Daniel Brizuela 2/3/12
The Alien Invasion: Their View.
On August 29, 2016, an army of aliens arrived at Earth, planning to take over. Normally, stories like this would center on the government and how they plan to defeat them and somehow it’s America that beats them and thanks to someone no one knew arriving at the last minute. However, this is not this story; this story is from the invader’s point of view.
Inside one of the alien battleships, whose species are the Jyklims and are humanoid except that they have protective exoskeleton on their shoulders, two young Jyklims were dancing to some unknown alien music. The two aliens were drinking some sort of pink liquid that made them seem drunk.
“That was totally mogp,” said one of the teen Jyklims.
“Yeah it was, Nurt!” said the second.
“You know what we should do, Kup?” asked Nurt.
“What?”
“We should like,” he began before drinking again, “take over this ship. It’s I’ll be totally Mogp. We could just destroy that little planet filled with those jelly bags, instead of just what everyone is doing and going slow.”
“Oh, Yeah, I mean why not? No one’s in the bridge right now. It’ll be that easy.”
When they entered the bridge they decided to take out some sort of small tube and lit it on fire. They then ate the tube and started acting even more crazy, like they were on drugs.
Nurt started touching every button he saw, which made the ship fire at New Myanmar. Kup, who after noticing what looks like human made rocket ships with nuclear bombs strapped on, they both laughed.
Just as all of those bombs exploded, which wouldn’t affect the alien ships, Kup pushed the self destruct button for the whole Jyklim army thinking it was for the Earth. All of the alien ships were destroyed, and everyone on Earth thinking that their bombs worked felt safe again.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Friday, January 4, 2013
Kung Fu Cards screenplay
Daniel Brizuela 11/16/12 New York Film Academy 1st Year Screenplay
1st Quarter 3rd Film: First Semester.
Kung Fu Cards
1 INT. BUILDING-AFTERNOON 1
FADE IN
A MAN IS SITTING on a chair on a table, he’s reading a book while the chair in front of him is empty. Suddenly a hand grabbed the other chair and pulled it back.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF HANDS
CUT TO POV SHOT OF FIRST MAN
The first man looks at the the second man as the second man sits down on the chair. The second man then notices the first man looking at him.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND MAN
SECOND MAN
Are you ready?
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF LEFT SIDE OF FIRST MAN
FIRST MAN
Of course---
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF RIGHT SIDE OF FIRST MAN
FIRST MAN
I am---
CUT TO FRONTAL CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN
FIRST MAN
You fool. Ha ha ha.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF BOTH MEN
The second man gets out UNO cards from his pocket and puts it in the middle of the table. The first man shuffles the deck of cards for a few seconds before setting it back on the table.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN
The first man draws five cards from the deck.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND MAN
The second man draws five cards from the deck.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF DECK OF CARDS
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN’S FACE
FIRST MAN (dialogue not in synch)
Drawwww!
CUT TO POV SHOT OF FIRST MAN
The second man puts down a RED 7.
CUT TO HIGH ANGLE CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN
The first man puts a BLUE 7 then a GREEN 7.
CUT TO POV SHOT OF SECOND MAN
The second man looks at his cards and doesn’t see any cards to put in the middle. He draws a card from the deck. The card is a BLUE 8. He draws again. The card is a GREEN DRAW 2.
CUT TO LOW ANGLE EXTREME CLOSE UP OF SECOND MAN’S CARDS FROM THE BACK
CUT TO HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF SECOND MAN
The second man laughs.
SECOND MAN (excited)
Youu! Aree! Doooomeed!
The second man puts the DRAW 2 down.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN
Just as the DRAW 2 was put down, the first man immediately raised one of his hands with a YELLOW DRAW 2 in it. Lighting appeared out of nowhere.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF CARDS PUT DOWN
The first man puts the card down.
FIRST MAN (dialogue not in synch)
Enjoy the ice cream!
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF SECOND MAN’S REACTING IN DIFFERENT WAYS
CUT TO STOCK FOOTAGE OF A GOAT
CUT TO WIDE SHOT
The second man puts a card down. The first man draws twice, then he puts two cards in a row down.
CUT TO CLOSE UP
The first man puts a GREEN SKIP card down. The second man immediately puts a BLUE SKIP card to counter the first man’s skip.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN’S FACE
The first man looks at the other in anger. It looks like he’s about to yell at him but all that comes out of his mouth are lion roars.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT
The two men are staring at each other. All of a sudden a stranger appears.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLE
The stranger looked at the two men with a smile.
STRANGER
So did, like, anyone order a pizza?
CUT TO OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF FIRST MAN TOWARDS SECOND
SECOND MAN
No. But where’s the pizza?
CUT TO PREVIOUS SHOT
STRANGER
Like, I don’t know.
CUT TO TWO SEPARATE SHOTS OF THE TWO MEN LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND THEN THE STRANGER
CUT BACK TO PREVIOUS SHOT
The two men got up and after a few seconds lifter there hands as fist and got it near the stranger’s face.
