide of fighters with guns alongside truck |
Actuality |
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10:04:10:11 |
Wide of civilians running inside from the street |
NARR: Government
soldiers have taken an important building |
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10:04:14:14 |
Wide of reporter and civilian running across a boulevard, camera follows |
NARR:
in
a nearby residential area. |
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10:04:23:13 |
CU of fighter preparing shells |
NARR:
The
rebels need to win it back, quickly. |
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10:04:27:14 |
Wide of fighters on top of AA gun on pickup truck |
Actuality |
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10:04:40:16 |
CU fighters loading shells for AA gun |
Actuality |
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10:04:43:00 |
Mid fighter adjusting AA gun on truck |
Actuality |
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10:04:45:21 |
Wide of fighter driving AA gun into street and firing |
Actuality |
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10:05:01:01 |
Wide of fighters holding guns on pavements |
Actuality |
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10:05:01:12 |
Wide of more fighters with guns waiting by garage |
NARR: They
claim to have killed 5 enemy soldiers while the others fled. |
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10:05:10:21 |
Low CU fighter POV from bed of retreating truck |
NARR: But
this can’t be confirmed. |
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10:05:13:15 |
CU of fighter smoking on bed of retreating truck |
Actuality |
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10:05:17:05 |
CU of fighter smoking on bed of retreating truck |
NARR: When
they return to base, some of their own men are missing. |
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10:05:19:18 |
Mid of fighters milling about in front of open door |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter: “We looked everywhere and couldn’t find them” Fighter 2: “Maybe they went the other way” |
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10:05:31:05 |
Wide of fighters cheering as car pulls up |
NARR: The missing men reappear with a defector who has left the Syrian army to join the rebels. |
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10:05:39:02 |
Mid of fighters cheering, milling around |
Actuality TEXT Fighter: “He has just defected” |
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10:05:40:23 |
CU of DEFECTOR being congratulated by fighters, lifted onto shoulders |
Actuality TEXT Fighter: “This soldier has just defected from Assad’s dogs” |
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10:05:49:00 |
CU of DEFECTOR on fighter’s shoulders, pull to wide of celebration, shots fired into air |
NARR: The
government of Bashar al-Assad is mainly from the minority Alawites. But most
of the population is made up of Sunni Muslims who’ve suffered under Assad’s
repressive regime. |
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10:06:03:02 |
DEFECTOR INTW |
DEFECTOR TEXT: “I left the regular Syrian Army… …because I didn’t want to kill my own people The Sunnis” |
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10:06:10:14 |
Wide top shot of Aleppo |
Music |
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10:06:12:21 |
Wide top shot of Aleppo |
NARR: With
two-and-a-half million people, |
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10:06:14:19 |
Wide top shot of cars driving in Aleppo |
NARR: Aleppo
is Syria’s largest city. |
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10:06:16:24 |
Wide of Aleppo |
NARR: It’s
the country’s commercial centre |
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10:06:19:13 |
Wide of Aleppo |
NARR:
and its citadel is one of the oldest structures in the world |
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10:06:25:14 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI and fighter walking up stairs |
Music |
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10:06:28:06 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI and fighter walking up stairs |
NARR: In
one of its suburbs, a group of fighters are taking a |
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10:06:31:08 |
CU tilt up of rifle |
NARR: couple
of days before returning to battle. |
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10:06:35:14 |
Various Mids and CUs of fighters at rest |
Music Fighters: “Allah-u-Akbar!” |
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10:06:41:04 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI talking with other fighters |
NARR: Their
young commander, Abu Bakri, was chosen to lead having shown immense bravery
on the battlefield. |
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10:06:48:14 |
CU of ABU BAKRI talking with other fighters |
ABU BAKRI INTW TEXT: “I finished compulsory military service in 2006” |
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10:06:51:23 |
