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Driving past bombed and shot out buildings

Text of pictures

THE UNLIVEABLE CITY

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Cover with shots of dire Gaza

MELINDA YOUNG: We consider Gaza by 2020 to be an unliveable place

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MUIN GRAB : There’s no electricity, no water, nothing.

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Could you survive in a war zone?

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Parkour flips

Abd: We try to be innovative and to do things ourselves

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Cover with Iyad farming

Iyad: Palestinians people are ambitious and they take risks

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MEET THE PEOPLE

LIVING IN HELL

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Various shots of our characters and GV of Gazan life

AHMAD: Life will continue by the grace of god almighty, not be the UN deciding whether it should continue or not.

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PROGRAM TITLES

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STORY TITLE:
00:59

THE SURVIVOR’S GUIDE TO GAZA
BRETT MASON  WILL WEST
                 &
 GEORGINA DAVIES ANA MARIA QUINN

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MAP
00:01:03

1: SURFERS

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SUNRISE / WAVES

NATSOT: WAVES / MONTAGE

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SUNRISE / WAVES

it’s an incredibly soothing sound…upsot waves

listening to the sea – it brings a welcome calm to many of us

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it’s early morning and the swell calls the local surfers out of bed

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SURFERS KITTING UP

NATSOT: CHATTER / MONTAGE

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CATCHING WAVES

GO PRO VISION?

CARD 14

00:47:36:03

I only have freedom when I am surfing, to me surfing means freedom

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But thEIR liVeS ARE far from calm

their beach is the Gaza strip

A HOME THEY LOVE AND HATE AT THE SAME TIME

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[01:04:33] à[01:05:53]

Surfer 1: We live in a prison//

[00:48:30]- [00:49:23]SURFER 1:In the sea, we forget our sufferings. Coming out, we remember them.

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IT’S HARD TO FORGET ABOUT WAR WHEN YOU’VE LIVED THROUGH THREE IN SIX YEARS

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[00:50:28] – [00:51:23]surfer 3: When I’m surfing I think of the drones, their sound means only death. “They drones will kill a boy, a girl, a woman and so on.”

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AND SO BEGINS ANOTHER DAY IN THIS BESIEGED CITY… WHERE 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN AN AREA SMALLER THAN THE GOLD COAST….

ALT LINE TBC:

AND SO BEGINS ANOTHER DAY IN THIS BESIEGED CITY… WHERE 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN one of the most densely populated areas in the world

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I HAVEN’T COME HERE TO SPEAK TO POLITICIANS OR SOLDIERS

THIS IS A STORY ABOUT EVERY DAY FAMILIES AND HOW THEY COPE IN WHAT SOME CALL HELL

3A: BACKSTORY

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### TRANSITION

MONTAGE – FAST PACE, DRAMATIC

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AND THIS… IS THEIR HELL.

WARS……THAT HAVE LEFT THOUSANDS DEAD AND MANY MORE INJURED

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NATSOT: AIRSTRIKE EXPLOSION (THERE WAS A FAMOUS SHOT FROM 2014 OF A STREET SCENE OUTSIDE A SCHOOL OR HOSPITAL WHEN SUDDENLY A SHELL WHIZZES IN AND EXPLODES

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THE VIOLENCE WAS TRIGGERED IN 2006.

HAMAS TOOK POWER WITH AN ELECTION PROMISE TO “DESTROY” NEIGHBOURING ISRAEL.

ISRAEL RETATLIATED - SEALING THEIR BORDERS; CONTROLLING WHO AND WHAT CAN COME AND GO…

The economy’S crippled and GAZA NOW HAS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE WORLD.

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NATSOT: BIG SHOUT RALLY

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MELINDA YOUNG

CARD 22

04:45 (estimate)

conflict might not be immediate here but it’s inevitable because all the root causes of the conflict have not been addressed. It’s just a matter of time. And people almost look at their watches a bit and say, “it’s almost two years since the last conflict, when is the next one going to come?”

