DogDaze shooting 1
LOC 1 - ROOM
SC: Sitting room TV on, thursday afternoon, curtains 4/5ths drawn, man in armchair watching, dog in another armchair watching man…
WIDE room tableau -
he's sucking a lolly pop? And smoking at the same time?
Hands are inky
He's smoking through an dapted drinks can with five holes for fags - smoked like a crack pipe.
Lead round his neck. Maybe an address label or an “if found” label on it
Phone ringing
ECU meticulous pile of fag ends - arranged into towers / pull focus to reveal man and dog on chairs. Fag filters stuck together by being impaled on cocktail sticks.
EC U dog eyes (bit arch?)
whats on tv? Clz circuit of himself & dog? BBC4? Tarkovsky? Cricket. Cartoons. World at War?
During this
Ansamachine:
Hi its immogen - if you want to burgle the house - I'm away til Saturday - but there is a dog here to rip your throat out and a housesitter who won't be able to stop him… Ok byeee
hi darlings - hope everythings fine - Rothko? - I hope he's taken you for a walk - you'll tell me if he doesn't won't you - and darling - do keep him on the lead I hate finding bits of squirrel down the sofa - alright - so appreciate this babes - lots of love don't be sick anywhere bye.”
he looks at dog
dog looksat him - then slightly to cam L.
He looks over shoulder towards…
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from same angle but much closer The fishbowl - blackened - three (test to see how many) empty jars of rotring innk.
Back to wider shot as he turns back, looks briefly down at hands and says
Man: “They were looking at me”
dog looks blankly at man
(man: “they were calling me “mong”)
dog stares back. Faintest hint of tut in its eyes.
Dog growls and looks at tv
they both look at it
theres a large note it the top on it
“Go outside and get some AIR! Immogen.”
man: he's thinking how to resist - looks at new sign
dog looks from tv to man and back to tv
another sign on bottom of ”:go on!”
looks at dog.
dog stares - then barks at him
he jumps - puts down smoker - and stands up
As he's moved to action so cam becomes hand held
dog comes to his side
he attaches clip end of lead to dog's collar
dog starts dragging him towards door
by door a sign says
“don't lose keys”
he looks up
LOC 2 - HOUSE EXT
door shutting from outside.
Looks down at keys
puts them in pocket - they fall to ground
dog looks round
he picks up keys
looks at them again
posts them through letter box
stares at letter box - trying to understand the faint feeling that this was a silly thing to do
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whack - he's jerked sideways and away off up lane
wider shows same - man being pulled by dog.
LOC 3 ROAD
shots of chaotic running man from down by dog's face
same kind of angle but more CU of man's face
roughly man's pov looking down lead at belting dog
man feet
dog feet
low angle at man's heel level cam looking forward - including bemused mother and child walking towards us and man managing “goodmorning” as they pass. Mabe cam stops as the passers by stop and look bemused while dog+man hare on into distance
LOC 4 PARK ENTRANCE
they stop just inside park
man is panting
dog looks.
Man looks - loosening lead round neck
wide shot of park - duckpond centrallly
dog pricks up
crash zoom to closer shot of duckpond esp ducks.
dog + double contra zoom
Man looks down
dog's off again
man is snapped into motion again
side view of pelting 2 shot - hand held but v long lens
CU's of man's dragged face
view down lead as we head to pond
hand held running (at least feels like it) shot towards duck v long lenz - kind of dogs eye view
LOC 4a POND
Dog launches into pond and jaws a duck. Man is dragged in behind. The lead ends up round his neck.
Angry faces around pond all shouting at him
Little girl distressed - crying to her dad: “help the ducky”
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man is scared by general animosity, can't help the duck, can't control the dog - may utter pathetic command at dog “put the duck down - put it down” with rising panic. His voice sounds ridiculous
C/U lead tightening round neck
his POV - going bleached out and purple tinged - the sound made tiny by the drumming in his ears -
girls dad wades in shouting “this is dreadful - put it down - this is awfl”
dog won't let duck go
tug of war - spray everywhere
man pulls. Dog hangs on. The two fall apart into the water.
Our man looks horrified
Dad looks with horror at his hand. The duck's legs are there.
The dog has the other half
man looks up
The crowd stare in horror
his pov - drumming noise - purple haze, general oxygen starved brain view of angry faces
we hear him in a pathetic voice - saying “its not my dog its Immogne Edwards'…
SNAP drop in sound
CU his face exhaling - he looks to dog
Dog looks at him - drops duck and looks our man in the eye - we see his face looking back at the dog.
