Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The Script

Ok, guys. Here's the script for "Drama Bowl"

I'm leaving some additional details outside, in case I don't have time to include them in the final product. The story still works without them. They're just some other visual gags.



SPEAKER



SOUND EFFECT



ACTION



 



Indistinctive fighting between
man and woman.



Title screen with words: DRAMA
BOWL appear on screen. Then:  A
short story by José G. Landrón.



DILLY:  It’s always the same!  Always the same with you!


ROY:  Well, everything was well until you showed up!


DILLY:  What?  It was
not my decision to come live with a loser!


ROY:  A loser, huh?


DILLY:  Yes, the most pathetic loser I’ve ever met!



 



C/U of  two fish arguing furiously.



ROY:  That’s it! 
I’m leaving!



 



C/U of Roy’s face, angry.



ROY:  I hope you die!



 



C/U of Dilly’s face, surprised
and hurt.



 



Roy mumbling to himself,
complaining.  Dilly making
exaggerated dying sounds.



Middle shot:  Roy puts a hat, grabs a suitcase and
starts swimming around the fishbowl, meanwhile, in the center, Dilly is
having a stroke and dies.



ROY:  What?  I’m
still here?  Stupid fishbowl!


(Worried)  Oh no!  Dilly! 
Dilly?  Are you ok?  Dilly!!!!!!!



Small thud on glass.



Roy stops and kicks the fishbowl,
then he sees Dilly’s floating dead body.


Roy holds Dilly’s body, and
screams.



ROY:  DILLYYYYY!!!!



Small bubble pop.



Wide shot: of table with the
bowl, and only one little bubble pops.



ROY:  Oh, Dilly! 
I’m so sorry!  Please,
forgive me!



Sad music



Roy crying, still holding Dilly’s
body.



ROY:  Why do I have to be so stupid?!?!  I can’t take it anymore…



Body thud of hitting floor.



Roy is angry at himself, and
becomes suicidal.  Climbs to the
top of the bowl, looks down and jumps.



ROY:  (Dying) 
F-for-give me, Di…



 



C/U of Roy dying on the floor.



WHISKIE:  Don’t worry, Roy!  I’ll save you!



Water splash.



Whiskie enters scene, picks up
Roy and throws him inside the bowl.



ROY:  (Crying) Arrrghhh!!! 



 



C/U of Roy watching Dilly’s
corpse again.



 



 



Text shows on screen:  “On the next day”.



ROY:  (Sobbing) Goodbye, my sweet love!



Water plops.  Things shaking inside a can.



Human hand removes Dilly’s body
from the bowl with a net.  Hand
throws food to Roy, who doesn’t eat.



 



 



Text shows on screen:  “A few days later”.



ROY:  Oh, Dilly…



 



Middle shot of Roy almost down to
his bones, due to malnutrition, barely swimming.  A lot of food still floating around.



WHISKIE:  Don’t worry, Roy.  You’ll be ok!



Chewing sounds.



Wide Shot:  Whiskie notices, so grabs Roy, puts a
funnel inside his mouth and makes him eat.



 



 



Text appears on screen:  “A few days after”.



ROY: Hello, Hello, Miss Golden
Yellow!



Sensual music.



Hand empties plastic bag with
sexy female fish.  Roy gets
lovestruck.



WHISKIE:  It was about time!  Finally, Roy has forgotten
Dilly!  What a relief!



Dying sounds.



Medium shot:  While Whiskie speaks to the camera,
Roy dies.




 



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