Take No. X-128

Costume Details
Old guide Hitu:
[?] brown pareu falling more then
half way below knees, [?] fall
[?] left [?] on
at left. He wears m wreath [?]
length [?]

Action
[?] still arranged of group of [?] left
[?] outside doorway. She [?]: They
look up in another direction and from camera
right b.g. slowly walks Hitu. The people at
doorway making way for him. He enters door
stands a moment looking toward camera right
then walks over and [?] himself in camera
left for corner of hut ([?] + other women in b.g.
[?]) as he sits Hitu [?] some
toward right of camera) camera right.

Notes
Test at 384’
Crosby take 10 [?] of all)
[?] 76’
From take 8
the onlookers first look toward
toward camera left right instead of
camera left
A [?] test at start of take 5 NG
Test after take 5 (at 200’)
Don’t print anything before take 8
Take 8 is first to print. people looked in wrong direction on [?] takes

Comment
The handwritten descriptions and notes are from David Flaherty. The entry "m wreath" in the Costume Details field stands for "metuapua wreath."

Record type
Script Clerk's report

Data Record No.
SCR-580

SDK page number
574

No. of Takes
1 NG, 2 NG, (3), 4 NG, (5) (6), 7 NG, (8) (9) (10)
(11) (12)

Scene No.
X-128

Footage
19 | 20 | 27 | 21 | 37 | 38 | 19 | 44 | 36 | 41 | 55 | 49 |

Location
Same as X-127

Date
February 20 1930