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.

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.

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.

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.

A Noise Afar screenplay

Daniel Brizuela                                                                                                                             9/18/12 New York Film Academy 1st Year                                                                                          Screenplay

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.

The Date screenplay

Daniel Brizuela                                                                                                                                9/15/12 New York Film Academy 1^st Year                                                                                             Screenplay

1^St Quarter 2^nd film: Continuity.

The Date.

1          EXT. PARK-AFTERNOON                                                                                                        1

            FADE IN

            A MAN AND a woman were on a date in the park. They were walking while holding each other. The man pointed to something off screen.

            CUT TO EMPTY TABLE WITH CHAIRS

            CUT BACK TO THE COUPLE

            The man and woman looked at each other and both nodded up and down.

            CUT TO COUPLE ARRIVING AT TABLE

            The man grabbed a chair for the woman and she sat down

            CUT TO EMPTY CHAIR OPPOSITE HER

            The man sat down in the other chair opposite of the woman.

            CUT TO WIDE SHOT OF COUPLE SITTING IN THE CHAIRS

            Both of them smile.

            CUT TO POINT OF VIEW SHOT OF MAN

            The woman looks at her phone and takes out a water bottle.

            CUT TO POINT OF VIEW SHOT OF WOMAN

            The man checks his watch and continues to look at the woman. He puts his hands in the middle of the table.

            CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF BOTH OF THEIR HANDS SOFTLY GRASING EACH OTHER

            CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF WOMAN’S EYES

            CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF MAN’S EYES

            CUT BACK TO WIDE SHOT OF COUPLE SITTING

            The man gets up.

            CUT TO MAN STANDING BEHIND WOMAN

            The man grabbed the woman’s chair and pushed it back as she was standing up.

            CUT TO MEDIUM SHOT OF WOMAN’S LEGS AS SHE GETS UP

            CUT TO CLOSE UP OF WOMAN’S FACE

            She smiles at the man for his kindness.

            CUT TO BOTH OF THEM WALKING AWAY FROM THE TABLE

            Both of them hold their hands in a warm and loving embrace.

            CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE-UP OF THEIR HANDS

End.

The Girl Alone screenplay

Daniel Brizuela                                                                                                                                9/15/12 New York Film Academy 1^st Year                                                                                             Screenplay

1^st Quarter 1^st film: Mise-En-Scene.

The Girl Alone.

1.         EXT. PARK-MORNING                                                                                                             1

            FADE IN

            A YOUNG GIRL was enjoying her drink in the park. She was alone and was writing something on her notebook.

            CLOSE UP OF NOTEBOOK THEN BACK TO REGULAR SHOT

            The girl dropped her pen without noticing as she was taking in another sip of her drink. A young, nice man in a bowler hat picks up her pen from the ground and gives it back to her.

            QUICK CLOSE UP OF THE PEN AS IT’S HANDED RIGHT BACK AT HER

            The man lifts his hat as a show of kindness and the girl laughs. The girl thanks the man by shaking his hand.

            CLOSE UP OF HANDS

            She then tears a piece of paper from her notebook and writes something on the paper. She gives the paper to the man who once again lifts his hat in kindness.

End.

Who Am I poem

Daniel Brizuela                                                                                                                                  2/1/12 Search for Idntity12/5A-B                                                                                                          Mr. Beatty

Who Am I poem.

Who am I?

Just who exactly?

A filmmaker,

A novelist,

A poet,

A dreamer,

A man with imagination,

Maybe I’m all of the above.

Who am I?

A good question asked,

And with so many answers!

Who am I?

Someone who has so many ideas,

And the same amount of dreams,

Along with wishes!

Who am I?

A caring person,

A loving person,

I’m a man, who wants challenges,

A guy who wants to work harder and harder,

Is that what I am?

Who am I?

I’m not Humphrey Bogart,

Or Marlon Brando,

I know I’m not James Patterson.

Who am I?

Definitely not Bruce Wayne,

Or even Jason Voorhees.

Who am I?

I am my own person.

I am me!

Me is just fine,

It’s definitely fine with me.

Who am I?

I could be a clown,

I could be insane,

Maybe I could be a jerk.

But that’s not me.

It’s definitely not me!

At all!

Who am I?

I’m someone who could be better.

Someone who learns,

Maybe from mistakes,

Maybe from others!

Who am I?

Maybe perfect?

I don’t think so,

That’s hard to believe.

I’m not perfect.

Who am I?

I’m me,

Someone who works hard to succeed,

The kind of person, who will change something,

And for the better!

That’s who I am!