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.

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.

                                                                         WOMAN
                                           Why 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 PAPER
    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.

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 MARK
    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.

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 SHOT
    The 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 MARK
    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.

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.