Sit on the Corner

Videos and films

ID:
62549
Place
Atiusha village (Chernihiv region)
Date:
1990
Genre:
Amateur film
Technique:
16 mm film
Duration:
00:10:14 min
Color:
black and white
Creator
Dmytro Kozel
Collection
Volnytsia People's Film Studio
Description
The film contains an amateur film report about a solemn meeting honoring the best milkmaids of the collective farm:

1) 00:00:09 - 00:09:39 — A feast with samovars takes place in the village club, celebrating the best milkmaids. Women carry kettles. The head of the collective farm, Ivan Mykolayovych Pylypets, gives a speech. General and portrait shots capture the audience. Volodymyr Kyrylovych Odnoiko is seated at the table. Journalist Nadiia records a speech by Oleksandr Hryhorovych Borovyk. The milkmaids share their words. Song performances follow by amateur groups and a bard. The audience watches and drinks tea. Songs include Oh, It’s Raining on the Mountain (Ой на горі дощ іде), Vain Words (Напрасные слова) by Alexander Malinin, I Am a Good Hostess (Господиня гарна я), and Oh, There Is a Well in the Field (Ой, у полі криниченька).

2) 00:09:40 - 00:10:05 — Gifts are presented to the milkmaids.

The soundtrack consists of voice-over commentary layered with unsynchronized voices of participants and musical compositions.

The second audio track serves as an editing cue sheet for the film and contains a frame-by-frame description of persons, objects, actions, and editing plans.
Language:
Ukrainian, Russian
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