The Divided
Gary Welsh
INT - Workshop - Afternoon
Fade
In
Black
screen, flickers to a view of a room. It's the creators workshop. We are
looking through the eyes of Rob, a sentient robot and our protaganist. There's
a heads-up display over-layed on the screen. A warning about backup power
running and running low flashes on and off in one corner and the screen
occasionally has a garbled flicker as he looks around the environment.
Cut
to
We
cut to an external view, looking down at the robot. He is slumped against a
wal. The doorway of the workshop is on his right. There is a largish hole in
his chest plate where he has been shot. He looks down at the wound then moves
his hand to it.
Cut
to
He
looks to his right and we cut to his POV and can see outside through the
doorway into a yard.
The
shot pans counter clockwise as he looks to his left. The pan stops when he
focuses on a human foot showing from behind a work desk.
Cut
to
Cut
to a shot from behind the workdesk looking up. Rob walks into the shot and is
looking down.
Cut
to
Cut
to POV shot. We see an old man. Dead from a gunshot wound to the chest. This is
the creator. The man who ran the scrapyard and who build Rob and Six.
The
screen flickers and when it stabilises we are no longer in the present. We are
seeing a memory or flashback like a recalled video log file of Robs where the
creator is very close over Rob with a tool in one hand obviously working on him
making some kind of repairs or adjustments. The creator pulls back a little and
smiles.
Cut
to
The
garbled distortion happens again. This time we are still in a flashback but it
is a recollection of Six standing over the creator with a smoking gun. He looks
up at Rob, turns the gun on him slowly and fires.
Cut
to
Cut
back to the present. Rob looks to one side and picks up a photo/digital display
that shows the creator, Rob and Six together as a family photograph almost.
EXT - Scrapyard - Early Evening
Fade
to
Fade
to Rob burying the creator outside. It's an aerial view.
Cut
to
Then
we can cut to a closer view, midshot of Rob standing over the grave. He puts a
hat on
Cut
to
Another
flashback. This time the creator is putting his hat on Rob. Six is looking left
out in the background.
Cut
to
Rob
looks towards the town.
Cut
to
A
shot of the town in the distance. Its a few miles from the crash site/scrapyard
Cut
to
Flickering
then a flashback. Rob POV. He is standing in the yard and Six is just standing
staring at the town. Six slowly turns his head to look at Rob, then turns back.
Rob follows his view to the town.
EXT - Plains - Evening
Fade
to
Rob
walking across an expanse. The scrapyard is now pretty small in the
background.
Cut
to
POV
shot where the power level is now much lower in Robs HUD. He doesnt have long
left.
EXT - The Settlement - Dusk
Fade
to
Rob
walking into the settlement. He pauses in the middle of the street and looks
around. We see the trail of death that Six has left.
Cut
to
Shot
of the salloon. Theres a trail of blood leading to the salloon.
Cut
to
Close
on Robs eyes.
Cut
to
Salloon
interior. Shot of the door. It opens and Rob steps inside.
Cut
to
Six.
Sitting on the stage. Corpses of town inhabitants litter the background.
Cut
to
Closeup
shot on Six' eyes. They flicker to life.
Cut
to
Shot
behind Rob. Six is visible in the background.
Six stands and is shrouded in shadow with highlights gleaming off one
side of him from the windows and his eyes.
Cut
to
Close
on Six again as he utters a mechanical electronic shrill laugh.
Tension
builds with cuts and the music builds up as they prepare to draw. Followed by
very fast cuts as they both draw their weapons and fire.
Cut
to
Shot
of the floor. Rob falls dead into the shot. His eyes looking just above our
camera position.
Cut
to
Close
on his eyes as the flicker off.
Cut
to
Six.
Mid shot. He lets off another mechanical laugh but his eyes flicker. He looks
down and the camera tracks down as he does and we can see a large hole in his
chest plate where he has been shot too. His power cell is off from the damage
and he slumps to his knees. His eyes flicker off slowly.
Cut to
a profile view. 2 shot showing both of the robots pwoered down.
Fade out.
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