Rock Paper Scissors- The Wind

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Scene 003 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog NARRATOR
(V.O.) 1 Coming up next,

(V.O.) 1 a movie about dog valets:

(V.O.) 1 Parallel Barkers.

Scene 005 Duration 03:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog ROCK
/ SCISSORS 2 Ugh. / Terrible wordplay.

(V.O.) 3 And now, Sandpaper in...

(V.O.) 3 (THE TITLE APPEARS ONSCREEN) MotorPsycho.

/ SCISSORS 4 Whoa! / Awesome wordplay!

Scene 008 Duration 03:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog SANDPAPER
5 I’ll save you!

Scene 008 Duration 03:00 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Action Notes
She zooms forward,

ﬂies off a ramp,

does an unnecessary back ﬂip in the air

grabs a kitten from a tree,

then lands

the tree explodes behind her for no reason.

/ SCISSORS 4 (cheers)

Scene 014 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog SCISSORS
6 Man, Paper’s sister is so cool. Remember when I was her sidekick?

7 Yeah, you spent the whole day crying and throwing up and--

8 Yeah, she was impressed.

8 (SIGHS) I wish I could be a hero like her.

8 All the stunts she does... and those awesome one-liners.

9 It must be trash day, ‘cause I’m about to take out... Action Notes BACK ON the TV: Sandpaper faces off with villainous goons.

BACK ON the TV: Sandpaper faces off with villainous goons.

9 (ZOOM IN) my legs and roundhouse kick you.

/ SCISSORS 10 Cool! / Great line!

Scene 019 Duration 03:00 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Dialog REPORTER
11 We interrupt this thrilling action movie for a boring weather report. Action Notes Just then, the Convenient News REPORTER comes on screen.

12 Ooh,

12 turn it up!

13 Today is looking beautiful: warm temperatures, clear skies, and a light wind everyone will enjoy... unless, I suppose, you’re a piece of paper.

/ SCISSORS 14 Where’s Paper?! Action Notes Rock and Scissors’ eyes go wide.

Scene 023 Duration 03:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog PAPER
16 Out and about, on a roam. / Never been quite this far from home. Action Notes EXT. STREET PAPER walks down the street, singing to himself.

16 Out and about, on a roam. / Never been quite this far from home. Action Notes EXT. STREET PAPER walks down the street, singing to himself.

His phone rings. He answers, carefree.

16 Yelloooooo?

17 Paper, where are you? Action Notes Scissors on the phone in the apartment. Rock ﬁdgets beside him, a nervous wreck.

18 Uh, Action Notes Paper looks around, focusing on the street signs.

18 I’m at the corner of Impending and Danger. Action Notes Paper looks around, focusing on the street signs.

18 That’s weird.

19 Listen to me: there’s gonna be a light breeze!

20 How light? Action Notes Paper’s eyes widen. He speaks with quiet intensity.

21 One. Mile. Action Notes CLOSE ON Scissors’ mouth

21 Per Action Notes CLOSE ON Scissors’ mouth

21 hour. Action Notes CLOSE ON Scissors’ mouth

22 DRAMATIC) Oh my gosh.

A panicked Rock grabs the phone from Scissors.

23 Paper, you’ll never make it!

23 You’re ﬂimsy!

23 You could blow away.

23 You could get torn to shreds.

23 You could ﬂy into the sewer!

23 (WHISPERED PANIC) That’s where the poop lives.

Scissors snatches the phone back.

24 Don’t worry. We’re coming to save you. And when we do, I’ll be a hero just like Sandpaper. Action Notes He speaks in a calm, authoritative voice.

25 No! Do not make this about you. I’m in danger! What do I do?!

26 Get inside! BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! Action Notes Rock screams into the phone over Scissors' shoulder.

little cartoony wind lines swirl through the air in the distanceg

Scene 039 Duration 06:00 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Dialog WIND
27 (WHISPERED) Whoosh. Action Notes little cartoony wind lines swirl through the air in the distanceg

Paper SCREAMS

He frantically runs down the street looking for refuge.

He tries to enter a nearby shop, but the door is locked. He pulls desperately at the handle,

28 Let me in! LET ME IN! Action Notes then bangs on the glass.

28 Let me in! LET ME IN!

Scene 044 Duration 13:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog FRIENDLY
SHOPKEEPER 29 Sorry,

SHOPKEEPER 29 we’re closing early.

SHOPKEEPER 29 The weather’s just too perfect to be inside.

She TAKES A DEEP, SATISFIED BREATH

and merrily skips away,

Paper looks down the street:

skipping

It’s

okay, Paper.

You still have time.

Scene 049 Duration 05:00 Panel 4 Duration 01:00 Dialog SFX
Ping.

Paper looks up to see a set of perfectly still wind chimes.

