Dreaming Reality by TXH

 A scripted, reflective, documentary about my ideas about dream symbolism & film making.

Please find below an excerpt from the script I am working on for this:

Darkness with a few spots of light breaking through, out of focus, camera slowly pushes in…

V/O I had that dream again last night.  In it I’m making a film.  It’s not like lucid dreaming where you can control whats going on.  (pause) I’m the viewer watching myself, until I become conscious that Its not real.  

Through the darkness camera pulls focus into C/U of head on pillow, turns and opens eyes.

Something causes anxiety in me and I snap out of it and then I’m back in bed

The truth wakes me up.

(Sound of typewriter)

V/O Recalling the dream, or  what I can remember (pause) 

Cut to room, day time, Wide shot into Medium shot.  Man sat typing at a desk shot from behind.

Man stands up, he is wearing 50’s style glasses ,and reads back looking towards camera.

‘Is that a good idea for a film?’

On screen graphic appears   REWIND <<

The scene spins back as V/O continues ‘In it I’m the hero’  spooling stops and the scene is now outside with a macho stereotype film star in a heroic pose. On screen graphic flashes up ‘HERO’

V/O except I’m an anti-hero

Cut to alley way at night time a Rick Deckard sort of character in trench coat, stubble maybe lights a cigarette looks beaten.

Cut to someone in a studio, CU of shuffling actor headshot, Cut to sign for Auditions for Hero, Anti-hero  this way (inc. previous two actors).This  will be the real audition taped..

V/O its been said that people used to dream in Black and white, when cinema was in black and white. (pause) Did we dream in 2D before 3D came about?

During V/O cut to 50’s looking guy wearing red/ blue 3D glasses. Then to someone wearing an oculus rift pair of glasses.

Cut back to screenwriter at typewriter and on screen graphic “THIS IS’NT ME’  as shot cuts back to audition space and the man is in front of a panel for ‘screenwriter part’.  Some one  says:

can we try it with the glasses on please

He puts on the glasses.  On screen graphic appears FAST FORWARD >>  

Back in the bedroom and the anti-hero gets out of the bed, still in trench coat and walks towards the door /exit.  He walks into the room where the screen writer is typing, they exchange a look and he places a gun on the side.  screenwriter walks out of the room to reveal WS he’s on a large film set /sound stage. He walks towards the camera

This is the film school where I work

A workman walks past and says -  He hasn’t worked here in years

Screenwriter  takes out a piece of paper  - My CV says otherwise

CU of CV