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Greetings, fans of Romantically Apocalyptic
Today, we present to you the script for RA episode ONE as a pilot episode, composed by several writers from the RA production team (Rythmear, Oddshot and Alexiuss)
Because this is a 100% DeviantArt production and we have NO budget or corporate support- it is now up to YOU whether this episode and further episodes will be released.
I will now proceed to outline the costs of filming this episode and explain how you can help out, so I can release this episode for everyone here on DeviantArt, and make MORE episodes in the future, using already purchased props to make this the FIRST DeviantArt hosted, and fan sponsored TV show.
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Costs:
Renting a van for a week to get to filming location (abandoned hotel): $500
4 character outfits, props and sandwiches to feed actors for duration of the filming: $500
Total donations goal: $1000 dollars.
Donate over $10: your name in the end of episode
Donate over $65: receive the 100 page limited Edition RA comic book
Donate over $100: Get the comic book, episode ONE on DVD signed by the crew, and producer credits.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE!
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THE SCRIPT (version 3.0):
Characters:
Narrator (Voice), Captain, Sniper, Engineer, Pilot
Locations:
City street
Subway gate with dusty ball
Apartment Living-Room with Table, Risk Set and Deceased Rodent
Props:
Camera on tripod
Captain's outfit: black boots, black pants, black shirt, black gloves, face cloth, C mask, C goggles, C wool coat, C hat, red scarf.
Sniper's outfit: black boots, black pants, black shirt, black gloves, face cloth, S mask, S goggles, S jacket, sniper rifle.
Engineer's outfit: black boots, black pants, black shirt, black gloves, face cloth, E mask, E goggles, E jacket
Pilot's outfit: black boots, black pants, black shirt, black gloves, face cloth, P head gear, P tube mask, P goggles, P leather jacket
Disney princess ball
Old risk box
Dead rodent
Burned down table
Three burned down chairs
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INTRO SONG:
Fade In:
Captain dances around a ruined landscape, singing his own version of Que Sera Sera.
In between scenes, post apocalyptic imagery is shown of how the world is destroyed.
Fade Out.
EPISODE:
Fade In
Ext Vast Ruined City - Midday - Overcast
A city square fallen into decay and ruin, bearing evidence of being a victim of nuclear war. Devastated cars, rubble and other assorted relics are scattered about the ground. A man stands in the midst of the square, only his back visible. He wears a grey trench-coat and an officer's cap, and stands in formal pose.
NARRATOR
In the midst of a ruined city, forgotten by time, stands a lone figure. His real name
is known to none but him, and even he may not remember it... To the men under
his command, he is known simply as 'The Captain'.
THE CAPTAIN turns, revealing the custom designed respirator and goggles on his face, and looks just above and behind the camera.
CAPTAIN
How many times must I tell you, stop narrating my life!
NARRATOR
Slightly unhinged, the rare outsiders who catch a glimpse of the Captain and his
team often wonder what caused his declining mental state.
As the narrator speaks, THE CAPTAIN waves his hand dismissively and starts to wander off.
NARRATOR
Was it the radiation from the fallout? Was it the solitude and lack of need for social
etiquette? Whatever the reason, something in the barren city wastes clearly drove
him mad...
THE CAPTAIN looks up at the sky as he walks along and replies loudly:
CAPTAIN
I'll tell you what it was, it's your incessant nattering - cease your verbiage!
Ext-Ruined (Subway) Tunnel - Midday - Overcast
THE CAPTAIN approaches the tunnel entrance. There is a dusty old disney princess ball sitting at the top of the stairs, and THE CAPTAIN pauses to stoop down and pick it up.
NARRATOR
One of the consequences of the Captain's frame of mind is his seemingly endless
confidence, and utter refusal to accept when something is clearly a bad idea.
CAPTAIN
Clearly you've no idea about how to detect danger.
THE CAPTAIN hurls the ball down the flight of steps into the pitch-black subway tunnel. There is a wet 'crunch', a deafening ROAR, and a moment later the ball flies back out of the tunnel covered in saliva, straight back into THE CAPTAIN'S hands.
CAPTAIN
Zere. As you can see, zee ball is entirely unharmed - it is safe to descend.
NARRATOR
As I mentioned before however, the Captain is not entirely alone in this world.
THE CAPTAIN raises his foot as if to start walking down the stairs. He is interrupted however by a shout from behind him.
SNIPER
Captain! Stop!