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MONTAGE 10 SECS APPROX

MOVE TO OUR VISION WITH SOME MUSIC AT THE TOP TO REALLY SET THE SCENE OF DESPAIR – SO WE’VE SEEN THE BOMBS AND NOW WE ENTER INTO THE AFTERMATH

CARD 1:

[00:19:29] CHILD WANDERING THROUGH BLEAK SCENE - NB: YOU CAN HEAR WARNING SHOTS BEING FIRED AT THE NEARBY BORDER

GAZA IS A PLACE… WHERE LOCALS TALK OF TIME IN “WARS” NOT YEARS”

THIS IS A PLACE… WHERE FOUR GUN ROUNDS CAN GO OFF AND A SMALL CHILD DOESN’T EVEN PAUSE OR LOOK UP

BUFFER ZONE

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Travelling

It’s a place where people are losing the ability to do the most basic things – like feed themselves.

57 percent of gazans don’t know where their next meal will come from

With their once fertile farm lands stolen by war

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 CARD 13

[00:02:49] BRETT AND FARMER ARRIVE:

BRETT: "SO THIS IS THE BUFFER ZONE?" 

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FARMER

CARD 12

01:15:16:23

THIS PLACE IS SO DANGEROUS. WHEN THERE ARE TENSIONS, FARMERS LEAVE THEIR LANDS UNATTENDED. IT IS BETTER FOR YOUR CROPS TO DIE THAN YOU GETTING KILLED.

IYAD

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TRAVELLING SHOTS

EST OF HOUSE..

I’m travelling to meet a man who’s family has farmed here for generations

But now their land lies ON the barren BORDER–the DEADLY kill zone BETWEEN GAZA AND ISRAEL

IYAD AND HIS BOYS SHOW ME THE LONELY RUINS OF WHAT USED TO BE THEIR FAMILY HOME

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IYAD AT DOOR WALKING UP STAIR CASE

HE SHOWS ME WHAT IT IS like TO LIVE IN A WAR ZONE FIRST HAND…

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IYAD POINTS OUT BULLET HOLES IN WALL

IYAD

CARD 9

1:06:55:22

WHEN THE IDF STORMED THE HOUSE, THEY STARTED SHOOTING EVEYWHERE. YOU CAN SEE THE MARKS OF BULLETS ON THE WALLS HERE.

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IT’S BEEN DESTROYED TWICE BY the conflict…

LOOKING AROUND HIS HOUSE I learn how lucky HE was to escape…..

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CARD 10 IYAD GRAB:
THE STRIKE HIT THIS UNIT, THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS IN THIS ROOM. WE WERE LUCKY. JUST FIVE MINUTES AFTER WE LEFT THE PLACE WAS HIT. HAD WE BEEN FIVE MINUTES LATE, WE’D HAVE BEEN MARTYRED.

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IYAD IS A MAN WHO FINDS LITTLE TO SMILE ABOUT…

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CARD 10 IYAD GRAB:

Our life is harder than that of our fathers and grandfathers, our life today is a life of siege and destruction, and closures A life full of suffering there are no indications to suggest a better future for our children the next generation will have an even harder life.

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But I also learn that Iyad is determined…

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SCENE OF IYAD, HIS BROTHER AND SON WALKING TO HYDROPONIC FARM..

IN GAZA 900,000 THOUSAND PEOPLE RELY ON FOOD AID BUT NOT IYAD

HIS LAND WAS STOLEN BY WAR -  TAKEN IN THE ONGOING CONFLICT BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL

BUT FARMING RUNS IN HIS FAMILY SO HE WAS NOT ABOUT TO GIVE UP…

IYAD HAS FOUND A WAY TO GROW HIS LETTUCE WITHOUT HIS FARM..

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IYAD

CARD 3

00:08:04:01

PALESTINIAN PEOPLE ARE AMBITIOUS AND THEY TAKE RISKS.