ABU BAKRI INTW |
ABU BAKRI INTW TEXT: “Then I went back to my studies And by Allah’s grace went on to study economics at the University of Aleppo That was me, until the revolution started” |
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10:07:08:04 |
Top shot mid of fighters milling around |
Actuality: “Takbir! Allah-u-Akbar” |
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10:07:10:14 |
Top shot mid of fighters milling around |
NARR: At
first, Abu Bakri had joined |
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10:07:12:15 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI talking to fighter and reporter |
NARR: peaceful
demonstrations. But everything changed when he was |
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10:07:16:07 |
Mid of fighter hiding face with baseball cap |
NARR: arrested
and tortured. |
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10:07:18:19 |
ABU BAKRI INTW |
ABU BAKRI TEXT “The way they beat people, it became clear that… …they had no conscience about their actions” |
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10:07:24:23 |
Mid of fighter wrapped in ammo holding gun |
NARR: After
his release, he joined the rebels |
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10:07:29:19 |
Mid of fighter’s rifle |
ABU BAKRI INTW TEXT: “We organised groups” |
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10:07:32:02 |
ABU BAKRI INTW |
ABU BAKRI TEXT: “And together we began to liberate the city” |
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10:07:36:24 |
Fighter Footage Wide of Fighter firing shots off apartment balcony |
Actuality, Music |
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10:07:38:00 |
Fighter
Footage Wide of Fighter firing shots off apartment balcony |
NARR: One
of his men filmed this footage as the rebels advanced |
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10:07:41:06 |
Figher
Footage Mid profile shot of fighter firing off balcony |
NARR: through
the streets of Salahuddin. |
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10:07:44:03 |
Fighter Footage Mid of fighters shooting around corner of building |
Actuality, Music |
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10:07:47:06 |
Fighter
Footage Mid of ABU BAKRI loading AA gun on truck |
NARR: But
government forces have pushed back in recent days and the rebels were forced
to retreat to prepare a counterattack. |
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10:07:56:06 |
Mid top shop of ABU BAKRI and fighters standing around talking |
NARR: As
they wait, the fighters receive an SMS message |
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10:08:00:04 |
CU of SMS message in Arabic on mobile phone |
NARR: on
their mobile phones. |
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10:08:02:18 |
Mid of fighter approaching ABU BAKRI with other fighters to show him SMS message |
NARR: It’s
from the government. |
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10:08:06:03 |
Mid of fighter approaching ABU BAKRI with other fighters to show him SMS message |
ACTUALITY TEXT Reporter: “Abu Bakri, there’s a message here The Syrian Army advises the rebels… …to get out of Salahuddin. What do you think? ABU BAKRI: “What?” Reporter: “’Learn from Salahuddin and put down your weapons’” [Fighters jeer and laugh] ABU BAKRI: “That’s a new one” Fighter: “Tell them we’re coming back to Salahuddin” Reporter: “So what do you think?” ABU BAKRI: “It’s just propaganda When we were in Salahuddin, they said we weren’t in Salahuddin” Reporter: “Do you pay any attention to it?” ABU BAKRI: “Not at all” |
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10:08:36:23 |
CU of SMS message on phone |
Fighter Actuality TEXT “When we see this we laugh” |
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10:08:40:03 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI, Fighter, Reporter reading SMS message |
ABU BAKRI Actuality TEXT: “’Look out Aleppo, the Syrian Army is coming’” “And also” “’Protect Aleppo by informing on the terrorists’” “So we’re terrorists” (laughs) |
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10:08:52:05 |
Low CU of car tires spinning as they drive |
Music |
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10:08:45:06 |
Low CU of car tires spinning as they drive |
NARR: In
Salahuddin, |
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10:08:55:10 |
Mid of ABU MUHAMMED in road talking on radio |
NARR: things
are not going well for Abu Mohammed and his men. |
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10:08:59:02 |
Wide of fighter running down the street holding gun |
Music |
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10:09:02:21 |
CU of fighters crouched on frontline behind sandbags with gun |
NARR: They’re
almost out of ammunition. |
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10:09:06:09 |
Mid of fighter on AA gun truck looking to the sky |
Music |
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10:09:08:10 |
