Frog in the Stone - Rough Screenplay

Original screenplay for short film, Frog in the Stone.

Transcript

1. FROG IN THE STONE ROUGH SCREENPLAY Open to a title card that says something like ‘sometime, a while ago’. Pans down to one peasant digging in the dirt while others mill about around him. PEASANT 1 Yo, what is this thing? He holds up a small stone, with a crack on the top. PEASANT 2 Yo, what? What the heck is that oh my god what the freak He points over at the rock, gaining the attention of the others. PEASANT 2 (cont'd) ad libbing ( ) Yo you should crack that shit open dog what is that The first peasant cracks the rock open on the ground. Cut to a hyper realistic painting of a frog inside of a geode. ALL PEASANTS (gasping noises/ad libs) yo what the heck is this, there’s a frog? What is a frog doing in here what the freak that is so crazy oh my god From behind them, the local wizard suddenly appears in a flash of smoke. The Peasants don't notice till he summons lightning and everyone scatters. WIZARD Hellllloooooo I am the wizzarddd Peasants all ad lib something like holy crap you are so freaking loud, jesus christ omg why is he so loud where did he come from? Wizard points at stone with big hand. (Printed with the demonstration version of Fade In)
2. WIZARD (cont'd) You! Boy. Hand it over come on i dont have all day Peasant 1 holds the frog up to the wizard. The wizard looks at the frog before shoving his entire hand into its mouth and pulling out a ring. He stuffs it in his pocket. A pause. Peasants look confused. The Wizard suddenly whips the frog back at the first peasant. WIZARD (cont'd) put it back in the ground! No one moves. WIZARD (cont'd) PUT IT BACK IN THE GROUND PEASANTS (ad libbing) Ah jeez ok ok omg stop shouting holy crap Rushed noises of the peasants slamming the rock back shut with the frog inside and dropping it back in the ground as the wizard keeps shouting. The frog peeps his head out from the rock, croaks and a giant pile of dirt gets thrown over his head. The wizard keeps screaming. WIZARD EEEEYYYYAAAAA Cut. End scene. Credits. Baby crying noise? 2. (Printed with the demonstration version of Fade In)