Dog says “Immogens not going to be at all happy with you”.
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Man's face is dumbstruck - for a split second - then his attention is grabbed by something behind the dog.
The duck man picks himself up and turns towards the dog “that dog should be put down”…
The dog looks at him and then turns to our man
who stares back
dog says 'fucking leg it!' and takes off towards the park exit
duck man gives chase
cam low on ground - dog+man fly past - persued by duck man and some others
dog and man zig zag through gate - seen from cam low on ground pointing in same direction as they're going as they flash in from behind thru gate. In b/g a bus is stopping
same low angle but direction of cam opposing their motion - they pass us as we see persuers reach the gate
low shot - moving - dogs and mans foot level - same directionas them
moving reverse dogs face (wheelchair shot?) - tilt up to man's face - while wee're there we hear ting ting of bus depart bell and dog say “jump” - man flicks a look down to dog - then back straight ahead
waist level shot with them as they clatter and leap towards bus which is moving off
shot of them boarding bus from within bus
shot from within bus of persuers not making it
LOC 5 BUS
Man panting sits on seat - exhales massively glancing down to dog who's head is just outside bottom frame left - dog then jumps onto seat - man follows him with eyes - surprised
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dirty 2 shot from behind man - dog positions itself sitting neatly on seat
dog turns to look man in face
Dirty 2 shot again from behind dog's head. Dog says “What the fuck is this? I only go in taxis.''
Man looks troubled. Says “Stop talking you're a dog”.
CU dog's eyes: Dog: 'you expect me to look after your case in these conditions?'
cut to man's face half way through that line
man 'case?”
dog looks straigh at him in a way that would make anyone feel guilty…'someone's got to defend you'.
Half way thru that line cut to dirty 2 - on a flicker in the man's eyes = at end of line Real panic sets in to man's face…
Pulse shot on face as he remembers…
GERBIL flashback
boy's head - oov we hear “oi!”
Boy's head turns
gerbil in cage: gerbil “yes you little fucker I've got a fucking story for you”
boy's face eyes wider
“you know daddy doesn't love mummy any more… He's been fucking your mum's friend Suzie Roche..
Boy's face - appalled
focus dissolve cut to silent of boy telling mum
CU her face breaking
creeping in CU boy - and sound of giggling gerbil going
hahhhahahehehe oooh bye bye daddyohh bye bye hehhehehehhehe - cam reaching boy;s eyes
back to man's remembering face - also an eye shot - Snapped out by sound of conductor's voice saying “yes please!”
man jerks in direction of sound
MCU conductor looking at him
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MCU Man whimpers…” I erm I haven;t got any money…” and looks nervously towards other psgrs/
They look away as he looks at them.
MCU man lookig back from them to conductor - we hear dog say “Ask to pay on account” Man looks towards dog.
Dog looks at man
MCU man (dirty 2) turns to conductor and hesitantly says: “Can we pay on account?”
CU The conductor eyes man suspiciously: “pay your fare or get off now”…
CU man - he flicks look back at dog as he hears Dog say: “Tell him to fuck himself”. Then looks helplessly back to conductor. Then back to dog
CU dog staring at man
Man looks like he can't think of anything else to say… Slowly looks from dog to conductor & Mutters “fuck yourself”..
conductor's face very unimpressed indeed
we see the man whimper “sorry”
cut to CU conductor as he boots them off - we hear boot and ooof! And immediately ting ting and he starts to recede - cam pans down to find man and dog sprawling on pavement
LOC 6 ROAD OUTSIDE CHURCH
dog: “loser”
man agitated - picking himself up talking half to dog half to self
“some lawyer you are - you're just making things worse”
what?!
if you han't started talking -yhoushouldn't be talking anyway you're a bloody dog!
Well what am I a lawyer or a dog
you're a dog and you're not talking
you just called me a lawyer
ye bu-
so now you're losing an argument with a dog - (genuinely amazed) jesus what a fuck up.
….. Well if you are a lawyer you're a bloody shit one
long lens wide 2 shot showing b/g action - arriving family - M, D & daughter hearing him raise voice at dog - they clock dog arguing with man… We should see that the dog clearly is not talking but can hear the man is bollocking the dog for being a bad lawyer…
Our man notices family -
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long lens but tighter shot of family's reactions and little girl - we hear from dog “That little girl smells nice”.
pan swiftly back to our man - finding him shifting his attention away from family back towards dog - worried where dog's comment is going to lead. - we hear “she's got a snotty hank” and cam pans down to back of dog's head and back up to mas as… Dog tugs man towards her
shot of dog from behind as he approaches girl - Parents are heading towards church. Man is saying “no” “stop pulling me” and then “Look if you don't stop this I'm terminating your contract” dog looks round. So do parents
Rev of man realising he's said a mad - after which he says “I'm going to sack him” as if to reassure them
Family move off - dad with brisk yes yes look on his face - mother slightly more sympathetic look - patronizing acknowledgement of harmless delusional.
