The Stranger Screenplay
INT. MARENGO OLD PEOPLE’S HOME
BLACK
Meursault (V.O.): Maman died today.
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(BW) MERASULT is sitting in a dimly lit white room.
The NURSE, the CARETAKER, the DIRECTOR are all sitting in lined up folding chairs.
Mersault is at the back and you can see only him. He looks removed, solemn and blank.
Meursault (V.O.): Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know.
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(CL) Meursault is in his study, sitting at his desk. He is opening a letter.
Meursault (V.O.): I got a telegram from the home.
Shot of letter saying “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Truthfully yours.”
Meursault folds the paper back up.
Meursault (V.O.): That doesn’t mean anything.
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(BW) Meursault is sitting in the room.
Meursault (V.O.): Maybe it was yesterday.
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(CL) Meursault is talking on his phone. He is distressed and getting a lecture from BOSS.
Meursault (V.O.): I asked for two days off. But he wasn’t too happy about it.
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(BW) Meursault sitting.
Meursault (V.O.): For now it’s almost as if Maman weren’t dead.
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(CL) EXT. CELESTE’S outside the back door into the restaurant. CELESTE and Meursault are sitting on the steps. Celeste gets up and brushes himself off.
Celeste: You want to grab a bite?
Meursault shakes his head.
Celeste: Alright well, you only have one mother, remember.
Meursault sulks.
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(BW) Meursault sitting.
Director (V.O.): Madam Meursault came to us three years ago.
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(CL) EXT. Meursault is walking alongside a rode. CAMERA IS HAND HELD following Meursault.
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SHOT UP to the sun.
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Meursault is standing at a bus stop. No actions taken by him.
(CL) INT. Outside DIRECTOR’s office. Meursault is sitting. OLD WOMAN comes out of office crying.
Director: Monsieur Meursault.
Meursault gets up and walks in.
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(CL) INT. DIRECTOR’s office. The director and Meursault are in the office together the director is shuffling through Madam Meursault’s things, one of them a picture of his mom.
Director: Madam Meurdsault came to us three years ago. You were her sole support. You don’t have to justify yourself, my dear boy. The truth of the matter is she was happier here.
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LOW CAMERA ANGLE. Reaction shot, Meursault. Takes picture, looks at it, looks back at director.
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(CL) EXT. Funeral home. Director, Old Woman, and Meursault walk around the corner as if inn a funeral precession. Old Woman is crying. CAMERA PANS as they walk by.
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CREDITS
June 18, 2009
lost count
The Sixth Sense Analysis
M. Night Shymalan, director of The Sixth Sense sets the audience up for the rest of the movie. He creates the mood of the movie perfectly. The scene is about one minute and 46 seconds, and throughout the scene the camera follows Cole’s mom from beginning to end. With the use of a hand held camera and limited cuts, and resisting focusing on Cole, the main character. Shymalan captures a mood of confusion that Cole, the main character, feels throughout the movie.
The camera is obviously hand held during the entire scene. The camera is shaky when following Cole’s mom. This makes the morning seem hectic, like it usually is, but it also emphasizes how the whole movie is hectic and confusing. The audience does not see the cupboards open, and it is a shock to the audience as much as Cole’s mom, when she finds the cupboards s open. She is confused as to how this happened and is a little freaked out, as is the audience so early in the movie. Along with the camera being handheld, Shymalan decides to only put in one cut during the scene. This also emphasizes the continuous confusion. The camera follows Cole’s mom to allow for the cupboards to open so it shocks the audience the next time they see the kitchen.
Shymalan decides not to focus the camera on Cole in this early scene. Rather, it is focused on Cole’s mom. When he is on camera during the scene, it rarely shows his face, and he has limited action. This not only shows his nervousness to what is happening, but also shows that he is not in control what is happening. Cole is intimidated by what his mom thinks of him, because he is afraid of his differences with the rest of the world. When Cole leaves for school, the camera finally focuses on Cole, but primarily his sweat handprints left on the table and them disappearing. Again this shows his nervousness towards what is happening to him.
This scene really focuses on setting up the rest of the movie. Shymalan does a very good job at creating the nervous and confusing mood of the movie by using a long hand held camera shot and using little focus on Cole in one scene. Shymalan does a good job setting up the audience for a confusing and nervous surrounded movie.
