Saturday 8 August 2009

The Brute - A Youtube Advertisement

SCENE
[Black and white; high definition; slow motion; snap shot transitions; ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ from 3:16 onwards.]

CLOSE-UP: 0.00
[A mugshot of BOBBY THE BOXER’s face, as he lies on his bed: beaten, bloodied, bruised, barely conscious – 4 seconds.]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP: 0.04
[A side-on shot of a bloody wound on Bobby’s cheek; a hand with a cloth on left of shot not yet touching it – 2 seconds.]

EXTERNAL: 0.06
[A wide shot of a rundown English brutalist estate – 2 seconds.]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP: 0.08
[The side-on shot of the bloody wound on Bobby’s cheek; the cloth now pressed to it – 2 seconds.]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP: 0.10
[A side-on shot of Bobby’s forehead; lips pressed to it – 2 seconds.]

EXTERNAL: 0.12
[A wide shot of a quiet English brutalist building – 1 second.]


EXTREME CLOSE-UP: 0.13
[The side-on shot of the bloody wound on Bobby’s cheek; the cloth slowly being released from the hand – 2 seconds.]

EXTERNAL: 0.15
[A wide shot of a significant English brutalist building – 1 second.]

EXTREME CLOSE-UP: 0.16
[A side-on shot of Bobby’s naked torso right; MARY’s clothed torso left – 1 second.]

EXTERNAL: 0.17
[An imposing upwards shot of a tall brutalist tower – 3 seconds.]

CLOSE-UP: 0.20
[A side-on shot of their faces: Bobby lying on the bed, looking up, in the foreground; Mary on top of Bobby, looking down, in the background – 1 second.]

EXTERNAL: 0.21
[The imposing upwards shot of the tall brutalist tower – 1 second.]

CLOSE-UP: 0.22
[Bobby’s left hand, grasping the mattress cover – 1 second.]

CLOSE-UP: 0.23
[Mary’s left hand, grasping a pillow – 1 second.]

EXTERNAL: 0.24
[The imposing upwards shot of the tall brutalist tower, just starting to crumble – 2 seconds.]

CLOSE-UP: 0.26
[A top-down shot of them looking at each other in the eyes with their heads resting on the pillow: hers on the left, his on the right – 2 seconds.]

EXTERNAL: 0.28
[The imposing upwards shot of the tall brutalist tower, now crumbling – 1 second.]

CLOSE-UP: 0.29
[The top-down shot of them with their heads resting on the pillow, now both looking down – 1 second.]

EXTERNAL: 0.30
[The imposing upwards shot of the brutalist tower, in full collapse – 2 seconds.]

CLOSE-UP: 0.32
[The top-down shot of them with their heads resting on the pillow, unable to look at each other – 2 seconds.]

EXTERNAL: 0.34
[The imposing upwards shot of the brutalist tower, now a cloud of dust – 2 seconds.]

CLOSE-UP: 0.36
[A top-down shot of Bobby turning onto his back, humiliated – 2 seconds.]

GRAPHIC: 0.38
[White text on black background: THE BRUTE – 4 seconds.]


ROOM SHOT: 0.42
[A shot from the top corner of the bedroom: Bobby in bed, on his left side, alone – 2 seconds.]

GRAPHIC: 0.44
[White text on black background: the performance details of the show – 4 seconds.]

[Fade to black.]

END: 0.49

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