hungry alien

One of my brosef.com posts. I doodled an alien trying to eat some alien fish... so this screenplay scene came as a result.

FADE IN:

INT. ART GALLERY �" DAY

EXTREME CLOSE-UP on a drawn eye, undecipherable chatter provides for an atmosphere of people engaging in low tone discussion.

PULLING BACK slowly, we see a creature's face and another drawn eye.

JOE (O.C.)

(sips what sounds like coffee)

I just... I still don't get it.

PULLING BACK EVEN MORE reveals what looks to be an extremely large painting on display. Standing in front, staring at the painting, is a man dressed in casual business attire; next to him is a girl much shorter wearing a tattered messenger bag; holding a text book.

The man is Joe, a 33 year old lawyer (not partner...yet) for Bluaghstein Whickers & Braun.  The girl is Melanie, a 20 year old art student at the local college.
ZOOM OUT STOPS leaving the two in frame with the painting, continuing to stare. People sporadically walk behind them,traversing the other paintings in the gallery. JOE'S business casual attire and scientific application of pomade is a stark contrast to MELANIE'S boyish hair cut, hipster bangs, graphic tee, skinny green jeans and chuck taylors.

JOE (cont'd)

I mean.  I could do this.  In my sleep.

Better yet, in a coma.  Are they all gonna be like this?

REVERSE ANGLE We see MELANIE is staring intently at the painting through thick black frames, a slight smile on her face as her companion provides commentary. She is hugging her text book...

MELANIE

I think it's beautiful.  A little comical, a little sad.

I bet Fred never gets the little flashlight fish.

JOE (O.C.)

Fred?

CAMERA REMAINS ON MELANIE. Her stare at the painting never beaks.

MELANIE

Yeah. I named him. I think he looks like a fred.

Why, whaddaya think he looks like?

JOE hesitates. As if he's searching for something in the painting.

JOE

I think he looks like no more than 2 minutes

spent on a napkin in a coffee shop.

MELANIE'S head drops down in a dramatic fashion with a sigh.

MELANIE

(In a very defensive tone, as if she were the artist)

This is a window into the mind of another human being.

It's as if the artist said “hey... here's the string

to the blinds of my mind..go ahead and pull” And whether

it's been hand-etched for hours or plucked from a dumpster,

a pane of glass is a pane of glass, and it's not going to

change what you see on the other side of it.

JOE pauses, feigns whiplash.

JOE

Wow, nice metaphor. You mind if I use that? I'm defending

against an insanity plea. (In a mocking tone)

“Your honor... whether it's calculated for days or

acted in a single act of passion.. murder is murder.”

MELANIE smiles and slaps him on the butt.

MELANIE

You're just immune to art, law-boy.

JOE

(Shakes his head at the the nickname)

You ever hear the famous saying

'Art is anything interperetted'?

MELANIE

(puts her hand to her chin and taps

her lips as she looks up at the ceiling)

Hmmm never. Who said it?

JOE

(scratches his head)

I don't know... can't remember

MELANIE leans forward and turns her upper body to face up at him. She does this slowly, dramatic as always.

MELANIE

Must not have been that famous then, huh?

JOE

Guess not.

MELANIE

“Anything interperetted”... interperetted how?

JOE

Not sure, that's the saying. It ends there I think.

MELANIE

So the interperetation is undefined... that's wh--

JOE

Stop it. You're not allowed to turn my quote against me...

I'm already outta my element here.

MELANIE

And you'd rather be at Sara's book club?

JOE

(Sneezes into his elbow) You know I hate it when you use her name.

And no, (he sniffs) I'm not allergic to her name, jokester...

one step ahead of you.

MELANIE

You know I'm so much cooler than your wife.

JOE

Yeah, ok. And the fact you know she's at book club

on Thursdays makes we second guess the amount of detail

in my life I share with you... no matter how cute you may be.

MELANIE

You can't resist (flutters her eyes and smiles a grin of confidence)

JOE

Ok, kid. So what's next?

MELANIE

(starts to back pedal but her eyes remain on Joe) Whatever you want Sir. ... I have a stupid, pointless, draw-on-a-napkin, “you'll never get anywhere in life, reject” class to go to. (she gives a quick smirk) Text me.

JOE

But we haven't even seen the other rooms here.

MELANIE

I know. We spent so much time on the hungry alien

we didn't even get to the nudes... and

(in an exaggerated tone as she leans forward, hugging her textbook while continuing to back pedal) you know how hot that gets me.

MELANIE WINKS as Joe just smiles back, shakes his head, and takes another sip of coffee while he stares back at Fred.

Author's Note

FYI: brosef.com is a doodle blog where Aidan Tonbridge draws first, then writes whatever comes to mind after seeing what he's drawn. There is no consistent format to what he posts (could be a screenplay, dialogue, a story, etc.)

I welcome all feedback. Check out brosef.com for other posts!

Reviews

[GlamGirl]

It's cute! You should continue with this. I like the hand drawn pic, by the way ;)