CU man's face looking anguished/sad & powerless - then he is jerked - looking down as this happens - out of frame
LOC 7 IN CHURCH
Wide It is a christening: 30 people .
Closer - at the font - priest and child with mother and father flanking.
Hanky girl also see in this shot. She looks over her shoulder
Man and dog - standing at back - lead still round man's neck so he can't stand up straight.
Wider view of font group from dog and man's perspectice - priest is holding baby over the water - it starts to cry.
2 shot of man and dog
MCU baby
CU dog's face looking interested, cam shifts up to man's face registering baby then oov dog says : “I can do that” & man looks down at him
CU on dog - looking up at man, then strt forward + dog begins to howl idiotically but like a dog… Whip up to man's face
Font group Some of them look round .
CU man's face - saying “shhh” .. Then looks anxiously back twds family
Oov dog says “this is nothing compared to” and man looks down
from man's perspctv: dog looks from man and back towards font and recommences “oooooo”
tighter on font group Priest looks up Dog continues
Very anxious face on our man.. hisses down to dog: “compared to what?”
from man's perspective - poss POV dog looks man straight in the eye and we see him talk in sync: “to what you're about to do”
Man from dog's pov - stares horrified at dog then out towards font
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MCU Priest and some people round the font is now looking at our man and his dog, priest calls out “Is something wrong?”
CU man's face - he's suddenly self concious and unloops the lead from his head and straightend up - oov dog muttters 'Say there is.'
man glancing fractionally towards dog mumbles 'yes'
people round the font react with dismay - poss vocal sounds
priest - perturbed: ”'What is it?'
our man completely trapped stares out at priest and we hear dog say:
'Look at the baby' … so man shifts his gaze slightly from priest to bay
CCU Baby it's head swivels towards man .
CU man's face
CU baby as it says “Tell them my mum sells her fanny to builders and the priest just rummaged my cock”
CU man looking like he couldn't possibly say that but he knows he will
group - they are still all looking at our man preist calls out again “what's the problem?”
CU man looks to priest and back to baby
CU The baby still staring at him says ”… Go on”
Man gather himself and says: “she - the mother fucks builders and the priest wants to wank off the baby”
The priests mouth falls open. There is a coleltive shock. Cam snacks up on a couple of gobsmacks
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CU man with hard music cue on cut. Poss contra Zm
font group shot - tracking in and cam is lifted off dolly and continues towards group - homing in on baby.. This click from dollky to hand held marks the start of slo mo. Baby's father is starting aggressively towards man.
In same style shot - ie handheld slo mo trackin in, The baby says “sucker”.
CU man incredulous - shot still c/z in to him
Baby;s father heading towards man.
Slowly Tracking L to R - Man: “The baby told me” and looks factionally down keeping his mouth in the “ee” position ffrom the end of “me” and tracti8onal freeze frame with audible s/tr
slow tracking R to L girl looking over her shoulder towards dog and drawing hankey out of pocket - also freeze frames with audio
dog lurches over shoulder of camera towards the little girl
close as poss to dog's belly - giving an opening of star wars type sense of something enormous passing overhead. Start of this shot is in slo mo butdog's head nears top of frame, image speeds up and the rest of this seq happens in impact speed & cuts
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little girl's mum turns to see dog flying towards girl and reaches towards girl
our man's face looks from dog trajectory to approaching father
flying dog
approaching father reaches out
mother swishes girl up and out of way
dog flying through the air
man's face with app father's hands closing on neck
dog flies past whisked girl
man having his head shaken glancing past father in horror. Father turns
Priest looking horrified
Oncoming dog
Father turns from our man
The dog clatters towards us into the priest,
Priest falls back under impact from dog jacking baby into the air
father completes turn and starts towards priest.
Priest accidentally propels baby towards camera 0 possibly cartwheeling - beside him the mother screams.
The father - running towards cam (and the priest) watches helplessly as his baby flies past him to his right
from behind his head, we see baby whistle past cam R
man catches baby and looks stunned
congregation look stunned - a moments pause
we hear dog's claws on stone and his comment “you are in such shit” - cam whips down to see him looking towards cam having picked himself up off the priest
man looks at the dog. “what the fuck do I do now?”
