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

And in my village there are various types of people: old people and young people, nice people and nasty people.. Because my dad says people don’t like big differences... So they named me

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

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

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

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

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

The camera swerves upwards An idyllic street with

charming labourers’ cottages at dusk

FADE OUT

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?