Another blog post already? I'm on a roll!
I've been playing a game with my family & friends where I ask them to set me a location & time. I then fill in the gaps and try work it into a story. It's interesting what they and I can come up with, and adds a nice twist to attempting to tell a story!
Here's the first result I've written up. I asked my friend (Rightly named Charlotte!) to name a location, she decided on a farm. I asked her to be a bit more specific and she said "Pantry of the Farmhouse". I then asked when, she said "dusk".
Right! That sorted... the cog's started ticking. Here's what I came up with...
INT. FARMHOUSE PANTRY. DUSK
CHARLOTTE is hiding in the pantry of her Parent's Farmhouse.
She is holding her fathers shotgun, her hair is wet and she
is covered in mud.
Outside the room shouting can be heard. Someone is having an
argument and it's getting heated. We see a medium shot of
Charlotte which gradually zooms in, the shouting gets louder
and louder, Charlotte begins to look more and more anxious,
suddenly someone (a Woman) screams and a gunshot rings out
followed by a "thud".
We have an ECU of Charlotte's eye's as they widen in shock,
she whimper's and a tear rolls down her cheek as we pull
back. Another shot is heard and she flinches in shock. It's
silent outside the room.
Charlotte slides her back down against the wall until she is
in a sitting position, with her left hand she cradles her
head.
CHARLOTTE
No...
Footsteps can be heard outside the room, ECU of Charlotte's
eyes looking up towards the door. She jumps up and begins
searching the shelves, she finds a small rusty box and
flings it open, shotgun shells are inside, 5 of them.
She begins loading shells into the shotgun, footsteps and
shouting can be heard outside, just as she's about to load
the last shell into the gun the footsteps & shouting stops,
Charlotte freezes, ECU of her Face, ECU of the shotgun and
shell, cut to a ECU of her eyes. She gingerly loads the next
shell as quietly as she can, the click was louder than she
expected and she winces.
She crawl's towards the door on all fours and looks through
the keyhole, ECU of her eye, we cut to a shot of looking
through the keyhole from Charlotte's point of view, the room
ahead is empty, we cut to a ECU of her eyes, cut back to the
keyhole view, a black figure covers the view, someone is on
the other side of the door. ECU of Charlotte's eye as it
widens in shock, she flings herself backward...
CHARLOTTE
Bastard!!!
She fires, the bullets rip through the door and into the
unsuspecting victim, she fires again..
CHARLOTTE(CONT'D)
You bastard!!!
She stands up and kicks the remnants of the door open, a
body lays on the floor in a pool of his own blood. The
stranger's pistol is lying on the floor next to his legs,
she kicks it away. CU of Charlottes Face..
CHARLOTTE
(hysterical)
Fuck you!!!
We cut to a shot of her from behind aiming down at the
stranger's head. Then a shot of the farmhouse from outside.
It's raining. We slowly pull out as 3 shots ring out, the
downstairs window's flash with light. Fade out to black.
It was good fun writing it! A lot has been learned, I think I need to work (alot) on my dialogue, but.. this first story I intended to be mainly visually based, I reckon it works.. kinda.... :D
