Waitingdelph_ambi wrote:waiting
the train now arriving on platform one
will never leave
there's a parcel
behind the red painted bench
wedged in the place where the bin should be
if you put your ear close enough
you can fool yourself
into hearing a gentle
tick tick tick
but that's just your watch
counting down
slowly
a cctv camera watches brainlessly
as announcements echo around the station
and blurred people speed by to perdition
Poem by Catherine Edmunds aka delph_ambi / Htaeh1 ©.
Screenplay Adaptation by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh ©.
All rights of the artists involved are strictly reserved.
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FADE IN.
INT: BUSY RAILWAY STATION. MID AFTERNOON.
WE HEAR AN INAUDIBLE / UNCLEAR METALLIC VOICE ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES. WE HEAR PEOPLE WALKING AND TALKING (ALL INAUDIBLE / UNCLEAR).
P.O.V: OVERLOOKING RAILWAY STATION AND PLATFORMS. TIME-LAPSE (SPEEDED UP x 6. BLURRED OUT-OF-FOCUS).
THERE ARE SEVERAL TRAINS AT DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. PEOPLE COMING FROM OR GOING TO THEM. WE HEAR THE NOISE OF A TRAIN HORN AND THE CLACKITY-CLACK OF ANOTHER TRAIN SLOWING TO A STOP. WE HEAR ITS BRAKES SQUEAL.
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P.O.V: ON RAILWAY PLATFORM. LOOKING DOWN LENGTH OF A TRAIN. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FROM TRAIN - TIME-LAPSE (SPEEDED UP x 6. BLURRED OUT-OF-FOCUS).
WE HEAR AN INAUDIBLE / UNCLEAR METALLIC VOICE CONTINUE TO ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES. WE HEAR PEOPLE WALKING AND TALKING (ALL INAUDIBLE / UNCLEAR).
WE HEAR A DEEPLY INHALED BREATH.
- NARRATOR'S VOICE:
the train now arriving on platform one will never leave (Pause)
CUT TO:
P.O.V: FRONTAL.
BRIGHTLY LIT SHOP KIOSK. PEOPLE WALKING PAST TIME-LAPSE (SPEEDED UP x 6. BLURRED OUT-OF-FOCUS).
CUT TO:
P.O.V: PAN LEFT-TO-RIGHT UPSHOT.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES DIGITAL DISPLAY.
CUT TO:
P.O.V: FRONTAL.
BRIGHTLY LIT SHOP KIOSK. PEOPLE WALKING PAST. TIME-LAPSE (SPEEDED UP x 6. BLURRED OUT-OF-FOCUS).
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RED BENCH.
PAN TO:
OLD BIN BASKET WITHOUT BLACK BIN LINER BESIDE RED BENCH.
PAN TO:
IN BETWEEN RED BENCH AND OLD BIN BASKET. THERE IS A LARGE, PLAIN PAPER WRAPPED PACKAGE TATTERED WITH DIRT AND GRIME.
ZOOM IN:
LARGE, PLAIN PAPER WRAPPED PACKAGE.
- NARRATOR'S VOICE:
there's a parcel behind the red painted bench wedged in the place where the bin should be (Pause) if you put your ear close enough you can fool yourself into hearing a gentle (Pause) tick (Pause) tick (Pause) tick (Pause) but that's just your watch counting down (Pause) slowly
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(P.O.V.) ON RAILWAY PLATFORM. LOOKING DOWN LENGTH OF A TRAIN. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FROM TRAIN - TIME-LAPSE (SPEEDED UP x 6. BLURRED OUT-OF-FOCUS).
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P.O.V: PAN RIGHT-TO-LEFT UPSHOT.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES DIGITAL DISPLAY.
PAN TO:
CCTV CAMERA OVERLOOKING AREA WHERE SHOP KIOSK, BIN BASKET AND RED BENCH ARE.
- NARRATOR'S VOICE:
a cctv camera watches brainlessly as announcements echo around the station
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P.O.V: OVERLOOKING RAILWAY STATION AND PLATFORMS. TIME-LAPSE (SPEEDED UP x 6. BLURRED OUT-OF-FOCUS).
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P.O.V: ON RAILWAY PLATFORM. TIME-LAPSE (SPEEDED UP x 6. BLURRED OUT-OF-FOCUS) LOOKING DOWN LENGTH OF A TRAIN. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FROM TRAIN - TIME-LAPSE (SPEEDED UP x 6. BLURRED OUT-OF-FOCUS).
WE HEAR AN INAUDIBLE / UNCLEAR METALLIC VOICE CONTINUE TO ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES. WE HEAR PEOPLE WALKING AND TALKING (ALL INAUDIBLE / UNCLEAR).
- NARRATOR'S VOICE:
and blurred people speed by to perdition
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P.O.V: FRONTAL.
BRIGHTLY LIT SHOP KIOSK. PEOPLE WALKING PAST. TIME-LAPSE (SPEEDED UP x 6. BLURRED OUT-OF-FOCUS).
WE HEAR AN INAUDIBLE / UNCLEAR METALLIC VOICE CONTINUE TO ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES. WE HEAR PEOPLE WALKING AND TALKING (ALL INAUDIBLE / UNCLEAR).
WE HEAR THE NOISE OF A TRAIN HORN AND THE CLACKITY-CLACK OF ANOTHER TRAIN SLOWING TO A STOP. WE HEAR ITS BRAKES SQUEAL.
WE HEAR A DEEPLY EXHALED BREATH.
FADE OUT.