This is an expansion of L'idee which I have posted before. This version is tailored towards my impending coursework which is focused on making a full length film. This is the first scene, with inciting incident in L'idee. I do however plan to edit this version to make it suitable for short film in the near future.
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L’idée
FADE IN:
INT. EMPTY ROOM- DAY
On an old wooden chair CERVELLO, a young man with wild
hair, heavy eyes and a scraggly beard, stares blankly into nothing.
Cervello contorts his face as if in pain.
He shakes his head and continues to stare blankly into
nothing.
Cervello raises his left hand to his ear and begins to
rub his index and middle finger against his thumb. He clenches his fist very
quickly and then, when he reopens his hand, begins to start clicking his
fingers to a slow, steady beat.
Whilst continuing to click with his left hand Cervello
then raises his right hand and begins to click both his hands into a rhythm.
As the rhythm begins to speed up he starts to stamp
his foot onto an old wooden box and incorporate it into the tune.
Cervello bobs his head to beat and starts whistling as
the tune gets faster and faster.
As the tune intensifies to a point where he can no
longer keep up to he stops, stands up and kicks the chair over.
Breathing at an excessive rate Cervello stares at the
chair enraged. As he composes himself, he tightens his tie and checks his
blazer is straight and buttoned up.
Cervello spins around flexes, stretches and takes a
take breath through his nostrils.
Music then begins to blare out and Cervello dances
without any inhibition, as if he is in ecstasy and leaping around without a
single care.
CERVELLO
(V.O.)
That
moment.
Cervello is now reaching new
levels of excitement and can hardly contain himself as his dancing gets more
erratic and expressive.
CERVELLO
(V.O.)
When an idea hits you.
INT. WOODEN FLOOR- NIGHT
An old fashioned light bulb
sparks on.
INT. SHOWER- DAY
There is someone in shower
whose eyes are closed as the water pours down on them. They then open their
eyes and swing their hands to their head and gasp.
EXT. STREET- DAY
There is an EXCITED MAN
dashing through an empty, desolate street shouting.
EXCITED MAN
Eureka!
EXT. ORCHARD- DAY
An apple is dropped by
someone on a ladder and smashes on the ground
EXT. CAMPSITE- DAY
A fire starter is struck and
sparks erupt off it.
INT. EMPTY ROOM- DAY
Cervello dances in
excitement then flicks up the chair with his foot.
Cervello parades around the
chair.
CERVELLO (V.O)
Is unlike any other.
EXT. PARK- DAY
A YOUNG HANDSOME MAN, an
attractive blonde guy, in his early 20’s, is in his own little world and has
his head hanging down until he sees the feet of the BEAUTIFUL LADY a few paces
away.
The Young Handsome Man then
stops suddenly in his tracks.
He starts to very slowly;
raise his gaze from the Beautiful Lady’s feet, up her legs, onto her torso and
her chest.
The Young Handsome Man then
locks eyes with the Beautiful Lady and they smile awkwardly at each other.
As they realise they are
staring at each other, they avert their gazes in embarrassment.
Then as they look up and
smile at each other again the Young Handsome Man and the Beautiful Lady walk
towards each other.
YOUNG HANDSOME MAN
Hi.
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
Hi.
They stare at each other
longingly.
FADE
OUT:
INT. EMPTY ROOM- DAY
Cervello is attempting to
dance with some fancy footwork to the music but is failing miserably.
It does not faze him and he
continues to dance fervently.
CERVELLO (V.O)
It’s
as if you have been possessed by a demon
INT. BEDROOM- NIGHT
A possessed girl leaps out
of her bed in shock and begins to cackle.
The possessed girl gets
fully out of her bed and drops to her knees and her cackle intensifies.
INT. EMPTY ROOM- DAY
Cervello is now dripping in
sweat and is forced to take a break after a final leap and flurry.
Cervello is panting as sweat
drips off his hair and is bent over with his hands on his knees in
exasperation.
CERVELLO (V.O.)
Who pokes your heart with his trident.
INT. CAVE- NIGHT
A man dressed in a very
unconvincing devil costume is smirking as he throws his plastic trident into
the ground.
As the trident hits the
floor it shatters on the floor.
The man is holds his stomach
and laughs silently.
The man proceeds to trample
the pieces of the trident with his feet.
INT. EMPTY ROOM. DAY
Cervello is still bent over
exasperated and takes one large breath in and swallows it.
Cervello, with sweat still
streaming off him, stares into the distance and begins to calm. His breaths
become shallower as he fixes his concentration.
CERVELLO (V.O.)
And conjures the hellfire within.
INT. RECPTION ROOM- NIGHT
A gas fire ignites and
flames spurt out.
INT. THEATER- NIGHT
A figure in silhouette
screams and punches through the paper it is behind.
INT. EMPTY ROOM- DAY
Cervello is on the floor
curled into a ball, rocking back and forth with sweat dripping off him.
A door opens and a shaft of
light falls upon Cervello who is on the floor. He looks towards the door
timidly in fear.
THE MYSTERIOUS MAN, a bald
man with a black beard in his 40s who is dressed very smartly, begins to stroll
towards Cervello with his boots echoing loudly as he moves.
The mysterious man squats
down next to Cervells, pulls a pen out of his pocket and gestures to Cervello
to take it.
Cervello ignores the
mysterious man and spits towards the mysterious man’s shoes.
The mysterious man glances
at his shoes as the spit rolls off them and begins to grimace. He opens his
mouth as if he is about to speak but stops himself.
The mysterious man stands up
and stares directly into Cervello’s face then spits onto it.
Cervello convulses in
repulsion as he wipes the spittle from his face.
The mysterious man smiles,
drops the pen in front of Cervello and proceeds to beat Cervello mercilessly.
CERVELLO (V.O.)
But
not everyone likes ideas. No. In fact many people can’t tolerate them. To them
they are bitter, and leave an unpleasant aftertaste.
EXT. LEMON TREE- DAY
A man bites into a lemon,
gags at the taste and spits it out.
The lemon is thrown to the
floor and as it hits the floor the man crushes the lemon with his heavy boots.
CERVELLO (V.O)
They
bring trouble, change and unwanted progress.
EXT. PLAZA- NIGHT
There is a large pile of
books burning as men in army uniforms continue to add to the fire.
An old man stares with a
tear rolling down his eyes as he watches the books burn.
Two men in army uniforms
then approach him from being and escort him away into shadows. Then shots are
heard.
EXT. CITY- DAY
A large protest is occurring
in the middle of a city.
Police come charging in and
begin to beat back the protesters with excessive force.
There is a protester on
floor being beaten by a policeman with a baton.
INT. OFFICE- DAY
An executive, with a glass of
red wine in his hand stares out at the protest.
The executive lights up a cigar
and chuckles heartily to himself.
INT. EMPTY ROOM- DAY
The mysterious delivers one last
blow to Cervello, who is covered in blood and is choking on the floor hardly able
to move.
As Cervello spits out blood onto
the floor the mysterious man rolls him over, takes hold of Cervello’s hand and opens
it up.
He places the pen in Cervello’s
hand and lays a contact at his side entitled, ‘Declaration of Silence’.
