Snake King gears up for Chinese New Year
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Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province, China - 28 January, 2013
1. Close up of snake's head
2. Mid shot of snake moving
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Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province, China - 29 January, 2013
3. Mid shot of snake inside glass cage
4. Mid shot of snake attacking camera
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Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province, China - 28 January, 2013
5. Mid shot of worker teasing snake and being bitten
6. Mid shot of snake moving over a glass surface
7. Close up of the snake moving towards camera
8. Mid shot of Snake Museum worker holding two snakes
9. Close up of a sign reading "Watch out for poisonous snakes" in English, Chinese and Korean
10. Mid shot of tourists holding snakes and chatting
11. Low shot of tourists swapping snakes
12. Close up of snake's head
13. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zeng Zhongliang, tourist
"Next year is the year of snake. According to the China's tradition, snake is regarded as little dragon."
14. Close up of a snake being held by a man
15. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Yang Dechang, first snake breeder in Zisiqiao village
"Both me and other villagers in Zisiqiao, we love touching snakes. They're smooth and beautiful. Snakes have made a great contribution to humanity. So we should protect and love snakes. See how agile this one is."
16. Tracking shot of Yang and Snake Museum worker walking into a snake breeding room
17. Mid shot of worker pulling live snakes out of a breeding box
18. Mid shot of various of snakes on the floor
19. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhu Liangfa, 66-year-old, worker at the Zisiqiao Snake Museum
"I've never been bitten. I've been bitten by non-poisonous snakes for many times but not even one by the poisonous ones. With the non-poisonous snakes, we use tools and we have to be more careful."
20. Mid shot of Yang extracting snake poison from the snake's mouth
21. Close up of the snake's teeth
22. Close up of Yang's face
23. Mid shot of Yang talking while holding snake
24. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Yang Dechang, first snake breeder in Zisiqiao village
"In the old days, my family made a living by fishing. Back then, ZIsiqiao village was the poorest area in the Jiaxing vicinity, in Zhejiang province. Life was difficult for people during that time, so we started hunting snakes, selling snakes and breeding snakes."
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Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province, China - 29 January, 2013
25. Mid shot of snake alcohol bottle
26. Mid shot of worker putting a snake into the alcohol bottle
27. Mid shot of worker putting the cap onto the bottle
28. Close up of snake's body
29. Mid shot of snake's body in the basin
30. Various shots of snakes in alcohol bottles
31. Various shots of worker putting snake powder into machine to produce traditional medicine pills
32. Various shots of worker operating the pill-making machine
33. Mid shot of pills pouring out from the machine to the plate
34. Close up of red pills
35. Wide shot of shop selling snake products
36. Close up of box of traditional medicine made of snake powder while being opened
37. Close up of pills
38. Mid shot of woman putting the box back onto counter
39. Mid shot of snake gallbladder wine
40. Mid shot of counter
41. Mid shot of snake oil cream
42. Close up of woman's face
43. Close up of woman's hands pinning snake skin to a polystyrene panel
44. Wide and pan right of a workshop of dried snake meat
45. Close up of Yang Xiubang's face
46. Close up of Yang's hands pinning snake skin
47. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Yang Xiubang, Zisiqiao villager and owner of a dried snake workshop
"The market nowadays is different. In the past, we looked for the market. But now, the market is looking for us. We do not need to worry about selling our products."
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