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.
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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.
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