FREE TRANSFORM - TRAILER
by hako
INT: ART ROOM - MIDAFTERNOON - ESTABLISHING
Dusky gold sunlight filters in through the worn curtains, illuminating the motes of dust hovering in the air. A dozen students are working at easels scattered in a rough circle around the room, drawing a still life consisting of several glass bottles of varying sizes, lit by a standing lamp. THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST is sketching furiously on a pad of newsprint with a piece of vine charcoal. Her hands are ground in with black dust, which is also visible in smudges on her face. She is approached by THE SNOOTY ART TEACHER LADY, who studies her drawing, looking between it and the still life.
THE SNOOTY ART TEACHER LADY
(nodding slowly)
Very nice. What do you think?
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST
(without looking up)
Well, honestly, I'm still getting used to the feeling of actually drawing on paper, not to mention the conspicuous lack of 'undo' command. If I was doing this on the computer, I'd probably be personally ashamed of it.
The Snooty Art Teacher Lady gives her the sort of look where, had she been wearing a monacle, it would have fallen into her cup of tea. The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist smiles and returns to her drawing. A school bell rings, because in movies, institutions of higher learning still have "change class" bells for some reason, and they go off without warning.
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INT: UNIVERSITY HALLWAY - AFTERNOON
The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist is walking with HER GENERIC ETHNICALLY DIVERSE MALE FRIEND at her side, other students passing by them in both directions.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST
(gesturing animatedly)
I don't get it! Drawing with a tablet is just the same as drawing with a pencil and paper! It's not like you just press a button and pictures pop onto the screen!
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A series of shots wherein The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist sits in front of her computer in her dark bedroom, enthusiastically working at her tablet, then shows a near-photorealistic piece to an instructor, who shakes her head disapprovingly.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST (CON'T, V.O.)
They tell me to paint, I paint, and then they get all mad because it's not on a canvas that takes forever to dry and would have been a pain in the ass to lug back and forth from my car every day? I thought I was here to study art, not FACISM!
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UNIVERSITY HALLWAY
HER GENERIC ETHNICALLY DIVERSE MALE FRIEND
Hey, it's just the way things are. It's the way it's always been. Drawing and painting are for charcoal and oils, and Photoshop is for graphic design. Live with it.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST
Yeah, well, maybe it wouldn't be that way if people stopped saying that!
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ART ROOM - MIDDAY
The Snooty Art Teacher Lady stands in the middle of the circle of easels, addressing the class.
THE SNOOTY ART TEACHER LADY
Your final project will be a series of at least THREE drawings, sized 18 by 24 inches, illustrating, in some form, motion. I don't care about the subject matter - I want you to choose something that has some personal meaning to you.
The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist is shown in closeup.
THE SNOOTY ART TEACHER LADY (V.O.)
Use whatever medium you'd like.
The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist's eyes widen.
FADE IN WITH WOOSH NOISE:
INT: CAFE - AFTERNOON
The room is small and crowded with other young adults. Dim light comes from mismatched lamps and sconces with frilled shades. The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist sits at a wooden table with Her Generic Ethnically Diverse Male Friend. Her laptop is in front of her, and the reflection of a Photoshop file in progress can be seen in the lenses of her nerdy-but-not-too-nerdy glasses.
HER GENERIC ETHNICALLY DIVERSE MALE FRIEND
I dunno if this is such a good idea, girl.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST
She said to use whatever medium I'd like, and quite frankly, at this point in the semester, I am sick of charcoal, pastel, and conte crayon. The project is three drawings, 18 by 24, showing movement, and that's what I'm doing.
HER GENERIC ETHNICALLY DIVERSE MALE FRIEND
Okay, it's your funeral. And hey, I thought you liked pastel!
The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist glares at him, then leans in toward her laptop.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST
(whispering)
All lies, sweetheart - you're my one and only, I promise.
Her Generic Ethnically Diverse Male Friend rolls his eyes.