IYAD

CARD 3

00:03:02:10

YOU CAN’T LEAVE A WHOLE NATION,A CITY OF ALMOST TWO MILLION, WITHOUT FOOD SECURITY

IYAD

CARD 3

00:04:18:04

“IF PEOPLE STOPPED WORKING AND INVESTING, THEY WILL DIE FROM HUNGER”

UPSOT: SON WITH BRETT GOOD

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INSTEAD OF THE SOIL THAT ONCE CULTIVATED HIS CROPS IYAD SET UP A SIMPLE YET CLEVER SYSTEM

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HE RECYLES NUTRIENTS FROM THESE AQUAPONIC FISH LIVING… IN HIS BACKYARD

THEIR WASTE WATER FERTILISES AND HARVESTS SOIL-LESS CROPS.

IT MEANS THESE LETTUCES DON’T ACTUALLY NEED ANY LAND… TO GROW

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IYAD

CARD 3

00:06:29:20

The Gaza stripe is in dire need of this kind of farming, because of the lack of fresh water, urban sprawl and the scarcity of agricultural land.

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despite iyad’s efforts life here is getting worse..

experts CALL IT “de-development”…basically it means this place is going backwards

FISHERMAN

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BEFORE THE BLOCKADE, FRESHLY CAUGHT FISH WERE ONE OF GAZA’S BIGGEST EXPORTS.

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CARD 08
07:32 BOAT LEAVING PORT

THESE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN FISHING OFF THE COAST FOR GENERATIONS…

BUT NOW THEY’RE TRAPPED INSIDE A 9 MILE INCLUSION ZONE..

NATSOT: CRUSING OUT

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CARD 8:

USE GOOD PICS OF BOATS OUT AT SEA, AND THERE ARE GOOD PICS OF THE FISHERMAN ON THE BOAT

AS WE SET OFF FROM THE SEAPORT…

(CARD 8: 8:25 WAVING / PRISONER BANNERS)

WE PASS A FLOTILLA OF PROTESTORS

THEY’RE RALLYING FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS IN EGYPT

NATSOT: WAVING BANNERS AND FLAGS

OUR CAMERA DOESN’T GO UNNOTICED.

NATSOT:  HAMAS ARRIVE

HAMAS WANTS TO KNOW WHO WE ARE.

UPSOT: -We’ll keep this

              - No
              - take it and go

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NATSOT: CRASHING OUT THROUGH WAVES

SOON WE’RE CRASHING THROUGH THE SWELL… SURROUNDED BY A FLEET OF TRAWLERS KEEN TO SHOW US HOW DIRE THEIR CATCH HAS BECOME

NATSOT: WAVES ETC

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BUT OUR VOYAGE IS SHORT LIVED

12:47 HAMAS ON BOAT YELLING

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BRETT PTC

[00:14:38] B: We've been looking forward to see what it's like for the fisherman here in Gaza and we've been turned around by police. We've just left the harbour and three police in a speedboat actually chased us down and flagged us back port. We're not really sure what's going on.   

CARD 08
15:58 HAMAS POLICE escort boat back

Card 08
18:05 Brett looking bewildered

WE’RE ESCORTED BACK TO THE HARBOUR.

AND THE TRAWLER IS IMPOUNDED.

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DESPITE HAVING THE RIGHT PAPERWORK, I’M TOLD HAMAS IS WARY OF US FILMING IN THE PORT,

IT’S RUMOURED THAT WEAPONS AND CONTRABAND… ARE OFTEN SMUGGLED THROUGH HERE

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CARD 17

FISH MARKET GVS

BACK IN PORT I MEET SOME FISHERMEN AUCTIONING OFF THEIR MEAGRE CATCH

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UPSOT: AUCTIONEER

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             -20

            - Mahmoud Abu Hasira one at 20

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IT’S ANOTHER SLOW DAY AT THE MARKET…

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GRAB FISHER MAN CARD 9
00:28:29:18 à 00:29:07:13

when they get paid, there’s some activity. some people buy groupers, others buy sardines,  it depends on their income.

