The reindeer that thinks he's a dog

(16 Dec 2013) LAPLAND REINDEER
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION
RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLY
LENGTH: 5:32

AP Television
Rovaniemi, Finland - 14 December 2013
1. Mid of a reindeer, named Aatu, eating moss next to his owner Pia Tuukkanen.
2. Close of Aatu eating moss.
3. Wide of Tuukkanen feeding Aatu moss.
UPSOUND (English) "He doesn't have any table manners!"
4. Mid of Aatu licking chair.
5. Wide of Aatu leaving table and walking into living room.
6. Mid of Aatu standing in living room.
7. Pull out of Aaatu walking in living room.
8. Close of Aatu smelling camera.
9. Various shots of Aatu eating moss as Tuukkanen sits and watches television.
10. Mid of Tuukkanen standing with Aatu.
UPSOUND (English): "Well normally reindeers doesn't want to hang out with people. They don't want to be touched; they don't want to be around people. But this one - he thinks he's a dog."
11. Pull out of Tuukkanen and Aatu leaving house to go for a walk.
12. Close of Aatu.
13. Wide of Tuukkanen walking away with Aatu on lead.
14. Wide of Tuukkanen and Aatu walking down road.
15. Mid of Tuukkanen and Aatu walking away.
16. Tracking shot of Tuukkanen and Aatu returning to house and entering door.
17. Mid of Tuukkanen standing with Aatu.
UPSOUND (English): "Well, he would like to come every day. But, I let him in just in special cases, cause he is quite messy."
18. Wide of Aatu standing next to television.
Rovaniemi, Finland - 15 December 2013
19. Wide of farm where Aatu lives when he is not visiting Tuukkanen.
20. Various close shots of reindeers.
21. Wide of Tuukkanen and man attaching sledge to Aatu.
22. Mid of Aatu with sledge.
23. Close of Aatu.
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Pia Tuukkanen, owner of Aatu:
"Normally domesticated reindeers are too lazy and they get upset when people want them to work. They don't understand why they need to do something, cause they are normally just hanging around. But Aatu, he likes to do it, he likes to pull a sledge."
25. Wide of reindeer pulling sledge with tourists and Aatu and Tuukkanen following.
26. Low tracking shot of Aatu pulling sledge.
27. High tracking shot of Aatu pulling sledge.
28. Mid of Mahioo Kucuhara, nine-years-old, visiting from Nagoya, Japan, stroking Aatu.
29. Close of Aatu.
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Mahioo Kucuhara, nine-years-old, visiting from Nagoya , Japan:
Reporter: "Is he nice?"
Kucuhara: "Yes, he is very nice."
30. Tracking shot of Aatu as he walks through forest.
LEADIN
Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer might be getting ready for his marathon gift delivery with Santa, but one reindeer in Lapland is kicking back and relaxing.
Aatu, the domesticated reindeer, likes to eat his dinner at the dining table, watch television and go for walks with his owner.
STORYLINE
Meet Aatu, possibly Finland's friendliest and most house-trained reindeer.
He has a few hobbies and all of them include spending time interacting with humans.
While many reindeer here in Lapland spend their time on farms, instead of digging around in the ground for moss to eat, Aatu has his served at a dining table, in a nice warm house.
Here, he can spend time watching television rather than staring at the snow and even enjoys hanging out with humans rather than other reindeers.
Aatu was abandoned by his mother when he was a small calf in the northern Finish wilderness.
After being rescued by a young boy, he arrived here at the home of Pia Tuukkanen, who decided to take care of him.
He was bottle-fed and grew up largely in the house where he learnt how to interact with Tuukkanen and other humans.
====

Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter:   / ap_archive  
Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​
Instagram:   / apnews  


You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...