(10 May 2013) SERBIA RIVER HOUSE
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION
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LENGTH: 3:21
SHOTLIST
AP Television
Bajina Basta, Serbia - May 9, 2013
1. Tracking shot on boat of river house
2. Pan from Milija Mandic driving the boat to the house and back to Mandic on the boat
3. Close of flowing river
4. Wide of Mandic approaching the house on the rock with the boat
5. Mid of house on the rock filmed from the boat
6. Mid of Mandic stepping off boat
7. Mid of Mandic winding down stairs leading up to the house
8. Close of streaming river seen through the life belt hung on the underside of the house
9. Tilt up from Mandic's feet climbing up the stairs to Mandic getting up on the house's sun deck
10. Wide of house on the rock
11. Mid of Mandic pointing to the sides of the house
UPSOUND: (Serbian) Milija Mandic, river house owner
"Here are the hinges, you see, so you can lift this up, both of these sides you can lift up so Drina is free to flow. Nobody can stop the river, so it is better to make way for it."
12. Mid of boat on the river seen from the window of the house
13. Mid of Mandic sitting on the sun deck, looking at a photo album and having a drink
14. Mid to Wide Mandic sitting on a wooden bench on the sun deck, getting up, approaching the railing of the deck and starting to speak, SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Milija Mandic, river house owner
"This is the River Drina, it is flowing since the ancient times. Here (pointing to the left bank) is Bosnia and here (pointing to the right bank) is Serbia and I am in the middle."
15. Wide (low angle shot) of house on the rock seen from the boat
16. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Milija Mandic, river house owner
"My first loves, my youth, infatuation with girls, time spent with friends, it all happened here. Friendships, everything. That is what this house was built for. Where else would I go but here?"
17. Mid over the shoulder photo album with photos of Mandic and friends in the house on the rock
18. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Milija Mandic, river house owner
"Everything good in my life, my whole life is here. I am here all the time."
19. Tracking shot of Mandic turning on a gas cooker and preparing some coffee inside the house
20. Mid of River Drina seen through the window from the inside of the house
21. Wide, tracking shot from the boat of the house perched on the rock in the middle of the river
22. Mid of Mandic driving the boat away from the house
23. Wide of Mandic in the boat riding the river waves
24. Wide of house on the rock
LEADIN:
It's a house like no other.
Perched on a tiny rock in the middle of a raging river, one Serbian man has created a unique living space that he's cherished for more than 40 years.
STORYLINE:
In between two countries, in the middle of a mighty river, Serbian Milija Mandic found over 40 years ago a "heaven on earth" for himself.
A passionate kayaker and diver since childhood, Mandic encouraged a group of his friends to erect a small wooden house on a lone rock in the middle of the Drina River, near the Serbian town of Bajina Basta - so they would have a place where to sunbathe, gossip about teachers and girls.
That was in 1968 and they were in their early teens.
Preserving his childhood hideout has turned into a life-long mission for Mandic. Over the past four decades, the river has washed away the house nine times. Once it took it as far away as Bratunac in Bosnia, some 50 kilometres downstream.
In December 2010 heavy rainfall which caused severe flooding along the Drina River was the worst in 104 years, according to officials..
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