Iorram (Boat Song) - Sgriobt film Gàidhlig agus Beurla / Gaelic and English Film Script

Anns an leabhran seo gheibhear tàr-sgrìobhadh slàn den fhilm aithriseach fad 97 mionaidean, Iorram (Boat Song). Gus cuideachadh le stiùireadh, tha an
teacsa air a bhriseadh suas gu na mionaidean air-sgrìn den tionndadh seo den fhilm. Gheibhear barrachd fiosrachadh mun fhilm, agus càite am faicear
e, aig iorramfilm.com.
Sionopsas den Fhilm
A’ chiad film aithriseachd gu tur ann an Gàidhlig, tha Iorram na dhealbh
liriceach air Innse Gall, an-diugh agus an-dè. Tha an Stiùiriche, Alastair
Cole, a’ toirt an luchd-amhairc air tu-ras-bogaidh a-steach do chridhe
coimhearsnachd a tha air maireadh 1,000 bliadhna, a’ measgachadh
clàran fuaim tasglainn de ghuthan bhon t-àm a dh’fhalbh le iomhaighean
de bheatha nan eilean san latha an-diugh agus ceòl ùr air a chruthachadh
leis an neach-ciùil cliùiteach, Aidan O’Rourke.
Aig cridhe an fhilm tha stòras iongantach de thasglann fuaim, air a
chlàradh le luchd-eitneòlais adhartach Albannach ann am meadhan an
20mh linn, a thadhal air na h-Eileanan an Iar airson glacadh cruadal
agus romansachd beatha air a chur seachad ann an cothromachadh
cugallach leis a’ mhuir.
Tha na clàraidhean seo a’ glèidheadh beul-aithris de dh’uirsgeulan,
ràbhairtean agus cùisean-mulaid a thàinig sìos tro
ghinealaichean de luchd-labhairt Gàidhlig.
An cois an traca-fuaime seo de ghuthan, sgeulachdan agus òrain bho na
làithean a dh’fhalbh, tha ìomhaighean dhrùidhteach de ruitheam obrach
làitheil nan eilean, air muir is tìr, air am filmeadh thairis air na trì
bliadhna mu dheireadh.
Tha na cruadalan an cois a bhith ag iasgach agus a’ cutadh anns gach
sìde agus ràithe beo taobh-ri-taobh le geasalanachd, seallaidhean de
mhaighdinnean-mara, sìthichean agus eileanan à sealladh.
Tha a’ chiad sgòr-film le Aidan O’Rourke (bhon chòmhlan Lau a tha air
iomadh duais a choisinn) a’ fighe fuaim agus ìomhaigh ri chèile ann an
cunntas faireachail agus lèirsinneach air saothair, gàire agus call. Bha
a’ mhuir a-riamh a’ beathachadh a’ choim-hearsnachd seo, ged a bha
a’ chumachd aice cuideachd beatha nan teaghlach a bha an urra rithe
a chreachadh.
Tha am film a’ tabhainn cagairean agus faileasan de dhaoine agus de
thachartasan duilich a ghabh àite o chionn fhada, cuimhneachain a tha
fhathast a’ toirt buaidh air beatha nan eilean. Aig àm nuair a tha Alba
agus an RA a’ coimhead ri àm ùr, tha seo mar chuimhneachan gu bheil
snàithleanan eachdraidh agus fèin-aithne aig fìor oir Bhreatainn air am
fighe, dha-rìribh, ann an cumhachd liriceadh a’ chànain Ghàidhlig.
This booklet contains the full transcript of the 97 minute feature length documentary film, Iorram (Boat Song). To assist navigation, the text is divided into
the onscreen minutes. You can find out more about the film, and where to view it at iorramfilm.com.
Film Synopsis
The first cinema documentary entirely in Scottish Gaelic, Iorram (Boat
Song) is a lyrical portrait of life in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, past
and present. Director Alastair Cole takes the audience on an immersive
journey into the heart and soul of a 1,000-year-old community, blending
archive sound recordings of voices from the past with visuals of island life
today and an original score by acclaimed folk musician Aidan O’Rourke.
At the core of the film is an extraordinary trove of sound archive,
recorded by pioneering Scottish ethnographers in the mid-20th century,
who visited the Western Isles to capture the hardship and romance of life
lived in precarious balance with the sea.
These newly restored recordings preserve an oral history of lore and
legends, tall tales and tragedies, passed down through generations of
Gaelic speakers. This soundtrack of voices, stories and songs from the
past is accompanied by moving imagery of the daily working rhythm
of the islands, on land and on water, shot over the past three years.
The tough realities of fishing and gutting in all weathers and seasons
co-exist alongside superstitions and visions of mermaids, faerie folk and
mysterious vanishing islands.
The first film score by Aidan O’Rourke (of multi-award-winning folk group
Lau) weaves together sound and vision in an emotional and cinematic
narrative of toil, laughter and loss. The sea has always sustained this
community, while also holding the power to ravage the lives of the
families who rely upon it. The film offers whispers and shadows of people
and tragic events long since gone, yet whose memory continues to shape
life on the islands today. As Scotland and the UK enter a new future,
this provides a reminder that the threads of history and identity at this
furthest edge of the British Isles are woven, unmistakably, in the lyrical
power of the Gaelic language.