Mid of fighter on AA gun truck looking to the sky |
NARR: But their biggest problems are |
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10:09:09:22 |
Wide of aircraft in sky |
NARR: attacks
from the air |
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10:09:12:02 |
Wide of two corpses in road |
NARR: and
snipers |
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10:09:18:22 |
Mid of ABU SOMER in street |
ABU SOMER Actuality TEXT: “They set up at the end of the park on top the buildings Look over there On the mosque minaret and on the tall buildings |
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10:09:32:18 |
Mid of corpses in road |
ABU SOMER Actuality TEXT: “They formed a line of snipers |
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10:09:36:02 |
Mid of ABU SOMER in street |
ABU SOMER Actuality TEXT: “And targeted everybody, young, old and women |
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10:09:43:08 |
CU of corpse’s arm |
Music |
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10:09:47:05 |
Mid of male corpse in front seat of yellow car |
Music |
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10:09:49:02 |
CU of male corpse in front seat of yellow car |
NARR: A
man throws his arms around his wife in a last desperate attempt to save her. |
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10:09:58:04 |
CU of boy’s corpse in back seat |
NARR: Their
young son lies in the back. |
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10:10:02:01 |
Mid of back of car with broken windscreen |
NARR: The
rebels thought they had killed all the snipers. |
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10:10:06:14 |
CU low shot |
NARR: But
a shot narrowly missed our team, |
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10:10:08:15 |
Wide of ABU SOMER and fighters against stone wall |
NARR: forcing
them to take cover. |
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10:10:14:02 |
Wide of ABU SOMER looking for sniper, camera lowers and crawls along wall, runs across |
Music |
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10:10:28:12 |
Wide of ABU SOMER and fighters against |
NARR: They
can’t find the last sniper and the rebels must prevent civilians from
wandering into the line of fire. |
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10:10:43:03 |
Mid of rebel fighter talking to Father with two young daughters |
NARR: This
father and his daughters were stopped just in time. |
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10:10:48:20 |
Mid of Father and two daughters in street |
Father and fighter Actuality TEXT Father: “Can I come back tomorrow?” Fighter: “God willing” Fighter: “The situation changes every half hour You can’t come this way for the sake of you and your children” Father: “Are you telling me they will get killed?” Fighter: “Don’t be scared” |
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10:11:04:15 |
Wide of Father and two girls walking away down the street |
Actuality, Music |
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10:11:11:05 |
Wide of Aleppo with rubble in foreground, burning buildings in the background |
NARR: Already,
a quarter of a million people have fled Aleppo. |
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10:11:15:05 |
Black |
NARR: But
many others remain, despite attacks from government jets, |
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10:11:19:05 |
Wide of back of family laden with bags walking away |
NARR: Helicopter
gun ships and tanks |
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10:11:11:24 |
Wide of back of family laden with bags walking away |
NARR: Some
blame the rebels for the destruction. |
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10:11:23:20 |
Wide of fighters running across the street |
NARR:
Because
everywhere the rebels go, Assad’s forces attack. |
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10:11:29:02 |
Wide of OLD MAN and 2 young boys at road side, pan to mid of fighter and reporter walking down the road from the back |
OLD MAN Actuality TEXT: OLD MAN: “Why are you destroying the world?” Fighter: “We started with one bullet We have God on our side OLD MAN: “But civilians are victims. We are being bombarded” Fighter: “The people of Homs put up with it for 18 months” |
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10:11:46:01 |
Wide from below of three boys hanging out of window ledge |
NARR: The
father of these young boys tells us he can’t leave. |
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10:11:51:15 |
FATHER TWO CU up to neck |
NARR: Fearing
the regime, he asks us not to show his face. |
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10:11:56:11 |
FATHER TWO INTW |
FATHER TWO INTW TEXT: “It’s not a question of danger |
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10:11:59:08 |
Wide of street |
FATHER TWO INTW TEXT: “I worked hard all my life to buy this house” |
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10:12:02:08 |
