Jul 27 2008
is it any good?
I’D STARTED WRITING A MOVIE IDEA I HAD A FEW YEARS AGO. HOWEVER,
LIKE I USUALLY DO, I STOPPED AFTER ABOUT 5 LINES. I FOUND IT TODAY
AND WAS WONDERING IF THE OPENING WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO CONTINUE WITH?
SCENE ONE
Fade in on a photo album with pictures of 3 boys flipping
Voiceover-
It’s amazing how life jerks us around. It used to be all I had
to do to see GAVIN was wake up. Every one of my memories involves
him and my brother Even. People used to call us the trio because wherever
one of us went the other two followed. We were inseparable but that all
changed when GAVIN met Laura.
Picture of the three at a wedding turns into actual scenes of the
couple saying I do, the boys toasting with Champaign and then fades
into the couple saying good bye to the remaining boys while a moving
truck stays behind them. At the same time
Voiceover-
They were married after a few months. There were rumors about her being
pregnant but we never heard about kids. They moved to the suburbs and that
was the last Even and I heard from him
(out load) while looking at his watch
Shit! I’m late
SCENE TWO- PRESS CONFERENCE
Big celebrity (rigid/ scared)
Good afternoon. What I have to say is-um well…I rehearsed this so well.
(a beat)
I’m gay.
The crowd ooohs and roars
Big celebrity
I’ve been living with a man for five years. I’ve never felt that my personal
life was the publics business but well I’m sick. I have AIDS and I can’t,
MAKE THAT WON’T, waste my energy trying to hide my life anymore.
I want to introduce my life partner GAVIN
GAVIN walks out
Camera zooms in on VO guy as his jaw drops.
