mr washee script 1

7/29/2019 Mr Washee Script 1

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SCENE 1 - INT. MORGUE - AFTERNOON

(Introduction)

Title text comes into shot. The first scene fades in andSoft, introduction music is being played over the top of the

film. The title text stays on screen for 2 seconds and popsoff screen with a bubble popping sound effectThe first scene reveals the main autopsy table in an emptymorgue. On this table there is the wet body of an apparentWindow Washer with a fishbowl on his head. The camera slowlypans around the table from the bottom of it, round the sideof it before stopping at the head of the table. When thecamera reaches this point, the music fades out and the storytruly begins. There is a quiet pause. A subtitle appears afew seconds after saying "Earlier". (The story then goes onto explain how the Window Cleaner got there).

Sound Effects: Soft instrumental music like it's coming froma radio/P.A System.

FADE OUT

FADE IN

SCENE 2 - EXT. PET SHOP

(This shot isn't a continuos zoom, it cuts at certain pointsand is edited by being blended together where each shot iscut.)

Camera fades in to scene 2. The camera slowly zooms incloser to the Pet Shop, a run down building with obvioussigns of cosmetic distress. The camera then travels throughthe door, sounds of (a dull knocking noise) distress andfrustration become increasingly louder and prominent thecloser the camera travels inside the shop. The shot showsthe interior of the now obvious run down pet shop, it laysin complete desertion. As the camera passes through the ruststained door you are inundated with the sheer isolation andrun down state that the shop now finds itself in. Echoesfrom the strange noise starts to fill the near empty room iscovered in a thick blanket of dust and specks of rust

that sparkle like a small haze of bright orange. The emptybird cages stacked on top of each other create a tower ofclutter on the floor. The camera cuts closer to a backroomin the depths of the shop. A big, lonely and dust blanketedfish bowl sits on the only intact table. The noise is comingfrom the murky waters of the bowl.

Sound Effects: Thudding noise, clock ticking, outside noises


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of traffic, people, weather, birds etc getting duller as thecamera moves further inside the building.

INT. FISH BOWL

The camera moves through the murky waters towards a faintshimmer of gold, specks of plants and small debris hit thelens of the camera. The shimmer is repeatedly knocking backand forth into the same spot, as the camera draws closer itbecomes clear that the shimmer is actually a living object.The inhabitant, Finley the Fish. He is very frustrated atsomething. It appears that we have come into the shot thevery moment AFTER Finley has done something which hasfailed. In the shot you can see the remains of a freshlysnapped noose laying on the dusty floor of the bowl. Finleyis staring longingly at a poster that resides on the glassof his fish bowl, a poster of utopic paradise. A utopicparadise filled with fish, piercing blue sea, golden sands,brightly coloured formations of coral reef which lace thewhitish blue shallow depths of the seabed. (describe theparadise)

Camera cuts to close up of his face - His eyes widen as theydart from left to right, trying to see as much of thisbeauty as possible, hoping that he might possibly have thechance of happiness and freedom. (describe his facialexpression) His eyes are sodden with emotion and his mouthis slightly open. The camera cuts to a 3/4 side mid shot ofthe fish, poster and bowl to show the present surroundings

of the fish compared to the poster. He looks down at hisfins and bows his head. His eyes sadden and he lookscompletely dejected.

Sound Effects: Thudding noise again, Water splashing.

EXT. FISHBOWL (INT. PET SHOP)

The camera pans out to show the sheer isolation of the fishbowl, a dim light flickers around the room and slips in and

out of the debris and old cages.

INT. FISH BOWL

Finley gets angry at his incarceration and starts tofuriously swim around his bowl, splashing water over thesides and smashing into his bowl repeatedly. Suddenly hisattention is captured by a poster on the floor - (The Cameracuts to a close up of the poster and the phone number on the


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front) - an advertisement for "Mr Washee window cleaningservices, now with even stronger bleach and 100% customersatisfaction or your money back". This calms Finley down ashe starts to realise the potential of this situation. Hestares at the phone number and imagines himself being setfree from his dismal life.

Sound Effects: Water splashing.

INT. MR WASHEE'S OFFICE

Camera cuts to the inside of the office, The camera is aclose up shot of the desk so the viewer does not see theface the body of the person who answers the phone, He is saton a swivel chair facing the opposite direction from thedesk but you can see his right arm holding the phone andhear a voice. His office is big and is high up, the viewfrom the window is vast. A gold placard proudly sits on thedesk. The mysterious man sits in a big, distressed leatherchair with modern office furniture meticulously clung to thewalls. There is a photograph of the mysterious man with apicture of the other main Character Bob Bubbles, this givesindication that the mysterious man could be Bob's Dad, MrWashee himself. The camera angle stays the same.

After a brief phone call, Mr Washee hangs up and the cameracuts back to the interior of the Pet Shop.