Wide of balconies from below |
FATHER TWO INTW TEXT: “Better for me to die here” |
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10:12:05:02 |
FATHER TWO CU up to neck |
FATHER TWO INTW TEXT: “We try our best to keep them inside” |
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10:12:09:17 |
Wide of 3 boys on windowsill |
FATHER TWO INTW TEXT: “We’re in God’s hands It’s His will if we live or die” |
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10:12:16:17 |
CU of young woman in beige scarf and sunglasses |
NARR: A
young woman with only a First Aid certificate has to tend the wounded. |
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10:12:21:21 |
YOUNG WOMAN INTW |
YOUNG WOMAN INTW: “They are babies, |
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10:12:23:10 |
CU of baby on table getting stitches in face |
YOUNG WOMAN INTW: they are little kids, two years, two years. Three years, four years. |
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10:12:30:23 |
Mid of little boy on hospital bed covered in blood |
YOUNG WOMAN INTW: “They are wounded. Injured. In their – in their homes” |
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10:12:35:24 |
Wide of man carrying belongings across the street |
NARR: Anyone
who can, is getting out. |
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10:12:40:22 |
Wide of car loaded with belongings |
Actuality |
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10:12:43:07 |
Wide of van loaded with mattresses driving down the street |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter at checkpoint: “What’s happening?” |
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10:12:46:04 |
CU of family crowded into van |
Actuality TEXT: Van Driver: “They’re bombing everyone. We’re scared for the kids” |
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10:12:49:11 |
CU of Van driving away into the distance |
Actuality |
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10:12:57:21 |
INTW with Man in sunglasses standing in the street |
Sunglasses Man INTW TEXT: “Most people have left, only the poor remain” |
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10:13:02:12 |
Wide of Family of five walking down the street |
Sunglasses Man INTW TEXT: “Those without means can’t escape” |
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10:13:06:03 |
Sunglasses Man INTW |
Sunglasses Man INTW TEXT: “If you go out, you risk being killed by a sniper’s bullet or a bomb” |
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10:13:11:15 |
Wide of pram in road |
Sunglasses Man INTW TEXT: “If you go out, you risk being killed by
a sniper’s bullet or a bomb” |
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10:13:17:00 |
Wide of sunset over Aleppo |
NARR: Day
and night, the bombing is relentless. |
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10:13:23:14 |
CU of man running through doorway at night |
Actuality TEXT: “Everyone get off the streets, everyone go home” |
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10:13:30:06 |
Wide of men running in the streets at night after bombing |
Actuality TEXT: “Go inside” “Get off the streets” |
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10:13:35:00 |
Mid of line of damaged cars |
Actuality |
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10:13:37:20 |
Mid of man bent down hosing under car |
Actuality |
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10:13:41:18 |
Mid of bloodied feet of corpse in truck bed, |
Actuality, Music |
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10:13:45:16 |
CU of man looking at corpse in truck |
Actuality, Music |
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10:13:49:20 |
Mid of three men walking and looking upset |
Actuality, Music |
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10:13:51:24 |
Wide of men standing in front of truck |
NARR: In
a nearby apartment, exhausted rebel fighters |
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10:13:56:01 |
Mid of men lowering sheet over body |
NARR: Sing
of love and sacrifice |
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10:14:00:00 |
Mid of men lowering sheet over body |
Actuality singing TEXT: “Mother, death has come to me |
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10:04:05:24 |
CU bloodied hand under sheet on truck bed |
Actuality singing TEXT: “Let your heart forgive me” |
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10:14:08:20 |
Mid of three fighters sitting on floor singing |
Actuality singing TEXT: “Don’t cry for me, mother |
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10:14:16:09 |
CU fighter singing |
Actuality singing TEXT: “Because I’m going to heaven” |
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10:14:21:13 |
Mid of three fighters sitting on floor singing |
Actuality singing TEXT: “Don’t cry for me mother Because I’m going to heaven Let my blood touch the sand” |
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10:14:34:00 |
