Best Friends

Beat board on a animated short concept about a complicated relationship between an old man and his young dog

Transcript

1. best friends GRC135 16:9 Ratio by Felix Danger
5. Cut to interior - Frank sleeping (sounds of snorring)
6. KNOCK! KNOCK! Zoom in as someone knocks at door - Frank wakes up with a snort
7. Frank: “Meh who the hell is bothering me on my birthday...”
8. Frank: “Just wanna sleep and be left alone is that too much to...”
9. Frank: “-what the hell?”
10. Daisy (VO): “Dear Dad, Thought you could use a friend. Happy Birthday - your loving daughter Daisy”
11. Frank: “Use a friend? What is she - oh dammit.” (zoom out as hand and letter move to reveal dog)
12. (Cut to upshot of Frank - POV Dog) Frank: “I need you like I need a hole in the head...”
13. Frank: “Well don’t just sit there letting all the good air out...come on.”
14. Cut to full shot of Frank and dog in kitchen Frank: “Suppose this dog dish means I gotta feed you to eh? I don’t have any damn dog food.” (Frank rummaging through fridge)
15. Cut to Full shot of Dog getting bowl of food tossed to him Frank: “Well all I got is left overs so left overs it is...Stupid dog.”
16. dog eats - face in bowl of food Dog tears into food Frank: “Save some for the starving kids...hehe” OM! NOM! NOM!
17. Frank: “Suppose you think you got the life now...what do you want?”
18. (Dog barfs) Frank: “What the hell?!” HURL!
19. (Dog looks up happy at his work) Frank: “What are you so proud of?!”
20. (POV Frank at happy dog) Frank: “No?! Bad Dog!”
21. (Cut to closeup of Frank’s hands cleaning up barf) Frank: “Bad Dog! Feed ya and ya barf it up?”
22. (Cut to shot of Frank walking to bed as he changes) Frank: “Stupid dog. Stupid birthday. I'm going to bed.”
24. DINGALINGALING (Crossfade to morning and closeup of frank waking to alarm) Frank: “Stupid Morning”
25. (Cut to Frank opening the shower in his towel) Frank: “What the hell?”
26. (Cut to POV Frank at bathtub barf) Frank: “That’s my bathtub! Bad Dog!”
27. (Cut to full shot of dog running happily) Frank: “This isn’t playing! Stop that. Bad Dog!”
28. (Cut to shoes with barf on them) Frank: “My shoes. Bad Dog!”
29. (Cut to playful dog reaction to Frank’s voice) Frank: “You don’t get it! Not a game dammit! No! Damn Dog.”
30. (Cut to Frank in chair opening newspaper) Frank: “Son of a...Bad DOG!”
31. (Cut to kitchen) Frank: “Not sure why I even bother feeding you, puke machine”
32. (Cut to Dog eating) Frank: “Never seem to dislike the food though...” OM! NOM! NOM!
33. (Cut to downshot of Dog) Frank: “Well you just keep it down...I’ve had it cleaning up your messes.”
34. (Dog barfs) Frank: “Dammit! Bad Dog!” HURL!
35. (Dog starts sniffing barf) Frank: “Dammit dog...leave it alone. I’ll clean the damn mess.” sniff sniff
36. OM! NOM! NOM! (Dog eating barf) Frank: “Oh God now I’m gonna puke.” (Sound of Frank running to bathroom)
37. (Crossfade with sound of toilet flushing...)
38. (...to Exterior - night)
39. (Cut to Frank sleeping)
40. (Cut to living room - night - window being opened from outside)
41. burglar enters window! (Cut to full shot -burglar entering home)
42. (Cut to burglar sneaking through house - Pan down and zoom in on burglar feet)
43. (closeup of burglar feet as he steps and slips on puke)
44. (Pan closeup to landing zone as burglar comes down on his head with a smack!) SMACK!
46. (crossfade to exterior -morning - sounds of birds chirping)
47. (Frank walking from the kitchen with his coffee - startled) Frank: “What the hell?...”
48. (cut to living room - dog next to unconscious burglar)
49. Closeup unconsious burglar and dog Dog pukes on burglar (zoom in on dog paws on burglar)
50. (dog barfs on burglar)
51. (cut to Frank) Frank: “Hehe Good Dog.”