Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 36 ppt

VINCENT A short film by Gert Embrechts EXT. VINCENT’S HOUSE. DAY Roofs of cottages in an idyllic working class neighbourhood with a lot of greenery and well-kept, extremely colorful front gardens. We hear the voice of a boy. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) This is my village, Farillage. In the front gardens stand a few families dressed in their Sunday best summer clothes. We pass an old couple. As we pass them, they wave to the camera proudly. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.) And in my village there are various types of people: old people and young people, nice people and nasty people . . . We pass a young couple. The man is leaning on crutches. They wave to the camera proudly. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.) . . . sick people, beautiful people and ugly people . . . We pass a villainous looking family. They wave at the camera arrogantly. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.) . . . unpleasant people . . . We pass angelic families, goodness incarnate. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.) . . . and good people. And those differences are okay, as long as they are not too big. Because my dad says people don’t like big differences. Short Short Screenplays 235 App-A.qxd 9/27/04 6:01 PM Page 235 Two boys of 11 appear on screen. They are wearing identical summer clothes and have identical haircuts. The two are following someone down the street and making fun of him. BOY 1 Is your hair so ugly, you don’t dare let anyone see it? BOY 2 Egg cozy! BOY 1 Pixie Blue Cap! VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) Some of the boys in my village don’t like differences at all. They want everyone to be the same. BOY 2 (sings aggressively, provocatively) Little Pixie Blue Cap . . . The other boy joins in. BOY 1 & 2 . . .sitting in a tree . . . The mocking boys are following VINCENT (9). Despite the heat he is wearing a thick, bright blue cap with earflaps. There are beads of sweat on his face. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) They get jealous if you look different. If you’re wearing a blue cap, for instance. Vincent walks down the street as fast as he can. When the boys get closer he holds on to his blue cap. The boys are still singing their mocking rhyme. They try to snatch Vincent’s cap from his head. Vincent defends himself. BOYS 1 & 2 (singing aggressively, provocatively) . . . along came a gust of wind and down fell he. 236 Writing the Short Film App-A.qxd 9/27/04 6:01 PM Page 236 One boy pushes Vincent to the ground. The other snatches the cap from his head. The boys stare at Vincent in amazement. They drop the cap and run away yelling. Vincent stands up. He only has a left ear. Where his right ear should be there is only a shriveled remnant around a tiny hole: the auditory canal. We move into the hole. Black. INT. BODY A journey through the internal organs. We hear in succession the heartbeat, the stomach, the intestines. Finally we hear the groaning and moaning of a woman in labour. INT. DELIVERY ROOM. DAY An opening appears in the black screen. A bright light appears in the opening. The smiling face of a GYNECOLOGIST appears. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) I have that blue cap and my name to thank to Dr. Van Bellegem, a famous gynecologist, says my mum. The doctor reaches out and grabs the camera lens. He is trying to pull something out of the lens. The woman groans. The doctor is still smiling from ear to ear. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.) Because originally I was going to be named Adam, but when I was born the doctor pulled so hard on my ear . . . The gynecologist’s hands suddenly pull away. One of his hands is holding a baby’s ear. The woman gives a heartrending scream. The gynecologist looks at the bloody ear. His smile fades. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.) . . . that Adam was no longer appropriate. So they named me Vincent, after a famous painter with a blue cap, says my dad. Short Short Screenplays 237 App-A.qxd 9/27/04 6:01 PM Page 237 INT. BEDROOM VINCENT. DAY Baby Vincent sleeps in an idyllic and romantic baby bed. He has his blue cap on. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) The next day I was given my blue cap. And each year my mum knits on an extra piece so that it always fits me. EXT. DESERTED STREET. NIGHT A sultry summer night. An almost empty street. Vincent, who is now 17, is wearing summer clothes and his bright blue cap. He has beads of sweat on his face. He is walking down the street. A few passers-by cycle past. They shout comments and point at Vincent. PASSER-BY 1 Egg cozy! PASSER-BY 2 Pixie Blue Cap, is your hair so ugly, you don’t dare let anyone see it?! VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) I don’t mind that they’ll carry on teasing me . . . A pretty girl of 17 walks up. She is wearing a bright blue cap, identical to Vincent’s, that covers her ears. Where her right ear should be, the earflap is lying flat against her cheek. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.) .because I’m sure to meet somebody who likes blue caps. Vincent passes the girl without saying a word. A few steps farther he suddenly turns around. The girl also stops and turns around. They look at each other: love at first sight. 238 Writing the Short Film App-A.qxd 9/27/04 6:01 PM Page 238 EXT. CHURCH. DAY Vincent (18 YRS.) and the girl are standing in the doorway of a church. They are wearing wedding clothes and—of course—their bright blue caps. People shower them with rice, cheer and applaud. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) Then we’ll live happily ever after and have at least . . . We see that the girl is pregnant. VINCENT 9 YRS .one child. And his name will be Adam. FAMILY PHOTO, VINCENT A family portrait of Vincent and his wife. They are both wearing their blue caps. In their arms they are holding a baby with two abnormally large ears. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) And even though Adam has two ears . . . The baby is also wearing a blue cap, but this does not cover his big ears. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.) . . . his blue cap will cancel out the difference. EXT. VINCENT’S HOUSE. EVENING We pass Vincent (21) and his wife who has a baby in her arms. Vincent and his wife are both wearing their bright blue caps. They wave at the camera proudly. VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) Because my dad says people don’t like big differences. Not even people who wear blue caps. Short Short Screenplays 239 App-A.qxd 9/27/04 6:01 PM Page 239 The camera swerves upwards. An idyllic street with charming labourers’ cottages at dusk. FADE OUT. 240 Writing the Short Film App-A.qxd 9/27/04 6:01 PM Page 240 SOB STORY by Matthew E. Goldenberg and Michael Slavens INT. STUDIO. NIGHT Small, modern studio in downtown Manhattan. STEPHANIE, 20s, classically beautiful blonde, sits alone at a DINING ROOM TABLE all set up for a romantic dinner. She seems about as bored as is scientifically possible. INT. KITCHEN. SAME MARTY FRIEDMAN, 20s, orders from a Chinese Menu on a CORDLESS PHONE in a hushed tone: MARTY (CONT.) (preoccupied) And, uh, what’s good? . . . Chicken, I like chicken . . . Is it spicy? I like spicy . . . That sounds good. Great. Thanks. INT STUDIO. SAME She glances around the room. She goes to look at the picture frames on the mantle. A LARGE FRAME holds an autographed picture of Mickey Mantle. A SMALL FRAME below it holds a family portrait. She picks up the small frame. Marty peers out of the kitchen. He sees that Stephanie is bored. He smiles at her, weakly. She does not smile back. Stephanie spots a PICTURE ALBUM. She goes to it, picks it up and sits down on the couch. She runs her hand over it. STEPHANIE (calling out) Is this your family album? Short Short Screenplays 241 App-A.qxd 9/27/04 6:01 PM Page 241 . he. 236 Writing the Short Film App-A.qxd 9/27/04 6:01 PM Page 236 One boy pushes Vincent to the ground. The other snatches the cap from his head. The boys. farther he suddenly turns around. The girl also stops and turns around. They look at each other: love at first sight. 238 Writing the Short Film App-A.qxd