Sunday, August 24, 2003

As promised, here is the script of our unborn Romeo & Juliette video.
What you have to know before :
#1. Our teacher never told us exactly what to do for our oral presentations and stuff. Once, he told us to make up a murder story using all the objects he got out of a bag in front of us. The bag contained about 15 items, including a diskette, a bible, a plastic fork, a squeegee, a toilet paper roll, etc, etc.
#2. Earlier in the schoolyear, the class had read The Catcher in the Rye. The text is written in a very spoken-like way, and the narrator, Holden, keeps calling people phonies, and his favorite swear word is "goddamn".
#3. In second high, I had to make a presentation for my history class with two friends, and we chose to tell the life of Joan of Arc. At some point she was hurt while battling, so I built this bow and this arrow out of crap.
#4. In Scene 2, the four of us were played. Please notice how we subtly got rid of one girl for a short while so she could go move the camera. :)

Here goes :

Scene 1
Tybalt is playing some dummy song on the piano. Romeo walks in, mad. Tybalt hits many keys at a time and falls on the floor.
On the floor, there's a ton of items : a diskette, a plastic fork, a bible, etc, etc. On the piano, there's the bow and arrow.

Romeo : Tybalt, you killed Mercutio, you goddamn phony !

Tybalt : (gets up) How did you get in ?

Romeo : Who cares. I'm here to make you pay for your crime.

Tybalt : (ironic) So what are you gonna do, Romeo ? Kill me ?

Romeo : (looking around, sees the bow and arrow. Zoom in on bow and arrow, then zoom in on Romeo) Yes !

He takes the bow and arrow and shoots Tybalt, who crumbles to the ground.

Romeo : Done !

Tybalt mumbles.

Romeo : You're not dead yet ? Man you're annoying !

He turns to the items on the floor.

Romeo : haha, what have we got here ? I could kill you with a bible, a... (enumerating all objects) Any preference ?

Tybalt mumbles

Romeo : Ok. I'll choose.

He takes the plastic fork and stabs him, and then laughs maniacally.

Scene 2

TV reporter : This just got in that Romeo killed Tybalt. Now to our next report.

Nurse : (yelling, throwing a cushion on TV) Revenge !!!!

Lady Capulet : (gets up) Tybalt, dead... Oh my God ! (faints. Nurse catches her and gently puts her to the ground.)

Juliet starts bawling. Nurse tries to consolate her. In the background, Lady Capulet sits up, places her hair and walks up to the 2 others.

Lady Capulet : Aren't you forgetting someone ?

Juliet and Nurse are surprised and scream. Then, the 3 of them start crying in each other's arms.

Juliet : I just can't believe that Tybalt is, is...

Lady Capulet : Don't say that !

Juliet : dead !

Lady Capulet faints. Nurse catches her and gets her up.

Lady Capulet : Ok, I'm fine now.

Nurse : Stop doing that. Next time I won't catch you.

Lady Capulet : You're paid to catch me.

Nurse makes a face meaning "whatever" and turns to Juliet.

Nurse : Are you okay, Juliet ?

Juliet : How could I be ok when my cousin's dead !

Nurse and Juliet turn to Lady Capulet, who faints. She falls down to the ground out of camera's view.

Lady Capulet : Ouch. (gets up, her hair is a mess and proudly walks out.)

Juliet : I can't believe that Romeo could do that.

Nurse : People aren't always as they seem.

Juliet : I know but (sniffes with as much noise as possible, cries out) What do you think will happen to him ?

Nurse : Maybe he will just get banished.

TV (which had fallen off camera's view when Nurse threw a cushion on it last time) comes back) announcer : This just got in that Romeo is banished. Now to our next report.

Nurse throws a cushion.

Nurse : See ? I told you.

Juliet : He's banished ! (bawling)

Scene 3

Capulet : So Paris what do you think of my daughter ?

Paris : (to the camera : sticks out tongue and breathes kinda like a dog, to Capulet, in a "whatever" tone) Well, she's okay.

Capulet : Since Tybalt died, she's spent her days crying so to put some joy back in her life, I thought of finding her a husband. Would you by any chance be interested ?

Paris : (to the camera : triumphing look, to Capulet, in a "whatever tone") Sure.

Capulet : It's Monday, how do you feel about Thursday.

Paris : What ? Ok !

Capulet : Then it's a deal.

They shake hands.

In the background, Nurse sticks her out from behind a wall, panicked look on her face. Zoom in on her.

Scene 4

Juliet is in her room, crying and sobbing and blowing her nose. Nurse opens the door, which comes back to hit her in the face. She falls down, the door opens again. Nurse gets up.

Nurse : (panicked) Juliet, something very bad just happened.

Juliet : (turns to Nurse, big move with her hair) What is it nurse ?

Off-voice : To be continued (music)

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