Take No. 95

Costume Details
6 old women:
our Samoan pareus (cloaks +
skirts).. hair long, no flowers
anna: Same as in 151, etc
(Samoan pareu, edge behind her right shoulder
Double band shell headband.)

Action
„Med. shot interior of hut. With her back toward camera stands
a girl surrounded and attended by six old women. Between
girls head and camera two of the old women lift up a veil and
put it over her head. [?] the girl [?] another attendant
with a [?] of frangipani thing or coconut [?] like
the flower [?] of Bora Bora. all six women arrange the flower
crown and the girl’s dress. Some of them kneel. all their
faces are upturned and ?? in ?? and sorrow.“

Back [?] of a [?] hut covered with [?] large Samoan [?].
Floor covered with 4 pandanus mats.

2 women Poroi Vahine + [?] stand facing Reri who is
back to camera arranging her [?] hair
kneeling at Reri’s back one old woman [?]
and [?] Vahine. They  [?] arrange Reri’s dress
From f. g. camera right old woman [?] Vahine and
[?] walk in holding Samoan pareu cloth between
them. They walk up to Reri + place it over her head
so the large pattern rests right on crown of Reri’s head.

Notes
Old woman kneeling at Reri's back: [?]
Old woman standing facing Reri faces to camera. Poroi V. [?]
Old women holding veil: [?]
[?] Timuri
(camera l to r)
Test at end of take 6

In take 6 Anna was slightly oiled.

Comment
The handwritten descriptions and notes are from David Flaherty. The name "Motutapu" in the Location field stands for "Motu Tapu." The abbreviation " Med. shot" in the Action field stands for "Medium shot."

Record type
Script Clerk's report

Data Record No.
SCR-633

SDK page number
626

Sequence
Reri’s Island

No. of Takes
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Scene No.
95

Medium Shot
X

Lens No.
2"

Footage
30. 30 35. 30 25. 25

Location
Motutapu.. near Murnau's hut

Date
December 21 1929