The Sixth Sense Analysis
M. Night Shymalan, director of The Sixth Sense sets the audience up for the rest of the movie. He creates the mood of the movie perfectly. The scene is about one minute and 46 seconds, and throughout the scene the camera follows Cole’s mom from beginning to end. With the use of a hand held camera and limited cuts, and resisting focusing on Cole, the main character. Shymalan captures a mood of confusion that Cole, the main character, feels throughout the movie.
The camera is obviously hand held during the entire scene. The camera is shaky when following Cole’s mom. This makes the morning seem hectic, like it usually is, but it also emphasizes how the whole movie is hectic and confusing. The audience does not see the cupboards open, and it is a shock to the audience as much as Cole’s mom, when she finds the cupboards s open. She is confused as to how this happened and is a little freaked out, as is the audience so early in the movie. Along with the camera being handheld, Shymalan decides to only put in one cut during the scene. This also emphasizes the continuous confusion. The camera follows Cole’s mom to allow for the cupboards to open so it shocks the audience the next time they see the kitchen.
Shymalan decides not to focus the camera on Cole in this early scene. Rather, it is focused on Cole’s mom. When he is on camera during the scene, it rarely shows his face, and he has limited action. This not only shows his nervousness to what is happening, but also shows that he is not in control what is happening. Cole is intimidated by what his mom thinks of him, because he is afraid of his differences with the rest of the world. When Cole leaves for school, the camera finally focuses on Cole, but primarily his sweat handprints left on the table and them disappearing. Again this shows his nervousness towards what is happening to him.
This scene really focuses on setting up the rest of the movie. Shymalan does a very good job at creating the nervous and confusing mood of the movie by using a long hand held camera shot and using little focus on Cole in one scene. Shymalan does a good job setting up the audience for a confusing and nervous surrounded movie.
June 4, 2009
One
Movie pick
The Sixth Sense
Scene towards the beginning where Cole's mom is freaked when the cubbords are all open.
approximately 1:46:45 min.
Overview: Dr. Crowe is a children's psychologist who is helping a disturbed child, Cloe. In this particular scene, Cole's mom closes some open drawers and cubbords, thinks nothing of it, then goes out of the room, and when she returns they are all open again. Cole is sitting and when Cole's mom returns from the other room, we do not see Cole's face. The camera follows Cole's mom throughout the entire scene and is hand held. At the end of the scene, when Cole leaves the table, you see his hand print outlined in sweat, from fear, and he rushes out of the house.
Movie pick
The Sixth Sense
Scene towards the beginning where Cole's mom is freaked when the cubbords are all open.
approximately 1:46:45 min.
Overview: Dr. Crowe is a children's psychologist who is helping a disturbed child, Cloe. In this particular scene, Cole's mom closes some open drawers and cubbords, thinks nothing of it, then goes out of the room, and when she returns they are all open again. Cole is sitting and when Cole's mom returns from the other room, we do not see Cole's face. The camera follows Cole's mom throughout the entire scene and is hand held. At the end of the scene, when Cole leaves the table, you see his hand print outlined in sweat, from fear, and he rushes out of the house.
May 13, 2009
Eleven
A repetition of ideas is Antigone being referenced as "little Antigone" or another term that has her described as young. Anouilh really emphasizes the fact that Antigone is younger, and at least compared to Ismene. Here, Creon looks down at her as an "insect" (pg 34) I think that Anoulih does this so that Antigone can build up anger from that. She can have a reason to be more assertive, to show that she is not "poor little Antigone".
An ambiguous term that Anouilh uses is "want". Antigone mostly uses this word, and is used with what the characters want and don't want. It is also used for what the characters can and can't do. For me, I get from these terms, that the story has a lot to do with personal will and conflict within the characters themselves (aka: internal conflict).
A repetition of ideas is Antigone being referenced as "little Antigone" or another term that has her described as young. Anouilh really emphasizes the fact that Antigone is younger, and at least compared to Ismene. Here, Creon looks down at her as an "insect" (pg 34) I think that Anoulih does this so that Antigone can build up anger from that. She can have a reason to be more assertive, to show that she is not "poor little Antigone".
An ambiguous term that Anouilh uses is "want". Antigone mostly uses this word, and is used with what the characters want and don't want. It is also used for what the characters can and can't do. For me, I get from these terms, that the story has a lot to do with personal will and conflict within the characters themselves (aka: internal conflict).