CUT TO BLACK
WORDS IN THE BLACK BACKGROUND
Due to the violent nature of the next few seconds, please enjoy this instead.
CUT TO VARIOUS STOCK FOOTAGE OF WATERFALLS
CUT BACK TO BLACK
WORDS
Almost done folks. Holly molly, oh the humanity. Oh God.
CUT TO VARIOUS STOCK FOOTAGES OF ANIMALS
CUT BACK TO BLACK
WORDS
All right folks, I think it’s safe now to continue with the film. We are sorry for what happened,
but it is what it is.
CUT BACK TO WIDE SHOT OF TWO MEN PLAYING UNO
The two men were once again playing UNO, all without any signs of the stranger. The first man put down a card, then the second man put down another.
CUT TO POV SHOT OF SECOND MAN IN BLACK AND WHITE AND SILENT
The second man looks at the first. He tells the second something that is very long.
FIRST MAN (WHAT’S SHOWN IN TITLE CARD)
I’ll win!
CUT TO CLOSE UP SECOND MAN
The second man looks at the first man, then at his cards, then he turns his eyes towards the side.
CUT TO STOCK FOOTAGE OF A WAR GOING ON
CUT BACK TO CLOSE UP
The second man looks back at his cards.
CUT BACK TO WIDE SHOT
SECOND MAN (dialogue not in synch)
I.Will. Beat. Youuuu!
CUT TO LOW ANGLE CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN
The first man laughs and says something very short.
FIRST MAN (what’s actually heard)
You will lose! It’s in your nature! Pancakes!
CUT BACK TO WIDE UP
All of a sudden, the game starts to get really intense as they both put several cards down in a row, draw cards from the deck, and try to beat each other.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF DECK OF CARDS
Both of them keep on drawing and drawing from the deck, so much so that there are only a small amount of cards left to draw.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF CARDS PUT DOWN
As the stack of cards to draw is getting smaller, the stack of cards put down increases.
CUT TO SAME SHOT IN BETWEEN TWO CLOSE UP SHOTS OF BOTH MEN.
The pile of cards put down is getting bigger and bigger as both men put one card after another. Eventually, they both end up with one card each.
FIRST AND SECOND MAN
Unoooo!
CUT TO SHOTS OF JUST THE TWO MEN
The two men look at each other and then the cards they’re holding.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF BOTH THEIR HANDS
They both decide to quickly put their cards down at the same time.
CUT TO CAMERA FOLLOWING THEIR HANDS IN SLOW MOTION
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF CARDS PUT DOWN
Both the first and second man’s cards landed at the same time.
CUT TO REACTIONS OF BOTH FIRST AND SECOND MAN
CUT TO STOCK FOOTAGE OF AN ATOMIC EXPLOSION
FADE OUT
END.
1st Quarter 3rd Film: First Semester.
Kung Fu Cards
1 INT. BUILDING-AFTERNOON 1
FADE IN
A MAN IS SITTING on a chair on a table, he’s reading a book while the chair in front of him is empty. Suddenly a hand grabbed the other chair and pulled it back.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF HANDS
CUT TO POV SHOT OF FIRST MAN
The first man looks at the the second man as the second man sits down on the chair. The second man then notices the first man looking at him.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND MAN
SECOND MAN
Are you ready?
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF LEFT SIDE OF FIRST MAN
FIRST MAN
Of course---
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF RIGHT SIDE OF FIRST MAN
FIRST MAN
I am---
CUT TO FRONTAL CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN
FIRST MAN
You fool. Ha ha ha.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF BOTH MEN
The second man gets out UNO cards from his pocket and puts it in the middle of the table. The first man shuffles the deck of cards for a few seconds before setting it back on the table.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN
The first man draws five cards from the deck.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND MAN
The second man draws five cards from the deck.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF DECK OF CARDS
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN’S FACE
FIRST MAN (dialogue not in synch)
Drawwww!
CUT TO POV SHOT OF FIRST MAN
The second man puts down a RED 7.
CUT TO HIGH ANGLE CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN
The first man puts a BLUE 7 then a GREEN 7.
CUT TO POV SHOT OF SECOND MAN
The second man looks at his cards and doesn’t see any cards to put in the middle. He draws a card from the deck. The card is a BLUE 8. He draws again. The card is a GREEN DRAW 2.
CUT TO LOW ANGLE EXTREME CLOSE UP OF SECOND MAN’S CARDS FROM THE BACK
CUT TO HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF SECOND MAN
The second man laughs.
SECOND MAN (excited)
Youu! Aree! Doooomeed!
The second man puts the DRAW 2 down.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN
Just as the DRAW 2 was put down, the first man immediately raised one of his hands with a YELLOW DRAW 2 in it. Lighting appeared out of nowhere.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF CARDS PUT DOWN
The first man puts the card down.
FIRST MAN (dialogue not in synch)
Enjoy the ice cream!