[EDIT]

00:27:13:20 à 00:28:03:01

there are people in the gaza strip who’ve had no money for years. I DON’T KNOW HOW THEY ARE MANAGING

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AS HAMAS BRIGADES MARCH DOWN THE STREET OUTSIDE I’m reminded…even when filleting fish..  conflict WITH ISRAEL is ALWAYS SIMMERING…

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00:41:05:07 à 00:41:18:06

WHAT’S UP? Are you spying on us to tell Hamas? 

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[00:37:28] HAMAS MARCHING PAST

many resent hamas’s intrusive presense

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TRAVELLING SHOTS

I KEEP GETTING TOLD BY THE UN, IF NOTHING CHANGES, GAZA WILL BE UNLIVEABLE BY 2020.

THAT’S ONLY A FEW YEARS  AWAY – BUT COULD THAT REALLY HAPPEN?

 MUSHROOM FARMER

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EXT HOUSE

NATSOT: SWINING BAGS

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ahmad is a mushroom farmer HE’S CONVERTED HIS ROOF AND PART OF HIS HOUSE INTO A SMALL FACTORY

HE USES RAIN WATER AND A HOMEMADE CULTURE TO GROW MUSHROOMS

i ASK ABOUT THE GRIM U.N  PREDICTION

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CARD 12
[00:42:01] B: the United Nations though says that in a few years things are getting so much worse in Gaza that it will be a place that no one can live. Does he think that's true?

Pick up – The UN says it will be unhabitable n 4 hours – do you think that’s true?

[00:42:21:08 - 00:42:50:20] T: Life will continue by the grace of God Almighty, not by the UN deciding whether it should continue or not.  

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Pictures:

In suit heading to market

ahmad is what resilience looks like in gaza

he started this project as a way TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR HIS FAMILY

it HAS NOW become A FULL TIME JOB…

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CARD 12

00:44:24:23

I think this project could guarantee the main necessities. The main needs and necessities for families enabling them to live with dignity and to have freedom. This project could help provide the main needs it can cover the minimum cost of living for a family. Take me as an example it can help the family to live well. It’s better than having no work //SPLIT//

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NATSOT: Supermarket

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//as the saying goes “Don’t give me a fish teach me how to fish.”

9: KIDS FUTURE –  PARKOUR

1MIN 30SEC | 22MIN 10SEC

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SUNSET SHOTS

AS THE SUN SETS ….I RANDOMLY STUMBLE UPON A BUNCH OF YOUNG GUYS WHO HAVE TAKEN OVER A BUILDING SITE…

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VISUAL BREATHER

NATSOT: JUMPING / PLAYING

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OVERLAY MOST OF ME – JUST TO SHOW A PRESENCE, BUT LET’S MAKE THE MOST OF THE AWESOME PARKOUR SHOTS!

CUTS OF BUILDINGS / KIDS PLAYING

BRETT (SPLIT – 1 OF 2)

CARD 10

1.3.38

IT’S PRETTY AMAZING HOW MUCH FUN YOU CAN HAVE WITH SOME BUILDING SAND AND AN OLD TYRE. THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN SMILING AND LAUGHING ALL AFTERNOON. YOU WOULDN’T KNOW THAT JUST ACROSS THE ROAD ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE RIDDLED WITH BULLET HOLES

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NATSOT: JUMPING / LAUGHING

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BRETT (SPLIT – 2 OF 2)

CARD 10

1.3.53 – 1.3.55

THEY DON’T HAVE MUCH, BUT THEY’RE MAKING THE MOST WHAT THEY DO HAVE

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PARKOUR

CARD 9

01:04:10:13

Because of the siege in the Gaza Strip, limited supplies get into the Gaza strip. We try to be innovative and to do things ourselves.

