Monday, February 4, 2008

Movie script idea.

( Starts out with an auditions sign. Moves into theatre, girl tap dancing to ragtime. Switch between full bodied shots and shot of her face under a lot of stress smiling. Shot from beside her shows two people talking in grated catwalk. Two shots from behind so tap dancer is visible and beside.)
Actor 1: How long is this song supposed to be?
Actor 2: Can't be much longer.
Actor 1: It's been going on forever.
Actor 2: Well it's been about a minute.
Actor 1: This is just bad etiquette. I want to get out of here.
Actor 2: How come?
Actor 1: What do you mean how come? I want to go home.
Actor 2: Why? What's at home?
Actor 1: Well nothing I guess.
Actor 2: Then what's the problem?
Actor 1: Nothing I guess.
Actor 2: There you go. ( Pause) You know I think I saw her in something.
Actor 1: Oh?
Actor 2: Yeah, well I didn't actually see her, I got there late, but I saw her afterwards.
Actor 1: What was she in?
Actor 2: Oh some thing.
Actor 1: Ok. ( Pause) Was she good?
Actor 2: I don't know. I didn't see her.
Actor 1: Yeah but did anybody say anything about her?
Actor 2: I didn't really ask.
Actor 1: Hmm.
Actor 2: Well she's there right now, judge for yourself.
Actor 1: Oh I can't see anything really.
Actor 2: Whatever. ( Pause) Oh yeah, it was some sort of church thing.
Actor 1: Oh man, I can't stand things at churches. They always want to talk to you afterwards.
Actor 2: You don't like talking to people afterwards?
Actor 1: Not really. I like talking to people I know afterwards, but I don't know anybody at church things.
Actor 2: Well I know people at church things.
Actor 1: Good for you. ( Pause) So what is your song going to be?
Actor 2: Luck Be a lady.
Actor 1: Ah man.
Actor 2: What?
Actor 1: You can't do that, I'm doing that.
Actor 2: Well I've been preparing this for about a week.
Actor 1: So have I... Do you have the book?
Actor 2: Yeah. ( Takes out book)
Actor 1: Ok, you sing that.
Actor 2: I don't know that.
Actor 1: It's easy... " Brush up your shakespeare... da da da da" ( actor 2 joins in, neither know the actual melody)
Actor 2: Well if you like it you do it.
Actor 1: It's out of my range.
Actor 2: It's out of my range.
Actor 1: Tell you what.
Actor 2: What?
Actor 1: I'll roll you for it.
Actor 2: Good idea.
Actor 1: Evens.
Actor 2: Odds. ( Rolls the dice) We shouldn't have done that on the grated floor.
Actor 1: Crap where is it?
Actor 2: Well go down and get it.
Actor 1: You get it. ( Shot of tap dancer, the dice has rolled to where she is dancing, back to both of them.)
Girl: ( off screen) aaaaah. (both look over the ledge)
( In the hallway)
Actor 1: Brush up your duh duh ( actor 2 joins in, girl with friends hobble by the actors go in for their auditions)

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