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Hay mucho para mi hacer en diciembre este año. Voy a la casa de mis padres en Katy, Tejas (oeste de Houston), y voy a celebrar la Navidad allí. Para la Navidad, mis padres van a comprarme un traje de agua (wetsuit) porque lo necesito ir a (scuba diving). Mi madre, mi hermana, y dos de mis primas van a la casa de mis abuelos en Alabama y entonces van viajar en un barco (take a cruise). No se que mi padre y mi hermano, Michael, van a hacer pero tengo plans muy grandes. Muchos de mis amigos y yo vamos a Las Vegas por una semana. No se que es la nombre de la hotel en Las Vegas pero no es una problema a mí. No puedo (gamble) en Las Vegas porque mí cumpleaños es en marzo, y vamos a estar allí en enero. Mi padre me djió no usar mí identifícation falso porque los jefes de los casinos van a hacerme salir (make me leave?). Creo que voy a hacer un tiempo muy bueno allí y ojála que mis amigos se diviertan tambien.
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Bill's Day is a short that I constructed for an RTF class at the University of Texas in Austin. I used a number of my friends as the featured actors.
The story follows the events of how a Dollar Bill is spent over the course of a fictional day. The day, however, is presented in reverse sequential order.
Script
KEVIN LUDLOW
SHORT
"BILL'S DAY"
SCENE 1
Scene opens near dusk. A black SUV is shown screeching off down a road. We show the car for a few seconds and then cut to the inside of it. We have a shot from the back seat as we see three guys inside of it racing down the road, a DRIVER, a PASSENGER, and DANNY. Danny and the passenger are talking frantically to one another. It wasn't supposed to be like that, etc.
-caption 8:18pm-
DRIVER
Shut the fuck up.
The keep mumbling.
I said shut the fuck up already!
PASSENGER
(out of breath) Dude, it wasn't supposed to happen like that.
DRIVER
I know, I know. Just shut the fuck… Danny what did we get?
DANNY
I dunno man, here take it.
Danny hands the wallet to the passenger.
The passenger opens up the wallet and takes out a dollar bill with some writing on it.
PASSENGER
What the fuck is this. We got a fucking dollar bill. One fucking dollar.
We see a close shot of the dollar in the dark and can see writing on it but not read it.
The driver has a sign of disbelief on his face.
THE SCENE FADES TO BLACK.
SCENE 2
It is dark on the same street where first saw the car take off from. A GUY is waiting in front of his car. Three guys get out of the original car. They are see walking up to him.
-caption 8:14pm-
DRIVER
Did you bring our money?
GUY
(sighs) Look, man - I just need a few more days
The three guys approach him. The driver is in the front.
DRIVER
Well I'm afraid that's something you just don't have.
The driver starts running after him. The guy turns and runs the other way. The driver leaps after the guy and tackles him. We cut to the two other guys looking at each other with the driver fighting in the background. The quickly run to his aid. The guy gets picked up and hit a few times in the face. They then throw him over the hood of his car. We see the guy laying out cold on the ground with blood all over his face. Danny runs up to him and kicks him a few times in the gut. He reaches down, rolls him over, and takes his wallet.
THE SCENE FADES TO BLACK.
SCENE 3 (AT THE QUIX MART)
-caption 6:29pm-
The guy is scene driving up to a gas station. These are very quick cuts to move the scene along. He pulls up and gets out of his car. We see him from the inside of the gas station walking inside. He goes up to the counter and buys a pack of camel lights. He furthermore pays with a five dollar bill. He is handed back some change and a one dollar bill. We can see that it has some writing on it. He throws the change into the tip jar and leaves. We see him driving away.
SCENE 4
-caption 3:23pm-
We see a small child, KELLY, and her MOTHER walk into the same convienent store that was in scene three, She walks up to the counter and speaks with the CLERK.
MOTHER
Go ahead.
The clerk smiles at her.
KELLY
I want one lottery ticket.
CLERK
What kind?
KELLY
That one.
She points to the rack of them. The clerk takes one off of the shelf and gives it to her.
CLERK
That will be one dollar.
The girl hands him a one dollar bill. We close up on the transaction. The daughter and the mother walk off. The scene fades to black.
SCENE 5
Mother is seen walking into the kitchen where the girl is sitting coloring a picture.
-caption 1:42pm-
MOTHER
Kelly, you got some mail!
The girl has a very excited look on her face. The mother hands the girl the card. The girl tears it open with great haste. She pulls out the card. The camera shows that it is a birthday card. It reads the following (to be added). The girl pulls out the dollar bill from the money slot within it. She has an joyous look on her face. She puts the corner of it in her mouth.
MOTHER
Kelly, take that out of your mouth, you don't know where it's been.
THE SCENE FADES TO BLACK.
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Hay mucho para mi hacer en diciembre este año. Voy a la casa de mis padres en Katy, Tejas (oeste de Houston), y voy a celebrar la Navidad allí. Para la Navidad, mis padres van a comprarme un traje de agua (wetsuit) porque lo necesito ir a (scuba diving). Mi madre, mi hermana, y dos de mis primas van a la casa de mis abuelos en Alabama y entonces van viajar en un barco (take a cruise). No se que mi padre y mi hermano, Michael, van a hacer pero tengo plans muy grandes. Muchos de mis amigos y yo vamos a Las Vegas por una semana. No se que es la nombre de la hotel en Las Vegas pero no es una problema a mí. No puedo (gamble) en Las Vegas porque mí cumpleaños es en marzo, y vamos a estar allí en enero. Mi padre me djió no usar mí identifícation falso porque los jefes de los casinos van a hacerme salir (make me leave?). Creo que voy a hacer un tiempo muy bueno allí y ojála que mis amigos se diviertan tambien.
