Polyvinyl/Transcript

Transcript for Polyvinyl.

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FADE IN INT: BEDROOM ''A small bedroom, the walls are painted a very dark shade of red. We are focused on a turntable, typical budget 70s fare, with a good bit of woodgrain. It is connected to a pair of matching speakers. A pair of hands come onscreen, they are holding an LP. The cover depicts an abstract array of multicolored shapes. The title of the album is seen on the cover, it being COLLECTION OF SPIRITS. The album is by WHITE LAWRENCE, a band popular in the film's universe. The hands take the record out of it's sleeve, and place it on the turntable. They turn it on and place the needle on the record, proceeding to move out of shot. From the record, we hear a very bombastic progressive rock track, mainly composed of hard hitting drums to mellow electric guitar strings. The opening credits start rolling over this shot. We cross dissolve to the same shot of the record, words appear on screen. Four tracks later... The record is finished playing, and the needle goes to the runout groove, skipping over it repeatedly. CUT: Two teenagers, the ones who have been listening to the record. These are our two protagonists, ROBERT & DARRELL. Robert is a white male who has shoulder length red hair and glasses. He is wearing a black t-shirt and blue pants. Darrell is also a white male with long brown hair, he is wearing a orange t-shirt and brown shorts. The two are sitting on a bed, here in Robert's bedroom. The two two are in a sort of blissful shock, seemingly amazed at the content of the record. Robert gets up off his bed. CUT: Side shot of Robert's room, in the background we see a desk and a shelf, containing records and photos. Robert walks to his turntable, sleeve in hand, he turns off the turntable and returns the record to its sleeve. He turns back to Darrell, still with the same look of shock. ROBERT: ...that may've been the most beautiful first side I've ever heard... CUT: The shelf, Robert walks onscreen, LP in hand, and places it back on the shelf. He turns back to Darrell again. CUT: Darrell, sitting on the bed, pondering Robert's comment. DARRELL: <p style="text-align:center;">Only the 'Rence could make something so harsh so beautiful... <p style="text-align:center;">BACK TO: Robert, who is nodding slowly, still in disbelief at the record's quality. <p style="text-align:center;">BACK TO: Darrell, after a beat, he comes back to his senses, sitting up and turning to Robert.'' <p style="text-align:center;">DARRELL: <p style="text-align:center;">Wait, wait...what time is it? <p style="text-align:center;">''BACK TO: Robert, he is also suddenly brought back to his senses. He looks at an offscreen clock. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: The clock, it is just past midnight. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Darrell, mortified. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: From behind Robert, Darrell quickly grabs a green coat off the bed and puts it on, he dashes out of the room. <p style="text-align:center;">Beat. <p style="text-align:center;">Darrell quickly comes back, sticking his head out in the doorway, he faces Robert.'' <p style="text-align:center;">DARRELL: <p style="text-align:center;">I'll see you tomorrow, okay? <p style="text-align:center;">''Robert gives a thumbs up, nodding. Darrell quickly runs out again. Robert sighs lightly. <p style="text-align:center;">EXT: ROBERT'S HOUSE, MORNING <p style="text-align:center;">Establishing shot of Robert's home, a semi-detached two storey house. <p style="text-align:center;">INT: ROBERT'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM <p style="text-align:center;">The living room of Robert's house, Robert isn't in the room, but his parents are. The living room's walls are covered in a dull-looking wallpaper. His parents are watching some television. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: The television, a regular tube TV. It's playing a commercial for canned pies. The background of the commercial is blue and pictures of these canned pies are shown, they are circular and blue.'' <p style="text-align:center;">TV ANNOUNCER: <p style="text-align:center;">This program is brought to you by, Carl Krono's salt pies, pies saltier then the sea, now in MSG flavor! <p style="text-align:center;">The image of the pie fades out. <p style="text-align:center;">TV ANNOUNCER: (Cont'd) <p style="text-align:center;">And now, more Monty Python's Flying Circus! <p style="text-align:center;">INT: ROBERT'S HOUSE, KITCHEN <p style="text-align:center;">''The kitchen of the house, it's walls are painted lilac with white tiles, two counters are seen on both sides of the screen, with a stove in the middle of the shot. Windows are seen on the left counter. Robert is here, pouring a box of Rice Krispies into a large bowl. A radio and carton of milk are next to him, the radio playing the same White Lawrence track we heard in the intro. <p style="text-align:center;">After finishing with pouring his cereal, he grabs the milk and pours it in, then grabs a tub of sugar on the counter, opens it and starts scooping grossly large amounts of it into the cereal. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Front shot of Robert, radio in view, he is still putting sugar into the cereal. The White Lawrence song ends.'' <p style="text-align:center;">RADIO DJ: <p style="text-align:center;">Well, that was White Lawrence's new hit single "Lynx Of Orion", the opener for their new album, Collection Of Spirits, now available at all fine retailers. We'll take a quick commercial break and be right back to you with more great music. <p style="text-align:center;">''Commercials start playing on the radio, Robert groans in annoyance. He stops scooping sugar and picks up his bowl, turning off the radio as he walks away. <p style="text-align:center;">INT: BEDROOM <p style="text-align:center;">Back in Robert's bedroom, he's on his bed, eating cereal. His record player is seen, playing another White Lawrence track. It's a calm, jazzy tune. Light is seen shining through the windows of the room. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Close up of Robert, eating.'' <p style="text-align:center;">More coming soon.