Jeff Young

ISLT 7363
December 8, 2006

Shooting Script: Sullivan, Missouri Mini-Documentary

(“Sullivan Remembered”)

Scene Video Audio Notes

Shot 1A: Hills Panoramic w/
Title
Shot 1B: Still picture of
Daniel Boone fade horizon to
river
Shot 1C: Walking
Shot 1D: River panoramic
1 accompanied on his journey by
Shot 1A: (Intro Music “Cat Briar Shoot scenes 1, 5,
Road” fade to background) 6 together
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Shot 1B: (Narrator) Early in the 19
century, American folk hero Daniel
Boone was returning from Kentucky in
an effort to secure settlers for the
unbroken territory around the Meramec
River in East Central Missouri.
Shot 1C: (Narrator) He was
Stephen and Dorcas Sullivan.
Shot 1D: (Narrator) Upon entering the
area now known as the Meramec State
Park, Boone remarked, "Sullivan, this is
the region that I was telling you about.
In these hills you will find copper, lead
and game in abundance."

Shot 2A: Post office Shot 2A: (Narrator) The settlement

Shot 2B: RailroadDepot.jpg
transition to modern train.
Shot 2C:
MainStreet1800s.jpg
2 company appropriately named the city
was officially founded with the arrival of
a U.S. Post Office in 1856.
Shot 2B: (Narrator) A town was laid
out when the railroad finally reached
the area in 1858. The railroad
"Sullivan" after the area’s first settlers.
Shot 2C: (Narrator) Currently
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celebrating its 150 anniversary, a
series of articles have been recently
republished.

Shot 3A: Sesquicentennial Shot 3A: Background Music

Banner Shot 3B: (Narrator) Originally written
Shot 3B: Water Tower many years ago for a local newspaper,
the author, Bob Cosgrove, reminisces
about what life was like in Sullivan
3 growing up in the 1930s

Fade Out Cat Briar Road Music

 Shot 4A: Red brick house
Shot 4B: Side Street fade to
street signs
Shot 4C: Maple Street
4 this time got their mail at the Post
Shot 5A:
MainStreet1900s.jpg fade to
Main Street today
Shot 5B: Meramec River
(distance)
Shot 5C: 3 Meramec River
shots
5 Shot 5C: (“Bob”) One of us would get
Shot 6A: Fisher Cave
Shot 6B: Fisher Cave
exterior
6 a week for six days [work] and I could
Background Music – Appalachian
Sunrise
Shot 4A: (“Bob”) When I was growing
up in Sullivan the population of the city
was around 2000. We lived on the
corner of Bell and Elm Streets although
we didn’t know it at the time.
Shot 4B: (“Bob”) Don’t get me wrong;
we knew where we lived, we just didn’t
know the street [names]. Everyone at
Office; there was no mail delivery and
so no need for addresses as we have
them today.
Shot 4C: (“Bob”) It was just “over
where so-and-so lives” or “three houses
down from the Baptist Church”.
Everyone seemed to get where they
wanted to go with these directions.
Shot 5A: (“Bob”) Growing up in
Sullivan in the 30s was quite different
than it is today. [There was only] one
ball field [and] we’d never even heard of
soccer. When summer came we were
looking for a place to go swimming.
Shot 5B: (“Bob”) [The Meramec
River] is where my brother Tom and I
gave swimming lessons to Bob
Wessler.
in the water and the other would push
Bob off the rock. The one in the water
would help Bob to the take out point
and we’d start all over again. Bob
always was a fast learner and it wasn’t
long before he was jumping, swinging,
and diving off the rock.
Shot 6A: (“Bob”) I spent a lot of time
in the [state] park in my early years. In
1937, I was an employee at Fisher
Cave.
Shot 6B: (“Bob”) The pay was $3.00
have Wednesdays off. I had never
seen three whole dollars in one week
before.
 Shot 7A: Route 66 sign
Shot 7B: East Springfield
Shot 7C: Gas Pump fade to
West Springfield
Fade to black
7 stores had gas pumps. Gas cost
Fade from Black
“Small Town” montage
8 (Miscellaneous shots around
town)
Modern Clark Street fade to
1950s Clark Street still
(ClarkStreet.jpg)
9 Fade to Black
Credits, etc.
Shot 7A: (“Bob”) When I was growing
up in Sullivan, [Route] 66 was a busy,
two-lane highway, which was called
“The Main Street of the Nation”.
Shot 7B: (“Bob”) When it ran through
Sullivan it supported some businesses
and was practically the North edge of
town.
Shot 7C: (“Bob”) Almost all the
around 10 to 15 cents a gallon. They
say if you figure in inflation that gas is
cheaper today. (Background Music
Fade Out) I’m not sure of that and I’m
certainly not going to take the time to
figure it out.
Fade Music Up “Small Town” (3:41)
Fade to silence