Then, one chime gently brushes against another:

ping.

30 (CONT'D) (QUIET TERROR) It’s here.

He turns to look behind him. His eyes go wide.

camera zolly

PAPER’S POV: (live action) an enormous shockwave barrels toward him, dirt particles and pollen dramatically rising off the ground a la Independence Day

crazy wind blows

He ﬂaps wildly in gale force winds. It’s like a disaster movie: DRAMATIC MUSIC BLARES as the wind HOWLS past him...

32 AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGHH!

Scene 059 Duration 12:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog SFX:
birds chirp Action Notes CUT WIDE TO reality. It’s still a beautiful day: birds chirp, and a little girl happily jumps rope next to Paper. Then:

CUT WIDE TO reality. It’s still a beautiful day: birds chirp, and a little girl happily jumps rope next to Paper. Then:

33 We gotta go! Paper needs us! And we gotta calm down! Action Notes INT. RPS apt Rock runs in circles in an uncontrollable panic.

33 WE GOTTA CALM DOWN! Action Notes INT. RPS apt Rock runs in circles in an uncontrollable panic.

34 One sec. Action Notes SCISSORS dressed like Sandpaper.

34 I’m trying out one-liners. Action Notes SCISSORS dressed like Sandpaper.

34 (INTENSE) “Welcome to Rescue-ville. Action Notes SCISSORS dressed like Sandpaper.

34 (ZOOM IN) Population you.”

34 (ZOOM OUT) No, wait.

34 I’d also live there if I’m welcoming you.

34 So population two?

34 (BEAT)

34 Is that anything?

Scene 061 Duration 13:00 Panel 11 Duration 01:00 Dialog Action
Notes Rock shakes Scissors, yelling hysterical things that become unintelligible noises.

35 PaperNeedsUsHe’sGonnaFlyAwayForever IfWeDon’tRabb-gaabo! Glabroooo baghﬂabbabrab! Action Notes Rock shakes Scissors, yelling hysterical things that become unintelligible noises.

36 Rock, breathe.

Rock TAKES A DEEP, CALMING BREATH. Then:

37 BABBFRABBA-DANCRABDANONAB!

Paper still clings to the lamp post, ﬂapping in the breeze.

38 Think, Paper! Use that big brain of yours! Action Notes Paper still clings to the lamp post, ﬂapping in the breeze.

Scene 065 Duration 02:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog PAPER’S
BRAIN 39 There’s a lot of room in here. Action Notes We zoom into Paper’s head to see PAPER’S BRAIN, looking around at all the empty space, concerned.

BRAIN 39 There’s a lot of room in here. Action Notes We zoom into Paper’s head to see PAPER’S BRAIN, looking around at all the empty space, concerned.

40 Okay,

40 uh, uh... Action Notes He looks around

notices a brick

41 Maybe if I dive for that brick, I could use it as a paper weight.

Scene 066 Duration 15:00 Panel 11 Duration 01:00 Dialog CANDY
WRAPPER 42 I dove for the brick! It’s a bad idea! Action Notes A CANDY WRAPPER blows by, screaming as it passes:

Paper watches with horror as it ﬂies away. But then...

43 (O.S.) I’ll save you.

Sandpaper ROARS in on a motorcycle.

44 Sandpaper!

She pops a wheelie

and impossibly rides all the way up the side of a building

and into the air.

She does a cool BMX- style trick,

then plummets back toward the ground.

She grabs the Candy Wrapper mid-fall

and cracks the asphalt as she and the motorcycle land safely.

45 And that’s...

45 (ZOOM IN) a wrap.

45 (BEAT)

45 ...per.

She straps the wrapper safely to her bike.

Sandpaper stands in a heroic pose against HEROIC MUSIC. Then:

46 You came to save me! Action Notes Sandpaper stands in a heroic pose against HEROIC MUSIC. Then:

47 No.

48 (FACE FALLS) What?

49 You don’t need saving. You can handle a little wind. Just do this.

Sandpaper backﬂips off her handlebars,

kicks off the side of a building,

bounces off a patio umbrella,

grabs a sentient feather blowing in the wind,

and lands in a cool, three-point anime landing.

50 I can’t do that!

50 I’m just a ﬂimsy piece of paper!

51 Then be something else.

52 (SARCASTIC, STILL YELLED) Very helpful. Thank you.

53 You know,

53 I used to be like you. But then I went to the gym and got buff human arms.

53 (FLEXES) Now I kiss ‘em before I go to sleep. Read ‘em bedtime stories.

53 The one about the train, the one with the bunny--

54 What is the point of this story?!

55 I already told you.

55 Now I gotta go rescue others who are even weaker and more pathetic than you.

56 There was probably a nicer way to say that.

57 Good luck, Paper. I know you have it in you.

Revs engine

58 Wait! Don’t leave! I’ll read your arms bedtime stories! I’ll sing them lullabies! I don’t know what I’m saying, just help me!

