Day Zero

so i did the shoot. it went awesome. so tired. more to come.

My Computer Killed Me

I was inspired by Rene, so my father and I made this. Enjoi!

Blood Test #2

This is the second blood test. I paid a little more attention to the make-up, although with my haircut you can sorta see a tube at one point. I also changed the shape of the tube to add more of a spray. Enjoy the gore.



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Updates

Well, we are all cast. Playing David will be Joey Nyguen, Amanda will be played by Karen Zapeda, and Mr. Sherman will be played by Jared Katsiane. The kids did their first read through, and I was very pleasantly surprised, they all are great actors! The dates have also been set! We are shooting on February the 24 (it's a Saturday) with a rehearsal on the 21st. This project is accelerating, but I think we're all up to the challenge.

So these are stills of the set (click to enlarge). The lazy boy chair will be moved, as well as most of the art stuff. This opens the space up to a little more than 9x6 feet, not counting the space that the desk takes up. I think that this office is the most versatile (We can be a little more liberal with the blood and can mess with the desk) as well as has the right astetics. I will say that shooting will be claustrophobic, but I'm confident that ther is enough space and that that feeling will translate nicely into the general vibe. Let me know if you have questions.

Draft 4

I think that I am getting very close to a final draft. I changed the beggining to make Amanda seem more annoying and desperate. I also reworked some of the other lines to flow better. Erin mentioned the ending left us wanting more. At the end I was thinkning of just cutting to shots of all the characters and how crazy they look while he makes his speech. Does anyone have any other ideas? Are there any parts that just totally rub you the wrong way? I hope this will be the last time you are forced to read this and give me feedback. Also, I'm going to the location tomorrow, so expect some images of the space. Have a great weekend!


Draft #4:

Guidance

We begin by following David down the school hall, he says a passing, generic “hi” to several people that walk by. They say “hi David” in response He turns a corner and enters the ‘guidance area’. Sitting in front of the Counselor’s door is Amanda, teacher’s pet type A personality.

David
Pause.
Can I go in?

Amanda
You have to wait.

David
After awkward pause
So do you know what this is about?

Amanda_
I dunno, they’ve been calling every weirdo in the school in there all day. I was waiting for you to show up.

David_
What? What’s this all about?

Amanda_
I dunno. Mr. Sherman won’t tell me but it looks important. He’s so smart and kind. Mr. Sherman, like, actually gives, like, guidance. I wish more people were as great as he is.

David_
Wha-?

Door opens Mr. Sherman sticks his head out

Mr. Sherman
Serious
You can come in now David

David enters.

Amanda
I’ll be right here if you need me!

Door shuts
A messy office with very well used furniture

Mr. Sherman_
You can take a seat

They both sit opposite one another, Mr. Sherman behind the messy desk

_David_
I figured that you wanted to know about my college applications. So here are all my reference letters. I think they give me a good shot!

Mr. Sherman_
That’s OK, that’s going to have to wait. You’re probably wondering why you’re here.
Well, something has come up that concerns your position in this school. Beginning this year- I’m not sure if you’ve heard about this, there was a handout- the College Board began analyzing student’s answers on the SAT’s for violent tendencies. It has something to do with how your subconscious answers questions. They’ve developed a method to catch offenders before they do anything. It’s curbed school violence 12 percent in Baltimore! Anyways I’m just going to straight out give you the facts- you scored a nine on the risk scale.

David_
What?! Out of…?

Mr. Sherman_
Out of nine

David_
I don’t understand, you’re saying that I’m violent?

Mr. Sherman
Not only that, according to this you might kill or mame someone at any moment. Let me give you some examples of your answers

Shuffles Papers and opens Folder

Let’s see… When asked “An acorn is to an Oak tree as a duckling is to blank you answered “B”, duck sauce. That…uh…I guess that’s not good. O here’s a good one! In the vocabulary section you defined “prerogative” as D. a venereal disease.

Coughs, clears throat

I mean it says here that 85% of your math answers were odd numbers. They tell me that that’s a major warning sign.

David
Can I see that?

Points to file

Mr. Sherman
No.

