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SCRIPT SAMPLES
by

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

 

AURITE KOUTS, BLIND DATE:  A young man and a young woman are preparing themselves for a blind date. We are observing their preparation from the morning to the actual meeting. Their day is shown on split screen.  Each screen showing what is occuring simultaneously during their day. Each of them has a very different conception of the coming date... 

 

 

Until Mona and Ben actually meet each other .They are both separated by a split screen. The audience sees both of their daily habits simultaneously . The scenes that happen simultaneously are marked with a *              

 

 

          SCENE 3 INT.DAY MONA'S KITCHEN

 

          Mona gets in the kitchen, whistling or singing,

          she looks happy and excited at the same time. She

          prepares herself a breakfast: puts a piece of

          bread in the toaster, makes some coffee.  Her

          roommate, Lily wearing pyjama and still sleepy

          gets in.

                    MONA: ( singing) Good Morning!!!LILY (

                    sleepy) : 'morningShe sits on the table.

                    MONA: do you want some coffee, tea ,

                    orange juice ?                    LILY:

                    cofee pleaseMONA: I put bread in the

                    toaster , want some?  ( taking the tone

                    of a host of a tv shopping channel) and

                    I have some terrific jams for you : all

                    the flavours you can only dream about:

                    strawberry, orange, blueberry, lemon ...

                    and I have peanuts butter and...LILY

                    (irritated) : right I can take care  of

                    myself Thank you.

 

          She grabs some cereals and put them in a bowl.Mona

          does not seem to care about Lily's reaction.

 

          MONA: hey you had a bad night?

 

          LILY: well , yes in fact there was that

          neighboor's dog who was barking all the time and

          that very loud music  they played  in that house

          next to ours.

 

          MONA: it's the week end you can rest

 

          LILY: I'm working today honey and besides I have

          lot of homework due for next week.

 

          MONA: I slept so welll ...

 

          LILY: you didn't hear anything?

 

          MONA: nope... ( changing the topic ) today is the

          day I am sooooooooo excited !!!!

 

          LILY: have an interview?

 

          MONA: No !! come on Lil' what are you talking

          about?  rememember the guy I met on the internet

 

          LILY : oh right! ( with an ironic tone) Mrright250

          , your date is today?

 

          MONA: yes ! we are suppose to meet in this cafe  (

          name of the cafe) at 6pm

 

          LILY: good choice for a blind date it's quite

          cheap

 

          MONA: oh stop to be so sarcastic will you!

 

          LILY: I am not sarcastic , I have just some doubts

          on Mr right250 that's all...

 

          MONA: hey i'm not 16 ok? if I don't like him we'll

          just talk and that's all. Finita la comedia

 

          LILY: I know you... you're not only going to just

          talk...

 

          A telephon rings

 

          Lily picks up while Mona opens her computer.

 

        

 

 

SCENE 3 * INT. DAY BEN'S LIVING ROOM

 

          Dan , Ben's best friend is sitting on the couch

          whatching a children channel on the  tv, sleepy,

          Ben after having staring at him joins him . The

          are both watching tv silently until the telephone

          rings in Mona's appartment.

                    BEN: thanks for waking me upDAN: (

                    always staring at the tv , as if he was

                    hypnotised ) De nada bro'BEN : first

                    time someone's waking me up with

                    children 's cartoons.

                    DAN:  ( taking the tone of  a mad

                    scientist) I wanted to test some new

                    experiment on you  ...BEN: do you have

                    any idea who wrote this telephone number

                    on the mirror in the bathroom?

                    DAN: No idea... I thought you would

                    know...

                    BEN: I didn't do anything scandalous

                    last night... The place is so messy now,

                    last time we 're having a party here, I

                    sware.

 

        

                    DAN: too late I am already sheduling a

                    new one next week end !

                    BEN: what?

                    DAN: just kidding...

 

          The telephone is ringing

 

          BEN: where is the damn telephone

 

          They both try to locate it. Dan stands up, finds

          the telephone under the sofa

 

          DAN: got it!

 

          Dan picks up the telephone.