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF SECOND MAN’S REACTING IN DIFFERENT WAYS
CUT TO STOCK FOOTAGE OF A GOAT
CUT TO WIDE SHOT
The second man puts a card down. The first man draws twice, then he puts two cards in a row down.
CUT TO CLOSE UP
The first man puts a GREEN SKIP card down. The second man immediately puts a BLUE SKIP card to counter the first man’s skip.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN’S FACE
The first man looks at the other in anger. It looks like he’s about to yell at him but all that comes out of his mouth are lion roars.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT
The two men are staring at each other. All of a sudden a stranger appears.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLE
The stranger looked at the two men with a smile.
STRANGER
So did, like, anyone order a pizza?
CUT TO OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF FIRST MAN TOWARDS SECOND
SECOND MAN
No. But where’s the pizza?
CUT TO PREVIOUS SHOT
STRANGER
Like, I don’t know.
CUT TO TWO SEPARATE SHOTS OF THE TWO MEN LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND THEN THE STRANGER
CUT BACK TO PREVIOUS SHOT
The two men got up and after a few seconds lifter there hands as fist and got it near the stranger’s face.
CUT TO BLACK
WORDS IN THE BLACK BACKGROUND
Due to the violent nature of the next few seconds, please enjoy this instead.
CUT TO VARIOUS STOCK FOOTAGE OF WATERFALLS
CUT BACK TO BLACK
WORDS
Almost done folks. Holly molly, oh the humanity. Oh God.
CUT TO VARIOUS STOCK FOOTAGES OF ANIMALS
CUT BACK TO BLACK
WORDS
All right folks, I think it’s safe now to continue with the film. We are sorry for what happened,
but it is what it is.
CUT BACK TO WIDE SHOT OF TWO MEN PLAYING UNO
The two men were once again playing UNO, all without any signs of the stranger. The first man put down a card, then the second man put down another.
CUT TO POV SHOT OF SECOND MAN IN BLACK AND WHITE AND SILENT
The second man looks at the first. He tells the second something that is very long.
FIRST MAN (WHAT’S SHOWN IN TITLE CARD)
I’ll win!
CUT TO CLOSE UP SECOND MAN
The second man looks at the first man, then at his cards, then he turns his eyes towards the side.
CUT TO STOCK FOOTAGE OF A WAR GOING ON
CUT BACK TO CLOSE UP
The second man looks back at his cards.
CUT BACK TO WIDE SHOT
SECOND MAN (dialogue not in synch)
I.Will. Beat. Youuuu!
CUT TO LOW ANGLE CLOSE UP OF FIRST MAN
The first man laughs and says something very short.
FIRST MAN (what’s actually heard)
You will lose! It’s in your nature! Pancakes!
CUT BACK TO WIDE UP
All of a sudden, the game starts to get really intense as they both put several cards down in a row, draw cards from the deck, and try to beat each other.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF DECK OF CARDS
Both of them keep on drawing and drawing from the deck, so much so that there are only a small amount of cards left to draw.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF CARDS PUT DOWN
As the stack of cards to draw is getting smaller, the stack of cards put down increases.
CUT TO SAME SHOT IN BETWEEN TWO CLOSE UP SHOTS OF BOTH MEN.
The pile of cards put down is getting bigger and bigger as both men put one card after another. Eventually, they both end up with one card each.
FIRST AND SECOND MAN
Unoooo!
CUT TO SHOTS OF JUST THE TWO MEN
The two men look at each other and then the cards they’re holding.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF BOTH THEIR HANDS
They both decide to quickly put their cards down at the same time.
CUT TO CAMERA FOLLOWING THEIR HANDS IN SLOW MOTION
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF CARDS PUT DOWN
Both the first and second man’s cards landed at the same time.
CUT TO REACTIONS OF BOTH FIRST AND SECOND MAN
CUT TO STOCK FOOTAGE OF AN ATOMIC EXPLOSION
FADE OUT
END.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
How One Views a Film screenplay
Daniel Brizuela 11/10/12 New York Film Academy 1st Year Screenplay
2nd Quarter 2nd film: POV.
How One Views A Film.
1 INT. ROOM-MORNING 1
FADE IN
A YOUNG MAN is waiting in a room that only has one window, one chair, and a television with a DVD player.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF DOOR WITH ONE WAY WINDOW
The door opens and in enters a woman in a lab coat holding a pen in one hand and board with a piece of paper on the other.
Why are you taking part in this experiment?
CUT TO WIDE SHOT
The woman went to the DVD player and took out a DVD from her pocket and put it into the DVD player.
The woman leaves and closes the door. Mark then turns to the television.
CUT TO FULL SHOT OF WHAT’S SHOWN ON TELEVISION
The television shows a scene from a horror film.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF MARK
Mark looks frightened and reacts in fear.
CUT BACK TO TELEVISION
A scene from a sad drama film is shown.
CUT TO MARK
Mark looks sad and dries his eyes with his arm.
CUT TO TELEVISION
A movie’s happy ending is showing.
CUT TO MARK
The scene makes Mark happy.
