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January 16th, 2003, 04:32 AM
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My script looks like this and is 110 pages long. How do you figure playing time to page?
INT. JUPITER - BLUE BAY - SHIP YARD
JACK:
Standing in front of a viewing port studying the Roosevelt Q.
COUNSEL WOMAN VEETOO:
Appears standing next to him.
Beautiful how each section is a different shade of blue.
JACK:
That?s not why you went through all this trouble to keep the council from knowing you?re here.
COUNSEL WOMAN VEETOO:
There is something wrong with the ship?s mainframe.
JACK:
Held up a small round white ball.
You?re sure this thing keeps it from hearing us.
COUNSEL WOMAN VEETOO:
Positive. There is a white room in the ship made out of this where the mainframe is blocked out.
JACK:
Why?
COUNSEL WOMAN VEETOO:
Psychotherapist mainframe. Doctor Digit:
JACK:
What is wrong with the ship?s mainframe?
COUNSEL WOMAN VEETOO:
They downloaded the great mine of Professor Jan Lon Peterson before they found out she was hiding a mental illness.
JACK:
She could have been cured.
COUNSEL WOMAN VEETOO:
She was dying from a swimming accident. We still can?t change a downloaded mind record. Luckily we found out before she became the next council member.
JACK:
I see. What can I expect?
COUNSEL WOMAN VEETOO:
A powerful mainframe with the screwed up emotions of a woman.
JACK:
And this is what I have to depend on during a dangerous mission.
COUNSEL WOMAN VEETOO:
This is the ship for the mission. Make it work or they rip the mainframe out and lose three years while we replace it.
JACK:
I see.
COUNSEL WOMAN VEETOO:
Took the white ball and disappeared.
JACK:
Hears a woman?s voice squeal.
WOMAN?S VOICE:
Looky, looky the boss is finally here.
JACK:
Your right in that statement mainframe bring me abroad.
Nothing happen.
Mainframe transfer me abroad.
JAN:
I don?t like you calling me mainframe it is so cold. You can call me Jan.
JACK:
Port Mainframe transfer me aboard Roosevelt Q..
PORT MAINFRAME:
A male voice.
Sorry Captain Roosevelt Q. has engaged her buffers for a test run.
JACK:
I see. Win the first battle and the enemy is yours. Jan please transfer me aboard.
INT. ROOSEVELT Q. ? IMAGE LEVEL 2
JACK:
Looks around the image level that he has transferred
too.
Kind of small for a ship this size.
JAN:
Appears as a southern bell sitting at a table with
tea.
Your records say you?re a tea drinker.
JACK:
Thank you but I just had dinner.
JAN:
Well, your suppose to get to know me.
The room seams to expand into a ballroom and Jan dressed in a Polonaise ? An elaborate overdress with a short-sleeved fitted waist and a draped cutaway overskirt. Is dancing with Jack to an orchestra.
Your light on your feet Jack.
JACK:
Dressed in a French military uniform.
Thank you.
JAN:
See we're getting along quite nicely.
JACK:
I thought we would talk first.
JAN:
The night is young.
JACK:
How did you make the image level so large?
JAN:
Didn?t.
JACK:
Impossible we should have run into a wall by now.
JAN:
If you must know we are about one inch tall right now.
JACK:
You shrunk us?
JAN:
It?s called molecular mass compression.
JACK:
Finds himself on a boat sundeck chair next to a pool.
Where are we now?
JAN:
Swims up to the edge of the pool.
Honestly Jack it?s from my antiquity files. A Princess cruise. You need to learn to relax after a hard day at work.
JACK:
I had the day off.
JAN:
Well I didn?t. You should try keeping this place in shape. Dusting alone is never ending.
JACK:
Sorry. Do you have the latest status reports?
He is now standing in a bedroom and Jan is on the bed
wearing a nightgown.
JAN:
Our first night together big boy and you want to talk business.
JACK:
I asked for the report.
JAN:
You have given everything on your ship a thorough inspection but me.
JACK:
I expect you to give it to me.
JAN:
Wearing a tee shirt with a smiley face on it.
Ok I?ll give it to you.
A shower of water falls on Jack socking him.
Enjoy!
She disappears and a pile of papers takes her place.
JACK:
Walks over to take a manual out of desk.
I guess we can call round two a draw.
INT. MORNING ? CAPTAINS - BED ROOM
JACK:
Roles over and turns off alarm.
Jan I set this for nine a.m. not six.
JAN: Voice.
Sorry! Still some bugs to work out.
JACK:
Work on it while I take a shower.
The room turns into a bathroom.
JACK:
Gets in and tosses his cloths over the curtain. He
steps into the water and starts to sing as he showers.
Give me a tub under my feet and a spaceport full of beer.
He stops singing as the water turns cold.
Jan! Oooooooooooooooh that?s cold. Jan where is the hot water.
JAN: (Voice)
Sorry Captain another bug.
INT. ROOSEVELT Q. ? COMMAND ROOM
JACK:
Jan I have to go. Are you hiding from me?
JAN:
Appears as a little ten-year-old girl.
No!
JACK:
I see. I am spending the day with my new nephew. When I get back we will have a long talk.
JAN:
Ooh ok.
JACK:
Disappears and his clothes fall to the floor. His
voice yells.
JAN MY CLOTHS!
The cloths disappear.
JAN:
Will those bugs ever go away?
INT. EARTH - HOSPITAL - GROUNDS.
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January 16th, 2003, 11:35 AM
#2
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