Overview
Status: Finished
Production Date: October 15 2008 - November 7 2008
Length: 15 min.
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Synopsis
The clock ticks midnight as a young boy discovers his untimely fate. Strange things happen as the boy does whatever it takes to survive, whether it be battling monsters or ripping the head off his girlfriend, or simply avoid being cooked in stew.
Characters (7)
1. Boy - Asee Thao. Boy with no wit and struggles against all odds to survive.
2. Girl - Kao Vang. Boy's long lost girlfriend who's missing a heartbeat.
3. Count - Gavin Wong. Wicked vampire out to terrorize the boy for no reason.
4. Hunter - Nathan Cline. Proud, stereotypical tough guy with an attitude but little to no common sense.
5. Hunchback - William Mok. Madman seeking eternal life by sucking it out of others... with a straw.
6. Fair Maiden - Ava Peng. Innocent and friendly girl. Unfortunately has a taste for human soup.
7. Magician - Peter Seto. Dark sinister, no-games villain. Does not take chances with Boy and determined to tear him limb from limb.
Script (9)
-- Low angle shot at house in middle of nowhere. --
» Body falls from sky and lands flat in front of camera.
-- Zoom into building. --
-- Cut to kitchen counter with knife. --
» Boy's hand snatches knife.
-- Cut to door. --
» Boy's hand locks and chains it.
-- Cut to window. --
» Boy shuts and closes curtains.
-- Cut to table with candle. --
» Boy's hand lights candle.
-- Cut close to book laid flat. --
» Boy in background opens book and flips pages. Hand stuck to cobwebs from pages. Boy whips out a knife and starts chopping at the webs, towards fingers but don't show whether he cuts them off.
-- Cut outside house low angle. Thunder flashes. --
-- Low angle in living room. Thunder in background. --
» Boy marches back and forth, nervous. Boy stops, pulls out a book, glances over it, then looks at clock.
-- Cut to clock. Close to midnight. Lightning flashes. --
-- Cutback to Boy. --
» Boy tosses up the book and screams.
-- Cut to ground view. --
» Boy's feet run by.
-- Cut to bedroom door from inside bedroom. --
» Boy runs into view wielding a knife, very nervous and looking side to side. He double-glances into the room and stares in shock.
-- Cut to bed. --
» Clone of Boy lying in bed, very messed up with band-aid on head, missing hands, and torn out heart. Clone of Boy stares back and then screams.
-- Cut back to Boy. --
» Boy gets startled and also screams, then runs into room toward camera.
-- Cut to side view. --
» Boy running and screaming, tosses knife aside and picks up an ax.
-- Cut to bed. --
» Boy swings ax but misses when clone ducks.
» Clone runs out of bed and towards camera.
-- Cut to balcony from living room view. --
» Clone runs toward balcony from camera but trips.
-- Cut to ground up view. --
» Clone stands up, eyes twitching. Clone opens his eyes and tries to stop twitching.
-- Cut sideview below Clone's face. --
» Eyeball falls.
-- Cut to side of Clone's face with eye. --
» Clone gasps and stumbles forward.
-- Cut to Clone's feet. --
» Clone's feet stumbles forward and crushes the eye.
-- Cut to side of Clone's face with eye. --
» Clone freezes, then tilts head back and screams.
-- Cut to balcony. --
» Clone stumbling outward, twirling. He falls over edge of balcony.
-- Cut to bed with Boy still leaning over it, watching. --
» Boy screams and runs.
-- Cut to bedroom doorway. --
» Boy runs out doorway waving his arms.
Scene 3: The Closet (Finished October 19 2008 - October 23 2008) #
-- Cut to closet. --
» Boy scrambles toward door from camera and opens closet.
-- Cut to Boy's confused reaction. --
-- Cut to closet revealing Girl unconscious in closet, slightly green (too dark to tell). --
-- Cut to Boy's face softening and smiling. --
» Boy has an Alzheimer's moment and thinks back to past, cheesy romantic moment.
-- Fade to memory of Boy and Girl walking side-by-side talking. --
-- Fade to memory of Boy and Girl looking up at sky from balcony. --
-- Fade to memory of Boy accidentally bumping into Girl and knocking her down a flight of stairs. --
-- Cut back to Boy's face still smiling. --
» Boy quickly frowns and confused after last memory.
-- Cut to Girl's face. --
» Girl's eyes pop open black, face in mean, angry expression. Green skin tone more evident.
-- Cut to Boy still confused and in his own world. --
» Boy glances down, notices Girl, and screams.
-- Cut to behind Boy facing closet. --
» Boy backs away from closet, Girl rises and creeps toward him.
-- Face down toward Girl. --
» Girl gives mean look and juts out finger above camera.
-- Cut to Boy from ground view up. --
» Boy gasps.
