Monday, June 10, 2013

Revision revision revision

Hey, so now I pretty much just write scripts.  And they suck at first, and then you go through and make things make sense.  It's a breakthrough.  Here's a stupid one I've been working on.


EXCITING OPENING

Jack:  Brace yourself, behind this door there’s something the likes of which you have never seen.  Rarely a man has seen it.
Dom:  Ok.  Is it just sitting back there waiting for someone to go through?
Jack: Well yeah but this is what we’re getting paid for.
Dom:  Let’s go over the brief one more time. tries to grab it from him
Jack:  It’s confidential, rook.  There’s nothing you need to know.
Dom:  My life’s on the line, I demand to know what we’re in for.
Jack:  If you know what we’re in for, you’re probably not going to want to go through that door.
Doorknob starts to jiggle.  Jack grabs it and pushes it closed
Walky talky starts going off
Dispatch: This is a code six Dom and Jack, we need you to return immediately.
Dom: steps away from door Jack puts his back into it
Jack:  We’re in too deep, can’t return.  Over.
Dispatch:  We have reason to believe the thing behind that door is not your ordinary demon.  
Dom:  What is it, then?
Dispatch:  It might be the devil lady.
Jack:  The devil lady?
Dom’s eyes go wide

He flashes back
He’s 12 years old and him and the other boys find a copy of the Necronomicon.  
Mom downstairs
Mom:  What are you boys doing up there?
Dom:  Just reading comic books. a stack of comics sits on the table, untouched
He’s got one nerdy blonde friend with glasses (Chris), and another fat friend (Darren)
Chris:  Can we just read comics?
Darren:  I have to take it back to my brother, or he’s going to beat me up.
Dom:  We have to at least open it.  
Book makes creepy groaning noise
Darren and Chris look at eachother terrified
Dom:  Cool!
He opens the cover a little, and wind blows his hair back.  
Darren tries to grab the book from him and it bites his hand, he starts crying
Dom:  Shut the fuck up!  
The wound immediately starts to change colors, becomes black
Darren starts convulsing, not even crying
Chris jumps to his feet and scrambles towards the door
Dom opens the book anyway

Snap back into real time.  The door is rocking.
Jack:  Now, it’s important we’re as professional as possible here.  We get in, I’ll subdue her, you get the picture.
Dom:  I have a bad feeling about this.
(there are some ghosts the camera doesn’t work on)
Dom pushes through door
Flashback again to the house
Mom:  Boys, is everything all right up there?
Dom:  Everything is fine!
Chris:  Are you crazy?  What do you think you’re doing?
He punches Chris in the face.  Chris runs down the stairs sobbing
Chris:  Mrs. Lampley!
Dom:  Reads the first page he flips to out loud Aminus parnivus mostey (change this later)
Chris screams downstairs.  Runs back up the stairs.  His nose looks broken, face is bleeding.
Chris:  Your mom...
Dom:  What?
Chris:  She’s not your mom anymore.

The devil lady cries loudly.  Jack (Lost Jack) slaps her across the face, as she rebounds back up Dom (Charlie from Lost) snaps a picture.  Jack takes her down, and she looks up directly into Dom’s eyes.

It's stupid, yes. But it at least almost makes sense.

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