Local Life in Fiji Islands
Locals bang on drums on root of a tree, A boat with the captain and locals sails toward camera in the river. He?s been invited to dinner by old friends, A crowd of locals cheer them on, Local helps captain out of boat, Locals prepare a bowl of kava mixed by hand, Captain sits in a stool with locals in center of settlement, Locals put on a dance, Wide shot of women and children of the village looking on with the captain, Back to dancers. Dancers break sticks, Wideshot of boat sailing off coast, slightly foggy, Captain reaches shore on boat, Shot from behind the backs of the children as they greet the children, Wideshot of settlement, including an old church and makeshift hut, Local children run up to house and a priest greets them. Priest reads prayer as children gather and sit around him, Backshots of children praying, Longshot of priest and children praying, Backshots again interspersed with medium shots, Savages emerge from forest and walk toward camera, Backshots of savages as they walk toward a tower they are in the process of building made out of trees and vines, An old man points at the tower offscreen, informing the captain about it, Wide, worm?s eye view of branch tower, Distant shot of villagers watching the scene and walking to the left and to the right together, Back to worms eye view of branch tower as men jump off tower with vines wrapped around feet, Shot of men carrying man who just jumped off the tower, Close and frontal shot of villagers who watch the scene and walk left and right together, Back to wide, worm?s eye view of branch tower, 3 more men jump