First Part of RO Script
The first part of Running Out: I'll post more of the script as I go along. I'm not sure how I'll do that, though; new posts go above old ones. Maybe I'll edit this post with more script. I'll figure it out later.
This is the opening credits of the script of Running Out; I have most of it illustrated so far. The opening credits are meant to be abstract, yet containing hints and foreshadowing to later in the story. This, and the ending credits, are the only parts of the novel NOT in real time.
Opening Credits
Song #1: “Celebrate” Three Dog Night
Most of what is shown in the opening credits foreshadows what comes later. Camera follows the wristband of a Velcro watch {A Mitchell Murdock Graphic Novel} and, when it gets to the watch {Starring Vincent Donovan}, pans down on an abstract, fantasy-like room which includes a stained glass image of a snake, an alarm clock, a syringe, cobwebs, a digital clock, a metal chair, a pillow, a piano, a thought balloon with the back of a woman in it and the tail of a rattlesnake {Fifty-Two}. The background is rays of light, a cobweb and a virtual-reality-type image. Cut to an abstract image of watrt dropper, with a drop falling into a wine glass. There is a giant hand above it, and the background is triangles and cross-hatches. Cut to the images of a computer, with the image of a memory of the color red {Ermanno Marcello}. Cut to an image of tall buildings close together from the point of view of someone looking up at them from across the street. That image links to an image of a Flex-Power hairbrush being held up in a bathroom {Gabrielle Stoddard}. Then the title “Running Out” is displayed, surrounded by specks of light. There is an image of curtains opening and ribbons being untied with the two theatrical happy/sad masks in the background, then a shot of ribbons floating in a blank space {Written and illustrated by Mitchell Murdock}. Cut to a shot of a spade lying on the grass in a lawn, then to a close-up of a woman opening her eyes. Next the camera pans down onto an empty road off the top of the Futuristic Building. Cut to a shot of the road on the road, then to a shot of a clock on the front of a building with the time (7:00; undecided). A long, fancy car rolls up the road and stops before reaching the camera. A shadowy man gets out of the car, dragging a woman with him. The woman struggles to escape, but the man holds her with him. Then they walk toward the building. The camera pans behind them as they walk and follows them as they walk. Cut to another shadowy man walking out of a slightly less fancy but more unusual car. The camera follows the man as he walks into another building. The shots of each party walking interlope until both finally reach the building and open the door. Then both parties merge into one. The camera follows them inside, but inside fades into blackness. Song ends. Illuminated in the blackness are the words “Get Ready.”
Opening Credits end. (3:15)
This is the opening credits of the script of Running Out; I have most of it illustrated so far. The opening credits are meant to be abstract, yet containing hints and foreshadowing to later in the story. This, and the ending credits, are the only parts of the novel NOT in real time.
Opening Credits
Song #1: “Celebrate” Three Dog Night
Most of what is shown in the opening credits foreshadows what comes later. Camera follows the wristband of a Velcro watch {A Mitchell Murdock Graphic Novel} and, when it gets to the watch {Starring Vincent Donovan}, pans down on an abstract, fantasy-like room which includes a stained glass image of a snake, an alarm clock, a syringe, cobwebs, a digital clock, a metal chair, a pillow, a piano, a thought balloon with the back of a woman in it and the tail of a rattlesnake {Fifty-Two}. The background is rays of light, a cobweb and a virtual-reality-type image. Cut to an abstract image of watrt dropper, with a drop falling into a wine glass. There is a giant hand above it, and the background is triangles and cross-hatches. Cut to the images of a computer, with the image of a memory of the color red {Ermanno Marcello}. Cut to an image of tall buildings close together from the point of view of someone looking up at them from across the street. That image links to an image of a Flex-Power hairbrush being held up in a bathroom {Gabrielle Stoddard}. Then the title “Running Out” is displayed, surrounded by specks of light. There is an image of curtains opening and ribbons being untied with the two theatrical happy/sad masks in the background, then a shot of ribbons floating in a blank space {Written and illustrated by Mitchell Murdock}. Cut to a shot of a spade lying on the grass in a lawn, then to a close-up of a woman opening her eyes. Next the camera pans down onto an empty road off the top of the Futuristic Building. Cut to a shot of the road on the road, then to a shot of a clock on the front of a building with the time (7:00; undecided). A long, fancy car rolls up the road and stops before reaching the camera. A shadowy man gets out of the car, dragging a woman with him. The woman struggles to escape, but the man holds her with him. Then they walk toward the building. The camera pans behind them as they walk and follows them as they walk. Cut to another shadowy man walking out of a slightly less fancy but more unusual car. The camera follows the man as he walks into another building. The shots of each party walking interlope until both finally reach the building and open the door. Then both parties merge into one. The camera follows them inside, but inside fades into blackness. Song ends. Illuminated in the blackness are the words “Get Ready.”
Opening Credits end. (3:15)
posted by Mitchell at 3:16 PM
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