Specialty CollectionGenre: CALIFORNIA
Description: SHOTS OF VARIOUS BUILDINGS ON FAIRFAX, WILSHIRE, SANTA MONICA, & WESTERN. USC. GOOD INTERVIEW WITH HOMELESS GUY; DX WS kids playing baseball w/parents in La Cienega Park. LS kid swinging at ball (misses) w/pan-l to grown-ups watching; DX CU bus bench w/ ad for Spike's Joint West featuring Spike Lee on it. WS corner of Wilshire & Fairfax, old May Co. Building; DX WS 2 ladies waiting for bus, bus enters FG. P-out from billboard to WS Wilshire. MS Hispanic man w/shopping cart of oranges; DX ECU Johnie's Coffee Shop sign w/p-out to FS bldg. TRACKING WS from moving car of small businesses on Fairfax (Canter's Deli!); DX Drive-by WS of now-closed Silent Movie theater (may it rest in peace); DX TRACKING WS past businesses on Santa Monica Blvd. (including the Tomkat Theater, featuring the XXX classic 'Movers & Shakers') ; DX FS Four Aces Market on Western Ave w/cars passing in FG. CU El Jacalito Restaurant sign. WS mom & daughter walking on sidewalk; DX MS little boy & girl on coin-operated ride outside market. LS down busy sidewalk (another Hispanic orange peddler); DX High CU little girl holding mom's hand. CU another little girl making goofy faces. MS old lady crossing street towards camera; DX tilt-u to FS man w/ no legs in wheelchair handing out pamphlets. MS side view of beer-gutted man crossing street; DX CU dome of brightly painted mosque w/p-out to FS & tilt-d to MS boy on skates getting newspaper out of vending machine; DX ECU limousine parked in front of billboard of a crowd of people (it fooled me for a second), FS Sunbeam Bread truck in FG; DX MS side-view guy crossing the street. CU people on billboard w/ p-out to WS limo parked under sign, eventually takes off; DX panning CU line of business signs in Asian community. CU hammy little girl walking towards camera giggling w/ her sister; DX CU little stuck-up girl passing. Panning CU across Thai BBQ sign & other signs written in Thai. TRACKING by bldgs on Western; DX LS looking down Western Ave. w/tilt-d to CU little boy waving at camera. CU Romero's Mexican Food sign. CU boy watering plants; DX TRACKING from car past businesses. Tilt-d from top of bldg to FS 2 guys walking away from camera. WS young Asian girls; DX MS panning shots of apartment bldgs. FS Vietnamese Buddhist Temple thru trees. CU w/ p-out to FS little Asian girl & 2 brothers; DX Passing FS businesses on Vermont Ave. Tilt-u USC bldg. MS & CU black man explains why he's homeless ('Are you the police?'); DX Passing WS palm trees in park. Tilt-d tall, narrow bldg. MS older Asian lady walking in park. VAR shots tennis players in park; DX FS Hispanic couple sitting on grass in park. VAR shots guys shooting basketball in park. WS sidewalk thru park; DX VAR shots kids playing on playground
Keywords: Spike Lee