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SUNSET/NIGHT TRANSITION SHOT OF SOME KIND

****END OF DAY SCENE BREATHER***

UN – FOOD AID

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TRANSITION GV

(IN THE SAND..) ITS EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE INFECTIOUS OPTIMISIM AND ENERGY OF GAZANS

IT CAN DISTORT THE REALITY OF LIVING IN A WAR ZONE…A REALITY YOU CAN’T ESCAPE EVEN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY…

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NOTHING MAKES THAT CLEARER THAN A VISIT TO THE UN WAREHOUSE..

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NATSOT: CASE STUDY COLLECTING FOOD

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FEW CAN AFFORD TO SHOP IN THE SUPERMARKETS HERE…OVER HALF A MILLION GAZANS LIVE IN REFUGEE CAMPS.

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THIS IS HOW MOST IN GAZA SURVIVE

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[00:06:15]

MELINDA:

UM, WELL JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, WITH ALL OF THE FOOD AROUND ME, WE’RE

PROVING FOOD ASSISTANCE TO OVER NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE. THAT'S OVER

HALF OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF GAZA. UNRA IS PROVIDING IN-KIND FOOD EVERY THRE

E MONTHS TO FEED THEM. IF YOU LOOK PRE-BLOCKADE, 2006, WE WERE PROVIDING FOOD ASSISTANCE TO 80 THOUSAND PEOPLE.

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CARD 6 MUIN GIVING RATION CARD TO UN ATTENDENT

NATSOT: CASE STUDY COLLECTING FOOD

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SHOTS OF STAFF PACKING / PILING UP?

EVERYONE RECEIVES THE SAME PARCEL….

INSIDE THERE’S RICE, SUGAR, LENTILS, CHICKPEAS, FLOUR AND SARDINES…

MEET MUIN – HE’S IN THE BLACK SHIRT…. HE’S HERE TO COLLECT THE FAMILY’S THREE MONTH SUPPLY OF FOOD

NATSOT: FOOD ON THE TRIP HOME

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HIM ARRIVNG HOME – LUGGING IN GEAR – KIDS WAITING

I TRAVEL HOME WITH THE FATHER OF THREE

HE INVITES ME INSDIE WHERE I MEET MUIN’S WIFE NADA AND HIS MOTHER USARA…

 Selection of Upsots from unpacking, please chose:

[00:41:58]  Do you like this? 

[00:42:04]  Do you like sardines Abed/Aboud? 

[00:42:15]  Sardines are light, good boy

[00:42:21] don't drop them good boy

[00:43:42]  put them in the kitchen come on, [00:43:51]  look Hasha how's the lentils?

[00:44:01]  How many kilos  2kilos of lentils

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muin tells me how desperate THEY FIND THEIR LIVES IN GAZA

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UNPACKING AND GOING THROUGH WITH FAMILY

CARD 6

00:50:18:11 à 00:51:18:12

without the un’s food provisions, we’d die of hunger.

<EDIT>

we can’t afford to buy these products.if i’m short of anything . if i’m short of flour, i can’t afford even a single packet. there are no job opportunities.there is nothing no health care, no education no life, unemployment everywhere there is no electricity, no water, nothing. there’s nothing. no even the basics

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NADA COOKING WHILE EVERYONE ELSE SITS AROUND WAITING FOR FOOD…

[00:41:32] [00:41:44] M- let me help, what is this for?
N- This is for the salad
FOOD IS SCARCE BUT STILL A BIG PART OF FAMILY LIFE

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MOEEN AND NADA COOKING TOGETHER

Card 07






NADA AS SHE IS COOKING ALONE

 [00:42:00] what do you need this for? W: for the salad

[00:42:20] m:You put so much capsicum.. [00:42:27]  see who's calling out

[00:42:53]  Use the spoon to add some, did you pick lemons [00:43:01] [00:43:16]  did you add lemon?