“dog in vision - acting deliberately low status: “don't ask me I'm only a dog”
man stunned
dog staring at man - then legs it ouf of shot cam R
church door - dog hares through it
man glances from direction of door to cong -
rev of them stunned - father and mother start towards him
he returns stare. The distant sound of traffic which has been b/g for a while then features a large lorry and he switches to look anxiously out of church door
his pov church path leading to gate - road in b/g - rothko running up path - crash zoom to end of path to see traffic hurtling past
man's face CU from this position - realizing the danger - shouting “rothko!” and breaks into a run - cam jogs down to see some of cong as they start after him
handheld his rough pov of dog running away
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looser CU man as he legs it towards gate (handheld cam running backwards maintaining midshot) - out of church with baby - in direction of dog
handheld his rough pov of dog running away
face of running man
handheld his rough pov of dog running away
cam on grnd v close to line of dog's movement - looking back twd church - dog absolutely balls it past
face of running man “ro-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-(thko) !”
outside church gate looking back at gate and church cam low on ground - dog screams past as breaks and horn sfx cut in
cut to running man midway through r-o-o–o-o-o-o-o
even tighter rothko leaps past cam - we get good view of dog's face - dog launcehs past cam, we hear brakes, horn and thumpas cam picks up man now running out of gate with oh my god on his face - we stay on this as crash audio settles.
WORK OUT WAY OF MAKING THIS REALLY EFFECTIVE
LOC 6 ROAD OUTSIDE
Mans' pov Shot of dog doing alarming brain malfunction walk and falling over
Same action from low angle
Man drops to his knees in the road by dog - sound recedes - all he can hear is sparrows (which have been present all the time) Manic birdsong.
Blood oozes from dog's mouth.
Dog looks at man
CU man as we hear dog 'I can't defend you now, you know' / s'tckSparrows singing almost like the dies ire, cam stays on man: 'Coul you recommend someone?'
dog: 'Try the baby.'
Cam whips down to dog - we hear man say: “really?”
dog: “oh yes” he said and smiles - “yes he's very good at legal” some digital smile or maybe a chuckle as he dies.
2shot from ground - man and dog - man making odd moan - off R we hear can driver going “watch where you're fucking dog's going you wanker you fucking wanker”
MCU man staring back in response and we hear baby's father off L saying “you'd better explain yourself before I smack you in the nexk” - our man's head turn leads cam jolt up to see baby's father for end of this threat.
Rev of man slowly standing up
Baby's father waiting for explaniation
Man - after qk glance down to rothko - “could your baby be my lawyer” with a weak smile
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Baby's father launches fist twds cam - fist freeze frames just before it hits
fade to black
QQQ: ARE HE AND DOG WEARING ADDRESS LABELS? Or “if found”: collars?
LOC 3 OUTSIDE FRONT DOOR
CU on dog under sack. Bit of wind
Second view of same -we notice a note
VO “I dragged Rothko home even tho the man gave me four dead legs in the face”
CU note:
SORRY ABOUT DOG. EVERYTHING ELSE FINE. BUT LOST KEYS HENCE GONE. HAVEN”T GONE OUT OF FEAR THAT YOU WILL SHOUT. PLEASE DON'T FIND ME. I'VE GONE WRONG”
I'VE GONE BUT NOT BECAUSE YOU WILL BE MAD. BECAUSE I LOST KEYS. BUT DON'T BE MAD OK? JUST DON'T.
SORRY. AND I LOST KEYS.
DEAR IMMOGEN. SORRY ABOUT DOG. IT WAS THE DUCK'S FAULT. I'M GOING AWAY. IT'S ALL RIGHT PLEASE
“sometimes I imagine immogen finding my note”
hand picks up note
CU immogen reading note - looking down at dog - shrugging and laughing with mild amusement - as if at one of lifes little daftnesses.
CU his face - he's leaning against a tree - smiling slightly wrongly - deludedly - then something catches his mind and he looks more troubled
ducks in pond
“but the ducks tell me she hates me…”
his face looking forlorn
“the ducks are not my friends”
more ducks closer - quacking
“They tell everyone I thought a dog could talk…. ”
his face as if watching the scene his VO is describing
as if his view: wide of man going mental at the ducks waving his arms.
tighter shot on himt turning to bystanders imploring them not to believe the fucks - more telling the ducks to shut up and turning back to bystanders laughing trying to cover up the truth the ducks are speaking
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“Shut up I say when they say that but they don't …… and I hate them now….. The ducks….. ”
close in on his face…
Fade to black…
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