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MystyrMystyry
05-28-2011, 08:57 AM
Camera pans in from vantage point of
Empire State Building to reveal what a
mess has become of Times Square: all
of which now surrounds Central Park -

There is a laser show illuminating skies
above and casting intricate patterns on
all skyscrapers and including Statue of
Liberty, who has come alive and dance
the go-go for The President's pleasure!

Cut to one of the blimp cameras and a
volume increase to reveal celebrations
below, and various laughing faces shall
find themselves superimposed over the
hullaballoo, sometimes looking shocked
at the paparazzi intrusion, most smiling

Zooming closer to ground level we are
permitted witness to the costumes or
'guise' of the players - virtually all the
population is dressed as Captain Hook
and Wendy, while we have a few Pans
and a small number of Tinkerbells who
appear to be those who are serving -

What this identity crisis indicates will
remain as a mystery until at least four
cameras have located focus on seven
of our principle stars engaged in petty
bit chy argument - incongruous in this
bigger picture party scenario - precise
comments cannot be discerned over a
white noise background saving money
on script until we see them retire to a
hotel lobby - staff are dressed casual


John: 'I was just saying I can't stand

public stage shows and fake laughter'

Caroline: 'But you come and complain

every year and ruin it for us - selfish!'

Steve: 'I say we leave him out - next

time not even bother to ask the man'

Shirley: 'I agree - we want to act like

sycophants for one night of the year'

Mike: [interupts] '-To give our support

to a government which has had sense

enough to become professional in our'

Michelle: [interupts] 'Best interests!

No foreign debt! No-one out of work!'

Dave: 'And the lowest taxes we have

ever had - this is easy street buddy,

and you should at least display your

appreciation for how far democracy

has evolved - remember what it was

like under the old system with all the

waste on unnecessary elections - all

the arguments over which side could

best mishandle public funds - not to

mention that annoying Saturday rite'

John: I guess there are many benefits

We should have handed it over earlier

to Our Esteemed Emperor Deep Blue!'

All: 'All hail Deep Blue! The One And

Only! Long Live Our Gracious Saviour!

Deep Blue! Deep Blue! Deep Blue! Deep

Blue! Deep Blue! Deep Blue! Deep Blue!


The main camera pans back slow and
reveals the entire lobby chanting - a
bit further and we see through a door
and window the crowd outside also in
fist clenching frenzy of mass hysteria

One of the service staff begins issuing
sparks from her neck and spins around
in concentric circles while some others
attempt to drag her out of shot though
her arms begin flailing wildly and knock
them all away she cannot be restrained

The credits begin to roll and there's an
unusual public service quality to them:


THIS FILM HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU

IN THE INTERESTS OF CIVIL EDUCATION

BY THE EMPEROR DEEP BLUE - ALWAYS

REMEMBER YOU NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD

Jerrybaldy
05-28-2011, 06:55 PM
I am amazed by the consitency of the line lengths. You need to cross over to short stories MM. I tried it a few times. I didn't like it.
You surely must be a full time poet.

MystyrMystyry
05-29-2011, 12:42 AM
You tried short stories and didn't like it, you mean?

Otherwise two in a row I don't know if I could bear...


The line lengths were a bit of a bugger - it was supposed to feel a little like and resemble a puter print-out - really just a matter of rearranging the words - but that when you arrive at the denouement it's Deep Blue's stage instructions for stage-managed propaganda

And: No, not a full-time poet - I just like watching movies and tv shows, but I can't 'stare' at the screen without getting dizzy,* so I have to find something to do

As for the time taken to compose - it took a little longer than last night's episode of Dr Who, at about fifty minutes

And that, by my calculations, is less than an hour, and considerably less than the eight plus hours a short story takes me (drafting, re-reading, rewriting, proofreading, etc etc (though I don't know what those etc's are exactly, walking around the block, eating, sleeping, shopping, reading... and everything else including procrastinating)




*I don't now how other people do it, nor even choose which brand/model to buy. When I went to get a new one I was all over the shop - literally - and eventually just left empty-handed

I only bought my new box when I found it on special, coinciding with my chancing to be in the shop on that day


(envoy: if you're in the market, LED is better than LCD apparently - and I have no reason to doubt it)