CUT TO TELEVISION
A funny scene from a movie is then shown.
CUT TO MARK
Mark laughs from the scene.
CUT TO THE WOMAN LOOKING FROM OUTSIDE
The woman writes several notes into the paper about what she’s seen. She then checks her watch.
FADE OUT
2 INT. ROOM-ONE HOUR LATER 2
FADE IN
AFTER BEING TOLD to wait an hour to get the drug ready, the woman entered the room with a water bottle in her hand.
CUT TO POV SHOT OF MARK
She continued to write on her paper and got out another DVD and put it into the DVD player.
The woman hands him the water bottle.
Once again the woman leaves and Mark turns to the television as it turns on.
CUT TO FULL SHOT OF WHAT’S SHOWN ON TELEVISION
The first thing that’s shown is a scene from a musical.
CUT TO MARK
Mark reacts with fear.
CUT BACK TO TV
The next scene is from a sad film.
Mark yells in excitement.
CUT TO WOMAN OUTSIDE
The woman writes on the paper as she observes him.
CUT TO TV
A scene from a horror film is shown.
CUT TO MARK
Mark begins to laugh after a while. After a few seconds Mark is still laughing and can’t stop. He then falls to the ground while still unable to stop laughing.
CUT TO WOMAN OUTSIDE
The woman didn’t look concerned. She wrote in her paper and then took out a cell phone.
2nd Quarter 2nd film: POV.
How One Views A Film.
1 INT. ROOM-MORNING 1
FADE IN
A YOUNG MAN is waiting in a room that only has one window, one chair, and a television with a DVD player.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF DOOR WITH ONE WAY WINDOW
The door opens and in enters a woman in a lab coat holding a pen in one hand and board with a piece of paper on the other.
WOMAN
Good Morning. Are you Mark Tupen?
CUT TO POV SHOT OF MARK
MARK TUPEN
Yes. I am.
WOMAN
You’re willingly volunteering for this experiment?
MARK
Yes.
WOMANWhy are you taking part in this experiment?
MARK
I need the money. I heard that you’d pay two thousand for anyone who’s willing to go through your tests and experiments.
WOMAN
What do you need the money for?
MARK (annoyed)
I owe. Certain people.
WOMAN
All right.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF WOMAN WRITING ON PAPERCUT TO WIDE SHOT
The woman went to the DVD player and took out a DVD from her pocket and put it into the DVD player.
WOMAN
The first thing we’ll do is a control test, without the drug. You’ll react to various film scenes, whether romance, comedy, or horror, like you normally would. I’ll be watching how you react.
CUT TO POV SHOT OF MARKThe woman leaves and closes the door. Mark then turns to the television.
CUT TO FULL SHOT OF WHAT’S SHOWN ON TELEVISION
The television shows a scene from a horror film.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF MARK
Mark looks frightened and reacts in fear.
CUT BACK TO TELEVISION
A scene from a sad drama film is shown.
CUT TO MARK
Mark looks sad and dries his eyes with his arm.
CUT TO TELEVISION
A movie’s happy ending is showing.
CUT TO MARK
The scene makes Mark happy.
CUT TO TELEVISION
A funny scene from a movie is then shown.
CUT TO MARK
Mark laughs from the scene.
CUT TO THE WOMAN LOOKING FROM OUTSIDE
The woman writes several notes into the paper about what she’s seen. She then checks her watch.
FADE OUT
2 INT. ROOM-ONE HOUR LATER 2
FADE IN
AFTER BEING TOLD to wait an hour to get the drug ready, the woman entered the room with a water bottle in her hand.
MARK (angry and annoyed)
What took so long?
The woman did not answer at first.CUT TO POV SHOT OF MARK
She continued to write on her paper and got out another DVD and put it into the DVD player.
MARK (angrily)
Excuse me?
CUT TO CLOSE UP SHOT OF WOMAN’S FACE
WOMAN
I’m sorry. It’s part of the experiment. Do you have someplace to be?
CUT TO CLOSE UP SHOT OF MARK’S FACE
MARK (annoyed and angry)
Yeah! I actually do. That’s why I need this money.
CUT BACK TO WOMAN
WOMAN
Well, this won’t take long.
CUT TO WIDE SHOTThe woman hands him the water bottle.
WOMAN
This has the drug in it. You just take it and we’ll begin.
Mark took the bottle and drank it. The woman is about to say something but decides there’s no point. After he finishes, Mark gives her back the bottle.
MARK
Let’s finish this.
CUT TO POV SHOT OF MARKOnce again the woman leaves and Mark turns to the television as it turns on.
CUT TO FULL SHOT OF WHAT’S SHOWN ON TELEVISION
The first thing that’s shown is a scene from a musical.
CUT TO MARK
Mark reacts with fear.
CUT BACK TO TV
The next scene is from a sad film.
Mark yells in excitement.
CUT TO WOMAN OUTSIDE
The woman writes on the paper as she observes him.
CUT TO TV
A scene from a horror film is shown.