NADA [00:37:23] I made lentils using lentils we got from the provisions. Of course when you have it all the time,  you’ve had enough of it

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EVERYONE IN THE WORLD HAS A FAVOURITE COOKING SHOW –GAZA IS NO DIFFERENT… EvEN THOUGH INGREDIENTS ARE THE SAME EVERY WEEK

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UPSOT FROM COOKING SHOW (COPY LINKS FROM REPORT)

Animation video about the new UNRWA food basket (Arabic only)

https://youtu.be/R_VNYRzaw-E

Animation video that explains the UNRWA Poverty Assessment System (Arabic with English subtitles):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKfCsAXfwEA&feature=youtu.be

Cooking show episodes (Arabic only)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuvzovgAD3aor62UPIGpJ5RN4JJ_7AzD_

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CARD 6: NADA GRAB: children get bored eating the same food every day. I like the UN’s TV channel it presents simple dishes.

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PRODUCED BY THE UN, IT AIMS TO BRING BACK SOME DIGNITY AND CREATIVITY FOOD RATIONS…

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Card 6 nada grab: You can easily make these dishes at home

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UPSOT: Muin: Excellent cooking, Oum Saher. The lentils are delicious

 GAZA SKY GEEKS

1MIN :17

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Soft beat of the hope section – funky / hipster feel. Showcasing “CBD” feel. NB: Osmo shot at super high frame rate so can slow down and it looks amazing. Cool shot of guy on pushie tracking alongside car.

NATSOT: MONTAGE – set up as third act and coming to an end of the story which we are

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THEIR daily struggle comes down to unemployment. EVEN WITH A UNI EDUATION IT’S HARD TO GET A JOB..

BUT ONE DETERMINED GROUP HASN’T GIVEN UP – BUILDING GAZA’S OWN VERSION OF Silicon VallEy

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UPSOT: FINGER SWIPE

UPSOT: OFFICE ATMOS

Inside i meet memBErs of the gaza sky geeks THEY GET AROUND THE BLOCKADE THROUGH THE WORLD WIDE WEB.

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B: IN AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES… IN SOME COUNTRIES PEOPLE SAY THE INTERNET IS MAKING THE WORLD SMALLER. BUT FOR GAZA THE INTERNET IS MAKING THE WORLD BIGGER? M: SO, SO, BIGGER (HARD OUT, HE MUMBLES)

there ARE 16 hardware and software developers IN THIS BUILDING WHO DESPITE THEIR SITUATION ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY IN THE TECH WORLDS.

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POWER SHORTAGES ARE AN EVERYDAY OCCURANCE SO OMAR BADAWI HAS INVENTED A WAY TO CHARGE YOUR PHONE ANYTIME… IT’S CALLED “WALK AND CHARGE”

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OMAR

CARD 19

00:13

OKAY. IT IS A SMALL DEVICE. YOU CAN HOLD IT AND WHEN YOU ARE WALKING YOU GENERATE AMOUNT ELECTRICITY THAT CAN HELP YOU TO RECHARGE YOUR MOBILE AND NEW PHONE ANYWHERE, ANYTIME.

<EDIT>

OMAR

CARD 19

09:00

I THINK IT WILL BE THE NEXT REVOLUTIONARY DEVICE IN THE WORLD. BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF MOBILE PHONE IS INCREASING ALWAYS.

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Can you have Omar walking off

to charge his phone, which leads you to the main square??

