Still in three segments, with three mime characters, a theatrical character, a cocky character, and a blissfully ignorant, foreign character. My responsibility is the theatrical character.
Below is my initial read through of the theatrical character's segment.
If we add all three character segments together, the full script reads something like this:
Opening Scene
Camera focuses in on a poster advertising the open auditions being held today for a new play.
Cuts to first mime on stage.
Alfonso stands on stage waving with an intense look and a big smile on his face.
Director – “Do the box please”
Alfonso starts miming that he is pulling a rope.
Director – “What are you doing?”
Alfonso is still doing the rope.
Director – “I want to see the box!!”
Alfonso stops for a moment, thinks for a bit then nods and smiles before he goes on to mimimng the rope again, but this time he is pulling something heavy.
Cuts to second mime on stage.
Rossini sweeps onto the stage and acknowledges the director with a light bow. He puts down an imaginary bag and pulls out an assortment of imaginery tools.
Director – “Very nice, please continue”
Rossini picks up the ‘box’ he just put down and begins to flesh it out.
Director – “Fantastic! What else can you do?”
Rossini shakes his head and knods at his box as he continues to refine and polish it.
Cuts to third mime on stage.
Tony stands on the stage leaning on an invisble wall ignoring the director.
Director – “Hello? Can you mime a doooor?”
Tony looks at the director and gestures “Me? Ye i can do a door”. Tony then performs walking through a door and gives the director a thumbs up before going back into his laid back stance.
Director – “Oh! That was actually pretty good”
Cuts to first mime on stage.
Director - “Do you even understand what I’m saying? I said do the box!”
Alfonso nods and smiles, lifts one hand off the rope and pretends to be pulled to one side of the screen.
Director -“What’s wrong with this guy?”
Alfonso slowly moves back to his start-position (still pulling the rope) then he stops and pretends to wipe his forehead to show that he’s tired from the struggle with the rope.
Director - “Okay.. Now let’s see that box.”
Alfonso looks a bit confused since he obviously just did that, but he quickly puts on a smile and starts to do the rope again.
Cuts to third mime on stage
Director – “Can you also do the rope??”
Tony looks back at the director and laughs off what he just said, as if to say “of coarse i can”. Tony then performs the rope.
Director – “The rope pulls you!!”
Without hesistance Tony starts to get pulled by the rope. The director sudden improv hasnt startled him.
Director – “ Hmmm . . . Very good”
Cuts to second mime on stage
Rossini is still working on the box
Director – “Thats great thank you, yes, now please, what else can you do??”
Rossini shakes a finger at the director and begins to rotate the box onto its side.
Director – “No really, enough of the box, what else can you do!?”
Rossini shoots a glare at the director, and begins to push the box to the right. Its really heavy.
Director – “Oh for . . .”
Cuts to third mime on stage
Director - “ah ha!! Ok I’ve got it, mime a box”.
Tony will gesture to him “A box? Are you serious? That’s your big challenge, no problem”. So Tony then mimes a box.
Director - “No! A bigger box”
Tony accepts the challenge and extends his arms making the box bigger and heavier.
Director -“No! Bigger!”
Tony will give the director a sinister stare before accepting the challenge and he makes the box bigger and heavier, at this stage he is really struggling.
Director -“No bigger!”
Tony will then stop doing it, give the director a evil stare before he walks off gesturing “I aint no fool, this isn’t worth it”.
Cuts to second mime on stage
Rossini is now, what looks like polishing the box, smoothing out the corners and generally redefining it, obsessing over it.
Director – “Stop, Stop! I don’t care about the damn box!”
Rossini stops and stands stock still, glaring at the director, his eyebrow twitches at every insult and he has trouble keeping his composure.
Director – “Is this all you can do? A dumb box??”
Rossini mimes an angry outburst and without taking his eyes off the director he packs his ‘things’ and glides purposefully off the stage.
Cuts to first mime on stage
Director - “Cut!”
Alfonso raises a hand as I he got an idea and starts juggling imaginary balls.
Director - “I said cut!”
Alfonso nods and smiles and continues to juggle.
Director - “No, enough. Stop it!”
Alfonso continues, even more enthusiastic than before.
(Director turns the lights off on stage - but we can see he’s still happily juggling)
Closing Scene
The camera will focus in on the poster advertising the open auditions, but the director will stamp CANCELLED on the poster. (Run Credits)
Camera focuses in on a poster advertising the open auditions being held today for a new play.