Fade to mid of three men lifting corpse on chair into bed of truck in the daytime |
Singing |
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10:14:39:04 |
Mid of corpse in truck bed |
Singing NARR: A
new morning, a new death |
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10:14:41:23 |
Wide of makeshift graveyard with tombstones |
NARR: As
the toll mounts, public gardens have been converted into |
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10:14:48:16 |
Wide of upturned earth in green space |
NARR: makeshift
graveyards to stem the threat of disease |
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10:14:51:14 |
Mid of men lifting headless corpse in camouflage into makeshift grave area |
NARR: from rotting bodies. |
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10:14:55:14 |
Wide of buildings taking fire from Syrian army |
Actuality |
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10:14:59:04 |
Wide of fighting |
Actuality |
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10:15:03:09 |
Wide of fighting, zoom in on ABU MUHAMMED exiting car |
NARR: Fighting
has broken out near Abu Muhammed’s headquarters on the edge of Salahuddin. |
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10:15:08:22 |
Wide of fighters in sandpit holding guns |
Actuality |
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10:15:13:02 |
Wide of fighters and ABU MUHAMMED following fighting |
NARR: Syrian
Army heavy machine guns are trying to clear a path for its soldiers to
advance towards the rebel position |
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10:15:24:06 |
Mid of ABU MUHAMMED walking towards fighters |
ABU MUHAMMED Actuality TEXT “Is the 14.5 ready?” Fighter: “Yes, it’s ready” |
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10:15:28:06 |
CU of fighter preparing AA shells, tilt up to his face |
Fighter Actuality TEXT “Only fire if you see the target Make Amin come back and help” |
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10:15:36:10 |
CU of shells being prepared on ground |
Actuality, Music |
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10:15:39:07 |
CU of Fighter feeding shells into AA gun |
Actuality, Music |
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10:15:41:10 |
Mid of fighter adjusting AA gun |
Music |
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10:15:43:14 |
Wide of white pick up truck mounted with AA gun rolling, Fighter firing gun |
NARR: As
his men hold the government forces back, Abu Mohammed has dispatched a small
group |
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10:15:52:10 |
Wide of fighter in red scarf holding gun |
NARR: to
sneak around them |
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10:15:55:14 |
CU from behind of ABU MUHAMMED driving car |
NARR: But
now they’ve run out of ammunition. |
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10:15:59:10 |
CU from rear Fighter in car and ABU MUAHMMED speaking to man in the street for directions |
Fighter Actuality TEXT: “The guys told said go through the side streets” Man: “Yes, they are in the side streets” Fighter: “So there’s definitely a way” ABU MUHAMMED “So where are they now?” Man: “You’ll see them at the 2nd junction” |
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10:16:09:09 |
Wide of street as car drives through POV passenger |
NARR: They
have to speed across junctions, where
government snipers |
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10:16:41:15 |
CU of ABU MUHAMMED in car, driving |
NARR: have
taken up positions. |
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10:16:16:20 |
Wide of car driving through street POV passenger |
Actuality |
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10:16:18:16 |
Mid of ABU MUHAMMED talking to fighters |
NARR: The men waiting for him aren’t happy, but he’s giving them everything he can spare. |
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10:16:25:06 |
CU of ABU MUHAMMED reaching into ammunition supply box |
ABU MUHAMMED Actuality TEXT: “Come, come come Stop arguing. Look, I don’t have any bullet cases This is two This is three” |
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10:16:38:10 |
CU of ABU MUHAMMED writing in log book |
NARR: They
have to account for every round. |
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10:16:44:05 |
Mid of ABU MUHAMMED getting RPG out of car trunk |
Actuality |
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10:16:47:09 |
ABU MUHAMMED hands two RPGs to fighter |
Fighter (off-camera) Actuality TEXT: “Tell him to shout, ‘God is great’” |
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10:16:49:20 |
CU of ABU MUHAMMED handing fighter two launchers |
NARR: But
their greatest problem is that this is a civilian army with little training |
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10:16:55:08 |
Mid of Fighter with RPG, ABU MUHAMMED and Fighter 2 |
Actuality TEXT Fighter 2: “He doesn’t have good marksmen” |
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10:16:57:17 |