As Omar walks off to charge his phone he leads us to the city’s main square

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NATSOT: MUSIC OF CAR

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THERE I MEET A BUDDING ENTREPRENEUR -TAMER -  A TEENAGER WHO CHARGES YOUNGER KIDS 20 CENTS FOR A RIDE IN HIS PUSH CAR

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CARD 19

00:59:03:00

I HELP MY FAMILY WITH THE MONEY I MAKE. I ALSO WANT TO SECURE MY FUTURE. I buy basic needs for home

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NATSOT: MUSIC OF CAR

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CARD 19

01:02:14:24

IT IS OUR RIGHT TO LIVE LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD. Like other children we want to live

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##### TRANSITION

EMOTIVE – BRETT REFLECTION

I SPOT A CROWD GATHERING AROUND A YOUNG MAN IN WHEELCHAIR

TURNS OUT HE’S A RAPPER…WHO GOES BY THE NAME OF MC SARI WE CHAT AND HE TELLS ME HE’S PARALYSED FROM BEING SHOT 3 TIMES BY ISRAELI SOILDERS

CARD 19
we were still in Palestinian area and the soldiers [00:45:31] shot at us. I got three bullets and my cousin got six. Five in left leg, one abdomen here. We were just kids you know. 16. It's nothing you know, I'm not a terrorist.. I'm not the bad guys.. we didn't have guns, anything.. No. Just playing, messing around you know..

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IT WOULD EASY FOR HIM TO BE FRUSTRATED OR ANGRY BUT INSTEAD…HE CLINGS TO HOPE…

[00:43:47] B: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? WHAT'S YOUR DREAM?

[00:43:49] M: I WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE

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I CAME TO GAZA TO MEET EVERYDAY PALESTINIANS AND THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME THAT IT’S INGENUITY AND RESILIENCE THAT MAKES THIS PLACE FEEL SO ALIVE…DESPITE THE WAR

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UPSOT RAP WITH SUBTITLES AND KEEP MUSIC GOING AS YOU TRANSITION TO SURFERS

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THE SURFERS I MET earlier, are cooking up a freshly caught meal

At first it looks like a social gathering but I realise this self sufficiency is out OF NECESSITY.

They work as lifeguards during the day, but because of the economic situation in Gaza  - they haven’t been paid for MONTHS

CARD 14

00:52:44:03

AS EMPLOYEES IN THE GAZA STRIP, WE SUFFER FROM LOW SALARIES. SO WE RESORT TO, BECAUSE WE WORK IN THE SEA AS LIFESAVERS, WE ALSO HAVE FISHING NETS THIS HELPS US INCREASE OUR INCOME AND TO FEED OUR CHILDREN WITH THE SMALL FISH

<EDIT>

CARD 14

00:55:36:04

WE USED TO MAKE BBQS HERE. WE FEELSO JOYFUL AND SING SONGS WHEN WE DO IT. WHEN WE DON’T CATCH FISH, WE CRY.

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NATSOT: CALL TO PRAYERS AT MOSQUE OVER BEACH

CARD 16

[00:53:34]

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BEACH SUNSET SCENES – WANT TO MAKE THIS FEEL OMINOUS

CARD 13

22:20 SUNSET + SILLHOUTTES ON BEACH

DESPITE THE OPTIMISM, IT’S HARD NOT TO BE CYNICAL…LIKE EVERYONE HERE I’M UNSURE ABOUT GAZA’S FUTURE

[00:18:54]

TO THINK THAT IN A FEW YEARS TIME THAT WILL BE NO LONGER ACTUALLY VIABLE FOR

HUMANS TO LIVE WITH ANY KIND OF DIGNITY, IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE HEART

WRENCHING//

THE VERY MORNING AFTER THIS BEACH MEAL, HAMAS AND ISRAEL EXCHANGED FIRE FOLLOWED BY AIR STRIKES (pause)

ONE LOCAL PROUDLY TOLD ME GAZA’S RESILIANCE MAKES IT “THE BEST WORST PLACE IN THE WORLD”

BUT IF THE UN IS RIGHT - THEN THIS BATTERED NARROW STRIP COULD BE LIVING ON BORROWED TIME…

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(FADE TO BLACK)

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GFX CARD

DATELINE REQUESTED AN INTERVIEW FROM THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT BUT THEY DECLINE TO APPEAR ON CAMERA

SEE THE ISRAELI AUTHORITY COGAT’S RESPONSE ONLINE