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DANIEL BECERRA

HECTOR JIMENEZ

MATTHEW KENT

AURITE KOUTS

JOHN LEE

JOHN MULLEN

VIVIAN PO

YUJIRO SEKI

CONNOR SNEDECOR

MORGAN SWING

 

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 Film Studies 187

ADVANCED DIGITAL VIDEO

    NARRATIVE CINEMA & PRODUCTION PRACTICES

DANIEL BECERRA, Daniel: Daniel hates the world around him. He believes that as a child he went to sleep and hasn't woken up since and is thus living in a dream world. His solution to "get out" of the dream world is to kill the person that epitomizes everything he hates in the world--Tad. Tad is the all American jock who has cheated his way to the top. He spies on Tad at a party and finds a way to get him alone for the final confrontation.

 

***SCENE 1***

 

INT. ROOM – DAY

 

DANIEL (V.O.)

At the end of this movie the first credit you’ll see will be for the writer and director named Daniel. 

 

CUT TO:

 

BLACK SCREEN

 

The TEXT “Written and Directed by Daniel Becerra” appears momentarily on the screen.

 

DANIEL (V.O.)

Does the name ring a bell?  Yep, that’s my name too.  He believes the shit I just told you as much as I do.  That’s why I exist in the first place.  To show you what he thinks.

 

INT. ROOM – DAY

 

Daniel is found sitting like before but the camera tracks back to reveal the director behind the camera filming Daniel.

 

DANIEL (V.O.)

He’s as fucked up as I am.  Of course he’ll deny everything I just said, but don’t trust him.  If you don’t wanna believe me that’s fine.  After all, I’m merely a fictitious character created for the sake of this movie. But…

 

Daniel walks towards the camera.

 

DANIEL

Because I dream, I am not.

 

***SCENE 2***

 

As Daniel watches this he feels a tap on his shoulder and turns around.

 

Before his stands a drunk girl named AMANDA whom he recognizes from class.

 

AMANDA

Don’t I know you?

 

DANIEL (V.O.)

She’s probably mistaking me for one of the guys she was with during last weeks orgy at the sorority.

 

DANIEL

Yeah, I’m in your clinical psychology class.

 

AMANDA

Are you sure?  I swear I’ve seen you somewhere else.

 

DANIEL

No, I’m in your class.  I did that report on the long term effects of psychosis on patients with paranoid schizophrenia.

 

AMANDA

No, that’s not it.

 

DANIEL

Nevermind.

 

He turns around rolling his eyes.

 

She turns him around.

 

AMANDA

(flirtatious)

Oh c’mon, don’t be that way.  Talk to me.

 

DANIEL (V.O.)

I want to gouge your eyes out and kill you.

 

She gives him a quizzical look.

 

AMANDA

What?

 

DANIEL

Uh…You have gorgeous eyes and I want to kiss you.

 

AMANDA

Oh, thank you. You’re sweet.  Maybe we can talk a little more later.  My friend is waving me over.

 

DANIEL

I’d enjoy that very much.

 

AMANDA

Ok then. T.T.Y.L.

 

Daniel fakes a smile as she leaves and as he turns the other way his face goes deadpan with hatred.