THE CAPTAIN performs an about-face and watches as the panting SNIPER runs over to him, stopping a couple of feet away to keel over and catch his breath.
CAPTAIN
Ah, Snippy? I'm rather busy here, can't it wait?
NARRATOR
With no active power-stations for hundreds of miles, and the majority of the
population reduced to bones and ash, the Captain and his men find their own
ways to pass the time.
THE CAPTAIN looks up at the sky vaguely.
CAPTAIN
Oh give it a rest will you.
A confused expression crosses the SNIPER'S face.
SNIPER
Uhhh, come again?
CAPTAIN
I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to HIM.
SNIPER looks around, slightly bemused.
SNIPER
Whom? Where?
THE CAPTAIN gestures vigorously at the camera, pointing sharply.
CAPTAIN
RIGHT THERE! Look at him, zee smug little snot. Hovering around, watching
my every move and JUDGING me...
SNIPER
Uhhh…
It is revealed who CAPTAIN was pointing to, and it is in actual fact ENGINEER (at least we can presume it is). ENGINEER looks rather confused.
ENGINEER
Who, me?
CAPTAIN
No, not you!
CAPTAIN growls, looking up to the sky for a moment
CAPTAIN
Stop jumping from place to place!
CAPTAIN looks back down, as ENGINEER joins SNIPER where he stands.
CAPTAIN
Ah hah! Got you!
CAPTAIN tries to grab the camera, before it evades him once again. CAPTAIN shakes his fists.
CAPTAIN
Curses!
ENGINEER and SNIPER share a confused look.
SNIPER
Anyway, we found something you might like, Captain.
THE CAPTAIN leans forward excitedly towards SNIPER.
CAPTAIN
What iz it? A bomb?
SNIPER
No…
CAPTAIN
A tank?
SNIPER
Guess again…
CAPTAIN
A plasma powered horse?
SNIPER
What? No!
CAPTAIN
PSHHH! Engieee!
CAPTAIN signals for ENGINEER
CAPTAIN
Draw me up plans for zee plasma powered horse while I investigate zis further will you?
ENGINEER
Umm…
ENGINEER looks over to SNIPER, who gives him a shrug. SNIPER and CAPTAIN walk off, leaving ENGINEER completely confused. This quickly changes to a casual mood.
ENGINEER
This has got to be the easiest job in the world.
ENGINEER checks his pockets. Nothing.
ENGINEER
Ah, right. No pay. Perfect.
ENGINEER sighs.
fade to:
CAPTAIN walking next SNIPER in an abandoned hallway, nudging SNIPER.
CAPTAIN:
Mr Snippy! Now you've got me all excited...
Is it killer robot bees?
SNIPER:
NO.
CAPTAIN:
Killer robot bears?
SNIPER:
NO.
CAPTAIN:
A floating fortress of doom with a zeppelin squadron?
SNIPER:
NO.
CAPTAIN:
Zen what?!
INT-LIVING ROOM - MIDDAY
While this Living Room might have been a pleasant place to live once upon a time, it isn't now. The windows are shattered, the wall-paper is peeling, and the furniture looks like it could use several generations worth of carpenters to fix. A table sits in the centre of the room with THE CAPTAIN, the SNIPER, and the PILOT standing around it, staring at a mouldy-looking board-game box on the table.
CAPTAIN
Aaaaaah! A relic of military history! All zee greatest Captains used zis very device to
plan out how zey would best conquer ze world and dominate all nations!
THE CAPTAIN excitedly grabs the shoulders of the PILOT and the SNIPER
CAPTAIN
Zis men, is zee very genesis of war...
The Box is revealed to be an age old (and evidently rodent gnawed) 'Risk' set.
THE CAPTAIN removes the lid out of view, and the rest of the group peer intently down at the contents.
PILOT
What are those?
THE CAPTAIN picks up and holds several of the 'Continent' cards.
CAPTAIN, shoving the cards into Pilot's face
Zese, my dear pilot, were used by military soothsayers to decide where zey should send or, 'deploy' zeir troops.
PILOT (excited)
Ooooh...
SNIPER
And those?
THE CAPTAIN picks up a cavalry horse and a foot-soldier model.
CAPTAIN
Zey represented ze advancements in morality and anti-discrimination of
zee military. Zee equestrians represented ze army's decision to allow ze
vertically challenged into ze armed forces...
SNIPER
Makes… Sense?