-- Cut back to Girl. --
» Blood splatters in front of her face.
-- Cut to side view of Boy and Girl. --
» Girl's finger stuck through Boy's forehead. Boy has clueless expression.
-- Cut to ceiling. --
» Boy lurches back into view, tilts head back and screams. Blood splattering out of hole in his forehead.
-- Cut back to side view. Girl standing, arm still out. --
» Boy grabs a knife and grasps it with two hands, swings downward screaming.
-- Cut to wall. --
» Shadow of head flying through air.
-- Cut to black. Clock ringing. --
-- Cut outside house. Lightning flashes. --
-- Cut to coffee table with Girl's head. Lightning flashes. --
-- Cut to Boy huddled against wall staring back, band-aid on his forehead. --
-- Cut to clock ringing 12 midnight. --
-- Cut to Boy --
» Boy looks up toward clock and panics.
-- Cut to front door. --
» Door slams open. Count walks in, laughing evilly.
-- Cut to side view between Count and Boy. --
» Count grabs Boy by the neck and holds him in the air.
» Boy really panics, kicks Count in the chin, and falls to ground.
-- Cut to Count. --
» Count stumbles back and recovers.
-- Cut to hallway. --
» Boy runs off and hides in his room, shutting door.
-- Cut inside room. Boy huddled against wall. Pan to reveal gap beneath door. --
» Hand reaches under door. Boy chops it off with a knife.
» Hand keeps crawling; Boy panics, chops down knife, but misses and cuts off his own hand.
-- Cut to Boy's face. --
» Boy raises his bloody wrist and screams.
-- Cut to outside room. --
» Boy screams and runs out door but stops in front of Count.
-- Cut to Count. --
» Count laughs and raises bloodied wrist, a new hand pops out.
-- Cut to Boy. --
» Boy looks at his own wrist and tries to do the same, but only a few bones pop out. He screams.
-- Cut to Count. Zoom on teeth. --
» Count laughs again, revealing pointed teeth.
-- Cut to Boy. --
» Boy is crying from screaming, sees the teeth and gasps.
-- Cut to side view, Count still laughing to himself. --
» Boy makes one last cry and plunges the little bones sticking out of his wrist into Count's heart.
» Count bursts into flames but so does Boy's wrist.
-- Cut to where Count stood. --
» Flames and smoke clear to reveal tiny scarecrow doll in Count's cape.
-- Cut to Boy. --
» Boy raises his flaming wrist and panics. He runs off away from camera waving his wrist.
-- Cut to ground. --
» Boy's feet slip on book.
-- Cut to coffee table. --
» Boy lands near Girl's head. Head comes back to life, bites Boy's hand.
-- Cut to ground-up view. --
» Boy raises hand with Girl's head and screams. Boy shakes his arm trying to get it off.
» Hunter comes in out of nowhere and slices off Boy's hand with Girl's head, then runs off.
-- Cut to Hunter. --
» Hunter stops, turns around and stands proud.
-- Cut to Boy. --
» Boy waves his stump arm, smiling.
-- Cut to Hunter upper half. --
» Hunter waves back, then pulls out Girl's head and a shotgun.
» Hunter beats the head with shotgun, stomps on the head, twirls the shotgun, and then shoots down at the head.
-- Zoom out to show full Hunter. --
» Hunter shot his own foot. Blood pouring out, he falls to his knees dramatically.
» Hunter is dying, on his knees, and making a big drama scene. Blood pooling around him.
» Cane whips over his head from behind and knocks him down flat. Hunchback uses him as a bridge cross pool of blood and then cackles crazily.
-- Cut to Boy. --
» Boy is surprised and not sure whether to be scared.
-- Cut to Hunchback. --
» Hunchback stops laughing, pissed.
-- Cut to Boy at angle. --
» Hunchback whacks him with a cane and Boy flies off camera.
» Hunchback pulls out a straw and laughs evilly.
Hunchback: By drinking your blood, I shall regain all my youth!
-- Cut to Boy collapsed against wall. --
» Hunchback jabs the straw into Boy's arm and begins drinking. Boy screams, grabs a pebble, and shoves it up the straw, then runs off.
-- Cut to doorway. --
» Hunchback stumbles back choking, spits out the pebble and blood.
-- Cut to floor. --
» All his teeth come out.
-- Cut to Hunchback. --
» Hunchback's gums squirting blood; he shrivels up and dies while trying to drink the blood back up.
-- Cut to balcony. --
» Boy walking hurriedly towards it and shiny field around it.
-- Cut to side. --
» Boy walks through field and everything is cartoon on other side. Boy gazing around in wonder.
-- Cut to cauldron on balcony. Slowly zoom out and pan to show Fair Maiden cooking stew. Everything peaceful. --
» Boy approaches camera and stops other side of cauldron, watching in amazement.