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INT: ART ROOM
Everyone is working on their projects, with easels and bristol board in front of them, except for The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist, who has her laptop on a table in front of her and her tablet on a book in her lap. The Snooty Art Teacher Lady walks up behind her.
THE SNOOTY ART TEACHER LADY
And just what, exactly, are you doing?
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST
(smiling)
My final project.
The Snooty Art Teacher Lady narrows her eyes.
THE SNOOTY ART TEACHER LADY
I'm sorry, but this is an art class, not a collage-wherein-the-president's-head-has-been-switched-with-that-of-a-dog class, and I expect you to take it seriously.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST
(loudly)
I'm taking it just as seriously as anyone else!
THE SNOOTY ART TEACHER LADY
(more loudly)
Then put your toys away and get to work!
The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist gives The Snooty Art Teacher Lady a bitter look, then slams the lid of her laptop shut.
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INT: ART ROOM - EVENING
The room is empty except for The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist, who is seated at an easel, sketching forlornly on a sheet of bristol board, drawing and erasing repeatedly. She hears a soft creaking noise and turns around; THE OBLIGATORY ATTRACTIVE FEMALE CLASSMATE, who looks sort of like a cross between Juna Ariyoshi and Yoko Kayabuki and has the approximate voice of Merle Dandridge, has been watching her from the doorway.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST
(sullenly)
Yeah?
THE OBLIGATORY ATTRACTIVE FEMALE CLASSMATE
I...heard what she said to you earlier.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST
You and everyone else in the room. What do you want?
THE OBLIGATORY ATTRACTIVE FEMALE CLASSMATE
(smiling)
I want to learn how to paint the way you do.
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A montage of scenes, wherein The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist teaches The Obligatory Attractive Female Classmate the ins and outs of painting in Photoshop. There are many shots of The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist standing close behind her, looking over her shoulder, and a lingering shot of The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist's hand closing around that of The Obligatory Attractive Female Classmate as she holds the pen tablet.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST (V.O.)
Most people think it's just tracing whatever you can find, recoloring it, and calling it your own, but it's not. It's just as much self expression as painting with a brush, or drawing with charcoal.
ONSCREEN TEXT (WHITE VERDANA AGAINST A BLACK BACKGROUND): IN A WORLD WHERE THE LINE HAD ALWAYS BEEN CLEARLY DEFINED
The montage continues; The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist is shown sitting alone in her dark bedroom, the only light coming from her computer screen, with tears sliding down her cheeks. Her knees are pulled up in front of her, and her tablet rests on them; slowly, she rests her forehead against her knees and hugs the tablet against her chest.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST (V.O.)
They think that just because it doesn't make a mess, or because you can't mix your mom's ashes or your own bodily fluids into your media, it's not art.
ONSCREEN TEXT: SHE SELECTED THE BLUR TOOL
The montage continues further, with various tasteful shots of The Obligatory Attractive Female Classmate posing nude as The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist sketches her with the tablet. There is an extended shot of The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist making out with The Obligatory Attractive Female Classmate in the rain, because these movies always seem to have a part where somebody enthusiastically kisses somebody else during a violent downpour.
THE SPITFIRE EVERYGIRL PROTAGONIST (V.O.)
But it is art, and I'm not gonna let anyone tell me different.
ONSCREEN TEXT: AND SET THE PRESSURE TO 100%
The montage continues on with intermixed shots of The Spitfire Everygirl Protagonist working at her laptop, holding hands with The Obligatory Attractive Female Classmate, and laughing about various things with The Obligatory Attractive Female Classmate and Her Generic Ethnically Diverse Male Friend, finally ending with a shot of her putting up her three final project pieces for display. The screen fades to black before they can be seen clearly.
TITLE TEXT: FREE TRANSFORM
The title is shown skewed out of proportion in a bounding box, until a cursor comes onscreen and drags a corner of the bounding box down until it is legible. This fades after it has been onscreen long enough to be read.
TAGLINE TEXT: DEFINE YOUR OWN BRUSH. DISTORT YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
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Well? I think I might actually have something here...
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