INT. CHURCH REC ROOM/BASEMENT - AFTERNOON
Ample light filters in through basement window wells. Parts
of the room smell a little musty.
19 YEAR OLD at podium, speaking to PEOPLE seated in chairs.
All casually dressed.
19 YR. OLD
...and that was my last drink.
Every day since, it's been a
struggle, but - I've been sober 9
months.
Crowd CLAPS
BLUR OUT
INT. SMALL WINDOWLESS FEATURELESS ROOM
It's bright in here, but there's a dimmer switch near the
door we are facing. There's one desk, with a computer on it.
Not new, not old.
To the left of the computer: tissues.
To the right of the computer: pornographic DVDs.
MAN (O.S.)
(muffled, as he's not in
the room)
I can't bring it - I can't bring
some from home, or something?
NURSE (O.S.)
No, the timing has to be perfect
for the best chance at
fertilization. Plus, your home
wouldn't have the environmental
controls needed to keep them active
outside of your body.
MAN (O.S.)
O-k.
Man enters the room, holding a cup-shaped plastic container
that has a top (with writing) half twisted onto it. He shuts
the door.
Man sits down at the computer, reading a note on the screen.
He looks at the dvds, and sighs. Tentatively pushing them out
of their neat pile, he eyes the cover of the first, then the
second, then the third, then the fourth.
He puts them back in their little pile, and places it on the
floor. Reaching into his pocket, he pulls out his wallet.
From that, he takes out a picture of his wife, on their
wedding day. The woman had never been more clothed in her
life.
He gets up from the chair and walks over to the dimmer.
MAN (CONT'D)
(yelling at the door)
You can't hear me or anything?
MAN (CONT'D)
There're no cameras or anything
weird in here?
Silence. He dims the lights to BLACK
EXT. WALL STREET - DAY
Still frame showing a BUSKER at a street corner.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
For the Busker or Beggar, a corner
office isn't just a nicety - it is
a huge business boost.
Silent footage showing a BUSKER at a normal, non-corner part
of sidewalk.
NARRATOR
Look here, at the amount of people
walking by him on this street. We
could call this "1 street" worth of
people. But by moving to a corner -
Infographic showing a google map of the street, going from
just 1 street highlighted, to 2 streets (which cross each
other) highlighted.
NARRATOR (CONT'D)
there are 2 streets worth of people
coming by the beggar.
Silent footage of some PEOPLE giving the corner busker money.
NARRATOR (CONT'D)
There - now THAT'S a mindful
mendicant.
The busker goes up for a big chord and we match on action to
the audio waveform. We actually get to hear the chord, even
though the footage was silent.
The audio waveform continues silently for a few seconds, and
then we see and hear it do the BEEPS CHARACTERISTIC OF AN
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH.
It gets faster.
It gets faster.
It gets dangerously fast.
It starts PLAYING Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee"
Along it zips with flight of the bumblebee, faster and
faster, higher and higher energy, until suddenly
IT FLATLINES!
Beat.
BLACKOUT