Wide of street as Fighter with RPGs runs away |
Actuality Fighter 2 TEXT: “Go go go! Run!” |
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10:17:04:16 |
CU of ABU MUAHMMED drinking water from a plastic bottle |
Actuality TEXT: Off-camera: “What’s happening? Has the situation eased?” ABU MUHAMMED: “The military withdrew They tried to advance near al-Sai’d Bilaal mosque But the guys stopped them” |
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10:17:2319 |
Mid of fighters sitting against wall |
NARR: As
they rest for a moment, |
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10:17:27:05 |
Mid of ABU MUHAMMED and fighters talking |
NARR: they
receive a radio message. |
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10:17:28:14 |
Mid of ABU MUHAMMED and fighters talking |
Actuality TEXT Radio: “There is a tank by Salahuddin roundabout We need munitions and snipers. Quickly” ABU MUHAMMED: “Get ready guys Where’s the shooter?” Fighter with radio: “Go, go Nimeer” Fighter with radio: “Is that Abu Bakri?” ABU MUHAMMED (to camera) “There’s a tank near Salahuddin roundabout” |
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10:17:50:03 |
Wide of Aleppo with smoke rising |
NARR: Abu
Bakri and his men have |
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10:17:54:06 |
Wide of ABU BAKRI and fighters at truck preparing |
NARR: Returned to action. They carry |
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10:18:00:00 |
CU of arms going into bag |
NARR: rocket-propelled grenades as usual, but today |
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10:18:02:01 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI talking with three fighters |
NARR: they have something more powerful |
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10:18:06:13 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI talking with three fighters |
Actuality TEXT: ABU BAKRI: “I need electric tape” |
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10:18:10:18 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI entering side of transport van |
Actuality TEXT: ABU BAKRI: “This is a bomb to destroy a tank It’s hollow… …and blows out here We plant it in the road If we don’t have anything else we use these We make them ourselves, big and small It all depends on the target” |
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10:18:37:12 |
CU of IED for a tank |
Actuality, Music |
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10:18:40:23 |
Mid of fighters preparing guns in truck bed |
Actuality, Music |
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10:18:44:21 |
Wide of Aleppo as seen from inside car |
NARR: They
head for Salahuddin roundabout |
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10:18:51:06 |
Wide of truck with fighters turning the corner |
NARR: They’re approaching the very edge of the
frontline. |
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10:18:56:14 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI talking to fighter near cars |
Actuality, Music |
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10:18:59:06 |
Wide of fighter patrolling amid rubble |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter (off camera) “There are soldiers over there” |
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10:19:03:14 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI and fighters |
Actuality TEXT: ABU BAKRI: “Call one of our snipers Who has a sniper rifle? There are 3 soldiers there” |
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10:19:13:09 |
Wide of ABU BAKRI pointing in direction of 3 soldiers |
NARR: The rebels often exaggerate their successes
and play down their failures. Abu Bakri demands the truth. |
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10:19:21:18 |
Wide of fighters standing |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter (off camera) “We’re lying to ourselves about Salahuddin” |
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10:19:25:15 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI and fighters talking |
Actuality TEXT Fighter: “There only one road between us and them” Fighter 2: “What’s the real situation in Salahuddin?” Fighter 3: “Almost 90% is controlled by the regular Army” ABU BAKRI: “We’ve advanced to15th street The army stormed in… …but it doesn’t have the manpower to hold it” |
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10:19:41:02 |
Wide from behind of fighters walking to next target |
Actuality, Music |
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10:19:50:04 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI motioning for producer to cross sniper alley |
Actuality TEXT ABU BAKRI: “Your turn next. Ready?” |
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10:20:00:07 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI walking through hole in apartment walls |
Actuality, Music |
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10:20:09:10 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI going through holes |
