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02:01:00 1.81 |
A young lady, maybe in her 20s, pays for a purchase at a Tower Records Store. The blonde hair'd cashier wears her hair teased up on top and tucked behind her ears, a punky look popular in the 1980s. She hands the customer her purchase in a Tower Records yellow and red plastic bag.
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02:01:19 20.5 |
Big yellow display sign at the end of an aisle with the letters literally higher than the signage - sign reads "Kick Off Sales - Capitol, MCA".
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02:01:24 26.35 |
Young customers - teens and 20s - look through hundreds of audio cassettes.
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02:01:48 50.43 |
CU hands leafing through a box of dozens of audio cassettes.
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02:02:02 64.07 |
Tilt down on a clean shaven conservative looking young guy (20s) in the aisle looking at a cassette. Pan around the store a bit a display sign reads, "No Risk Disc Offer"
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02:02:06 68.27 |
Pan around the store, displays of albums, cds and cassettes, shoppers of all ages look at albums and cassettes. Z' in on an older gentleman looking at an album to WS of the store from an upper level.
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02:02:45 106.91 |
CU An older gentleman stands and studies an album cover
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02:02:52 113.47 |
People looking at stacks of albums or magazines, a young man at the counter with a New York Yankee shoulder bag.
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02:03:17 138.83 |
A display sign at the end of an aisle of CDs reads: "All Compact Discs from this dept. MUST be purchased on THIS floor! A guy with a mustache reads the sign.
The discs displayed are separated by type of music. |
02:03:40 162.14 |
Various shots, many people shopping for different types of music in indicated sections. Some people headed upstairs.
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02:04:06 187.7 |
Z'in on various signs indicating the many types of music - large yellow and red "Latin" section sign, and one for Soul Clearance.
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02:04:14 196.31 |
CU on the Talking Heads Little Creatures album cover.
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02:04:29 210.64 |
CU on a cute young gal with big '80s Princess Diana hairdo - she fluffs her hair as she walks down the aisles.
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02:04:36 217.84 |
Tilt down Tower Record Store, shoppers peruse the music.
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02:04:42 223.9 |
CU of same girl with Princess Diana hair standing in front of a large poster of the soul singer, Durell Coleman. Pan out from the poster to a display of soul music albums including his.
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02:04:55 237.38 |
Colorful rainbow neon signs, z'in on the "jazz" sign" - in scribbled red neon.
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02:05:43 285.07 |
CU an album cover "Forbidden Broadway" from the off-Broadway revue.
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02:05:55 296.8 |
Pan a large "NOSTALGIA" sign - the word NOSTALGIA written across an enlarged oversized strip of film, z'in and out. (indicates a category of music selections).
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02:06:20 321.71 |
Another sign for the "EASY LISTENING" section, and CU on a large Tina Turner poster.
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02:06:42 344.11 |
Shoppers shop the aisles of music
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02:06:58 359.52 |
Music Poster for This is Nat King Cole album.
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02:07:17 378.75 |
Neon sign for the Classical music section.
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02:07:53 415.3 |
Z'in on Placido Domingo's Requiem opera album displayed next to The Rocky Horror Picture Show album.
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02:08:06 427.8 |
A young man looks through the Clearance section
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02:08:08 430.07 |
Various shots, shoppers at Tower Records.
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02:08:44 465.6 |
A giant poster for "Girls Just Want to have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper.
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02:08:51 473.27 |
End reel Tower Records
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