By Order of the Bored Written by Jacqueline Britton FADE TO TIGHT VIEW OF 1st Knight’s head and shoulders. MUSIC is playing in background, some medieval dance tune, and camera follows knight as he walks in time to it. Sounds of spurs clanking is very evident. 1st KNIGHT This is ridiculous! CAMERA pulls back enough to show another knight, directly in front of 1st Knight, also walking in time to the tune. 2nd KNIGHT (talking over his shoulder at 1st Knight) This is beyond ridiculous! CAMERA pulls back enough to include a third knight, following the 1st Knight. 3rd Knight This is the stupidest thing the Board of Directors has come up with, yet! CAMERA pulls back enough to show a total of six knights, from the chest, up, apparently going around in a circle. 4th Knight Oh, stop grousing about it. Until the lawyers get all the legalities out of the way, this is just the way it has to be. 5th Knight (grumbling) Lawyers—I’d like to use them for sword practice! ALL Knights (growling sounds of agreement) MUSIC comes to an abrupt end. CAMERA widens to show that the knights have been walking around chairs set up in a circle as they scramble for seats. One knight loses his claim for a chair and falls onto the floor, instead. He picks himself up with an inarticulate curse and stalks out through the watching audience. Just before he disappears through the crowd, he pauses and looks back over his shoulder at the other knights. LOSING KNIGHT I didn’t want to win the crown this way, anyway! Crowd parts to let him through, making sympathetic sounds as the remaining knights nod unhappily and stand up to walk as the MUSIC begins again and a herald from the sidelines pulls one of the chairs away.
(As always, you can tell they're knights because of large, prominent spurs on boots, "gold" chains around necks which are suitable for hanging lamps, and three-inch wide white belts.) Estimated cost of production: ? Assigned Director: ? |