PAPER leaps for SANDPAPER's bike.

And misses.

59 AAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHH! Action Notes The wind catches him.

He ﬂails in the wind

grabs a tree branch

60 Oh no! Action Notes ﬂailing in wind

ANGLE ON a different CANDY WRAPPER who leaps onto the brick and slides under it.

WRAPPER 2 61 Ha ha! I got the brick, baby! Action Notes ANGLE ON a different CANDY WRAPPER who leaps onto the brick and slides under it.

62 Paper! Paaaaaper! Action Notes EXT: STREET Rock and Scissors rush in, searching for Paper.

63 Have you seen this piece of paper? Action Notes Scissors shows a passerby a picture of Paper on a printout.

63 And don’t say I’m holding it. That’s what everyone’s said to me!

64 Hey! Up here! Action Notes Paper spots Rock and Scissors

65 My baby! My ﬂimsy little baby!

66 Rock, stop screaming and

66 help me!

67 Don’t worry.

67 I’ll get you down.

69 Finally!

69 ...with a very complicated stunt.

70 There’s a ladder right

70 there!

reveal there’s a ladder right next to Scissors and Rock

71 Real heroes don’t use ladders.

Scene 114 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog FIREMAN
72 Jerk.

Paper starts to lose his grip; he’s hanging on by his pinky.

73 I can’t hold on much longer!

74 Perfect! Just like the movies!

75 Rock, I need you to ﬁlm this. And don’t miss a thing, okay? Action Notes Scissors hands Rock his phone

Rock who ﬂips the phone around to live stream himself.

76 Listen, everyone: there’s an invisible threat, and you can't stop it! Your only hope is to get inside!

(V.O.) 77 It’s dangerous! It’s everywhere! And it’s coming for you and your friends! Action Notes EXT. PARK The friendly shopkeeper watches Rock’s video on her phone.

SHOPKEEPER 78 (EYES WIDEN) Oh my gosh.

SHOPKEEPER 78 (THEN) I gotta send this to everyone I know!

We hear the PING, PING, PING of phone notiﬁcations going off. All the people from the previous scenes who were happily enjoying the day now stare at their phones with horror.

pan across the stunt course

79 Time for my heroic rescue!

79 I’m gonna ride this motorcycle up a ramp,

79 skid along the edge of that building, leap off mid-air,

79 grab you as I ﬂy past--

80 I hate you, Scissors! I hate you so mu--

81 --do a double back ﬂip, then

81 land perfectly in that dumpster full of pillows.

82 Just rescue me the normal way! This isn’t going to work!

Scissors revs the engine

ﬂiips 2x

ﬂiips

lands in dumpster

lid slams shut

Scene 134 Duration 04:00 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Dialog Paper
(gasping)

Action Notes a second later Scissors emerges holding a gasping
paper- truimphantly

Scene 134 Duration 04:00 Panel 4 Duration 01:00 Dialog Paper
(gasping) Action Notes a second later Scissors emerges holding a gasping paper- truimphantly

83 I can’t believe that worked!

84 I know! It went exactly like I--

84 (THROWS UP, THEN)

84 Ah, whatever.

84 Rock, did you get all that?

85 Doom! Doom and misfortune are coming to the weak!

85 (THEN, SWEET) And please remember to like and subscribe.

86 (sighs) All right, let’s do a second take.

Lets go of Paper

87 (DOPPLER) I hate you, Scissorrrs...

88 (BEAT)

88 Oh, right.

88 The wind.

89 You gotta help us! Our friend is in danger!

SHOPKEEPER 90 We all are! It’s everyone for themselves! Didn’t you see the video?

SHOPKEEPER 90 There’s an invisible threat that’s coming for us! Action Notes She gestures to where the shopkeepers

Everyone is in a panic

People running out of the grocery store holding canned goods and toilet paper.

Parents usher kids into cars.

Scene 143 Duration 06:00 Panel 6 Duration 01:00 Dialog PASSERBY
91 That dog stole my car keys!

ANGLE ON the dog from Parallel Barkers in the drivers seat.

It high-tails it out of there.

Scene 146 Duration 05:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog PRESIDENT
92 With the signing of this accord, we at the United Nations will usher in an era of global peace that was previously thought impossible. Action Notes INT. CONFERENCE ROOM The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES addresses a group of world leaders (who we see only in silhouette from behind).

92 With the signing of this accord, we at the United Nations will usher in an era of global peace that was previously thought impossible. Action Notes INT. CONFERENCE ROOM The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES addresses a group of world leaders (who we see only in silhouette from behind).

