FADE IN:
EXT. PARK- SUNRISE
Open with full shot of park setting. Scattered couples in background leisurely walking or sitting. Butterfly's flying over a thorn bush. One COUPLE walks in foreground and continues down a path.
TRUCK IN:
on Couple as they walk towards a bench. A Morning Glory flower with-in a thorn bush comes into middle of frame, as Couple sits down.
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EXT. PARK- SUNRISE
MEDIUM SHOT:
Couple sitting on bench, women turns to man
WOMEN to MAN: " oh look at the pretty butterflies"
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EXT. PARK-THORN BUSH-SUNRISE
TRUCK IN:
Thorn Bush where butterflies are fluttering around bush and single flower.
Hear sounds of aerial battles as camera goes closer.
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EXT. PARK-THORN BUSH-SUNRISE
Full shot of 2 sides of butterflies fighting each other over main flower.
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CLOSE UP BUTTERFLY 1: "The nectar will be ours!"
Butterly 1 drops a bomb-like thing as Camera Zooms out.
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CLOSE UP BUTTERFLY 2: " Never! the flower belongs to us!"
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BUTTERFLY 3: " I got a target"
maybe show some sort of targeting system as he blows up something
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BUTTERFLY 4 chasing down BUTTERFLY 5 as they go through thorn branches etc....
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Perspective shot of Butterfly 1 shooting Butter fly 2. Butterfly 2 falls.
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EXT. PARK-COUPLE
Women looks confused. Maybe show her leaning in to get a better view.
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Wide shot of thorn bush and battle. You see a trail of smoke fall down and Flower teeter a little bit.
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EXT. PARK-THORN BUSH
Quick zoom to Butterfly 2 on fire falling
BUTTERFLY 2: "Mayday! Mayday! Tango alpha zulu niner! I'm going down I'm going down!"
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EXT. PARK-THORN BUSH-HANGER
Wide shot of Butterfly "army" in hanger like area. See different Butterflies in various military like positions. maybe a pan?
STOP PAN at GENERAL BUTTERFLY 1.
General Butterfly 1 walks over and grabs a "phone" off another Butterflies back
GENERAL BUTTERFLY 1: Lets get some reinforcements down there now!"
Camera TRUCK OUT:
See jet-like Butterflies emerging from cocoons and swooping out of camera.
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Wide--shot of jet-like Butterflies flying into battle.
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EXT. PARK. THORN BUSH. HANGER 2
Close up of BUTTERFLY GENERAL 2 (other "team") looking angery
BUTTERFLY GENERAL 2:" Give 'em all we got!"
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See a bunch of butterflies take off towards flower
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EXT. PARK. THORNBUSH. HANGER 1
Close up of Butterfly General 1
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EXT. PARK. THORNBUSH. HANGER 2
Close up of Butterfly General 2.
CUT.
EXT. PARK
Wide shot of thorn bush area and small smoke puffs everywhere and faint booms.
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Couple gets up from bench and walks towards background
WOMAN: " it smells like smoke over there"
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EXT. PARK. THORN BUSH
low PAN of "battle ground" showing butterfly parts and tools and stuff on fire.
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Close up of one lone butterfly reaching up.
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Close up of flower(with a bunch of "god rays" etc ) then you see a shadow or outline of a big caterpillar before it takes a big bite.
CUT
FADE OUT.
END.
The script is great Jill. The only thing we may change is that we're probably not going to have then unfurl out of a cocoon. I can't even fathom making a rig for something like that lol.
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