Breathing very heavily

David_

I can’t believe that this is happening…

Mr. Sherman
Now calm down, calm down. This is not the end of the world. There are a lot of people who want to help you get better. But here’s the problem- the cost of insurance to keep you at this school would be astronomical… I mean should you do anything to anyone… it would be a disaster!

David_

David is hyperventilating

Oh- My- God- But I’m not

Mr. Sherman
Now hold on,

Stands up

calm down, you’re going to come out of this OK. The secret is to remember-

Walks over, as he approaches he slips on a piece of paper hits his head on the desk and lays with a slight moan on the floor. Everything is quiet and still

David__
Standing up and glancing around petrified
Ooohhhh… Ooohhhhh… Oooo Kaaayy

Amanda walks in the door without looking holding a pile of papers

Amanda_
All right I printed out-

Screams and drops papers

David
No, no, no! It isn’t what it-

Amanda
What happened! Oh my god you killed him you little psycho!

David
It was an accident-

Amanda_
I’m calling the police…

Mr. Sherman groans and begins to move a little more. Amanda turns and runs over to help him up. He stands up and has a large ash on his forehead, which is spurting blood randomly. David and Amanda are stunned and don’t move as spurts of blood hit them. Suddenly Amanda snaps out of it and searches for something to apply pressure. She grabs David’s reference letters and presses them to Mr. Sherman’s temple.

David
My reference letters!

Amanda kneeling besides Mr. Sherman

Amanda
What happened? Who did this to you?

Mr. Sherman looks around bewildered and confused

Mr. Sherman
Da- David!?

Amanda_
I knew it! You freaky little…freak!

In The Background Mr. Sherman stares into space

Mr. Sherman
Oh! Airplane!?

Amanda
You’ll pay for this you murderer!

David
He’s not dead!

Amanda
He might die!

David
I swear I didn’t do this! Look at him; he’s not even coherent!

Amanda_
Don’t you try to trick me and get away with this; I know why you’re here. You’re one of those violent kids

David takes a step forward

And back off, stay where you are. I swear to God if you take one more step closer-

David_
Amanda, hold on a second, slow down.

Amanda_
You’re sick!

Door opens and Person sticks their head in

Person
Hi, can I talk to…

Wide shot of room.

Person simply abruptly closes the door.

Mr. Sherman
Bye!

Amanda
That’s it I’m calling the police

David
Wait! No don’t!

Goes after her, steps on her heel by accident, she trips and hits a bookcase and is still. David stares in disbelief, open mouthed, and lets out a silent scream. Amanda pops up into and empty shot like a cartoon with a bright red mark on her forehead. The letters “DIC” are emblazoned where she hit a dictionary

Amanda
You just tried to kill me!

David
No, no it was an acciden…

Amanda
I see it all now, you’ll do anything! Is this how you live, murdering everyone who gets in your way?

David
I swear you tripped

Amanda
You’ve shown your true colors, I am going to be your last victim!
You are going to pay for this. Look at him! You broke our guidance counselor!

David_
It’s all a misunderstanding! You have to listen to me!

Amanda_
He identified you! We’re going to get people like you out of this school. You’re disgusting! You’re like a disgusting little…disgusting person. Get away from the phone.

David_
No! You’re totally wrong! It’s a random test that has nothing to do with me! So what if I like odd numbers and duck sauce!

Amanda makes a confused face

I came in here to apply to college, and now people who have never met me have deemed me a menace to society and he tripped and then you came in… and then you tripped! He isn’t making sense, he can barely keep his eyes open. He can barely… oh crap

They both run over to Mr. Sherman and “slap” him awake_

Mr. Sherman
Hi Daniel!

David
It’s David!

David
Look, you must have some understanding that I didn’t do this. That this is far from what it seems. When did we stop judging people on how they acted and started learning about them based on some test? Are we so detached that my character is represented by an order of dots?! We need to judge people on their actions on how they affect the people around them, not on how a computer analyzes right and wrong answers. We need to get Mr. Sherman to a hospital- and then we can figure this whole thing out together. I’ll prove everything is true. How about it? Can you trust me?

Pause,

Amanda_
I’m calling the police.

End Credits