Rave
unknown Colour Sound 1997 11:48

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Summary: Documentary about Rave parties. We follow a DJ from Insanity Sound System as he breaks into a warehouse and rigs his equipment. He explains why and how he organises illegal raves. We meet two Ravers, one who calls himself a techno-tourist since he travels all over Europe to party and a girl who goes to raves every weekend and enjoys taking drugs.
Title number: 22084
LSA ID: unknown
Description: 00:00:00 – 01:57:23 Van driving past in the dark. 2 men with torches walking towards the camera, one points torch at camera. Man cutting chain on a padlocked gate with a hacksaw. Man holding torch. Man hits chain with hammer, chain breaks and falls to the floor. Chain hits the ground, and the gate opens. Record deck being set up. Close up of jack being plugged in. Tone arm lifted and placed on record. ‘Rave’ title screen. Flashing lights and ravers dancing. DJ working on the decks. Card introducing Paul, the rave organiser. Paul sat explaining what a rave is. Close up of Paul changing gear in van. Shot inside van of Paul driving van. View out of van windscreen as it is driving. Shot inside van of Paul driving van. View out of van windscreen as it is driving.
01:58:00 – 04:24 Person picking up public phone handset. Close up of numbers being entered on keypad. Close up of numbers being entered on public phone. Close up of handset being lifted to person’s face. Zoom in on person holding handset to their ear. Close up on play button of the answering machine. Answering machine. Paul replacing record on deck. Ravers dancing. Record spinning on player. Paul sat talking about music. Zoom in on light as people dance. People dancing. Close up on light machine moving. Camera follows man as he dances. Card introducing Adrian, a ‘techno tourist’. Close up of Adrian talking about a rave. Adrian dancing. Close up of Adrian talking.
04:23:18 – 06:25:09 Close up on tone arm, zoom out to Paul DJ’ing. Close up on light machine moving. Camera follows woman as she dances. Card introducing Sarah, a raver. Sarah sat talking, removes a bag of pills from her pocket, removes a pill and shows it to camera. Close up on pill being held by Sarah. Sarah sat talking. Animation of a rainbow explaining the spectrum of drugs and their effects. Sarah in front of a mirror, removes pill from bag and washes it down with water. Slow zoom on Sarah sat talking.
06:25:10 - 08:54:20 Card with information about ecstasy. Close up on Paul with a cigarette in his mouth. Ravers dancing. Shot of man dancing and waving at camera. Ravers dancing. Woman dancing, camera pans up. 4 men sat against a wall. Card with information about ecstasy related deaths. Zoom in on newspaper article about drugs. Newspaper articles about ecstasy/drugs. Shot of wall with ‘just say know’ spray painted on, man comes and changes it to ‘just say know.’ Man dancing. Sarah dances with other ravers. People dancing. Man drinking a bottle of water. Shots of ravers dancing. Men sat in a room drinking and smoking cigarettes.
08:54:21 – 11:48:00 Ravers dancing. People sat against a wall. Card explaining how ‘The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act’ gave police power to stop raves. Zoom in on The Statue of Justice atop the Old Bailey. Shot of one of the Lion statues in Trafalgar square, pans down to follow 3 police men walking. Close up on Paul. Sarah sat at a bus stop. Shot of a road under a bridge, Adrian walks past, holding his arm out for a lift. Credits.
Credits: Torstein Grude (Director); Jens Ramborg (Camera operator); Jorgen Hermansen (Editor)
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