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Filming was a blast, even though Alex couldn't make it due to his parole meeting. Oh, criminals. We thought his absence would be sort of detrimental since he was in practically every scene, but we made do.
On the way back we saw Mr. Hartlove in his BMW, smoking. So we rolled down the window and yelled "MR. HARTLOVE" and he turned around with a great look of "WTF" and then smiled when he figured out it was students. I don't think he knew who we were, we were just sticking our hands out the window and yelling.
TUESDAY.
(Scene 1: It is morning. An ALARM CLOCK by the bed reads 5:21. It rings. A girl named VALHALLA MARCUS turns over and punches the alarm clock off the nightstand. She gets out of bed in an exaggerative fashion.)
VALHALLA: I wonder what’s in the refrigerator.
(VALHALLA goes to the REFRIGERATOR, opens it, takes out the milk, sniffs it, makes a gross face, and pours it in a glass anyway. The CLOCK RADIO by the microwave reads 7:40. It is playing “You shook me all night long” by AC/DC.)
(Scene 2: In the car. The radio is playing “You shook me all night long” by AC/DC. The clock says 7:30. )
(Scene 3: VALHALLA languidly walks the paths of a public park, coming onto a setting like this: A large SIGN stating WIRELESS TELEMARKETING SERVICES, SIGN UP TODAY is posted in front of a group of people, all sitting on the grass in a circle, all on cell phones, all with telephone books opened in front of them. Trying to make it look like she’s been there the entire time, VALHALLA grabs a phone book from the pile, sits down noisily, whips out her CELL PHONE, and starts rifling through the pages of the phone book. A person of importance stoutly walks up to her. The people in the circle all stare.)
BOSS: You’re six hours and twenty four minutes late, Valhalla.
VALHALLA: Yes, I know. But I’m nine hours and thirty six minutes early for tomorrow!
BOSS: This is not good.... not good t’all. Valhalla...
VALHALLA: Yes yes, I understand. You’re going to reprimand me.
BOSS: I’m afraid I must.
(Valhalla bows her head in shame..)
BOSS: You must now..... shoot passing dogs with this Nerf gun that just happens to be in my pocket.
VALHALLA: (taking the gun) I understand, sir.
(VALHALLA runs quickly to the bushes to hide and wait for the next dog to come down the path. The telemarketers go back to their work. A woman walks by with her dog, which promptly gets shot by a nerf. She does not notice. )
(VALHALLA rests. Lying on her back, she looks at the sky. A look of extreme extremity grows upon her face. Suddenly, she jumps up.)
VALHALLA: THE WORLD IS ENDING!
BOSS: I didn’t fire you! Get back to work.
(VALHALLA runs to her spot, and starts dialing. )
VALHALLA: Hello? Mrs. Leviathan? (pause) Mr. Leviathan. (pause) Mr. Leviathan’s lover! (pause) Well... um I was calling to alert you to the fact that the world is ending. Thank you. (pause) No, this is not a joke. Just a common courtesy. Bye!
(People in the group look at her funny. VALHALLA resumes dialing people, and can be heard faintly speaking as the camera pans out across the park to her car. A few seconds later, she is getting into her car. She starts it. The CLOCK says 8:01.)
(Scene 4: Driving in circles in a parking lot. Suddenly, VALHALLA screams and slams on the breaks. )
VALHALLA: I’M HAVING A HEART ATTACK!!!!!
A PASSERBY: You ok?
VALHALLA: No, no I am dying!!! pants a lot and writhes on the ground.
PASSERBY: Should I call someone...?
VALHALLA: writhes some more, then stops. Actually, no. I changed my mind. I’m ok. I need a burger.
(Scene 5: At the concession stand in the park. Standing idly. Humming “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC. A BOY gets in line behind her. He hums the same song. They start rocking out. Their eyes meet, VALHALLA winks. Suddenly, it is her turn to order food. )
VALHALLA: I’d like a calorie patty and fries, please. With the small medium soda beverage, no ice please. Extra ranch dressing please.
CLERK: We don’t have ranch.
VALHALLA: What? Not have ranch? (stares blankly at the CLERK. ) Did you know that the world is ending?