Cuts to first mime on stage.
Alfonso stands on stage waving with an intense look and a big smile on his face.
Director – “Do the box please”
Alfonso starts miming that he is pulling a rope.
Director – “What are you doing?”
Alfonso is still doing the rope.
Director – “I want to see the box!!”
Alfonso stops for a moment, thinks for a bit then nods and smiles before he goes on to mimimng the rope again, but this time he is pulling something heavy.
Cuts to second mime on stage.
Rossini sweeps onto the stage and acknowledges the director with a light bow. He puts down an imaginary bag and pulls out an assortment of imaginery tools.
Director – “Very nice, please continue”
Rossini picks up the ‘box’ he just put down and begins to flesh it out.
Director – “Fantastic! What else can you do?”
Rossini shakes his head and knods at his box as he continues to refine and polish it.
Cuts to third mime on stage.
Tony stands on the stage leaning on an invisble wall ignoring the director.
Director – “Hello? Can you mime a doooor?”
Tony looks at the director and gestures “Me? Ye i can do a door”. Tony then performs walking through a door and gives the director a thumbs up before going back into his laid back stance.
Director – “Oh! That was actually pretty good”
Cuts to first mime on stage.
Director - “Do you even understand what I’m saying? I said do the box!”
Alfonso nods and smiles, lifts one hand off the rope and pretends to be pulled to one side of the screen.
Director -“What’s wrong with this guy?”
Alfonso slowly moves back to his start-position (still pulling the rope) then he stops and pretends to wipe his forehead to show that he’s tired from the struggle with the rope.
Director - “Okay.. Now let’s see that box.”
Alfonso looks a bit confused since he obviously just did that, but he quickly puts on a smile and starts to do the rope again.
Cuts to third mime on stage
Director – “Can you also do the rope??”
Tony looks back at the director and laughs off what he just said, as if to say “of coarse i can”. Tony then performs the rope.
Director – “The rope pulls you!!”
Without hesistance Tony starts to get pulled by the rope. The director sudden improv hasnt startled him.
Director – “ Hmmm . . . Very good”
Cuts to second mime on stage
Rossini is still working on the box
Director – “Thats great thank you, yes, now please, what else can you do??”
Rossini shakes a finger at the director and begins to rotate the box onto its side.
Director – “No really, enough of the box, what else can you do!?”
Rossini shoots a glare at the director, and begins to push the box to the right. Its really heavy.
Director – “Oh for . . .”
Cuts to third mime on stage
Director - “ah ha!! Ok I’ve got it, mime a box”.
Tony will gesture to him “A box? Are you serious? That’s your big challenge, no problem”. So Tony then mimes a box.
Director - “No! A bigger box”
Tony accepts the challenge and extends his arms making the box bigger and heavier.
Director -“No! Bigger!”
Tony will give the director a sinister stare before accepting the challenge and he makes the box bigger and heavier, at this stage he is really struggling.
Director -“No bigger!”
Tony will then stop doing it, give the director a evil stare before he walks off gesturing “I aint no fool, this isn’t worth it”.
Cuts to second mime on stage
Rossini is now, what looks like polishing the box, smoothing out the corners and generally redefining it, obsessing over it.
Director – “Stop, Stop! I don’t care about the damn box!”
Rossini stops and stands stock still, glaring at the director, his eyebrow twitches at every insult and he has trouble keeping his composure.
Director – “Is this all you can do? A dumb box??”
Rossini mimes an angry outburst and without taking his eyes off the director he packs his ‘things’ and glides purposefully off the stage.
Cuts to first mime on stage
Director - “Cut!”
Alfonso raises a hand as I he got an idea and starts juggling imaginary balls.
Director - “I said cut!”
Alfonso nods and smiles and continues to juggle.
Director - “No, enough. Stop it!”
Alfonso continues, even more enthusiastic than before.
(Director turns the lights off on stage - but we can see he’s still happily juggling)
Closing Scene
The camera will focus in on the poster advertising the open auditions, but the director will stamp CANCELLED on the poster. (Run Credits)
(Thanks to Scott Ramsay for putting together the script.)
We decided to try something different, and cut between each segment a number of times. Hopefully this will keep the audience interested, as each of the three auditions unfold. It also adds the opportunity for some little, running gags to be included, and also makes the auditions appear longer than just thirty seconds. However if, this approach doesn't work, the three segments were written as whole segments, so will work kept as whole segments.
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