CUT TO MARK
Mark begins to laugh after a while. After a few seconds Mark is still laughing and can’t stop. He then falls to the ground while still unable to stop laughing.
CUT TO WOMAN OUTSIDE
The woman didn’t look concerned. She wrote in her paper and then took out a cell phone.
WOMAN
Sir. Yes it happened again. It took a lot longer this time, actually an improvement then the last three times. Like always, we’ll hide the body.
The woman then leaves.
FADE OUT.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
A Clown and a Robot short story
Daniel Brizuela 5/12/11
A Clown and a Robot.
It’s the year 2089, and the world has been pretty much destroyed by atomic bombs, wars, and other violence. Most of humanity has been pretty much destroyed all over the planet, along with most of wildlife and nature.
There are only a few human beings remaining in this post-Armageddon and those humans have made personal robots for themselves to take care of them. This story is focused on one particular robot named Nist99, made by a former successful Hollywood director. When his master dies, Nist99 searches for a new master to take care of and not feel as lonely as he is right now.
He searches day and night; he searched for three years to look for the perfect master, until finally he arrived at what was left of Salem, Oregon. There he found and met a kindly old clown who took him in and took care of him and then Nist99 took care of the clown in return.
The old clown worked at a circus full of people who still believe they can bring laughter and happiness to what’s left of the world. It was rare for them to have more than twenty people come in a week, let alone five people attending a day.
Usually on days, or even weeks, when no one comes, the robot and the clown travel through the state, visiting places, learning of the past, and other things. It was in Central Point where Nist99 learned that his creator was born and raised in this city when he was younger. Nist99 felt very at home whenever he was at this town-like the town itself was calling for him every time he was there.
Twelve years later, the clown, who Nist99 later learned was named Jim You, sadly died from a heart attack in his sleep. The robot was alone again and decided to once again search for another person to take care of and to take care of him. Nist99 searched and searched for years, he sometimes found someone but never permanently, so he continued to search, all until he could search no more.
A Clown and a Robot.
It’s the year 2089, and the world has been pretty much destroyed by atomic bombs, wars, and other violence. Most of humanity has been pretty much destroyed all over the planet, along with most of wildlife and nature.
There are only a few human beings remaining in this post-Armageddon and those humans have made personal robots for themselves to take care of them. This story is focused on one particular robot named Nist99, made by a former successful Hollywood director. When his master dies, Nist99 searches for a new master to take care of and not feel as lonely as he is right now.
He searches day and night; he searched for three years to look for the perfect master, until finally he arrived at what was left of Salem, Oregon. There he found and met a kindly old clown who took him in and took care of him and then Nist99 took care of the clown in return.
The old clown worked at a circus full of people who still believe they can bring laughter and happiness to what’s left of the world. It was rare for them to have more than twenty people come in a week, let alone five people attending a day.
Usually on days, or even weeks, when no one comes, the robot and the clown travel through the state, visiting places, learning of the past, and other things. It was in Central Point where Nist99 learned that his creator was born and raised in this city when he was younger. Nist99 felt very at home whenever he was at this town-like the town itself was calling for him every time he was there.
Twelve years later, the clown, who Nist99 later learned was named Jim You, sadly died from a heart attack in his sleep. The robot was alone again and decided to once again search for another person to take care of and to take care of him. Nist99 searched and searched for years, he sometimes found someone but never permanently, so he continued to search, all until he could search no more.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Plain poem
Daniel Brizuela
11/25/11
Plain poem.
Just when the plane lands,
Greet your visiting family with a clap of your hands.
The family is soon coming,
They’ll arrive in the morning.
In Thanksgiving we thanks,
Lets us see how this year ranks.
Someday there will be peace,
Especially for my new niece!
Later we’ll eat,
As making it was such a feat.
Plain poem.
Just when the plane lands,
Greet your visiting family with a clap of your hands.
The family is soon coming,
They’ll arrive in the morning.
In Thanksgiving we thanks,
Lets us see how this year ranks.
Someday there will be peace,
Especially for my new niece!
Later we’ll eat,
As making it was such a feat.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Showdown screenplay
Daniel Brizuela 9/18/12 New York Film Academy 1st Year Screenplay
1st Quarter 4th film: Quarter Film.
Staredown.
1 EXT. FIELD-AFTERNOON 1
TEXT:
A four man group of professional and honorable thieves decided to steal four million dollars from one of the toughest banks in the world. Once that was done they would split the money equally and never be seen again.
That is until something went wrong. The police arrived early and a shootout ensued. One of the thieves was killed in the ensuing gunfire, while the other three were able to successfully escape from the cops. They hid in one of their hangouts which was on top of a hill.
When they felt safe, they took out the money they stole from a bag and realized they couldn’t divide the money equally for three. They didn’t trust each other after what happened so they decided that they would duel for it the next day afternoon. Even though they weren’t trusting of each other, all three knew that they were all honorable men who accepted the terms of challenges and duels.
FADE IN
ONE OF THE THIEVES, WHILE WEARING A cowboy hat is waiting in the middle of a field for the other two. He is checking his watch.