CLERK: freaked out Will that be all, ma’am?
VALHALLA: Yes. Yes it will be all. Mostly because the world is freakin ending and no one seems to care.
BOY: behind her I care.
VALHALLA: Good. Keep close to me, it’s dangerous out there.
(VALHALLA and the BOY leave without getting the food.)
(Scene 6: VALHALLA and BOY are sitting on the park bench. )
BOY: Really?
VALHALLA: Yes.
BOY: Why?
VALHALLA: The clouds told me.
BOY: Clouds?
VALHALLA: Yes... in passing.
BOY: What did they say?
VALHALLA: Something about a magazine rack, and then the music was hurting their ears, and that if the noise didn’t stop, they’d collapse the sky on us.
BOY: Oh. Why aren’t you trying to stop the music?
VALHALLA: (as if this is a completely foreign idea) Stop... the music?
BOY: Yes. To make the sky not fall.
VALHALLA: Music. Stopped?
BOY: I see your point.
VALHALLA: Yes.
BOY: The world is ending.
VALHALLA: But you know what?
BOY: What?
VALHALLA: I have tickets. To the AC/DC show. Tonight.
BOY: Nifty!
VALHALLA: Indeed.
(A few seconds pass in silence before the screen fades out and fades in on a not so crowded gazebo... the concert. )
(Scene 7: An indistinguishable song is playing in the background, VALHALLA and the BOY are sitting on the table in the exact same position they were on the park bench.)
VALHALLA: You know...
BOY: What?
VALHALLA: Who really cares what the clouds think, anyway?
BOY: I don’t.
VALHALLA: Exactly. And...
BOY: Yeah?
VALHALLA: This whole “life” thing... it’s supposed to have its ups and downs... beginnings and ends....
BOY: I guess that’s true.
VALHALLA: So I’m not worried.
BOY: Me neither.
VALHALLA: Besides...
BOY: What?
VALHALLA: It’s all about the music.
(“You shook me all night long” by AC/DC comes on very loudly. VALHALLA and the BOY get up and dance like maniacs through the first chorus, and the screen fades out.)
On the way back we saw Mr. Hartlove in his BMW, smoking. So we rolled down the window and yelled "MR. HARTLOVE" and he turned around with a great look of "WTF" and then smiled when he figured out it was students. I don't think he knew who we were, we were just sticking our hands out the window and yelling.
TUESDAY.
(Scene 1: It is morning. An ALARM CLOCK by the bed reads 5:21. It rings. A girl named VALHALLA MARCUS turns over and punches the alarm clock off the nightstand. She gets out of bed in an exaggerative fashion.)
VALHALLA: I wonder what’s in the refrigerator.
(VALHALLA goes to the REFRIGERATOR, opens it, takes out the milk, sniffs it, makes a gross face, and pours it in a glass anyway. The CLOCK RADIO by the microwave reads 7:40. It is playing “You shook me all night long” by AC/DC.)
(Scene 2: In the car. The radio is playing “You shook me all night long” by AC/DC. The clock says 7:30. )
(Scene 3: VALHALLA languidly walks the paths of a public park, coming onto a setting like this: A large SIGN stating WIRELESS TELEMARKETING SERVICES, SIGN UP TODAY is posted in front of a group of people, all sitting on the grass in a circle, all on cell phones, all with telephone books opened in front of them. Trying to make it look like she’s been there the entire time, VALHALLA grabs a phone book from the pile, sits down noisily, whips out her CELL PHONE, and starts rifling through the pages of the phone book. A person of importance stoutly walks up to her. The people in the circle all stare.)
BOSS: You’re six hours and twenty four minutes late, Valhalla.
VALHALLA: Yes, I know. But I’m nine hours and thirty six minutes early for tomorrow!
BOSS: This is not good.... not good t’all. Valhalla...
VALHALLA: Yes yes, I understand. You’re going to reprimand me.
BOSS: I’m afraid I must.
(Valhalla bows her head in shame..)
BOSS: You must now..... shoot passing dogs with this Nerf gun that just happens to be in my pocket.
