PAGE ONE.
1.1: THREE super-happy
and hilarious ROMAN FARMERS trudge through the dark woods. I was thinking that
this might be a wide panel, because the key to the proceedings here is that
these Farmers are drunk. Like wasted, and they’ll need to be because of what’s
upcoming: the feast of Lupercalia. If you don’t what that is, check this out: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/14/133693152/the-dark-origins-of-valentines-day
Our three
heroes are named FLAZ, KRANZ, and FIFEL. They love to drink and are single,
happy farmers, and they are ready to party and meet their mates. Let’s make
Fifel the shorter one of the two, and Franz is rather burly. No distinction on
race or style or anything—these three farmers are just happy drunken humans
about to take part in something that is NOT OKAY.
1. FRANZ: Ohhhhh!
We’re off to LUPER-CAL-IA
2. KRANZ: LUPER-CALI-A!
3. FIFEL: It’s
“Loo-per-kale-a.”
1.2: FRANZ slaps
Fifel over the head.
4. FRANZ: You
franfel it’s “LOOPER-CAL-A.”
5. FIFEL: Oi!
1.3: They stop at
a patch in the woods.
6. KRANZ: Everyone
drink!
1.4: Same as the
previous, but this time they all take a swig of their wine casks.
NO DIALOGUE.
1.5: An angle from
the back of their heads into an open field where we can see a giant CLEARING
and many more drunken Romans prancing around the field. In the center is a MAN
dressed in red robes and on a pedestal wearing a GOAT’S HEAD for a hat. This
man is the GREAT DRAGON, gathering common folk for the February celebration of
Lupercalia—a mating ritual from ancient Roman times.
7. DRAGON: Come!
Be merry and drink Dionysius’s wine! It is time
for…
7B: The
feast of LUPERCALIA!
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