NARR: To
get to the frontline avoiding snipers, |
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10:20:14:01 |
Wide of empty room, moving into corridor |
NARR: They make their way through empty apartment buildings. |
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10:20:19:16 |
Mid of ABU BAKRI cocking gun and climbing into hole |
Actuality, Music |
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10:20:33:18 |
Mid from behind of ABU BAKRI emerging from hole |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter: “Secure the way… …and you secure the Jihad” |
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10:20:42:00 |
Wide of fighters near frontline |
Actuality, Music |
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10:20:48:01 |
Low angle CU of fighter at frontline |
Actuality, Music |
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10:20:51:23 |
CU of fighter looking through hole in wall |
NARR: Government
forces are just 70 meters away |
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10:20:54:18 |
Smoking building as seen through hole in wall |
NARR: behind
the burning building. The
tank sits just around the corner. |
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10:21:01:08 |
ABU BAKRI INTW in street |
ABU BAKRI INTW TEXT: “Currently, we control this line We’re trying to advance further to recapture the parts” |
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10:21:07:08 |
Wide of fighter aiming to shoot around corner |
ABU BAKRI INTW TEXT: “of Salahuddin we lost” |
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10:21:10:16 |
Wide of fighter shooting gun, pan to near fighters aiming guns |
Actuality |
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10:21:25:09 |
ABU BAKRI INTW |
ABU BAKRI INTW TEXT: “If we stay optimistic and work hard… …we’ll progress, not them Losing isn’t an option for us, they will lose We’ve got to regain the areas we lost, God willing” |
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10:21:40:04 |
Mid of fighter peering through barriers |
NARR: But
once again, the lack of proper training amongst the rebels is exposed |
|
10:21:45:01 |
Wide of fighters shooting around tin walls |
NARR: as
one of their men loses control of his heavy machine gun, almost hitting own
people. |
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10:21:57:22 |
Wide of fighters yelling at rogue gun fighter |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter: “Look what he did! He fired over here!” |
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10:22:07:04 |
CU on fighter aiming gun |
Music, Actuality |
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10:22:12:06 |
Wide of burning building as seen through hole |
Actuality, Music |
|
10:22:15:00 |
Wide of fighters walking in rubble |
NARR: They’re
immensely brave, but bravery alone doesn’t win wars. |
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10:22:19:06 |
Wide of ABU BAKRI loading gun and preparing to take a shot |
Actuality TEXT Fighter: “Check how many bullets we have in it” |
|
10:22:34:22 |
Wide of Aleppo, citadel just seen |
NARR: Bashar
Al-Assad’s forces aren’t winning this war either. |
|
10:22:39:04 |
Mid of fighters stomping on poster of Bashar al-Assad |
NARR: In
recent weeks its propaganda machine spoke of the liberation of Aleppo. But
on the streets, |
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10:22:46:16 |
Mid of ABU MUHAMMED and several fighters in discussion in road |
NARR: that’s
far from the case. Abu
Muhammed is convinced that Assad’s soldiers fight with no conviction. |
|
10:22:56:15 |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW TEXT: “They’re scared. They have no morale… …and are being forced to fight They don’t desert because they’re afraid of the regime” |
|
10:23:05:09 |
CU of a crowd of men outside a bus |
NARR: They’re
not the only ones who are frightened. |
|
10:23:09:15 |
Mid of interior of bus, two fighters and their prisoner in white shirt, seated |
NARR: The
rebels have a prisoner. |
|
10:23:14:16 |
CU of man in white shirt seated near bus window |
NARR: The
man in the white shirt had mistaken Abu Mohammed for a government army
officer and offered to provide information on rebel positions in return for
money. |
|
10:23:24:22 |
CU of man in white shirt seated near bus window |
Actuality TEXT: Interviewer: “What’s your name?” |
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10:23:26:16 |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW outside bus |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW TEXT: “We tricked him to find out about his plan As you just saw… … he said that he would supply security positions… To defeat the ‘armed gangs’” |
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10:23:37:20 |
CU of fighters pushing man in white shirt off bus and towards building |
Actuality |
|
10:23:49:22 |
Mid of fighters pushing man in white shirt towards building |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW TEXT: “Once the regime falls we’ll give him a fair trial” |
