PAGE ONE.
1.1: I was thinking about opening on a horizontal
panel featuring two HIKERS making their way through a densely packed forest. In
the distance we can see a clearing and blue sky. The Hikers’ backs are turned
to us and they’re dressed as you would expect: rain jackets, break away pants,
serious boots, and backpacks that double as water containers. Give one of them a
walking staff if you like.
CAPTION: Preikestolen,
Norway.
1.2: A small panel
next to the previous featuring the HIKERS: they’re smiling in relief after the
long hike. They’re looking up and off panel right, blue all around them. Both
are in a state of relief and natural glee. One’s bearded and wearing
horn-rimmed glasses with a balding head. How about we call him ANDERS. The second Hiker
is a woman, shorter, with curly brown hair and a dimpled smile--EMELIA.
ANDERS: Fifty-nine.
EMELIA: Hard
to believe.
1.3: Emelia hands
Anders her cell-phone.
EMELIA: Take
a picture of me on the edge.
1.4: From Emelia’s
perspective, we can see Anders along the cliff face, a sharp drop off below.
NO DIALOGUE.
1.5 [WIDE]: Anders
is now on the other side of the cliff face and Emelia is up to the very edge of
Pulpit Rock looking to the great beyond. We can see Emelia’s iPhone is up and Instagram
is loaded on the screen—the screen shows
the photo from the prompt.
NO DIALOGUE.
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