CUT TO THE SECOND THIEF, ALSO IN A HAT, WALKING TOWARDS THE FIELD
The two meet, while the first thief who was waiting points to his watch. The second thief looks at his watch and nods in agreement. They both start to wait for the last thief.
CUT TO THE THIRD THIEF ARRIVING TO MEET THE OTHER TWO
The three criminals look at each other for a moment. They get their guns out and show them to each other. The first thief then points to something off screen
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF BRIEFCASE WITH MONEY INSIDE
CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF THREE THIEVES
All three decide to get a table and all three stand behind it. The thieves put their guns in their pockets.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF
The thief who was waiting for the other two takes off his watch, sets the minute and second hands, and puts it in the middle of the table.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF WATCH
The watch reads 11:56.
CUT BACK TO WIDE SHOT OF THE THIEVES
The first thief points at his watch and nods.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND THIEF
The second thief nods in agreement.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF THIRD THIEF
The third also nods.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF MEN
The men all have their hands hanging on their sides to be ready to grab their guns.
CUT BACK TO WATCH
The watch reads 11:56 at twenty seconds.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND THIEF
With his other hand free, the second thief adjusts his hat. He then spits on the ground. Then looks at the first thief.
CUT TO TWO SHOTS AT THE SAME TIME OF CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF AND WATCH
The first thief looks at the second thief back and then looks at the watch. The watch reads 11:57 at five seconds.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF THIRD THIEF
The third thief also looks at the watch then at a chair that’s next to him. He looks back at the others.
CUT BACK TO WATCH
The watch reads 11:57 at twenty five seconds.
CUT TO UPPER WIDE SHOT OF ALL THREE THIEVES
All three are getting ready for when the time comes. They have their shooting hands right next to their guns.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF’S EYES
The first thief moves his eyes towards the third thief.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF THIRD THIEF
The third thief is picking his nose without realizing that the other thief is looking at him. He puts his hands down and cleans it up.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THIRD THIEF’S EYES
The third thief’s eyes moves towards the second thief.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND THIEF
The second thief is combing his hair until he notices the third thief looking right at him. He throws away the hair comb and puts his hands down with his right hand close to his gun.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF SECOND THIEF’S EYES
The second thief moves his eyes towards the first thief.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF
Holding a small mirror, the first thief is busy checking himself before he notices the second thief looking right at him. He throws away the mirror and a loud crash is heard.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF’S EYES
Moving his eyes towards the other two, the first thief then moves his eyes towards the watch.
CUT BACK TO WATCH
Watch reads 11:58 at forty seconds.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF ALL THIEVES
They are all staring at each other with their hands close to their guns. They then turned around to see someone.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF MAN EATING AT DIFFERENT TABLE
A stranger was eating his food and watching the three thieves in their little showdown. When he notices that the three are looking at him, he gets up from his chair and moves somewhere else.
CUT BACK TO WATCH
The watch reads 11:59 at 5 seconds.
CUT BACK TO WIDE SHOT OF ALL THREE THIEVES
All three of them spit at the ground.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF THIRD THIEF
The third thief moves his head towards the first thief.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF
CUT BACK TO THIRD THIEF
He moves his head towards the second.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND THIEF
CUT BACK TO THIRD
The third thief then looked at the chair near him.
CUT BACK TO WATCH
Watch reads 11:59 at thirty second.
CUT TO VARIOUS SHOTS AT THE SAME TIME OF WATCH AND THE THREE THIEVES
As the watch counts down, the three thieves were ready to fire at each other.
CUT TO WATCH AT FORTY SECOND PARALLEL TO FIRST THIEF
CUT TO WATCH AT FORTY-FIVE SECONDS PARALLEL TO SECOND
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY SECOND PARALLEL TO THIRD
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-ONE
CUT TO FIRST THIEF
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-THREE
CUT TO SECOND THIEF
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-FIVE
CUT TO THIRD THIEF
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-SEVEN AND SHOTS OF THIEVES AT SAME TIME
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-EIGHT AND ONLY FIRST TWO THIEVES
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-NINE AND ONLY FIRST THIEF
CUT TO JUST WATCH AT 12
CUT TO THE THREE THIEVES AT SAME TIME
The first two thieves grab for their guns while the third grabs the chair.
CUT TO FIRST THIEF
The first thief has his gun out.
CUT TO SECOND THIEF
Second thief has his gun out.
CUT TO THIRD THIEF
Third thief brings the chair to top of his head and prepares to throw it.
FADE OUT
Several different sounds are heard, including various gun shots.
End.
1st Quarter 4th film: Quarter Film.
Staredown.
1 EXT. FIELD-AFTERNOON 1
TEXT:
A four man group of professional and honorable thieves decided to steal four million dollars from one of the toughest banks in the world. Once that was done they would split the money equally and never be seen again.