|
10:23:45:23 |
Mid of fighters pushing man in white shirt towards building |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter: “This is the dog of Assad” “Assad’s dog…” |
|
10:23:57:07 |
Mid of fighters pushing man in white shirt towards building |
NARR: The
situation was now out of Abu Muhammed’s control as the young rebels took
matters into their own hands. |
|
10:24:04:17 |
Mid of fighters pushing man in white shirt towards building, drag man inside |
Actuality TEXT: “Don’t let anyone in” |
|
10:24:06:17 |
Wide of ABU MUHAMMED talking and gesturing to fighters before walking up the street |
NARR: For
over two hours, the man was tortured behind closed doors. |
|
10:24:16:02 |
Wide top shot of Aleppo, damage evident |
NARR: It’s a dirty war on both sides, |
|
10:24:20:06 |
Wide of man walking in rubble, Aleppo behind him |
NARR: vigilante justice on the one hand and the
indiscriminate bombing and |
|
10:24:25:03 |
Wide of plane flying over buildings |
NARR: killing of thousands of civilians on the
other |
|
10:24:27:13 |
Wide of alley filled with rubble from destroyed building, soldier walks through |
Actuality |
|
10:24:37:20 |
Wide of soldier walking up to bombed, collapsed house in alley |
NARR: Under this house lies a family of seven, killed in an air raid. |
|
10:24:50:00 |
Wide of fighter pointing to rubble of house |
Actuality TEXT Fighter: “The people want
freedom? This is the price of Syrian freedom |
|
10:24:53:21 |
CU on fighter in front of rubble |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter: “Bashar Al-Assad is
an occupier Bashar Al-Assad is
no president” |
|
10:24:57:20 |
Wide of rubble in front of building |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter: “Bashar Al-Assad is
a terrorist” |
|
10:25:01:20 |
Mid on corpse of Imam on ground |
NARR: This cleric has lain in the same position for
four days. |
|
10:25:05:00 |
Wide of Imam’s corpse on ground |
NARR: The rebels are certain that the sniper who
killed him is using his body as bait. |
|
10:25:12:19 |
Wide of Imam’s corpse on ground |
Actuality TEXT Fighter (off-camera) “You guys drag him.
We’ll cover you” |
|
10:25:13:19 |
Mid of fighters edging closer to corpse |
Actuality TEXT Fighter: “Wait. The sniper is shooting
from that side” |
|
10:25:18:14 |
Mid of building just above corpse |
Actuality, Music |
|
10:25:25:15 |
Mid of fighters preparing to reach body |
Actuality, Music |
|
10:25:36:22 |
Mid of fighters preparing to reach body |
Actuality TEXT Fighter: “The sniper is over
there” |
|
10:25:41:05 |
Wide of fighters throwing rope lasso around corpse |
NARR: According to Islamic custom, it’s essential
he be buried as soon as possible. |
|
10:25:50:14 |
Wide of fighter trying to retrieve body |
Actuality TEXT Fighter: “Cover, cover” |
|
10:25:55:15 |
CU of fighter dragging corpse by its foot |
NARR: The stench of decay under the hot sun is almost
unbearable. |
|
10:26:01:02 |
Wide of fighters carrying now wrapped corpse to car |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter: “Put him here. Bring
the car Get the vehicle” |
|
10:26:10:17 |
Wide of fighters in adjacent street |
Actuality |
|
10:26:13:02 |
Wide of fighters around body |
Actuality TEXT: Fighter: “Aircraft, Aircraft” |
|
10:26:22:15 |
Wide of fighter jet in sky |
Actuality, music |
|
10:26:27:01 |
Wide tracking shot of road ahead from top of car |
Actuality, music |
|
10:26:34:01 |
Wide of fighter breaking down stone wall |
Actuality, Music |
|
10:26:38:11 |
Wide of ABU MUHAMMED and fighters climbing into window |
NARR: The fight continues, street by street, block
by block. Abu
Mohammed still believes in victory, but his mood darkens |
|
10:26:48:21 |
Low CU behind fighters walking through apartment |
NARR: when
he hears that one of his friends has been killed. |
|
10:26:52:22 |
Darkened apartment hallway |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW TEXT “Today as we have seen… … we advanced against the army |
|
10:26:56:16 |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW TEXT: “My friend became a martyr. He was not just a friend. In this uprising, people you’ve known for only a few days… … it feels as though you’ve known them a lifetime. So if they die, it hurts deeply” |
|
10:27:34:07 |
Wide of AA truck backing up |
NARR: In
this reflective mood, he voices another fear, that few ever talk about on the
frontline. That after Assad is defeated |
|
10:26:51:19 |
Wide of two fighters cautiously going round street corner |
NARR: Islamic
extremists may attempt to hijack the revolution. |
|
10:27:41:14 |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW TEXT: “If they try to impose themselves on others This will create another revolution, another war” |
|
10:27:51:09 |
Wide of Aleppo at sunset, Citadel in distance |
ABU MUHAMMED INTW TEXT: “The revolutionaries will fight them as we have fought the regime” |
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END |
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