Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 36 ppt

VINCENT
A short film by Gert Embrechts
EXT. VINCENT’S HOUSE. DAY
Roofs of cottages in an idyllic working class
neighbourhood with a lot of greenery and well-kept,
extremely colorful front gardens.
We hear the voice of a boy.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.)
This is my village, Farillage.
In the front gardens stand a few families dressed in
their Sunday best summer clothes.
We pass an old couple. As we pass them, they wave to
the camera proudly.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.)
And in my village there are various types of
people: old people and young people, nice people
and nasty people . . .
We pass a young couple. The man is leaning on crutches.
They wave to the camera proudly.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.)
. . . sick people, beautiful people
and ugly people . . .
We pass a villainous looking family. They wave at the
camera arrogantly.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.)
. . . unpleasant people . . .
We pass angelic families, goodness incarnate.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.)
. . . and good people. And those differences are
okay, as long as they are not too big. Because my
dad says people don’t like big differences.

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Two boys of 11 appear on screen. They are wearing
identical summer clothes and have identical haircuts.
The two are following someone down the street and
making fun of him.
BOY 1
Is your hair so ugly, you don’t dare let anyone
see it?
BOY 2
Egg cozy!
BOY 1
Pixie Blue Cap!
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.)
Some of the boys in my village don’t like differences
at all. They want everyone to be the same.
BOY 2
(sings aggressively, provocatively)
Little Pixie Blue Cap . . .
The other boy joins in.
BOY 1 & 2
. . .sitting in a tree . . .
The mocking boys are following VINCENT (9). Despite
the heat he is wearing a thick, bright blue cap with
earflaps. There are beads of sweat on his face.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.)
They get jealous if you look different. If you’re
wearing a blue cap, for instance.
Vincent walks down the street as fast as he can. When

the boys get closer he holds on to his blue cap. The boys
are still singing their mocking rhyme. They try to snatch
Vincent’s cap from his head. Vincent defends himself.
BOYS 1 & 2
(singing aggressively, provocatively)
. . . along came a gust of wind and down fell he.
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One boy pushes Vincent to the ground. The other snatches
the cap from his head. The boys stare at Vincent in
amazement. They drop the cap and run away yelling.
Vincent stands up. He only has a left ear. Where his
right ear should be there is only a shriveled remnant
around a tiny hole: the auditory canal. We move into the
hole. Black.
INT. BODY
A journey through the internal organs. We hear in
succession the heartbeat, the stomach, the intestines.
Finally we hear the groaning and moaning of a woman
in labour.
INT. DELIVERY ROOM. DAY
An opening appears in the black screen. A bright light
appears in the opening. The smiling face of a
GYNECOLOGIST appears.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.)
I have that blue cap and my name to thank to Dr.
Van Bellegem, a famous gynecologist, says my
mum.
The doctor reaches out and grabs the camera lens. He is

trying to pull something out of the lens. The woman
groans. The doctor is still smiling from ear to ear.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.)
Because originally I was going to be named Adam,
but when I was born the doctor pulled so hard on
my ear . . .
The gynecologist’s hands suddenly pull away. One of his
hands is holding a baby’s ear. The woman gives a
heartrending scream. The gynecologist looks at the
bloody ear. His smile fades.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.)
. . . that Adam was no longer appropriate. So they
named me Vincent, after a famous painter with a
blue cap, says my dad.

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INT. BEDROOM VINCENT. DAY
Baby Vincent sleeps in an idyllic and romantic baby bed.
He has his blue cap on.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.)
The next day I was given my blue cap. And each
year my mum knits on an extra piece so that it
always fits me.
EXT. DESERTED STREET. NIGHT
A sultry summer night. An almost empty street.
Vincent, who is now 17, is wearing summer clothes and
his bright blue cap. He has beads of sweat on his face.
He is walking down the street.
A few passers-by cycle past. They shout comments and

point at Vincent.
PASSER-BY 1
Egg cozy!
PASSER-BY 2
Pixie Blue Cap, is your hair so ugly, you don’t dare
let anyone see it?!
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.)
I don’t mind that they’ll carry on teasing me . . .
A pretty girl of 17 walks up. She is wearing a bright
blue cap, identical to Vincent’s, that covers her ears.
Where her right ear should be, the earflap is lying flat
against her cheek.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.)
...because I’m sure to meet somebody who likes
blue caps.
Vincent passes the girl without saying a word. A few
steps farther he suddenly turns around. The girl also
stops and turns around. They look at each other: love at
first sight.
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EXT. CHURCH. DAY
Vincent (18 YRS.) and the girl are standing in the
doorway of a church. They are wearing wedding clothes
and—of course—their bright blue caps. People shower
them with rice, cheer and applaud.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.)
Then we’ll live happily ever after and have at
least . . .

We see that the girl is pregnant.
VINCENT 9 YRS
...one child. And his name will be Adam.
FAMILY PHOTO, VINCENT
A family portrait of Vincent and his wife. They are both
wearing their blue caps. In their arms they are holding
a baby with two abnormally large ears.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.)
And even though Adam has two ears . . .
The baby is also wearing a blue cap, but this does not
cover his big ears.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.) (CONT.)
. . . his blue cap will cancel out the difference.
EXT. VINCENT’S HOUSE. EVENING
We pass Vincent (21) and his wife who has a baby in
her arms. Vincent and his wife are both wearing
their bright blue caps. They wave at the camera
proudly.
VINCENT 9 YRS. (V.O.)
Because my dad says people don’t like big
differences. Not even people who wear blue caps.

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