Mickey Z

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

The Coriolis Effect

Thanks to Expendable JOS, I just got a mini-screenplay of sorts published on line. Here’s an excerpt from my sci-fi film noir:

FADE IN

On a flickering white screen, emblazoned with the following black words:

Coriolis Effect: The apparent acceleration of a body in motion with respect to the Earth, as seen by an observer on Earth.

An ominous HUM is heard in the distance—something like a strong wind turning quickly into a monsoon-level gale. The black words begin to show the effects of the wind as they flutter and tilt and lean way back from effect of the approaching the right-to-left gust. The HUM increases in volume and, in a flash, the words are blown from the screen as we

FADE TO BLACK

DISS TO

A woman named ENOLA, running down an empty L.A. street. Seen from above, she is dressed sort of like Rita Hayworth in one of her 1940s bitch goddess roles. It is very windy.

With a nervous glance upwards, Enola dashes into a five-story building just a nanosecond before an immense disembodied white male fist, at least ten feet in diameter, comes crashing down from the sky too late to smash Enola into the pavement. The wind picks up speed as the fist vanishes—sucked down into the concrete.

CUT TO

Enola, frantically running up the stairs. She is literally HOWLING in fear.

GATT
(voiceover)
“The first time I met Enola Fallout, she came howling into my life on an unusually windy L.A. morning.”

Enola continues her mad dash up the stairs, still SCREAMING in horror. We get a better look at her now: slim, brunette, about 25 or 26, long legs, curves in all the right places; a real “dish” in her designer suit and store-bought tan.

Read full screenplay here