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THE GREAT WORKS PROJECT

a puppet play in many parts

Season 03, Episode 12

By Thomas Typewriter

(c) 2021

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FADE IN TO BLACK

From the bottom of the screen scrolls up the following text: “03-12”. It moves upwards, pausing a moment in the center of the frame, then continues upward, exiting the frame at the top edge.

FADE OUT

FADE IN

INT. NARRATOR’S DOOR INSIDE APARTMENT Y, DAYTIME

MS OF NARRATOR’S DOOR

The Narrator’s Door lie in the center of the stage. It is in a small hallway at the end of Apartment Y’s combination Living Room and Kitchen. It has a small coatrack and umbrella stand off to one side. On the other side is a light switch and a red signal light. The Narrator’s Door, on the Apartment side, has a very thick wooden frame with additional rings of thick wooden molding. Y-Mouse paces the small hallway reading from a script page, rehearsing his lines one last time. The red signal light turns on. Y-Mouse notices the light and stops pacing. He sets the page down on the coatrack. He takes a deep breath and then opens the door. There is a bright light from the other side of the door so the short time it is open we are unable to clearly make out what is there. The Narrator’s Door closes.

Y-MOUSE
(heard from the other side of the door) “What vindications asks the interrupted idea, lost to its own agency, as it wanders across a nowhere.”

The Narrator Door reopens and Y-Mouse steps through. The door closes and he slumps against the door relieved. After a moment he stands and walks towards the camera.

CUT TO

INT. APARTMENT Y MAIN ROOM, DAYTIME

LS OF LIVING ROOM AREA

A large room divide in two by a counter, the main room holds both the living room and kitchen. The living room side has a medium size wicker couch and various house plants. Small nautical themed prints and paintings hang on the walls. To the side of the couch, furthest from view, is an end table and table lamp. On the wall nearest the end table is a window and also a sliding patio door. Y-MOUSE enters and walks over to the couch.

CUT TO MS OF Y-MOUSE

He leans his head back and closes his eye.

Y-MOUSE
“Just need to rest my eyes a little before the meeting.”

CUT BACK TO LS OF COUCH

A multi-color glow emanates from under the couch. It grows in intensity.

DISSOLVE OUT

TRANSITION FROM APARTMENT Y TO Y-MOUSE DREAMING

DISSOLVE IN

THE TYPEWRITER ABSTRACT PUPPET STAGE

Y-Mouse floats before the Typewriter Abstract Puppet Stage. The main curtains of the Typewriter Abstract Puppet Stage are closed. They part revealing an empty stage. The Curtain of Clouds, which lines the back of the stage, is fully visible. Y-Mouse flies inward towards the Curtain of Clouds.

THE CAMERA PANS INWARD FOLLOWING Y-MOUSE TOWARDS THE MID-STAGE AREA OF THE TYPEWRITER ABSTRACT PUPPET STAGE.

TRANSITION FROM THE TYPEWRITER ABSTRACT PUPPET STAGE TO THE BACK-STAGE

THE CAMERA CONTINUES TO FOLLOW Y-MOUSE

The Curtain of Clouds part. Y-Mouse floats through the Mid-Stage, past the Curtain of Clouds, and on into the area beyond. He stops in the Back-Stage and floats watching the events unfold.

BACK-STAGE: THE CONCURRENT DISTANCES

THE CAMERA GLIDES PAST Y-MOUSE TO PROPERLY FRAME BACK-STAGE

We find an empty field of darkness, devoid of any sets or decoration, except for center-stage sit THE TRIPLETS. AVEN, LONDE, and NETTE are crowded around something, laughing and excited at what we can not see. A STEAM like noise can be heard intermittently. From stage-left enters THE MOTHER.

THE MOTHER
“I’m back girls.”

THE TRIPLETS
“Hi.”

THE MOTHER
“Sorry I was gone so long. That calcific went really deep downdream. Hope you were not too lonely.”

The Triplets do not respond. A curious look slides across The Mother’s face. She walks over to the Triplets and leans down. She caresses Nette’s hair.

THE MOTHER
“What are you girl’s up to?”

The Triplets part allowing us to see what they were looking at. A small steam powered automoton, HERON THE AEOLIPILE, walks back and forth, hissing steam.

AVEN
“We made something new.”

Heron waves at The Mother. She’s surprised and waves back.

THE MOTHER
“Is it a wind-up?”

NETTE
“No, it’s something else.”

LONDE
“Here, check it out. It’s friendly.”

Londe holds out her hand for Heron. It climbs in, and she then hands him over to The Mother. She leans in closer. Heron the Aeolipile dances in her hand.

AVEN
“Awww…he likes you.”

THE MOTHER
“Does it have a name?”

LONDE
“Heron the Aeolipile.”

The Mother nods her head

THE MOTHER
“Well hello Heron. I am glad to meet you.”

The Mother sets him back down. Heron starts to dance. The Triplets and The Mother watch. The Mother coughs twice.

THE CAMERA UNLOCKS FROM FRAMING THE BACK-STAGE AND PANS OUTWARD. IT SLIDES PAST Y-MOUSE.

Y-Mouse floats backwards out of the Back-stage.

THE CAMERA KEEPS PACE WITH Y-MOUSE AS HE FLOATS OUT OF THE TYPEWRITER ABSTRACT PUPPET STAGE.

Y-Mouse floats past the Curtain of Clouds. They close behind him. He continues moving through and out of the Mid-stage area. The curtains close on the Mid-stage. Y-Mouse hovers before the Typewriter Abstract Puppet Stage.

TRANSITION FORM THE TYPEWRITER ABSTRACT PUPPET STAGE TO APARTMENT Y.

From off camera an ALARM RINGS.

DISSOLVE TO

INT. APARTMENT Y MAIN ROOM, DAYTIME

MS OF Y-MOUSE

Y-Mouse is asleep on his couch. The multi-colored light has stopped emanating from under the couch. The alarm on his watch is RINGING RINGING RINGING. Y-Mouse wakes up. He forces himself awake and then turns off the alarm on his watch. He stretches.

Y-MOUSE
“Time to get ready for the meeting.”

Y-Mouse reaches under his couch and pulls out a briefcase. He sets it on the couch then stands to get a glass of water from the kitchen.

PAN OUTWARD

FADE OUT