Patchwork

By
Taylor Hamilton
INT.SMALL ROOM.DAY
OVER THE SHOULDER TO PAN AROUND TO CLOSE-UP ON FACE
Brown haired girl (Nikki) sitting down on ground with
notebook, pen, and guitar/keyboard, light shining at an
angle across her through window
PULL OUT
Starts playing instrument/singing

NIKKI
(voice-over)
I have been thinking at random
on the universe

or rather, how nothing in the

universe
is random-

OVER THE SHOULDER

Nikki writes lyrics lighting still across her body and
notebook
NIKKI
(voice-over)
theres nothing like presumption
late at night.
CROSS DISOLVE

INT.BEDROOM.AFTERNOON
OVER THE SHOULDER, PARALLEL TO LAST SHOT
Blonde haired girl sitting at desk painting, reaching over
to pick up colors. Desk fully lit
HAILEY
(voice-over)
My sumptuous

trash bag of colors-

Laura Ashley cottons-
cut to rhythmic montage of different multicolored paintings

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 2.

HAILEY
(voice-over)
waits to be cut
and stitched and patched

CUT
INT.DINING ROOM.NIGHT
PROFILE MS

Computer light being main source of lighting. Ashley typing

on laptop, stopping momentarily to think.
ASHLEY
(voice-over)
but theres a mechanical feel
about the handle
of my secondhand sewing machine,

CUT TO CU
Hands typing, jewelry prominent
ASHLEY
(voice-over)
with its flowers
CUT TO CU OVER THE SHOULDER
ASHLEY
(voice-over)
and Singer painted orange on it.
And its iron wheel.
CROSS DISOLVE

INT.DANCE STUDIO.NIGHT
OVER THE SHOULDER PARALLEL TO PREVIOUS SHOT, PULLS OUT
SLOWLY

Sydney at barre warming up

SYDNEY
(voice-over)
My back is to the dark.

Somewhere out there

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 3.

LONG SHOT FROM CORNER

She does a turn combination across the floor

SYDNEY
(voice-over)
are stars and bits of stars
and little bits of bits.

MEDIUM LONG SHOT

Sydney dancing a lyrical routine
SYDNEY
(voice-over)
And swiftness and brightness and
drift.
CUT

MONTAGE SCENE
Cut between close ups of their faces
ALL
(voice-over)
But is it craft, or art?
Sydney practicing dance
SYDNEY
(voice-over)
I will be here
till midnight,
Nikki bending over to write lyrics

NIKKI
(voice-over)
cross-legged in the dining-room,
logging triangles and diamonds,

Ashley typing, pausing and then backspacing

ASHLEY
(voice-over)
cutting and aligning,

finding greens in pinks

Hailey finishing up a painting

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 4.

HAILEY
(voice-over)
and burgundies in whites
until I finish it.

CUT TO BLACK
ALL
(voice-over)
Theres no reason in it.

Sydney doing some sort of rond de jambe

SYDNEY
(voice-over)
Only when its laid

right across the floor,

Ashley underlining what she has typed with her finger
ASHLEY
(voice-over)
sphere on square
and seam on seam,
Hailey holding out her painting to look at

HAILEY
(voice-over)
in a good light-
a night-sky spread-

Nikki singing and playing instrument

NIKKI
(voice-over)
will it start to hit me.

These are not bits

Ashley sits back to look at writing
ASHLEY
(voice-over)
These are not bits
Hailey setting down painting next to others

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 5.

HAILEY
(voice-over)
These are not bits
Sydney finishing a move

SYDNEY
(voice-over)
These are not bits
They are pieces.

Flash between all of their faces

ALL
(voice-over)
And the pieces fit.