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TRT: 00:05:31



ORIGINAL LANGUAGES(s): none



VERSION: BROLL



SHOOT DATE(S): 7 September 2019



LOCATION(S): NYHQ



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EDITOR(S): Alexander D. Vail



SHOTLIST



1. Wide shot: ext. of UNGA



2. Medium shot: palettes of backpacks



3. Medium shot: forklift unloading bricks



4. Wide shot: forklift unloading bricks



5. Medium shot: forklift unloading bricks



6. Medium shot: volunteers unloading backpacks



7. Medium shot: volunteers unloading backpacks



8. Medium shot: volunteers arranging bricks and backpacks



9. Medium shot: volunteers arranging bricks and backpacks



10. Wide shot: volunteers arranging backpacks



11. Medium shot: volunteer placing brick in backpack



12. Medium shot: young volunteer assembling backpack



13. Medium shot: young volunteer unpacking backpack



14. Medium shot: young volunteer assembling backpack



15. Wide shot: young volunteer walking onto green with backpack



16. Medium shot: volunteers place backpacks on ground and kneel



17. Wide shot: long line of volunteers carrying backpacks



18. Medium shot: long line of volunteers carrying backpacks



19. Medium shot: long line of volunteers remove their hats



20. Wide shot: volunteers placing backpacks on ground



21. Wide shot: young volunteer placing backpacks



22. Medium shot: young woman places backpack



23. Wide shot: woman places backpacks on the green



24. Wide shot: woman carries backpacks



25. Wide shot: man carries and places backpacks



26. Wide shot: woman carries backpacks along the rows



27. Wide shot: woman looks out at the rows of backpacks



28. Medium shot: woman looks out at the rows of backpacks



29. Wide shot: two woman carry backpacks



30. Wide shot: volunteers pound stake into green



31. Wide shot: woman walks along backpacks



32. Medium shot: woman picks up backpacks



33. Medium shot: volunteers use measuring tape to place backpacks



34. Medium shot: two children with backpacks walk away



35. Medium shot: two boys with backpacks walk toward camera



36. Medium shot: two boys on bench put their backpacks on



37. Close shot: grass pull focus to backpacks



38. Wide shot: pan left green with backpacks



39. Close/wide shot: tilt up of backpacks



40. Wide shot: pan left green with backpacks



41. Wide shot: POV walking along backpacks



42. Wide shot: pan right green with backpacks



43. Medium shot: boys play among backpacks



44. Wide shot: boys play among backpacks



45. Medium shot: boys sit among backpacks



STORYLINE:



A UNICEF installation to show the devastating scale of child deaths in conflict zones in 2018 was unveiled today at the United Nations in New York. The haunting display features 3,758 backpacks in rows reminiscent of a graveyard, each one representing a senseless loss of a young life to conflict.



The installation, which will run through 10 September, is a message to world leaders as children in many parts of the world are returning back to school, and just days ahead of the annual United Nations General Assembly. Once the installation is taken down, the backpacks will continue on their journey to support children’s education.



“UNICEF backpacks have always been a symbol of hope and childhood possibility,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “In just two weeks, world leaders gathering at the UN General Assembly will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This installation should remind them of the stakes.”



According to the 2019 Annual Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, more than 12,000 children were killed or maimed in conflict zones last year – the highest number since the United Nations started monitoring and reporting this grave violation. These are only verified incidents – the actual numbers are likely to be much higher. UNICEF estimates that in a quarter of these incidences, children lost their lives.



In ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen and many more, children pay the heaviest price of war. Continued, widespread use of explosive weapons such as airstrikes, landmines, mortars, improvised explosive devices, rocket attacks, cluster munitions, artillery shelling cause the vast majority of child casualties in armed conflict.



“As many children go back to school this week, we are drawing attention to the thousands of children killed in conflict zones and whose tragic loss will forever be felt in their homes, classrooms and communities around the world,” said Fore. “The remarkable gains made for children in the last 30 years clearly show what we can do if we harness the political will to put children first.”