That is until something went wrong. The police arrived early and a shootout ensued. One of the thieves was killed in the ensuing gunfire, while the other three were able to successfully escape from the cops. They hid in one of their hangouts which was on top of a hill.
When they felt safe, they took out the money they stole from a bag and realized they couldn’t divide the money equally for three. They didn’t trust each other after what happened so they decided that they would duel for it the next day afternoon. Even though they weren’t trusting of each other, all three knew that they were all honorable men who accepted the terms of challenges and duels.
FADE IN
ONE OF THE THIEVES, WHILE WEARING A cowboy hat is waiting in the middle of a field for the other two. He is checking his watch.
CUT TO THE SECOND THIEF, ALSO IN A HAT, WALKING TOWARDS THE FIELD
The two meet, while the first thief who was waiting points to his watch. The second thief looks at his watch and nods in agreement. They both start to wait for the last thief.
CUT TO THE THIRD THIEF ARRIVING TO MEET THE OTHER TWO
The three criminals look at each other for a moment. They get their guns out and show them to each other. The first thief then points to something off screen
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF BRIEFCASE WITH MONEY INSIDE
CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF THREE THIEVES
All three decide to get a table and all three stand behind it. The thieves put their guns in their pockets.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF
The thief who was waiting for the other two takes off his watch, sets the minute and second hands, and puts it in the middle of the table.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF WATCH
The watch reads 11:56.
CUT BACK TO WIDE SHOT OF THE THIEVES
The first thief points at his watch and nods.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND THIEF
The second thief nods in agreement.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF THIRD THIEF
The third also nods.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF MEN
The men all have their hands hanging on their sides to be ready to grab their guns.
CUT BACK TO WATCH
The watch reads 11:56 at twenty seconds.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND THIEF
With his other hand free, the second thief adjusts his hat. He then spits on the ground. Then looks at the first thief.
CUT TO TWO SHOTS AT THE SAME TIME OF CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF AND WATCH
The first thief looks at the second thief back and then looks at the watch. The watch reads 11:57 at five seconds.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF THIRD THIEF
The third thief also looks at the watch then at a chair that’s next to him. He looks back at the others.
CUT BACK TO WATCH
The watch reads 11:57 at twenty five seconds.
CUT TO UPPER WIDE SHOT OF ALL THREE THIEVES
All three are getting ready for when the time comes. They have their shooting hands right next to their guns.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF’S EYES
The first thief moves his eyes towards the third thief.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF THIRD THIEF
The third thief is picking his nose without realizing that the other thief is looking at him. He puts his hands down and cleans it up.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THIRD THIEF’S EYES
The third thief’s eyes moves towards the second thief.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND THIEF
The second thief is combing his hair until he notices the third thief looking right at him. He throws away the hair comb and puts his hands down with his right hand close to his gun.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF SECOND THIEF’S EYES
The second thief moves his eyes towards the first thief.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF
Holding a small mirror, the first thief is busy checking himself before he notices the second thief looking right at him. He throws away the mirror and a loud crash is heard.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF’S EYES
Moving his eyes towards the other two, the first thief then moves his eyes towards the watch.
CUT BACK TO WATCH
Watch reads 11:58 at forty seconds.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF ALL THIEVES
They are all staring at each other with their hands close to their guns. They then turned around to see someone.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF MAN EATING AT DIFFERENT TABLE
A stranger was eating his food and watching the three thieves in their little showdown. When he notices that the three are looking at him, he gets up from his chair and moves somewhere else.
CUT BACK TO WATCH
The watch reads 11:59 at 5 seconds.
CUT BACK TO WIDE SHOT OF ALL THREE THIEVES
All three of them spit at the ground.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF THIRD THIEF
The third thief moves his head towards the first thief.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF FIRST THIEF
CUT BACK TO THIRD THIEF
He moves his head towards the second.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF SECOND THIEF
CUT BACK TO THIRD
The third thief then looked at the chair near him.
CUT BACK TO WATCH
Watch reads 11:59 at thirty second.
CUT TO VARIOUS SHOTS AT THE SAME TIME OF WATCH AND THE THREE THIEVES
As the watch counts down, the three thieves were ready to fire at each other.
CUT TO WATCH AT FORTY SECOND PARALLEL TO FIRST THIEF
CUT TO WATCH AT FORTY-FIVE SECONDS PARALLEL TO SECOND
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY SECOND PARALLEL TO THIRD
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-ONE
CUT TO FIRST THIEF
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-THREE
CUT TO SECOND THIEF
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-FIVE
CUT TO THIRD THIEF
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-SEVEN AND SHOTS OF THIEVES AT SAME TIME
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-EIGHT AND ONLY FIRST TWO THIEVES
CUT TO WATCH AT FIFTY-NINE AND ONLY FIRST THIEF
CUT TO JUST WATCH AT 12
CUT TO THE THREE THIEVES AT SAME TIME
The first two thieves grab for their guns while the third grabs the chair.
CUT TO FIRST THIEF
The first thief has his gun out.
CUT TO SECOND THIEF
Second thief has his gun out.