Sound Effects: Man talking on the phone, chair squeaking,scribbling, Phone ringing, phone being picked up and putdown, motoring traffic noise.

INT. PET SHOP

The Camera cuts to Finley putting down the phone and walkingon his fins back into his bowl. It is clear that Finley hadjust called the Office of Mr Washee, who also answered thephone. He swims in a full circle then stops dead, He has amad glint in his eye and a small smirk. He stares longingly

at the front door and does not move.

The shot fades to black to indicate the end of the scene.

Sound Effects: Water splashing.


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FADE OUT

FADE IN

SCENE 3

Shot fades in to introduce the next scene.

INT. FISH BOWL

The camera remains in its last position, inside thefishbowl, looking out towards the front door of the shop.Several moments pass before the Window Washer turns up. Thedoor opens, fresh air seeps in and dilutes with the brightsunshine that now engulfs the shop.

Camera cuts to the bottom of the character's feet andslowly, dramatically, travels upwards to his face. He issmiling and looking around at his new environment, his

expression changes when he notices the dilapidated conditionof the Store. He slowly moves towards the window and putshis mop, bucket and cleaning utensils down. (camera is midshot behind the character) He steps backwards to inspect thedirt on the windows and assess the situation. He keepslooking over his shoulder expecting to see someone. Hestarts to clean the window when he see's the reflection ofsomething shiny in the background. He takes no notice of it.He then bends down to start preparing his tools to start thejob.

Sound Effects: Creaking door being opened and closed,crunching footsteps, small metallic bang from the bucketbeing placed on the floor, brief outside noise gets louderwhilst the door is opened.

INT. FISH BOWL

Mean while, as Finley is watching Bob he sees neat bleachbeing poured into a bucket C/A cut to close up of BleachBottle. Finley's face lightens up as he imagines thepossibility of ending his life by poisoning himself. He

doesn't hesitate in attempting to get in Bob's bucket. Heclimbs up the bowl, pulls himself up over the rim falls offthe edge. He flips in the air and lands on the dusty floorwith a dirty thud. He slides himself towards the bucket,carefully avoiding the gaze of the occupied Window Washer.He starts to walk on his back fins and waddles to the footof the bucket, he inhales the fumes of the strong industrialbleach and starts his accent up the bucket. He gets to thetop, looks down, breathes in again, as he starts to slowly


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fall over the edge he closes his eyes and smiles as he waitsfor is almost near death. The exact moment he hits thebleachy water Bob's outstretched hand unknowingly grabsFinley, who's expression changes from true bliss to sheeranger.

Sound Effects: Water being poured into a bucket, footsteps,general noise made by Bob, Bob muttering to himself, Finleystraining to get up over the bucket, Inhaling, thud noise,squelching noise as Finley moves around, whooshing noise asFinley dives in, splashing noise.

Camera cuts to the perspective of the Window Washer as hestarts to swipe the window left to right with the fish inhis hand, he stops dead when he realise's he has a fish inhis hand and not a sponge, Finley's disturbing appearancecauses Bob to jump out of shock and throw Finley upwardstowards the ceiling fan. Finley hits the fan which catapultshim across the room where he hits the fish bowl. This impactmakes the Fish Bowl tip over the edge/ launches into the airtowards the window washer, The bowl gets closer and closeruntil it is just about to smash into Bob's head. Camera cutsfrom wide shot to Bob's P.O.V of the bowl coming at him.

Sound Effects: sound of a a sponge rubbing on wet glass, ashriek from Bob, the sound of Finley getting hit by a fan, athud for when he hits the bowl, a gulping noise.

Cuts back to Scene 1.

FADE OUT

FADE IN

SCENE 4 - LATER, INT MORGUE

The shot fades in to the same spot it faded out from inScene 1; The first scene reveals the main autopsy table inan empty morgue. On this table there is the wet body of anapparent Window Washer with a fishbowl on his head. The

camera slowly pans around the table from the bottom of it,round the side of it before stopping at the head of thetable. The camera travels around the other side back towardsthe foot of the table, half way around the Credits startrolling and carry on until the camera fades to black.

Sound Effects: Soft instrumental music like it's coming froma radio/P.A System.


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SCENE 5: INT. PET SHOP

After the credits have come on screen, the scene fades inand shows Finley slowly swimming around in the bucket, moreworse off than he was before. His facial expression shows hehas given up and is emotionless. This shows the irony that

he is still alive and has made matters worse for himself.

FADE TO BLACK

END OF SCENE


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A timelapse of him staying in the same spot but the shop graduallygetting darker, then lighter again to indicate that a day has passed(the light coming through the windows and the shadows in the roomwould achieve this)

matt heatley Feb 15, 2013 11:04 AM

Maybe delete?

matt heatley Feb 18, 2013 7:56 PM

mr washee script 1

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