CAPTAIN
Yes, until ze invention of steam-powered robots, horses had to be ridden everyzere.
PILOT
And then?
CAPTAIN
Once robots startered carrying people around, horses could go back home, and eventually zey got international recognition as zee inventors of ze banana, they got ze right to vote, and eventually, zee first four-legged president was sworn in.
PILOT
Wow…
Awkward Pause, SNIPER shakes his head.
PILOT
What's this?
PILOT picks up the rat corpse and dangles it close to CAPTAIN
CAPTAIN
Bah!
CAPTAIN squeals in shock, smacking the rat away and accidently knocking the RISK board over. SNIPER also seems startled, but more at the squeal. PILOT seems unphased, more concerned for the rat. CAPTAIN quickly recovers his pride and dignified position.
SNIPER
And how's that relevant to the rules of strategy?
CAPTAIN
Zat… Zat was a tactical nuclear strike. Zee whole board exploded.
Another awkward pause.
PILOT
Yay! Captain wins!
SNIPER
Perhaps we can have a do over?
PILOT begins picking up the board debris.
CAPTAIN
Yes, of course… And now, let us practise first hand the marvels of modern military and war faring
strategy.
CAPTAIN and SNIPER take their seats, PILOT putting the board back together, and handing the cards (held together by elastic/rubber bands) back to CAPTAIN, who spreads them around.
NARRATOR
And what does the future hold for the Captain and his men?
THE CAPTAIN looks up at the camera and holds his palms up in an exasperated manner.
NARRATOR
Will they continue to toil their lives away till their deaths?
THE CAPTAIN leans down behind himself and picks up the dead rodent.
NARRATOR
Or will –
THE CAPTAIN hurls the dead creature at the camera and knocks it over onto the ground with a shattering noise.
Fade to Black
ENGINEER
Ow…
SNIPER
Excellent timing, sir.
ENGINEER
Screw you, Snippy…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you like this episode, please + favourite it, OR
Click here to DONATE and become a producer of the show!
Today, we present to you the script for RA episode ONE as a pilot episode, composed by several writers from the RA production team (Rythmear, Oddshot and Alexiuss)
Because this is a 100% DeviantArt production and we have NO budget or corporate support- it is now up to YOU whether this episode and further episodes will be released.
I will now proceed to outline the costs of filming this episode and explain how you can help out, so I can release this episode for everyone here on DeviantArt, and make MORE episodes in the future, using already purchased props to make this the FIRST DeviantArt hosted, and fan sponsored TV show.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Costs:
Renting a van for a week to get to filming location (abandoned hotel): $500
4 character outfits, props and sandwiches to feed actors for duration of the filming: $500
Total donations goal: $1000 dollars.
Donate over $10: your name in the end of episode
Donate over $65: receive the 100 page limited Edition RA comic book
Donate over $100: Get the comic book, episode ONE on DVD signed by the crew, and producer credits.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE!
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
THE SCRIPT (version 3.0):
Characters:
Narrator (Voice), Captain, Sniper, Engineer, Pilot
Locations:
City street
Subway gate with dusty ball
Apartment Living-Room with Table, Risk Set and Deceased Rodent
Props:
Camera on tripod
Captain's outfit: black boots, black pants, black shirt, black gloves, face cloth, C mask, C goggles, C wool coat, C hat, red scarf.
Sniper's outfit: black boots, black pants, black shirt, black gloves, face cloth, S mask, S goggles, S jacket, sniper rifle.
Engineer's outfit: black boots, black pants, black shirt, black gloves, face cloth, E mask, E goggles, E jacket
Pilot's outfit: black boots, black pants, black shirt, black gloves, face cloth, P head gear, P tube mask, P goggles, P leather jacket
Disney princess ball
Old risk box
Dead rodent
Burned down table
Three burned down chairs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INTRO SONG:
Fade In:
Captain dances around a ruined landscape, singing his own version of Que Sera Sera.
In between scenes, post apocalyptic imagery is shown of how the world is destroyed.
Fade Out.
EPISODE:
Fade In
Ext Vast Ruined City - Midday - Overcast
A city square fallen into decay and ruin, bearing evidence of being a victim of nuclear war. Devastated cars, rubble and other assorted relics are scattered about the ground. A man stands in the midst of the square, only his back visible. He wears a grey trench-coat and an officer's cap, and stands in formal pose.
