The Life Cycle Of Malaria

Written By

Charles Serafini

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PREFACE

Preface starts with a message typing out.Malaria is like a computer virus, the human body is complex much like a computer and the virus is destructive.

The virus is carried in an external source that infects its victim, allowing it to spread and destroy.

However, unlike a computer virus, malaria is estimated to kill over 500,000 people each year.

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SCENE 1 INT . OFFICE - DAY

Scene starts focused on a computer, with general office sounds in the background. A USB stick is put into the computer and the windows USB sound plays

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SCENE 1 INT . INSIDE THE COMPUTER

Scene starts with the camera zoomed into the USB port, it pulls back and SPOROZOITES emerge from the port.

Sporozoites continue through the inside of the computer, glitching to show signs that they don't belong, text displays showing their name. They head towards the liver chipset and enter into it.

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SCENE 2 INT . LIVER CHIPSET

Scene starts with a long shot focused on the LIVER CELLS floating. Text displays showing their name.

Sporozoites emerge into the scene and invade the Liver Cells, this causes the Liver Cells to glitch slightly (showing they aren't healthy) and eventually explode.

MEROZOITES explode out of the Liver Cells, text displays showing their name.

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SCENE 3 INT . INSIDE THE COMPUTER

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Starts with the camera zoomed into the Liver Chipset entrance, it pulls back to reveal the world has been affected by the virus. Merozoites emerge from the Liver Chipset entrance.

Cuts to a shot of the RED BLOOD CELLS floating, text is displayed with their name. Merozoites begin to infect the Red Blood Cells. The Red Blood Cells glitch to show they are unhealthy and then one by one they explode, releasing more Merozoites back into the world.

Cuts to a shot of two Red Blood Cells floating that are infected with male and female GAMETOCYTES, text is displayed to show their name. The infected cells head towards the USB port and enter into it, the camera follows.

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SCENE 4 INT . INSIDE THE USB STICK

Starts with a long shot showing the infected Red Blood Cells. The male and female Gametocytes surface from the Red Blood Cells and merge, becoming an OOKINETE, text is displayed showing its name.

The Ookinete glitches and then starts to change into an OOCYST, text is displayed to show its name. The Oocyst starts to expand and Sporozoites start growing inside.

The Sporozoites flow out of the Oocyst and head towards the salivary gland folder. They float around inside the salivary gland and text is displayed showing their name.

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SCENE 5 INT . OFFICE - DAY

Starts with a close up of the USB stick in the computer, office noises in the background.

The USB stick is removed from the computer and freezes in place.

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EPILOUGE

A red dot glows where the USB stick was and a glowing lines appears from it, showing the spread of the virus. The line stops and more lines emerge from its position, this continues to show the spread of the virus. The epilogue ends with the message 'Malaria Kills'.

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