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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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