Médecins Sans Frontières - Broll - Myanmar: 1 month since the earthquake

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB229901

Date taken / Date Recorded 09/05/2025 11:55 AM

Country Myanmar (Burma)

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Photographer / videographer / producer Lena Pflueger

Copyright Lena Pflueger/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 3m59s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 598.15 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Background: On the one month mark since the catastrophe, this package featuring voices from people impacted by the Earthquake, and MSF emergency response staff in multiple locations, aims to add the so far missing personal perspective, draw attention to the enduring needs and provide an intersectional overview of MSF’s activities and outlook on the challenges ahead.

ShotList - BROLL - Myanmar: 1 month since the earthquake
Daytime footage | Handheld camera | FHD 25p | Dur: 3.59’

00:00:04:17 - 00:00:30:10
The camera follows from behind Ma Thet Khaing, a woman affected by the earthquake in Mandalay, while walking to show us her house that was demolished. The street is busy, people are sitting in the street or in make shift shelters. She reach the area where her house was which now is full of debris.

00:00:30:10 - 00:00:45:16
Panoramic wide shots of the area where her house was, now totally destroyed and with piles of debris.

00:00:45:16 - 00:00:53:08
Establishing shot of the interviewee, Ma Thet Khaing.

ITW: Ma Thet Khaing, Mandalay resident affected by the earthquake
Location: Mandalay City, Sain Pen Camp, 20.04.2025

00:00:53:24 - 00:00:56:17
It started to burn from here [showing the location].

00:00:56:17 - 00:01:02:05
The first earthquake tremor occurred;
at that moment, big flames emerged from this area.

00:01:02:05 - 00:01:05:19
Our house was near that grassy area [pointing towards it].

00:01:05:19 - 00:01:10:11
My family escaped running in that direction.

00:01:10:11 - 00:01:14:19
I didn’t take anything at all. I didn't even have shoes;
I just ran out with my clothes.

00:01:14:19 - 00:01:29:18
Mid shot of a road where debris are scatter on the sidewalk. Another mid shot of a house heavily affected by the earthquake. In the neighborhood of the interviewee Htet Waddy Moe Tada.

00:01:29:18 - 00:01:37:05
Establishing shot of the interviewee, Htet Waddy Moe Tada

ITW: : Htet Waddy Moe Tada, Mandalay resident affected by the earthquake
Location: Mandalay City, Tada-U township, 22.04.2025

00:01:37:05 - 00:02:04:24
The camera follows her as she and the translator walk on the debris of her house.
Audio:
HWMT: “this is my room”
Translator: “can you show us from where you escape?” … “When she escaped she was right here… She just escaped from right here…”
The translator with Htet Waddy Moe Tada are standing on top of her room
debris showing the exact spot.

00:02:05:00 - 00:02:08:23
It was just about surviving at that moment;
I couldn’t really care about anything else.

00:02:08:23 - 00:02:20:22
Half an hour passed. I was gasping for breath as no fresh air was coming in,
but trying to stay calm, while all I can see was dust and particles.

00:02:20:22 - 00:02:38:18
All I saw was dust—I thought I'd die of suffocation.
Lucky enough, I finally survived. It’s like coming back from the edge of death.

00:02:38:18 - 00:02:44:12
Focused on survival, I didn’t notice the pain until I got out.
[she had bruises all over her body, one leg was hurt and overall body pain]

00:02:44:12 - 00:02:51:24
A wide panoramic shot of a Monastery School in Mandalay City completely demolished from the earthquake.

00:02:51:24 - 00:03:00:17
A close up shot, handheld camera while walking, of the wreckages of the Central Mosque in Bhone Oh township, Mandalay.

00:03:00:17 – 00:03:08:19
A wide shot taken from the car, while moving, showing a street with shops, cars and motorbikes in Mandalay City.

00:03:08:19 - 00:03:23:09
MSF truck with non-food items is being unloaded in Sat Kyar, Mandalay city. The people of this community who were affected by the earthquake found refuge in the mosque. The NFIs are being distributed by a local civil society organization which MSF is collaborating with. The people have formed a human chain to unload the truck.

00:03:23:09 - 00:03:30:19
A wide shot of the street and buildings in the neighborhood of Daw Hasina (ITW) in Mandalay City that was heavily affected by the earthquake. The camera moves to show the damages on the buildings and wreckages on the street. Her house has been destroyed.

00:03:30:19- 00:03:38:07
Establishing shot of the interviewee, Daw Hasina.

ITW - Daw Hasina, Mandalay resident affected by the earthquake
Location: Mandalay City

00:03:38:07 - 00:03:42:04
My mother is already old - when the earthquake hit...

00:03:42:04 - 00:03:48:03
during the first shake, my mother was pulled out by one of the workers.

00:03:48:03 - 00:03:56:03
My daughters came out with the other children.
I was left behind a bit with one worker.

00:03:56:03 - 00:03:59:11
By the time we reached the exit a structure had already collapsed.