VALHALLA: (taking the gun) I understand, sir.
(VALHALLA runs quickly to the bushes to hide and wait for the next dog to come down the path. The telemarketers go back to their work. A woman walks by with her dog, which promptly gets shot by a nerf. She does not notice. )
(VALHALLA rests. Lying on her back, she looks at the sky. A look of extreme extremity grows upon her face. Suddenly, she jumps up.)
VALHALLA: THE WORLD IS ENDING!
BOSS: I didn’t fire you! Get back to work.
(VALHALLA runs to her spot, and starts dialing. )
VALHALLA: Hello? Mrs. Leviathan? (pause) Mr. Leviathan. (pause) Mr. Leviathan’s lover! (pause) Well... um I was calling to alert you to the fact that the world is ending. Thank you. (pause) No, this is not a joke. Just a common courtesy. Bye!
(People in the group look at her funny. VALHALLA resumes dialing people, and can be heard faintly speaking as the camera pans out across the park to her car. A few seconds later, she is getting into her car. She starts it. The CLOCK says 8:01.)
(Scene 4: Driving in circles in a parking lot. Suddenly, VALHALLA screams and slams on the breaks. )
VALHALLA: I’M HAVING A HEART ATTACK!!!!!
A PASSERBY: You ok?
VALHALLA: No, no I am dying!!! pants a lot and writhes on the ground.
PASSERBY: Should I call someone...?
VALHALLA: writhes some more, then stops. Actually, no. I changed my mind. I’m ok. I need a burger.
(Scene 5: At the concession stand in the park. Standing idly. Humming “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC. A BOY gets in line behind her. He hums the same song. They start rocking out. Their eyes meet, VALHALLA winks. Suddenly, it is her turn to order food. )
VALHALLA: I’d like a calorie patty and fries, please. With the small medium soda beverage, no ice please. Extra ranch dressing please.
CLERK: We don’t have ranch.
VALHALLA: What? Not have ranch? (stares blankly at the CLERK. ) Did you know that the world is ending?
CLERK: freaked out Will that be all, ma’am?
VALHALLA: Yes. Yes it will be all. Mostly because the world is freakin ending and no one seems to care.
BOY: behind her I care.
VALHALLA: Good. Keep close to me, it’s dangerous out there.
(VALHALLA and the BOY leave without getting the food.)
(Scene 6: VALHALLA and BOY are sitting on the park bench. )
BOY: Really?
VALHALLA: Yes.
BOY: Why?
VALHALLA: The clouds told me.
BOY: Clouds?
VALHALLA: Yes... in passing.
BOY: What did they say?
VALHALLA: Something about a magazine rack, and then the music was hurting their ears, and that if the noise didn’t stop, they’d collapse the sky on us.
BOY: Oh. Why aren’t you trying to stop the music?
VALHALLA: (as if this is a completely foreign idea) Stop... the music?
BOY: Yes. To make the sky not fall.
VALHALLA: Music. Stopped?
BOY: I see your point.
VALHALLA: Yes.
BOY: The world is ending.
VALHALLA: But you know what?
BOY: What?
VALHALLA: I have tickets. To the AC/DC show. Tonight.
BOY: Nifty!
VALHALLA: Indeed.
(A few seconds pass in silence before the screen fades out and fades in on a not so crowded gazebo... the concert. )
(Scene 7: An indistinguishable song is playing in the background, VALHALLA and the BOY are sitting on the table in the exact same position they were on the park bench.)
VALHALLA: You know...
BOY: What?
VALHALLA: Who really cares what the clouds think, anyway?
BOY: I don’t.
VALHALLA: Exactly. And...
BOY: Yeah?
VALHALLA: This whole “life” thing... it’s supposed to have its ups and downs... beginnings and ends....
BOY: I guess that’s true.
VALHALLA: So I’m not worried.
BOY: Me neither.
VALHALLA: Besides...
BOY: What?
VALHALLA: It’s all about the music.
(“You shook me all night long” by AC/DC comes on very loudly. VALHALLA and the BOY get up and dance like maniacs through the first chorus, and the screen fades out.)