NARRATOR
In the midst of a ruined city, forgotten by time, stands a lone figure. His real name
is known to none but him, and even he may not remember it... To the men under
his command, he is known simply as 'The Captain'.
THE CAPTAIN turns, revealing the custom designed respirator and goggles on his face, and looks just above and behind the camera.
CAPTAIN
How many times must I tell you, stop narrating my life!
NARRATOR
Slightly unhinged, the rare outsiders who catch a glimpse of the Captain and his
team often wonder what caused his declining mental state.
As the narrator speaks, THE CAPTAIN waves his hand dismissively and starts to wander off.
NARRATOR
Was it the radiation from the fallout? Was it the solitude and lack of need for social
etiquette? Whatever the reason, something in the barren city wastes clearly drove
him mad...
THE CAPTAIN looks up at the sky as he walks along and replies loudly:
CAPTAIN
I'll tell you what it was, it's your incessant nattering - cease your verbiage!
Ext-Ruined (Subway) Tunnel - Midday - Overcast
THE CAPTAIN approaches the tunnel entrance. There is a dusty old disney princess ball sitting at the top of the stairs, and THE CAPTAIN pauses to stoop down and pick it up.
NARRATOR
One of the consequences of the Captain's frame of mind is his seemingly endless
confidence, and utter refusal to accept when something is clearly a bad idea.
CAPTAIN
Clearly you've no idea about how to detect danger.
THE CAPTAIN hurls the ball down the flight of steps into the pitch-black subway tunnel. There is a wet 'crunch', a deafening ROAR, and a moment later the ball flies back out of the tunnel covered in saliva, straight back into THE CAPTAIN'S hands.
CAPTAIN
Zere. As you can see, zee ball is entirely unharmed - it is safe to descend.
NARRATOR
As I mentioned before however, the Captain is not entirely alone in this world.
THE CAPTAIN raises his foot as if to start walking down the stairs. He is interrupted however by a shout from behind him.
SNIPER
Captain! Stop!
THE CAPTAIN performs an about-face and watches as the panting SNIPER runs over to him, stopping a couple of feet away to keel over and catch his breath.
CAPTAIN
Ah, Snippy? I'm rather busy here, can't it wait?
NARRATOR
With no active power-stations for hundreds of miles, and the majority of the
population reduced to bones and ash, the Captain and his men find their own
ways to pass the time.
THE CAPTAIN looks up at the sky vaguely.
CAPTAIN
Oh give it a rest will you.
A confused expression crosses the SNIPER'S face.
SNIPER
Uhhh, come again?
CAPTAIN
I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to HIM.
SNIPER looks around, slightly bemused.
SNIPER
Whom? Where?
THE CAPTAIN gestures vigorously at the camera, pointing sharply.
CAPTAIN
RIGHT THERE! Look at him, zee smug little snot. Hovering around, watching
my every move and JUDGING me...
SNIPER
Uhhh…
It is revealed who CAPTAIN was pointing to, and it is in actual fact ENGINEER (at least we can presume it is). ENGINEER looks rather confused.
ENGINEER
Who, me?
CAPTAIN
No, not you!
CAPTAIN growls, looking up to the sky for a moment
CAPTAIN
Stop jumping from place to place!
CAPTAIN looks back down, as ENGINEER joins SNIPER where he stands.
CAPTAIN
Ah hah! Got you!
CAPTAIN tries to grab the camera, before it evades him once again. CAPTAIN shakes his fists.
CAPTAIN
Curses!
ENGINEER and SNIPER share a confused look.
SNIPER
Anyway, we found something you might like, Captain.
THE CAPTAIN leans forward excitedly towards SNIPER.
CAPTAIN
What iz it? A bomb?
SNIPER
No…
CAPTAIN
A tank?
SNIPER
Guess again…
CAPTAIN
A plasma powered horse?
SNIPER
What? No!
CAPTAIN
PSHHH! Engieee!
CAPTAIN signals for ENGINEER
CAPTAIN
Draw me up plans for zee plasma powered horse while I investigate zis further will you?
ENGINEER
Umm…
ENGINEER looks over to SNIPER, who gives him a shrug. SNIPER and CAPTAIN walk off, leaving ENGINEER completely confused. This quickly changes to a casual mood.
ENGINEER
This has got to be the easiest job in the world.
ENGINEER checks his pockets. Nothing.
ENGINEER
Ah, right. No pay. Perfect.
