Till Tomorrow: Don McLean
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Extract 2
Extract 3
1972
0:49:51
United States of America
This Robert Elfstrom film Follows Don McLean in a series of concerts, where he sings his most popular songs, American Pie, Starry, Starry Night.
Physical formats available:
16mm
Digital formats available:
Quicktime (Pro Res)
Audio & visual:
Sound,
Color
Director:
Robert Elfstrom
00:15
B-roll of sunset over lake and landscape views. Farmers, fields and their property.
01:29
B-roll of a traditional march, police, flags, crowds and protestors.
02:29
CU profile shot of Don McLean performing “American Pie”. CU shots of smiling audience.
03:24
B-roll of a commercial plane flying over a bridge. Rollercoaster and fairground rides. CU and MS of McLean performing with CU shots of smiling audience.
05:14
B-roll of sunset through a window to McLean’s “Empty Chairs”. CU shot of audience. ARC/FS of McLean on stage. B-roll of girl closing front door of a house.
07:57
Tracking shot of applauding audience. MS of McLean talking to audience anecdotally about his “favourite poet”, Carl Sandburg. CU profile shot. B-roll of a summer street scene, homeless people to audio of McLean’s “Sister Fatima”.
11:16
MS of McLean talking anecdotally to the audience about Willie Guthrie. CU of McLean performing “Orphans Of Wealth”.
15:09
B/W b-roll of a digger digging a large hole to McLean’s “The Grave”. B/W b-roll of a military funeral. B/W b-roll of a snow-covered cemetery taken from a moving vehicle.
18:28
MS of McLean talking and joking with the audience. ZI to his performance of “Cripple Creek” on the banjo.
21:22
B-roll of street scene with cars, bus and its driver. B-roll of female pedestrians.
24:00
CU of McLean speaking to and joking with an audience of adolescents.
26:04
B-roll of the Schwartz Chemical Co. building on Long Island and NYC skyline to audio of McLean’s “Castle In The Air”. B-roll of rural scenes interchanging with busy city scenes.
27:59
CU of McLean performing “Vincent”. B-roll of Van Gogh’s potrait. FS of McLean.
31:47
B-roll of rural and natural landscape against industrial scenes to audio of McLean’s “Tapestry”.
35:25
CU of McLean performing “The Waters Of Babylon” with audience joining in.
38:00
B-roll of two elderly ladies walking in the street to audio of McLean’s “General Store”. B-roll of scenes in an African-American nerighbourhood.
40:55
MS of McLean performing “On The Amazon”. Interrupted by two men asking the audience to check for a “suspect package”. WS of men and audience. Camera pans auditorium. MS of McLean casually resuming performance to audience laughter.
44:58
B-roll of trains to MS of McLean performing “American Pie”. B-roll of urban and rural scenes. CU of audience applauding. LS of McLean with audio of “Til Tomorrow”. B-roll of The Statue Of Liberty at sunset.
48:10
FS of McLean performing “Til Tomorrow” to LS b-roll of The Statue Of Liberty at sunset/sunrise.
End of shotlist
Collection
Music and Dance
(61)
Global selection of music and dance films and titles.
Collection
Robert Elfstrom
(571)
Films and stills from Swedish filmmaker, Robert Elfstrom.
