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Frog in the Stone - Rough Screenplay

Frog in the Stone - Rough Screenplay

Original screenplay for short film, Frog in the Stone.

Lucien Caro

June 07, 2022
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  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)

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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.
    (Printed with the demonstration version of Fade In)

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