Monday 21 April 2014
The Damsel
THE DAMSEL
Synopsis
A mighty and
valiant knight in shining armour races across the land, on his mighty steed,
towards a tall and slender tower where a helpless princess awaits rescue from
her prison. Just as he thinks he certain to save the princess, he is confronted
by a mighty and fearsome foe, a huge snakelike dragon. With bloodcurdling cries
they fight to the death. Will the knight prevail and save the princess or will
he end up as dinner?
Outline
A mighty
knight in shining armour, on his loyal steed, speeds towards a very tall and
slender tower. At the top of the tower is a helpless princess, begging to be
rescued from her prison.
As soon as
he enters within the proximity of the tower he is suddenly confronted by a
fearsome foe. A huge snake-like dragon erupts from the ground beneath him,
releasing a blood curdling roar. They fight, the dragon at first having the
absolute upper hand, however the knight manages to slay the dragon.
Victorious
the knight quickly goes up the tower to claim his prize. Once he reaches the
princess’s chamber he’s greeted by a beautiful princess, who gestures him to
come closer. She grabs him passionately for a true loves kiss, near the windowsill
where she has been waiting for him her whole life.
The knight
keenly leans in for the kiss but is pushed out of the towers window by the
princess. He falls into the mouth of the thought to be defeated dragon, and is
swallowed whole. The dragon spits out his bones, into a huge pile of human
skeletons, hidden at the back of the tower. The dragon rises to the princess’s
window and receives an affectionate stroke and kiss from the content princess.
Tag line
“The girl
who screamed help”
Script
Scene 01
EXT: DAY
The knight is riding
across the land. Pushing his horse at an unyielding pace as he desperately
tries to reach the princess in the tower, screaming for help.
Scene 02
EXT: DAY
At the tower
The knight arrives at the
tower, skidding to a halt, to see the princess compose herself and smile at him
seductively. In a grand gesture he draws his sword and shouts “I will save
you”. However the princess is so high up in her tower, that even when she leans
out she can only hear a muffled shout.
The knight, feeling cocky
and manly, throws his sword to the ground and leaps from his horse. Just as he
takes one step towards the tower, the ground and tower begin to shake.
Then from the ground just
in front of the knight, erupts a giant snake like dragon, which towers over him
and his horse. The Knight, now scared, takes cover behind his horse, proving
that he is not truly a brave and fearless knight.
The dragon swipes the
horse out of they way and enters battle with the scared knight. By luck or by
chance the knight thinks he has slain the dragon and moves towards the tower
door.
The dragon makes a big
deal of dying and land heavily on its back with its tongue rolling to the side
(he is a great actor)
Scene 03
INT: DAY
The knight climbs the
stairs, eager to claim his prize.
He reaches highest room
and bursts through the door, looking very smug and victorious, to see the
princess posing by the window.
She gestures fro him to
come closer to receive his true loves kiss.
At seeing this he moves
quickly towards her, lips pursing, waiting for her kiss.
As he closes his eyes and
blindly leans in for his kiss the princess pushes him out of her tower window
and into the waiting jaws of her mighty dragon below. The dragon swallows the
knight whole and spits/burps back up his helmet.
He then uses his knife to
dislodge the knight’s skull, which he places on a massive pile of bones (almost
as tall as the tower) behind the tower.
The princess looks fondly
at her dragon and gives him a kiss on the head.
He then disappears behind
the tower and she resumes her position at the, screaming for help.
END
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