May 12, 2009
Ten
Leader: The leader is motivated by the other characters (duh) but not the chorus. The leader is the leader of the chorus, and therefore what the chorus says does not motivate the leader. The leader seems to form their own opinion that is different from the chorus, but that also defends the chorus' lines, which in Oedipus, usually question the story and relate to the gods.
"Oedipus- son, dear child, who bore you?" - Chorus
"a trusty shepherd, if there ever was one."- Leader
The chorus asks about Oedipus' parents, and later the leader puts his input on the subject, lightly, commenting on his opinion of the shepherds. He likes to have his input in, that is apart from the chorus.
Leader: The leader is motivated by the other characters (duh) but not the chorus. The leader is the leader of the chorus, and therefore what the chorus says does not motivate the leader. The leader seems to form their own opinion that is different from the chorus, but that also defends the chorus' lines, which in Oedipus, usually question the story and relate to the gods.
"Oedipus- son, dear child, who bore you?" - Chorus
"a trusty shepherd, if there ever was one."- Leader
The chorus asks about Oedipus' parents, and later the leader puts his input on the subject, lightly, commenting on his opinion of the shepherds. He likes to have his input in, that is apart from the chorus.
May 10, 2009
Nine
There is definitely going to be a language shift between the two, whether it was meant or not. I think the roles (status/the way they are treated/attributes) are going to be the same. But the 1940's was during WWII and that will effect any form of anything, so I think that since people's thoughts were focused on the war, the story will have specific traits that connect to the war. The conflicts may be intensified and I think that there will be references to new ideas of the time period as well.
There is definitely going to be a language shift between the two, whether it was meant or not. I think the roles (status/the way they are treated/attributes) are going to be the same. But the 1940's was during WWII and that will effect any form of anything, so I think that since people's thoughts were focused on the war, the story will have specific traits that connect to the war. The conflicts may be intensified and I think that there will be references to new ideas of the time period as well.
May 7, 2009
Eight
Casting
--(it's a Wicked theme FYI)--
Antigone
"I did it. I don't deny a thing." (81; 492)
"Let the dead and the god of death bear witness! I have no love for a friend who loves in words alone." (87; 611-612)
"If I mock you, I get no pleasue from it. Only pain." (88; 621-622)
- I would cast Elphaba (from Wicked). She is very pretty, but also very strong. She has dark long thick hair. She is tall, not super skinny. Also she has a strong voice, not airy or too high. Because I think Antigone is strong, sometimes rash, ambitious, but also loving and
beautiful.
Ismene
"Tell me, dear one, What can I do to help you, even now?" (88; 623-624)
"Oh Antigone, you're so rash- I'm so afraid for you!" (63; 96)
"Keep it a secret. I'll join you in that, I promise." (63; 99)
- I would cast Glinda (from Wicked). She is very pretty and blond. She is also very feminine, and has a sweet protectiveness feeling about her. She is thin and has a sweet voice. Because Ismene is strong but also seems very feminine, there is more to her than being a woman and sister.
Creon
Fiero but more coming.......
Haemon
the Wizard! but more coming......
Casting
--(it's a Wicked theme FYI)--
Antigone
"I did it. I don't deny a thing." (81; 492)
"Let the dead and the god of death bear witness! I have no love for a friend who loves in words alone." (87; 611-612)
"If I mock you, I get no pleasue from it. Only pain." (88; 621-622)
- I would cast Elphaba (from Wicked). She is very pretty, but also very strong. She has dark long thick hair. She is tall, not super skinny. Also she has a strong voice, not airy or too high. Because I think Antigone is strong, sometimes rash, ambitious, but also loving and
beautiful.
Ismene
"Tell me, dear one, What can I do to help you, even now?" (88; 623-624)
"Oh Antigone, you're so rash- I'm so afraid for you!" (63; 96)
"Keep it a secret. I'll join you in that, I promise." (63; 99)
- I would cast Glinda (from Wicked). She is very pretty and blond. She is also very feminine, and has a sweet protectiveness feeling about her. She is thin and has a sweet voice. Because Ismene is strong but also seems very feminine, there is more to her than being a woman and sister.
Creon
Fiero but more coming.......
Haemon
the Wizard! but more coming......
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