(13 Oct 2008) SHOTLIST
FILE: Madrid – Recent
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1. Various of prostitutes standing in road soliciting, cars driving by, one stops
2. Various of prostitutes waiting on pavements
Near Valencia – 8 October 2008
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3. Wide exterior of Club Romani, famous brothel outside Valencia
4. Close shot of brothel name Romani on top of the roof
5. Wide shot of swimming pool and terrace at brothel Romani
6. Close up pair of high heeled shoes on the balcony of one of the prostitute’s rooms
7. Wide pan of bar of Club Romani
8. Wide shot of bar and stage at Club Romani
9. Close up pair of high heeled plastic shoes on sale at Club Romani
10. Wide of one of the suites at Club Romani
11. Wide pan of the suite
12. Close up lamp in the form of woman holding up torch, in suite
13. Rear shot woman, Laura (not her real name), walking down corridor and into room at brothel Club Majestic (another brothel in Valencia, run by women)
14. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Laura (not her real name), ex-prostitute, now receptionist at brothel Club Majestic
“Spanish women are starting to show up again. Spanish women on the game had practically stopped and now they seem to be going back to it, especially those who had left and now they want to go back to it because, of course, mortgages and other expenses are still the same. If incomes are not the same that’s when women who already know this choose to get into it again.”
15. Close shot of Laura’s hands
16. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Laura (not her real name), ex-prostitute, now receptionist at brothel Club Majestic
“Hey, men are men! Men are different and, you know, when they feel like it Also, I don’t know why but people always have money for this. As I always say, when it comes to vice, we always find the money!”
17. Mid shot Jose Luis Roberto, lawyer, ANELA (Spain’s National Association of Brothel Owners), working
18. Close shot of Roberto’s face
19. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jose Luis Roberto, lawyer, ANELA (Spain’s National Association of Brothel Owners)
“When a brothel whose earnings come from room rentals and drinks has a 30 percent or 40 percent decrease in income, it means that the number of customers has also decreased 30 percent or 40 percent. That means that demand for the services that the girls offer has also decreased by a similar proportion. So we can say that the women are being affected by the crisis to the tune of 30 percent or 40 percent of their incomes.”
20. Close shot of Roberto’s hand typing on his computer
21. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jose Luis Roberto, lawyer, ANELA (Spain’s National Association of Brothel Owners)
“Prostitution is not a nice job to do, but women are in most cases free to decide if they want to do it, and they do it because it gives them a good level of income. So since the crisis begun, many women who were not prostitutes before are now working as prostitutes.”
FILE: Madrid – Recent
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22. Prostitutes standing at side of road
STORYLINE
The financial crisis sweeping the globe is making itself felt everywhere, apparently leaving no country, institution or profession untouched.
Even the so-called “oldest profession”, prostitution, is feeling the pinch, at least that is the case in Spain where trade is reportedly down by between 30 and 40 percent in many places.
Although official figures are hard to come by, it is estimated that 300,000 women work as prostitutes in Spain.
In a Spanish Parliament study it was suggested that 6,000 women worked the streets whilst another estimated 96,000 work in brothels that front as night clubs.
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