THE PARTY
EXT. HOUSE-NIGHT
ACTOR’S P.O.V. – A front door opens to reveal a crowded house full of beautiful people, hobnobbing in high Hollywood style. A HOSTESS emerges from the crowd to greet the ACTOR………….
THE WAKE UP CALL
FADE UP: EXT. ECHO PARK-MORNING
The sun rises above a RUSTIC COUNTRY CABIN atop a tree-lined hill. Behind it, the skyline of LOS ANGELES is revealed in the morning light.
CUT TO: INT. CABIN-MORNING
The ACTOR’S home, littered with scripts, plays and unfinished work. MOVIE POSTERS hang on the walls along with SNAP-SHOTS of the ACTOR at work.…………………..
Reach out and touch someone – A Short Film by Rick Parets
Special thanks to Joe Zonies – Spring 1986
BLACK
The SOUND of heavy breathing and footsteps of a RUNNING MAN are heard throughout the title sequence.
FADE IN:
EXT. DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – DAY
At a busy street, in the center of the city, on the corner, ACROSS THE STREET stands a PHONE BOOTH. The MAN, carrying a briefcase, comes running into the frame and enters the phone booth. He opens the briefcase, turns some pages of a book, seemingly finding his place. He picks up the phone, dials a number, says something into the receiver and quickly hangs up. He pulls out a pen from his jacket and with a triumphant flair crosses something out in the book. He closes his briefcase, obviously happier after this phone call and runs out the other side of frame…………………
SPACE CASE – LOW BUDGET FILM
As the main credits finish rolling, a picture of a video clip fades into view and the camera pulls back to reveal the interior of an alien spacecraft. Swirling in front of the instrumentation panels of the ship, separate individual gaseous vapors begin speaking with each other. This is a team of alien research scientists who have been sent to our galaxy to find a cure for their planet’s dying plant life………….
HEMP © THE UNSOLD STORY
(HEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE)
an original treatment for film
BRIEF MAIN CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
TOM STRONG: A handsome extroverted charismatic singer with a good sense of humor in his late forties. A charmer of women, he’s concerned not only for their rights, but the rights of men and women alike to help save the planet…………..
AN ACTOR PREPARES
Sound of an AIRPLANE ENGINE droning in the air.
FADE UP:
INT. AIRPLANE – DAY
The ACTOR prepares himself at the door of the plane, accompanied by two SKY DIVERS.
On the count of three, they jump together into the void.
