While Game of Thrones may have brought the city of Dubrovnik some fame and fortune, its residents are tired of being King's Landing, with an influx of tourists both boosting businesses and creating a problem of overcrowding. IMAGES of the town and SOUNDBITES of a tour guide and locals
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DUBROVNIK, CROATIA. 28 & 29 MARCH 2019
SOURCE: AFPTV
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- AERIAL of the city of Dubrovnik and the island of Lokrum, of the city, with a cable car cabin climbing to the top of Srdj, overlooking the city
- AERIAL of the city of Dubrovnik, with two girls on a rock overlooking the city, taking pictures
- WS of the city port, with ramparts on the east side of the medieval city
- PAN from the port of the medieval city, with boats
- MS of the open sea in front of the port, with a tourist boat entering the port, and a woman sitting
- MS of two girls sitting on the dock and the boat arriving
- MS of the ramparts on the west side of the city, with tourists heading towards an entrance
- CU of a Croatian flag, on the ramparts, flying in the wind
- MS of the roofs, with church domes, in the old town
- WS of the ramparts, with a group of tourists
- TILT of the main street of the city: Stradun
- MS of tourists entering the city through one of the entrances
- WS of a group of tourists arriving on Stradun
- MS of tourists walking on Stradun
- WS of Stradun, with people sitting on the terrace of a café
- MS of people sitting on the terrace of a café
- WS of the Jesuit staircase, location of one of the famous scenes in the Game of Thrones series, known as "Cersei's walk of shame"
- CU of a balcony at the top of this staircase, the starting point of the "walk of shame", with tourists
- WS during the replica of this scene by American students, visiting Dubrovnik, with their teacher Michelle Bechtold (soundbite); students shout "Shame!" like in the series
- MS of Michelle Bechtold passing through her students pushing her away and yelling at her
- MS of Niko Grljevic (soundbite), owner of a restaurant in Dubrovnik, sitting on the terrace of his pizzeria, with pigeons flying behind him, at the foot of the Jesuits' staircase
- CU of Niko Grljevic
- PULL FOCUS starting from the mandarins on a tree and ending on the face of the tour guide Ivan Vukovic (soundbite)
- MS of Ivan Vukovic
- MS of a shop selling souvenirs with Game of Thrones characters, with tourists
- CU of photos of Game of Thrones characters shown by a tourist
- CU of mugs featuring Game of Thrones characters
- CU of the symbolized cups from the Game of Thrones series
- PULL FOCUS from cups and a cap, on which the name of the city of Dubrovnik is written
- CU of a T-shirt featuring a Game of Thrones character
- WS of a small street in the city
- CU of a poster that offers tourists tours of the city and the Dubrovnik region, on Game of Thrones locations
- CU of a lantern "dressed as Game of Thrones"
- AERIAL of the bay, which in the series serves as the port of the capital of the Kingdom of the Seven Crown, with the ramparts of the city of Dubrovnik in the background
- WS of the bay, with the sea in the foreground and a fortress on the rock
- WS of tourists on the dock where scenes from the series are shot
- CU of tourists on the dock, around a guide
- MS of the wharf, rocks and the sea
- WS of the city of Dubrovnik with sunset
- CU of an island and the sun on the horizon
ATTN CLIENTS: SOUNDBITES INCLUDE ONE SECOND HANDLES AT BEGINNING AND END FOR EDITING PURPOSES
SOUNDBITE 1 - Ivan Vukovic, tourist guide (man, English, 18 sec):
"This is one of the most famous places, where we are standing now, called in the Game of Thrones +Walk of Shame+. This is the end of the season 5. Everybody knows it, even the people who have never seen it. They come here, they take a photo, and they want to make their friends jealous."
SOUNDBITE 2 - Ivan Vukovic, tourist guide (man, English, 10 sec):
"So, as we are in Dubrovnik, everything is pretty much expensive. This is the only thing free of charge, here in Dubrovnik... And it's good."
SOUNDBITE 3 - Michelle Bechtold, American teacher (woman, English, 9 sec):
"Well, I was shamed, it was really bad. No! It's really neat to be in the same place as they filmed it, and it's such a beautiful city. So, it's very nice."
SOUNDBITE 4 - Gordan Prislic, Dubrovnik resident (man, Croatian, 19 sec):
"Even the pigeons, who had their square in the city to land, have no place left. The whole city is a beehive, imagine 5,000 to 7,000 people who suddenly arrive in the city. Even paving stones wear out. I'm afraid tourism will destroy our old town."
SOUNDBITE 5 - Niko Grljevic, restaurant owner (man, Croatian, 8 sec):
"It keeps us alive. We're not going to, as we say here, spit in the pan we're eating from."
AFP
