Handmade carved guitars from Bali gain international acclaim

(18 Jan 2011) SHOTLIST
AP Television
Sukawati, Bali - December 16, 2010
1. Wide of guitar workshop
2. Mid of worker placing wood for body of guitar
3. Tilt from worker to guitar's body
4. Close of wood being hammered to make guitar's body
5. Wide of worker thinning guitar's body
6. Close of wood fibre
7. Mid of worker thinning guitar's body
8. Close of half-finished guitar's body
9. Pan of Wayan Tuges and worker placing the backside onto guitar's body
10. Close of Tuges tightening the backside of guitar's body
11. Close of butterfly carving on guitar
12. Close of hand drawing a form on guitar's neck
13. Wide of guitar carvers working at workshop
14. Tilt down from carver to carving on guitar's body
15. Mid of worker carving guitar's neck
16. Wide of Tuges examining Blueberry guitars on the rack
17. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Wayan Tuges, Blueberry Guitar Maker:
"Blueberry guitars are a combination of eastern and western arts and that makes them unique. Each Blueberry guitar has its own carving and grooving, and it produces a finer and louder sound compared to that of an ordinary guitar."
18. Tilt from guitar to Tuges working
19. Close of Tuges putting on the guitar's neck
20. Close of guitar's neck being tightened
21. Pan from carving on guitar's neck to fret wires
22. Mid of worker putting on fret wires on guitar's neck
23. Close of hand tuning the guitar
24. Close of hand adjusting tuning knob
25. Tilt from guitar to worker setting up guitar
26. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Wayan Tuges, Blueberry Guitar Maker:
"I try to improvise and come up with a little revolution in the way guitars are made. I want to revolutionise guitar making because I'm a wood carver by profession and I feel that I can improvise freely in creating my guitars as long as they still follow the rules and have the right tunes."
AP Television
Sukawati, Bali - December 17, 2010
27. Wide of Wayan Balawan rehearsing with Blueberry guitar
28. Mid of Balawan rehearsing
29. Close of Balawan
30. Close of blueberry guitar
31. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Wayan Balawan, Blueberry Guitarist:
"I feel that a Blueberry guitar gives a unique sensation, because it is a luxury guitar, equal to other famous brands of acoustic guitars that I know of, being combined with the remarkable art of carving. Playing with a Blueberry guitar feels like I am playing with a luxury car."
AP Television
Ubud, Bali - December 17, 2010
32. Wide of guests in a cafe
33. Wide of Balawan performing with Blueberry guitar
34. Close of Balawan finger tapping
35. Tilt from Balawan to Blueberry guitar
AP Television
Sukawati, Bali - December 17, 2010
36. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Wayan Balawan, Blueberry Guitarist:
"I hope Blueberry guitars can be sold internationally with their factory based in Bali as a new type of export product. Bali should be known to the world not only for its carving but also for its guitars."
37. Pan of guitar workshop
38. Close of Blueberry guitar being polished
39. Mid of worker holding guitar
40. Tilt up of carving on guitar's neck
41. Close of picture of woman on guitar's neck
42. Wide of workers at guitar workshop
LEAD IN:
Intricately hand-carved guitars from Bali are marrying eastern and western style.
Bespoke Blueberry guitars can take months to produce and cost up to USD $6,000 each.
STORYLINE:
On the resort island of Bali craftsmen and carpenters are producing a very unique guitar.
This small workshop in Sukawati is the home of the internationally renowned Blueberry guitar.
Their first handmade guitars were launched at the Montreal Jazz Festival two years later.

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...