ENGINEER sighs.
fade to:
CAPTAIN walking next SNIPER in an abandoned hallway, nudging SNIPER.
CAPTAIN:
Mr Snippy! Now you've got me all excited...
Is it killer robot bees?
SNIPER:
NO.
CAPTAIN:
Killer robot bears?
SNIPER:
NO.
CAPTAIN:
A floating fortress of doom with a zeppelin squadron?
SNIPER:
NO.
CAPTAIN:
Zen what?!
INT-LIVING ROOM - MIDDAY
While this Living Room might have been a pleasant place to live once upon a time, it isn't now. The windows are shattered, the wall-paper is peeling, and the furniture looks like it could use several generations worth of carpenters to fix. A table sits in the centre of the room with THE CAPTAIN, the SNIPER, and the PILOT standing around it, staring at a mouldy-looking board-game box on the table.
CAPTAIN
Aaaaaah! A relic of military history! All zee greatest Captains used zis very device to
plan out how zey would best conquer ze world and dominate all nations!
THE CAPTAIN excitedly grabs the shoulders of the PILOT and the SNIPER
CAPTAIN
Zis men, is zee very genesis of war...
The Box is revealed to be an age old (and evidently rodent gnawed) 'Risk' set.
THE CAPTAIN removes the lid out of view, and the rest of the group peer intently down at the contents.
PILOT
What are those?
THE CAPTAIN picks up and holds several of the 'Continent' cards.
CAPTAIN, shoving the cards into Pilot's face
Zese, my dear pilot, were used by military soothsayers to decide where zey should send or, 'deploy' zeir troops.
PILOT (excited)
Ooooh...
SNIPER
And those?
THE CAPTAIN picks up a cavalry horse and a foot-soldier model.
CAPTAIN
Zey represented ze advancements in morality and anti-discrimination of
zee military. Zee equestrians represented ze army's decision to allow ze
vertically challenged into ze armed forces...
SNIPER
Makes… Sense?
CAPTAIN
Yes, until ze invention of steam-powered robots, horses had to be ridden everyzere.
PILOT
And then?
CAPTAIN
Once robots startered carrying people around, horses could go back home, and eventually zey got international recognition as zee inventors of ze banana, they got ze right to vote, and eventually, zee first four-legged president was sworn in.
PILOT
Wow…
Awkward Pause, SNIPER shakes his head.
PILOT
What's this?
PILOT picks up the rat corpse and dangles it close to CAPTAIN
CAPTAIN
Bah!
CAPTAIN squeals in shock, smacking the rat away and accidently knocking the RISK board over. SNIPER also seems startled, but more at the squeal. PILOT seems unphased, more concerned for the rat. CAPTAIN quickly recovers his pride and dignified position.
SNIPER
And how's that relevant to the rules of strategy?
CAPTAIN
Zat… Zat was a tactical nuclear strike. Zee whole board exploded.
Another awkward pause.
PILOT
Yay! Captain wins!
SNIPER
Perhaps we can have a do over?
PILOT begins picking up the board debris.
CAPTAIN
Yes, of course… And now, let us practise first hand the marvels of modern military and war faring
strategy.
CAPTAIN and SNIPER take their seats, PILOT putting the board back together, and handing the cards (held together by elastic/rubber bands) back to CAPTAIN, who spreads them around.
NARRATOR
And what does the future hold for the Captain and his men?
THE CAPTAIN looks up at the camera and holds his palms up in an exasperated manner.
NARRATOR
Will they continue to toil their lives away till their deaths?
THE CAPTAIN leans down behind himself and picks up the dead rodent.
NARRATOR
Or will –
THE CAPTAIN hurls the dead creature at the camera and knocks it over onto the ground with a shattering noise.
Fade to Black
ENGINEER
Ow…
SNIPER
Excellent timing, sir.
ENGINEER
Screw you, Snippy…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you like this episode, please + favourite it, OR
Click here to DONATE and become a producer of the show!
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Overall
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Although i felt much of the one-liner comedy was lost, the overall goofiness of the RA universe was kept, and i couldn't help but laugh out loud at many of the funnier parts. The fourth wall breaking joke went on a little too long in the beginning in my opinion, but the come back at the end was perfect.
I think there could be a bit more character development, instead of just being a bunch of nuclear winter survivors (with varying degrees of insanity) and their humorous anecdotes.
Overall, great piece, can't wait to see it on the big screen.