An essay at comedy
Getting away from home and into the hands of a professional
Camera shot pans of person in bed. White sheets so you can see his outline underneath. The sun is out, lighting the room, pillows all over the place, strange position. Noise coming from kitchen of someone making food, alarm goes off: 10:30am. Droned.
Next scene walking out of house with Cigarette. Shot in side angle closeup to door. Chest up. Takes drag from cigarette and walks off the shot with ragged hair and unkempt facial features. Springtime setting, midday walking. Cars drive down the shot just on the outside. One honks at the other and MC is taken aback by the sudden noise, leaning against a fence for support. Closeup on face, breathing noise takes over the shot. Eyes wandering around, grasping at chest, taking deep breaths and wipes his hair from his face.
Cut to MC walking down street, one side of the street a vacant lot (or full of trees). Tiptoe-ing along the sidewalk edge, toe in front of toe. Camera setup a block or so away. Bright colors, possibly mid-day shot. Catching a bus. Quick scene, man steps out to side of the road. A close-up of the facial expression as it comes to a stop for the red light, and not for him.
A short chase to catch it, driver didn't see him. Smacks the side of the bus in anger before bus stops. Same expression when the door opens, as when the bus was driving by. Side view, closeup. Head fills screen, bit of bus off to the right, capture doors opening. Cut to behind, watching the character walk on the bus. Driver shrugs shoulders, person acts as if nothing happened. End scene when MC finds a place on the bus as it's driving away.
NEXT SHOT
Bus partially full with random people, young and old. MC sits down at random seat, but not before shooting an awkward glance to someone standing (and blocking a few seats) beside someone. Sits down facing the opposite way. Shot turns in front close up, standing person and another in a wheelchair sort of unfocused in background shot.
INSERT POSSIBLE MEMORY SCENE
END OF MEMORY SCENE
Back to MC getting off bus. Possible simultaneous shot on bus/off bus. The people in wheelchair/standing are following him into a very large building, scaling the outside as the people enter into it. Main character walks in through the door (shot turns to other side of building), stopped by security for a brief search. Walkie Talkie makes a crackling noise. MC jumps back and gets a strange glance from the security guard, asks if all is okay in a monotone, uncaring voice that the watcher cannot hear. MC is about as frazzled as someone who's seen a ghost, and proceeds to sit on the floor, crosslegged.
The Security guard grabs MC by the arm, trying to pull him back up, and decides to leave him there for a moment, walks off camera.
CLOSEUP OF MC. DAZED LOOK.
Security guard comes back on camera and pours a small amount of water over the head of MC to snap him out of it. Doesn't work. Guard walks off camera, comes back with a bucket and pours it over the head of MC, leaving the bucket covering his face.
CLOSEUP OF BUCKET.
Guard makes gestures to perpetrate talking to the bucket (also knocking on it), and tries to pick up MC from the floor. MC doesn't budge. Cut to three or four more security guards, end scene of them walking towards MC.
DOCTOR OFFICE
Meet the doctor. Face fills first shot of next scene. Old man, wrinkles, disappointed look on face. Pan slowly to Left(or right) of doctor (in a very dull office), to MC, still sitting with bucket on his head (also possible being pushed into his seat by guards), taking it off slowly and placing it on his knee. Wipes hand through wet hair, drips falling on his shirt.
"Do you have a towel?"
END SCENE
Camera shot pans of person in bed. White sheets so you can see his outline underneath. The sun is out, lighting the room, pillows all over the place, strange position. Noise coming from kitchen of someone making food, alarm goes off: 10:30am. Droned.
Next scene walking out of house with Cigarette. Shot in side angle closeup to door. Chest up. Takes drag from cigarette and walks off the shot with ragged hair and unkempt facial features. Springtime setting, midday walking. Cars drive down the shot just on the outside. One honks at the other and MC is taken aback by the sudden noise, leaning against a fence for support. Closeup on face, breathing noise takes over the shot. Eyes wandering around, grasping at chest, taking deep breaths and wipes his hair from his face.
Cut to MC walking down street, one side of the street a vacant lot (or full of trees). Tiptoe-ing along the sidewalk edge, toe in front of toe. Camera setup a block or so away. Bright colors, possibly mid-day shot. Catching a bus. Quick scene, man steps out to side of the road. A close-up of the facial expression as it comes to a stop for the red light, and not for him.
A short chase to catch it, driver didn't see him. Smacks the side of the bus in anger before bus stops. Same expression when the door opens, as when the bus was driving by. Side view, closeup. Head fills screen, bit of bus off to the right, capture doors opening. Cut to behind, watching the character walk on the bus. Driver shrugs shoulders, person acts as if nothing happened. End scene when MC finds a place on the bus as it's driving away.
NEXT SHOT
Bus partially full with random people, young and old. MC sits down at random seat, but not before shooting an awkward glance to someone standing (and blocking a few seats) beside someone. Sits down facing the opposite way. Shot turns in front close up, standing person and another in a wheelchair sort of unfocused in background shot.
INSERT POSSIBLE MEMORY SCENE
END OF MEMORY SCENE
Back to MC getting off bus. Possible simultaneous shot on bus/off bus. The people in wheelchair/standing are following him into a very large building, scaling the outside as the people enter into it. Main character walks in through the door (shot turns to other side of building), stopped by security for a brief search. Walkie Talkie makes a crackling noise. MC jumps back and gets a strange glance from the security guard, asks if all is okay in a monotone, uncaring voice that the watcher cannot hear. MC is about as frazzled as someone who's seen a ghost, and proceeds to sit on the floor, crosslegged.
The Security guard grabs MC by the arm, trying to pull him back up, and decides to leave him there for a moment, walks off camera.
CLOSEUP OF MC. DAZED LOOK.
Security guard comes back on camera and pours a small amount of water over the head of MC to snap him out of it. Doesn't work. Guard walks off camera, comes back with a bucket and pours it over the head of MC, leaving the bucket covering his face.
CLOSEUP OF BUCKET.
Guard makes gestures to perpetrate talking to the bucket (also knocking on it), and tries to pick up MC from the floor. MC doesn't budge. Cut to three or four more security guards, end scene of them walking towards MC.
DOCTOR OFFICE
Meet the doctor. Face fills first shot of next scene. Old man, wrinkles, disappointed look on face. Pan slowly to Left(or right) of doctor (in a very dull office), to MC, still sitting with bucket on his head (also possible being pushed into his seat by guards), taking it off slowly and placing it on his knee. Wipes hand through wet hair, drips falling on his shirt.
"Do you have a towel?"
END SCENE