13164_12341_albacore_story1
1980s
This clip is about selling albacore in Oakland and the problems that come with it. Open on a MWS of a sign for albacore for sale. A man paints over it as the camera zooms out. MS of a boat, the Sandra Linn, then cut to a MWS of some young men on a boat. MWS of a man pulling a tuna fish out of a hatch. MS of a man being interviewed, he wears a blue cap. Another MS of another man speaking to a reporter, both men appear to be captains or fishermen. The shot of the man painting over the sign comes again. CU of the fish in a tub, then a shot of the fish from farther away. Camera cuts to the fish in CU, then ECU of a fish’s face. Camera slowly zooms out. MS of some power lines over a sunset in BG, cut to a LS of a different sign for albacore tuna. Shot of man pulling fish out of hatch, this time in LS from above. The man hands the fish up to a group of people gathered on the dock in LS. CU of a scale, then a high angle LS of the man moving the fish off the scale. Cut to a LS behind the people waiting on the dock. The shot of the man putting fish on and off the scale returns, then he hands a fish to someone on the dock. In MWS we see the man pulling the fish up.