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Para mi entre de journal este semana, quiero hablar de la pais, Mexico, porque fui en Mexico la fin de semana pasada. Mis amigos y yo fuimos a Laredo, Tejas y yo llame un taxi manejar nosotros a Mexico. Cuestan veintecinco dólares pero no hay problema porque hubo tres otros personas conmigo. Manejamos por diez minutos en el taxi, y entonces eramos en "Boys Town".
Es muy interasante allí porque es incrediblamente pobre. Las cervezas cuestan un dólar en muchos de los clubs allí, pero en un pocos cuestan dos. Porque de este, mis amigos y yo bebímos muchos cervezas. Las cervezas no son un problema allí, que es una problema en Mexico son las prostitutes. Tengo no problemas con prostitución, porque sí una mujer quiere venderse a muchos hombres por dinero ella debe poder. Al meons, que es muy triste sobre prostitución allí, es las mujeres se vende por un a tres dólares. Ellas problamente duerman con díez hombres en un hora. Yo no compré una prostitue por la noche pero es muy triste porque habría podido comprar veinte con mi dinero.
Es definatamente una ciudad muy interasante y tenía diversión allí. Había muchas mas Mexicanos en "Boys Town" pensé que habría. Pensé hay muchos mas Americanos pero era incorrecto sobre ése.
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Para mi entre de journal este semana, quiero hablar de la pais, Mexico, porque fui en Mexico la fin de semana pasada. Mis amigos y yo fuimos a Laredo, Tejas y yo llame un taxi manejar nosotros a Mexico. Cuestan veintecinco dólares pero no hay problema porque hubo tres otros personas conmigo. Manejamos por diez minutos en el taxi, y entonces eramos en “Boys Town”.
Es muy interasante allí porque es incrediblamente pobre. Las cervezas cuestan un dólar en muchos de los clubs allí, pero en un pocos cuestan dos. Porque de este, mis amigos y yo bebímos muchos cervezas. Las cervezas no son un problema allí, que es una problema en Mexico son las prostitutes. Tengo no problemas con prostitución, porque sí una mujer quiere venderse a muchos hombres por dinero ella debe poder. Al meons, que es muy triste sobre prostitución allí, es las mujeres se vende por un a tres dólares. Ellas problamente duerman con díez hombres en un hora. Yo no compré una prostitue por la noche pero es muy triste porque habría podido comprar veinte con mi dinero.
Es definatamente una ciudad muy interasante y tenía diversión allí. Había muchas mas Mexicanos en “Boys Town” pensé que habría. Pensé hay muchos mas Americanos pero era incorrecto sobre ése.
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Comedy Writing Workshop
D.B. Gilles
"The Simpsons" Outline
Ned Flanders denounces the church after all of these years. The church becomes a laid back Sunday gathering without him. Homer takes an interest in scripture and tries to put the church back together.
The Simpson family is in the car on their way to church. Homer is complaining about going because nothing exciting ever happens. Bart recalls that the only thing interesting he ever learned was that of Hell (from a previous episode). Marge scolds him for his comments again.
Reverend Love Joy is preaching at the church again as Ned Flanders sits listening with an unusual uneasy look on his face. Everyone else in the church is dozing off to sleep. Homer is sound asleep. Ned stands up in the middle of the sermon and walks up to the podium. Reverend Love Joy begins to say something but Ned pushes him out of the way to take the microphone. Bart hits Homer to wake him up. Ned mocks the people for foolishly coming to church week in and week out. His wife is ecstatic with his decision. Todd and Rod begin to cry. Maude’s damns them to Hell for crying. The Flander family walks out of the church. Everyone is silent. Reverend Love Joy walks slowly back to the podium and after a second of silence blesses the Lord.
The Simpsons return home and Marge is very upset with the Flanders decision. She is convinced they are going right to hell for this. Homer tries to calm her down by telling her that they probably are as well, so they’ll always be friends. The children go and watch TV. Ned comes over and rings the bell. He has two giant boxes with him that are completely filled up with books. Homer is surprisingly nice to Ned for once. Ned tells him that he is giving him his collection of Bibles that he has collected over the years. Homer doesn’t argue and takes them from him. Ned doesn’t say anything but walks away slowly.
It is a few days later at this point. Homer is sitting at Moes with the guys talking about what happened to Flanders. He tells them how he has been reading the books that Flanders gave him and they are very interesting. Barney is telling everyone about his opinions on religion and comparing everything to beer. Homer doesn’t appear to be his regular self. The door flings open and we see a silhouette of a figure in the darkness. A cold wind sweeps through the bar. Flanders walks in. Everyone’s mouth in the bar drops. Ned takes a seat and orders a beer. Moe grabs a chilled glass and fills it to the brim. Everyone watches Ned in silence as he drinks it down to the bottom. After getting drunk and injuring himself in the bar, Ned is taken home by Homer. Homer is preaching to Ned on the walk home.
(Last scene)
Ned finally realizes that he belongs in the church after all and feels terrible for the way that he has acted. Maude looks depressed about this but Todd and Rod are jumping with joy. Ned reminds himself of all of the beer that he drank and wishes he had never gone against God in the way that he did. Moe comes clean and tells him that he didn’t drink anything alcoholic at all but that all of his beer came from the unused tap of non-alcoholic beer. Ned thanks Homer for all of his help and Homer goes right back to making fun of Flanders for being such a church boy. He gives Ned back his Bibles and goes back to being his normal self.
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