» Fair Maiden smiles, lets him have a taste. Boy closes eyes and smiles, rocking back and forth.
» Fair Maiden tastes the soup herself but shows some disappointment.
-- Close up to Boy's face. --
» Boy smiling to himself, rocking back and forth. Sudden goring sound.
-- Zoom out to show Boy and Fair Maiden. --
» Boy looks down confusedly to reveal Fair Maiden with her hand in Boy's chest.
» Fair Maiden, still smiling, pulls out a heart and throws it into the stew.
-- Cut to Boy's face. --
» Boy is confused for a bit, then screams.
-- Zoom out showing only upper body of both characters. --
» Boy dives forward, slaps both arms (no hands) into the stew, accidentally knocking Fair Maiden in headfirst.
» Boy lifts out his heart with both arms, smiling madly, then glances down at cauldron in shock.
-- Cut to cauldron --
» Lots of humans parts cooking in it.
-- Cut to Boy and cauldron closer to camera. --
» Fair Maiden steps into picture.
» Boy looks up at her in fear.
-- Cut to Fair Maiden close up. --
» Fair Maiden is burned all over face (Psoriasis again).
» Fair Maiden getting angry and starts muttering curses (deep manly voice).
-- Zoom on Boy's reaction. --
» Boy gasps in shock.
-- Cut to sideview of balcony. --
» Boy kicks the stew pot at Fair Maiden and runs off.
» Fair Maiden screams and is knocked off the balcony.
» Cartoonish look disappears.
-- Cut to balcony from living room. --
» Boy scurrying into room, heart duck-taped to his chest. Boy suddenly thrown sideways.
-- Cut to wall. --
» Boy slams self into wall and held flat, face in sheer terror.
-- Cut to candles blown out. --
-- Cut to windows closing. --
-- Cut to front door open with Magician outside, arm outstretched. --
» Magician puts arm down and steps in. Then shoots out arm again and does choke hold.
-- Cut to side view of wall. --
» Boy still pressed flat but sliding upwards, head tilted back and choking.
-- Cut back to front door. --
» Magician puts arm down and walks forward.
» Magician motions with his arm at the ground toward where Count died.
-- Cut to Count/scarecrow on ground. --
» Smoke fills ground.
-- Cut to shoulder height. --
» Smoke clears, revealing Count. Count is dizzy and slowly recovering, then laughs evilly.
» Magician walks by and stabs him.
» Count screams and dies, falling to ground and smoke filling room again.
-- Cut to side view of wall with Boy still flattened against it, choking. --
» Magician walks up to Boy and pulls out a knife, cobwebs floating out from his sleeves.
» Boy stops choking and sneezes.
» Magician is blown backwards out of view.
-- Cut to doorway. --
» Magician rolls toward door and quickly stumbles back to his feet, still hunched over and using hands to steady himself on ground.
-- Cut to wall. --
» Boy slides down.
-- Cut to floor. --
» Boy falls to ground and struggles a bit to get up, rolling since wounded.
-- Cut ground view up. --
» Boy stands up, grabs a sword and charges forward screaming.
-- Cut to Magician. --
» Magician turns head sharply to face camera (Boy), then charges forward.
-- Cut to side view. --
» Magician and Boy charge at each other but Magician vanishes into Boy. Boy stops and feels dizzy for a bit.
-- Cut to close up of Boy. --
» Boy blinks his eyes and becomes shocked at what's happened. Boy shuts his eyes and starts bashing his head with hilt of sword while screaming.
-- Cut to behind Boy. --
» Magician falls out and stumbles, holding his head and dizzy.
-- Cut back to Boy. --
» Boy still bashing his head, suddenly stops and looks to his side (at Magician).
-- Cut to side view of Boy and Magician who is still recovering. --
» Boy lunges forward and impales Magician with his broken wrist, while sword unused in other hand.
» Magician freezes, then cries out in anguish. Darkness consumes whole room.
» Boy steps back and looks around him, then falls into darkness.
-- Cut outside cabin, face sky. --
» Boy falls and lands in the grass. He gets up uneasily and stumbles back to his house in distance.
-- Cut to living room. --
» Boy walking by, looking around in relief.
-- Cut to bedroom door. --
» Boy stands in front and door opens, revealing his bed neatly made.
-- Zoom on bed. --
-- Cut to Boy's reaction, slow zoom. --
» Boy smiles happily and dives forward.
-- Cut to bed. --
» Boy happily tucking himself into bed, suddenly looks at door in fear.
-- Cut to door from bedroom. --
» Door slams open and a clone comes in, armed with a knife.
-- Cut to bed. --
» Boy screams.
-- Cut to door. --
» Clone screams.