CUT TO THIRD THIEF
Third thief brings the chair to top of his head and prepares to throw it.
FADE OUT
Several different sounds are heard, including various gun shots.
End.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
A Noise Afar screenplay
Daniel Brizuela 9/18/12 New York Film Academy 1st Year Screenplay
1 INT. BUILDING-MORNING 1
A MAN NAMED JACK is leaving a building. As he exits he hears a strange noise.
CUT TO PARK THEN BACK TO JACK
Jack can’t tell where the strange noise is coming from so he just shrugs it off.
CUT TO JACK IN THE PARK
Just as Jack is writing something on his piece of paper, he suddenly hears what he believes is an explosion which has him jumping from his chair.
CUT TO POINT OF VIEW SHOT FROM JACK’S PERSPECTIVE
Jack looks left and right but sees nothing that looks anything like an explosion, just people walking in the park.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF JACK’S FACE
Jack’s face looks all worried and scared.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF JACK’S EYES LOOKING AROUND
Jack once again shrugs off the noises as probably nothing and decides to sit down calmly on one of the green chairs.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF JACK SITTING IN THE PARK
Jack looks at his watch when suddenly he hears a woman screaming as if being attacked.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF JACK
After he heard the scream Jack decides that maybe he’s just hearing things. That it’s all in his head.
CUT TO JACK WALKING THROUGH THE PARK
Jack is enjoying his walk, admiring the scenery, when, once again, he hears what he believes is cars crashing against one another. This one sounds like it’s right next to him.
CUT TO JACK’S POINT OF VIEW
Jack started to look all around but could not find any cars in a collision. By now Jack was starting to question his own sanity.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT
Just as he was starting to calm down, Jack began to hear more and more noises that no one else was hearing. Either, he was going insane or somehow he was hearing something that was far away.
Everywhere he went, Jack keeps hearing the noises, whether it’s people screaming, cars crashing, gun shots, or strange noises that don’t make sense.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF JACK’S FACE
Jack was all sweaty and completely freaked out as everywhere he goes he hears these noises.
FADE TO BLACK
2 INT. ROOM-LATER THAT DAY 2
FADE IN
CLOSE UP OF DOOR
CUT TO INSIDE OF ROOM
JACK IS SITTING ON the floor of a mostly white room with only one window and one chair. He is wearing what seems to be a straitjacket in order to keep him safe and not harm himself.
CUT TO DIFFERENT SHOTS INSIDE ROOM
Constant laughter is now being heard and it is unknown where it’s coming from. At first Jack doesn’t respond to this laughter but after a while he soon joins in.
FADE OUT
1st Quarter 3rd film: Music Film.
A Noise Afar.
1 INT. BUILDING-MORNING 1
A MAN NAMED JACK is leaving a building. As he exits he hears a strange noise.
CUT TO PARK THEN BACK TO JACK
Jack can’t tell where the strange noise is coming from so he just shrugs it off.
CUT TO JACK IN THE PARK
Just as Jack is writing something on his piece of paper, he suddenly hears what he believes is an explosion which has him jumping from his chair.
CUT TO POINT OF VIEW SHOT FROM JACK’S PERSPECTIVE
Jack looks left and right but sees nothing that looks anything like an explosion, just people walking in the park.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF JACK’S FACE
Jack’s face looks all worried and scared.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF JACK’S EYES LOOKING AROUND
Jack once again shrugs off the noises as probably nothing and decides to sit down calmly on one of the green chairs.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF JACK SITTING IN THE PARK
Jack looks at his watch when suddenly he hears a woman screaming as if being attacked.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF JACK
After he heard the scream Jack decides that maybe he’s just hearing things. That it’s all in his head.
CUT TO JACK WALKING THROUGH THE PARK
Jack is enjoying his walk, admiring the scenery, when, once again, he hears what he believes is cars crashing against one another. This one sounds like it’s right next to him.
CUT TO JACK’S POINT OF VIEW
Jack started to look all around but could not find any cars in a collision. By now Jack was starting to question his own sanity.
CUT TO WIDE SHOT
Just as he was starting to calm down, Jack began to hear more and more noises that no one else was hearing. Either, he was going insane or somehow he was hearing something that was far away.
Everywhere he went, Jack keeps hearing the noises, whether it’s people screaming, cars crashing, gun shots, or strange noises that don’t make sense.
CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF JACK’S FACE
Jack was all sweaty and completely freaked out as everywhere he goes he hears these noises.
FADE TO BLACK
2 INT. ROOM-LATER THAT DAY 2
FADE IN
CLOSE UP OF DOOR
CUT TO INSIDE OF ROOM
JACK IS SITTING ON the floor of a mostly white room with only one window and one chair. He is wearing what seems to be a straitjacket in order to keep him safe and not harm himself.
CUT TO DIFFERENT SHOTS INSIDE ROOM
Constant laughter is now being heard and it is unknown where it’s coming from. At first Jack doesn’t respond to this laughter but after a while he soon joins in.
FADE OUT
End.
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