“ORTUS”
SCRIPT
By: Philip Einwick
1 EXT. FOREST. DAY
Establishing shot overlooking a large mountainous range with lots of natural noise. The shot pans across the ranges and begins to slowly zoom into the depths of the woods.
2 INT. WOODS. DAY
A man is running through the woods very easily maneuverings through the bushes, pushing branches with hands, feet effortlessly running and jumping through the woods. Close ups of body parts, interaction with nature, facial expressions.
3 EXT. DWELLING IN WOODS. DUSK
The man arrives at a dwelling in the middle of the forest where inside waiting is a woman holding a baby wrapped in a red blanket. After slowly approaching the swelling he enters.
4 INT. DWELLING. DUSK
The man approaches his woman, who is holding a baby wrapped in a red blanket. He makes eye contact with his partner, and the looks down at his child and gently touches the baby in the mother's arms. He looks at peace with his woman and child. He embraces his woman and the three cerwl up together.
5 EXT. DWELLING. NIGHT
The man and woman are inside with child looking very much as peace. An unknown force/creature comes across the bottom of the screen in front of the dwelling entrance. Leaves begin to fall from the trees and fill the whole screen.
6 INT. DWELLING. MORNING
The man wakes up quickly and panics because his woman and child are missing. He runs out of the dwelling.
7 EXT. DWELLING/FOREST. MORNING
The man, in a panic is looking around, in the distance he sees the red blanket that the baby was wrapped in pulled behind a tree, almost like the wind carried it away into the woods, until it disappears. The man quickly bolts after it, running for his child and wife's life.
8 EXT. FOREST. DAY
The man is running through the woods in a desperation to find his missing family. He is in a panic and has fear written all over his face, as he goes deeper into the woods to try to locate his family.
9 EXT. FOREST CLEARING. DAY
The man runs into a clearing, breathing very heavy. He hunches over trying to catch his breathe and see the thread from his child's red blanket stringing across the earth. He begins to pull the thread up faster and faster as he falls to his knees pulling up the red thread from the ground. Finally at the end of the thread he pulls a big skeleton key. A deeper concern comes over his face.
10 EXT. FOREST EDGE. DAY
The man turns and looks back to the edge of the forest. The woman is standing next to a large tree, and she turns and disappears back into the forest.
I know this may be a bit unclear when reading it, and there are a few spelling errors, but this is more of an artistic film with an emphasis on nature, fear of losing the only thing you have, and the struggle to unlock the mystery...
ReplyDeleteNOTE: Scene 5 - There is a glass box that I made that goes in front of the camera and at the end of the scene the clear box will be filled with a bunch of leafs...in post I will make the leafs fall in a slow/fast motion...