Sierra Rose Art Director Nathan Brown Video Director Notes from Underground

Matthew Hicks Executive Director Ben Supranovich Music Director Stranger

Notes from Underground vs. The Stranger | Video clip missing Removed from Script
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1. 1. (Intro)

2. Close shot of book on shelf, hand reaches in to 2. Time for a lesson take my book off your shelf
take book off shelf

3. Wide shot of Underground Man in his chair, not 3. I was thought up by Dostoevsky himself
facing audience, hold book in hand

4. Wide shot of tossing book away 4. All my life, Ive lived in isolation
Now, for passive aggressive confrontation,

5. Middle shot of silhouette 5. You murdered a man who didnt stand a chance

6. Silhouette pointing up/to sky, mimicking being in 6. Blamed it on the sun, lost in a trance
a trance

7. Wide shot of silhouette 7. Youre a bad friend and an even worse son

8. Close up silhouette doing air quotes 8. Id say a good quote but you aint got one

9. Silhouette putting on jacket 9. You think youre hot stuff, youre not, youre just cold

10. Split screen, both Underground Man and 10. You think youre tough now, Im two centuries old!
Meursault. Underground Man punching towards
Meursault

11. Background moving clocks implying time 11. Teaching your book is such a waste of time
wasted. Wide shot of Underground Man

12. Jail bars fall in front of Underground Man 12. Charge Camus with murder cause this books a crime
referencing to crime

[Meursault] [Meursault]

13. Middle Shot. Holds out hand, fire appears on 13. Id feel that burn of I had any feelings
hand

14. Backwards peeled banana 14. Your precious author leaves you unappealing

15. Underground Man in background left sad, also 15. Showing the world youve got manic depression
in background right happy, Meursault rapping
middle foreground

16. Middle shot. Meursault throws up hands - Left 16. Im a hundred and twenty three page lesson
hand three fingers, right hand three fingers to show
123 as fingers

17. Wide shot. Word run across screen to distract 17. Your words are just pointless distractions!
viewer.
18. Wide shot 18. I live my life through non-conformist actions

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 Sierra Rose Art Director Nathan Brown Video Director Notes from Underground
Matthew Hicks Executive Director Ben Supranovich Music Director Stranger

19. Twin shot Underground Man scolding 19. Im not wasting my time with your text
Meursault You cant even make me feel slightly perplexed

20. Medium shot 20. Youre clueless, a waste, just a hypocrite!

21. Close shot 21. No one listens, youre pointless, admit it!

22. Twin shot, Underground Man pointing down, 22. You live in the dirt, Ive risen above
then up to describe line

23. Medium Shot 23. Now please, dont get me started on love!

[Underground Man] [Underground Man]

24. Wide shot 24. Love you say? Thats just a word for the weak

25. Quick cuts closer to actor as he exclaims 25. Used only by the stupid, mild and meek!
stupid, mild and meek

26. Medium shot 26. Ha! You act like I care about other people!

27. Close shot 27. I treat everyone like you treat your mother

28. Wide shot 28. You say you feel nothing? I spread depression

29. Close shot 29. While your book fails at plot progression

30. Medium shot 30. I cant believe this book its so crazy, bizarre
Glad you died when you were hit by a car

[Meursault] [Meursault]

31. Wide shot 31. My author may have died at year forty six

32. Close shot of Meursault in brick house window, 32. But his message lives on like a house of bricks
then zoom out to show full house

33. Close shot, emphasis on thats to show 33. Your straw words are spiteful cause no ones loved you
mockery Resorting to prostitutes, thats something new

34. Medium shot 34. Despite your effort, no one stays in your life
Like your readers interests, a double edged knife!

35. Close shot, hand gestures to signify 35. After reading your book, Im left to wonder
wondering How you could possibly be such a blunder

[Underground Man] [Underground Man]

36. Wide shot, emphasis on nothing about it is 36. Your lyrical skill is just like your writing
ever exciting to show mockery Nothing about them is ever exciting

37. Wide shot, glove come in with fake knife 37. Watch out for my metaphorical cleaver

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 Sierra Rose Art Director Nathan Brown Video Director Notes from Underground
Matthew Hicks Executive Director Ben Supranovich Music Director Stranger

38. Underground Man showing off coat collar 38. Ill go poor to buy a coat made of beaver

39. Points to wrist, as if watch were there 39. Hours of readers lives gone to this book

40. Twin shot, Underground Man to Meursault, fish 40. Took sixty pages to get to the hook
hook comes in to take Meursault away

41. Medium shot 41. My book succeeds without any plot

42. Medium shot, gestures over heart to indicate 42. It gets stuck in your heart like a blood clot
blood clot

43. Medium shot Underground Man 43. Your writing is not generational

44. Close shot Underground Man 44. Mine is bold and educational

45. Medium shot, tone of voice to indicate mockery 45. You spend days with your girlfriend Marie

46. Close shot,Underground Man pointing to 46. You act like you always wanna be me
himself in correlation with you always wanna be
me

[Meursault] [Meursault]

47. Twin shot, Meursault talking to Underground 47. Wanna be what? A person who grovels?
Man, Meursault body language to indicate
confused

48. Middle shot, tone of voice to show aggravation 48. I cant believe youre a classic novel

49. Middle shot, forcefully pushing hands down 49. You put down emotions and feelings
Telling the world theyre all weaklings,

50. Close shot 50. Your whole book was just a big mistake,

51. Close shot, grabbing/pulling hair/hands on 51. Now all Im left with is a massive headache!
head to indicate headache

52. Twin shot, Meursault holding nose and shaking 52. Everything you do is absolutely vile
hand around as if fanning off bad smell

53. Throws hand up to indicate stop 53. Hold up, gotta run to my trial