Insert Soundtrack
White screen.
Begins to blur.
Soundtrack begins … cresendos with a piano, harp and bell intro
DRAW BACK CAMERA
To see a snowflake against a dusky sky.
DRAW BACK FURTHER
To see a flurry of heavy, thick, big snowflakes.
PAN DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS
To a secluded gravel parking lot in the midst of woods.
ZOOM IN
A solitary white vehicle in the parking lot.
CONTINUE ZOOM IN THROUGH DRIVER’S SIDE WINDOW.
She is sitting in the driver’s seat, holding herself … staring through front window into the woods … sighs … smirks … releases herself … picks up earphones and puts them on …
Time
Where did you go
Why did you leave me here alone
Wait
Don’t go so fast
I’m missing the moments as they pass
CAMERA OVER HER RIGHT SHOULDER
She’s outside of car, locking its door. Her reflection appears in the window’s glass.
Now I’ve looked in the mirror
And the world’s getting clearer
So wait for me
This time
CAMERA SHOT FROM BEHIND
She turns and moves quickly into the woods.
CUT TO SHOT ABOVE AND IN FRONT
Snow falls heavily and she stumbles as she walks down the trail.
I’m down
I’m down on my knees
I’m begging for all your sympathy
SHOT MOVES OVER HER FROM ABOVE
Catching herself before falling, she continues walking.
SHOT CONTINUES TO ZOOM OUT AND AWAY FROM A BACK VIEW.
But you (I’m just an illusion)
You don’t seem to care (I wish that I could)
You humble people everywhere (I don’t mean to hurt you)
CUT TO OVERHEAD SHOT
Darkness falls.
Away from the trail … she makes her own way in the snow.
Now I’ve looked in the mirror
And the world’s getting clearer
I’ll take what you give me
Please know that I’m learning
So wait for me
This time
CUT TO FRONT SHOT
She moves underneath a tree …
Sits down in snow, leans against the tree …
Looks up …
Reflects.
Snowfall intensifies and it’s very dark.
Flashbacks.
I should’ve known better
I shouldn’t have wasted those days
And afternoons and mornings
I threw them all away
CUT TO FORWARD, OVERHEAD SHOT
She sits motionless in the snow … staring at a snowflake falling from above.
Now
This is my time
And I’m gonna make this moment mine
(I shouldn’t have wasted those days)
I’ll take what you give me
Please know that I’m learning
BEGIN SLOW ZOOM IN ON SNOWFLAKE
I’ve looked in the mirror
My world’s getting clearer
So wait for me
This time
This time.
CONTINUE ZOOM IN ON SNOWFLAKE
FADE TO WHITE
Editor’s Note: The stuff in italics are lyrics of the song Time, sung by Chantal Kreviazuk. (Sample of song in Windows Media format.) The rest of it was what I did last night, except for the camera angles and all ! 😉 And yes I know I shouldn’t be in the woods at that time of day/night, yes my ass got wet sitting in the snow, and yes it was phreaking cold !! 🙂
it’s a wonderful life,
looking out the window of bailey brothers’
and knowing i’ve had some influence,
and knowing how ripples tend to contiune
expanding…
🙂
but it has been argued,
plausilbly,
that i’m not a good screenwriter
because i rely too much on dialogue…
if i’d written this,
Emily would have been sitting in the snow
talking with her stud-mommy lover,
and would have come home
with a rhetorical pregnancy
after the scene of ankles askew,
and hands randomly grasping snowflakes
as they melted in her palms…
why do i always think of something to write
when i have to be somewhere else in two hours?
You know, there are plenty of safe places to walk around out here in BFE. You can borrow my handheld GPS so you can find you way back to the Amy Mobile. 🙂
Shhhhhhhh 🙂 Video ?? What video ?? There’s no video ??? Especially of me doing kareoke … to Hall & Oates … Out of Touch !!! Heck no … there’s no video !! LOL Ahhhh … yeah, I guess I probably could use some new errands on my list, huh !?! 🙂
No kidding Hottie !!! Totally good point … it’s sort of disgusting the way he moans when he’s reading the sports page … he just keeps groaning … “Blue line … blue line … scores !!!”
ROFLMAO That’s funny Si !!!! When I was posting this one I was thinking the same thing … this really belongs on Stacy’s site, not mine !! 🙂
*peers at the webpage title*
“It says it’s not Stacy’s blogspot, but…”
*rereads the text again, clearly confused*
What is this, your new karoke video? It certainly beats the last video I saw of you. Holy Shit!! You need to get out less if that is where you are ending up. Do you need to run some errands for me?
What do you mean “when you were 12 years old” Shaft? That was probably last week…and it wasn’t “Playboy”…it was the “Hockey News”. Either way…I’m sure you were “pullin the goalie”! EJECT!!!!
On one level I think I should be deeply concerned, except that I can’t get past the thought that the scene you described could be me when I was twelve years old, except that I would have had a Playboy magazine and frostbite on my unit.
Perhaps I should ask in my comments,
“What are you wearing?”
🙂
You could have just wrote something about ME!! Me… Me… Meeeeeeeee…….. woo hoo!
Hope everone had a great weekend! I am still in my bathrobe… lol
“If you go out in the woods today….”
Didn’t happen to see any plush toys with picnic baskets did you?
See what happens to me when my mwalling buddy decides to go back to law school !!!! 🙂
you know, the mall is heated. and victoria’s secret is having their big semi-annual sale. good deals to be had…try going there instead of the scary cold woods.