Saturday, March 12, 2011

Keskarel, a Quicktime storyboard: Beat 3, Actor's Script

[AD Chris Arthur-Henly Robinson did the heavy lifting (i.e. writing) for this scene]



The electricity has gone out in Videographer’s apartment. All we see is the black of the camera as Videographer shuffles around, knocking things over.
a. Medium shot of Videographer’s door opening from the hall. DO AS PICKUP OR FROM B-ROLL
b. We only see her knees and feet as she walks to Keskarel’s door. DO AS PICKUP OR FROM B-ROLL
c. Medium shot from behind of Videographer as she knocks on the door.  Keskarel then
opens her door and stares at Videographer. After several seconds of silence Keskarel ask
Videographer, “Why are you here?” ONE/ THREE
d. Medium shot of the back of Keskarel (from inside her house) as Videographer says, “My power went out. I need to charge my battery right now or—just let me in!” TWO
e. P.O.V. medium shot of Videographer from behind as Keskarel opens her door. Keskarel walks
inside without saying anything. THREE /ONE


The door closes and we pan in on Videographer’s hand as she plugs her charger into an electrical outlet. We then go to a mid shot of Videographer as sighs and sits down next to the outlet, we do a close up of her face as she looks around the house and asks, “What’s wrong with you why don’t you have any furniture?”
b. P.O.V medium mid body shot of Keskarel as she responds with, “There is no point to furniture.” FOUR
c. P.O.V. medium mid body shot of Videographer as she shakes her head and says, “You’re in America and in this country we have furniture. Its part of the American dream, it’s why people like you come here to buy furniture.” FIVE
d. P.O.V. Close up of Keskarel as she says. ”That is not why I came here.” SIX


We pan out and watch Keskarel as she takes a drink of something, we close in
on her face as she say’s
a. “I have no American dream, I have no Russian dream, the only dream I dream is my husband.” SIX
b. P.O.V. Close up|We pan over to Videographer as she laughs to herself. She looks up at Keskarel and then says, “I don’t see the point of moving here without a dream? A real dream you can hold in your hands and feel. I don’t care what happened to your husband, you’re here now and he is wherever—and I don’t care where, where ever is, but you need a little hope you need some furniture, a bed or a coffee table or something.” SEVEN
f. Pan back to Keskarel, she responds with “This is a free country.” SIX
g. P.O.V. medium mid body of Videographer as she giggles and says, “I suppose it is, you got that right.” EIGHT
h. P.O.V. medium mid body of Keskarel as she says, “Why do you point that camera at me when I am looking out my window or emptying my trash?” NINE
i. P.O.V. medium mid body of Videographer as she shakes here head, camera pans out and we go into a medium shot of the two as they stare at one another, Videographer then says, “I point that camera at things so I won’t forget—” EIGHT
j. P.O.V. medium mid body shot of Keskarel as she says, “Okay—would you like a drink? I mean it is Russian and I know I came here from there, but now that you’re here would you want to have a drink?” SIX
k. P.O.V. Close up of Videographer as she laughs and says, “I don’t drink.”  SEVEN
l. A long shot of the girls from down the hall as they stare at each other.
m. Pan over to Videographer (Medium shot) who is looking away, after several seconds of silence she looks back over at Keskarel and says, “Okay give me the dam thing.” TEN
n. Low Angle (medium shot) we see Keskarel hand a bottle of vodka over to Videographer.  ELEVEN
o. Close up of Videographer’s face as she takes a sip. Once she has taken a sip she spits it out all over the floor and wipes her mouth off. We pan out to show her face as Keskarel rushes to the bathroom gets some towels and mops it up.  TWELVE
oo. Full body shot. We pan out further to show Keskarel wiping it up and see Videographer saying, “That was awful, how do you drink that stuff?” THIRTEEN
p. P.O.V. medium mid body shot of Keskarel who folds the towels up, smiles and say’s “It makes the day go by faster.” FOURTEEN
q. P.O.V. medium mid body shot of Videographer who says, “What happened to you? You live here by yourself—I guess it isn’t my business.” FIFTEEN
r. Long shot from the hall of Keskarel & Videographer as Keskarel bangs her hand against the wall and says “None of your business you make everything your business.” SIXTEEN
s. Close up of Videographer as she looks away at her charger, which is still blinking red. TWELVE
SS. Pan out to show Keskarel getting up, once up she extends her hand. Videographer looks up at her then back at her charger as Keskarel says, “I want to show you something. I don’t want to fight, I am sorry.” ELEVEN
t. Close up of Videographer as she says “I’m fine right here” TWELVE
u. Pan out (medium shot to show Keskarel with her hand still extended. After several seconds Videographer reaches for it and up she goes.
  SEVENTEEN

We switch to the left side, behind the bathroom door and pan out to show Keskarel as she pulls Videographer into her arms.
a. Shot from above as Videographer is reluctant. EIGHTEEN
b. P.O.V. medium mid body shot of Videographer as backs away, brushes her self off and says, “What are you doing hugging me?”  NINETEEN
c. P.O.V. Close up of Keskarel as she shrugs her shoulder and says “I have no friends or husband to show it to, but you.” TWENTY
d. Medium/long mid body shot of Videographer and Keskarel as Videographer shakes her head and says “I’m not your friend honey. Sane people don’t live in houses with no furniture, not in America,” You need a man or somebody to get you some furniture. I TWENTY ONE
dd. P.O.V. Close up of Keskarel as she says: “I have - I had a husband - I only want to know one husband.
ddd.  Medium/long shot of Videographer and Keskarel as Keskarel says: A man is not always a good thing. I have to show you something, please” TWENTY ONE
e. From down the hall we film Keskarel as she grips Videographer’s hand and guides her into the bathroom. Keskarel says "I need you to turn on camera." We stay on the door until it shuts. SIXTEEN

End Beat 3.

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