An aide runs in and whispers in her ear.

93 What’s that?

93 (TO WORLD LEADERS) Okay, which one of you unleashed an invisible threat?

Everyone raises their hands.

94 Today. Action Notes Everyone raises their hands.

Half of them lower their hands.

95 Aaaaaugh, Action Notes EXT. SKY Paper rises higher and higher, twisting in the breeze.

95 help! Someone help! (THEN, TO SELF) C’mon, brain, think of something fast!

BRAIN 96 (CALLS OUT) Hello.

echoes ( Hello.) (beat)

BRAIN 97 I mean, that’s not good, right?

98 Relax, Paper. Maybe you’ll drift to safety.

99 Paper Shredder Factory?

100 “Now with no roof!”?!

See a big, open building with many spinning blades and shredders.

Paper tries to swim against the wind

101 Hold on! We’ll save you!

101 As soon as I ﬁgure out my next stunt.

101 I’m thinking a ring of ﬁre,

101 two half pipes,

101 and six to twenty leopards.

102 Ahhhhhh! You’re gonna get shredded! All because you’re a ﬂimsy piece of paper!

Looks in terror at the factory

scary blades spins and shoot up

paper sees sandpaper in the distance

sandpaper ﬂexes

Scene 162 Duration 05:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog (beat)

103 Then I just need to be something else.

Paper strains and twists his body.

reveal hes become a paper airplane

he soars magniﬁcently

104 Whoa!

105 Aaaah!

106 What kind of Paper Shredder Factory is this?!

two tie ﬁgher shredders pops up and follows paper

he sees the outside

doors slowly close

tries locking him in

door slowly close

it locks him in

door slowly close

g

shoots lasers

door slowly close

just makes it, laser misses

tie ﬁghter shredder runs into the doors and explodes

107 Ha ha. I’m unstoppable!

nosedive into the grass, crumpling his nose

108 Ow.

unfolds himself

109 That was amazing! Action Notes as Scissors rushes up.

109 That was amazing!

Rock dives in and tackles Paper,

110 You’re okay! Action Notes Rock dives in and tackles Paper,

110 You’re okay!

110 You’re okay! Action Notes HYSTERICALLY CRYING

110 (KISSING SOUNDS) Action Notes and kissing him all over his head.

110 (KISSING SOUNDS)

110 You’re okay!

110 (KISSING SOUNDS) Action Notes and kissing him all over his head.

110 (KISSING SOUNDS)

110 I know I looked calm, but I was freaking out all day!

Paper stands up as

111 I knew you had it in you. Action Notes Sandpaper enters in front of them. She puts her hand on Paper’s shoulder.

111 Sorry for the tough love, but I wanted you to see that you’re stronger than you thought.

He smiles.

112 That was my goal as well. Action Notes Scissors puts his hand on Paper’s other shoulder.

112 That was my goal as well.

112 That’s what we heroes do, huh Sandpaper?

113 Have we met before?

114 Have we met before?!

115 Oh, you’re the vomit boy.

116 That was one time, and it hasn't happened si--

116 (THROWS UP)

117 Well, that was quite a ride.

117 And now that I know how strong I am, I can actually be outside and enjoy this beautiful day.

Scene 203 Duration 08:00 Panel 4 Duration 01:00 Dialog COMMANDER
118 No, sir, you cannot! Action Notes But then a military COMMANDER gets in Paper’s face.

118 The president has ordered everyone inside. There’s some kind of invisible threat!

Scene 203 Duration 08:00 Panel 7 Duration 01:00 Dialog SOLDIER
119 Commander! (POINTS AT NOTHING) I don’t see anything over there! Action Notes A SOLDIER rushes up.

119 Commander! (POINTS AT NOTHING) I don’t see anything over there!

empty ﬁeld

120 That must be it!

120 Fire at will!

The soldier launches a big, cartoony missile. Then:

smoke clouds clear

burnt ground

(CONT'D) 121 Did we get it?

122 I don’t see it!

122 (PURE PANIC) I don’t see it EVERYWHERE!

He runs SCREAMING into the ﬁeld, wildly PUNCHING and KICKING at nothing.

(CONT'D) 123 THERE’S TOO MANY OF THEM...

(CONT'D) 123 presumably.

Tilt up to reveal more missiles and army helicopters ﬂying by.

Dozens of soldiers rappel out of the choppers and start blindly ﬁring missiles everywhere.

Other soldiers in jet packs throw giant nets on the ground.

Tanks roll in and start ﬁring at nothing. It’s absolute mayhem.

ANGLE ON Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Sandpaper, all confused.

124 (TO THE OTHERS) Oh, you know what? This might be my fault. Action Notes ANGLE ON Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Sandpaper, all confused.

Rock Paper Scissors- The Wind

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