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Monday, March 19, 2007

Script, Concept, Whatnot Part One

After much deliberation, hesitation and emulsification (i was lathering my hair with shampoo in the shower when i struck upon this idea, hence the word), i have finally come up with a decent [sic] script.


    Regular Joe of youthful appearance and casual demeanour (i'm picturing myself) walks up to a cinema ticket-buying area (i'm thinking this could be Kaleide Theatre to facilitate filming purposes).

    Ticket-buying area is manned by a bored, uninterested bitch (she's attractive, no less) who's polishing and filing her nails. She's coughing and rubbing her throat and looks in physical distress. There's no one else in the cinema area; it's quite dead really. Regular Joe doesn't notice the Uninterested Bitch at the counter; he's standing from afar.

    Regular Joe scans the movies available. Movie screenings are listed clearly over the booth. He looks like he knows what he's looking for.

    Regular Joe's eye lights up when he realises he has 120 minutes to watch a movie before his next appointment. (Camera will show him looking at his schedule book and his watch, indicating there're still more than 2 hours to go before his next appointment).

    Regular Joe opens his wallet, looks into it and hesitates. He doesn't have enough money for a ticket. He looks rather disappointed.

    At this point Uninterested Bitch looks up and realises that Regular Joe is someone she knows.

    Regular Joe twitches his nose and turns around and begins to leave. Uninterested Bitch stands up and begins to call out to him but only manages a stifled croak.

    Turns out Uninterested Bitch has a terrible sore throat.

    Uninterested Bitch utters something under her breath and goes to the back room. She finds her mobile phone in her bag and searches for Regular Joe. She dials for him.

    Regular Joe is out along the street and gets a phone call. It's from a person he hasn't seen for awhile.

    He answers the mobile and there's silence on the other line.

    Cut to Uninterested Bitch and she's exasperated. She clearly has something to tell Regular Joe.

    Regular Joe waits for awhile on the other line, looks at the mobile, shrugs and cancels the call. He calls her back.

    Cut to Uninterested Bitch and she's hastily trying to text Regular Joe. Her mobile goes off. It's Regular Joe.

    Uninterested Bitch doesn't answer the phone as she clearly wouldn't be able to carry out a conversation. The mobile phone keeps ringing.

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