Written by and property of Raj Rangwani 050-4234183 Guarding Legacy
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Note: This is a script for a short 10 minute film, based in Dubai, about a fictitious UAE citizen family. Thesis of story: In life, youre always subjugate unless you consciously break free
Summary of story: Act 1: We see the neighborhood of the main character. Police Housing Community, behind Safestway Supermarket near Safa toll gate. The main characters family is humble, father was a police officer (low rank, now retired). Act 2: We see the main character on duty (he is also a low rank policeman), guarding the Business Bay metro station. See him noticing the different passengers, especially eastern European girls. Act 3: See him being picked up by police transportation. Converses with friend, wondering about the life of the tourists, and if it is different from his. Act 4: See him taking the metro back to Business Bay, in WESTERN CASUAL clothes (not kundora), where he interacts with Turkish girl who gets off at same stop. They walk a bit, then he walks back home and to his neighborhood. (No one from the neighborhood can notice, because of the physical segregation of the neighborhood from what happens on Sheikh Zayed Road). Act 5: We see an argument in his household between his younger brother and his father. The brother is asking for money to go out with friends (on a secret date). The father knows the son has bad intentions. Brother asks main character for some money, he gives, and he thinks how lucky the younger brother is. Act 6: We see the main character on duty, overly excited and happy, interactive with passengers. He is coldly approached by a more experienced colleague. Act 7: The more experienced colleague publicly ridicules the main characters enthusiasm on the ride back to their police station. Act 8: The main character is seen riding the metro home, this time wearing a kundora. He meets the same girl. But she is uncomfortable seeing him in a kundora. She tries to avoid him, he tries to enquire why, she reprimands him publicly citing that she is not a prostitute and that she will call the police if he doesnt leave her alone. Act 9: Main character goes home, before he enters he notices his younger brother arriving home while simultaneously being congratulated by his peers for having a successful date. He grabs him, pushes him in, (door shuts and camera outside focus on door, we hear the main character tell everyone in the house that his brother is up to no good. Hear father slap brother in the face).
Written by and property of Raj Rangwani 050-4234183 Guarding Legacy Characters:
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Main Character: Taariq, male 22 years old, new police guard for the Business Bay metro station. Turkish Girl: Aysel, female 28 years old, saleswoman for high fashion store in Dubai Mall. Taariqs Father: Nasser, male 48 years old, retired police officer. Has a large family, with 3 sons and 4 daughters, and two wives. One son and two daughters have been married and live separately. Taariqs sister: Soraya, female 18 years old, college student. Taariqs youngest sister: Muna, female 9 years old, school girl. Taariqs younger brother: Mustafa, male 15 years old, trendy and hip, has mainly local male friends and socializes with Egyptian, Lebanese, Persian, and Russian girls. Taariqs mother: Afifah, female 40 years old. Taariqs step mother: Numa, female 33 years old. Very Attractive Girl 1: blonde eastern European, 23 years old, make up, naturally attractive. Very Attractive Girl 2: red head eastern European, 23 years old, lots of make up Attractive Girl 1: brunette eastern European, 23 years old, with make up Attractive Girl 2: dark haired eastern European, 23 years old, less make up. Uninterested Girl : Tall blonde eastern European, 23 years old, less make up, plain, attractive. Unattractive Girl: brunette eastern European, 23 years old, chubby, no make up, boring fashion sense. Yasser: Colleague and friend of Taariq. Male, 24 years old. Saad: Colleague that works on same platform, and not a friend of Taariq. Male, 29 years old.
Written by and property of Raj Rangwani 050-4234183 Guarding Legacy Extras: Old Japanese Man tourist (act 2) Old Japanese Woman tourist (act 2) South Asian Nanny 1 (act 2) South Asian Nanny 2 (act 2) Arab Sales Executive at Car Showroom in his thirties (act 2) Metro Tickets Clerk (act 2) Passenger 1 (act 4) (South Asian Man, 38 years old, low income). Aysels friend (act 4): Blonde, Romanian woman, colleague of Aysel, 30 years old.
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Written by and property of Raj Rangwani 050-4234183 Guarding Legacy Act 1: We learn about him
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Shot taken from tall building near Business Bay metro station, see outside metro station and Police Housing community in the same frame. Shot taken inside car with expats, car going past local boys wearing soccer jerseys on one side and House of Cars building on the other side. Shot of local boys walking and kicking football, barefoot, shouting and ignoring cars passing by. See run down old houses, and landcruisers with tinted windows parked around. See a girl (Muna) playing with the sand, and a kitten and a doll, talking to herself. She gets called from the window, she runs into the house. Camera follows her in. Dinner time. Males seated for dinner, ladies coming round but also arranging and serving meal. Nasser: God is really good to us. Taariq you follow in my foot steps well, God will be happy with you Afifah: he is very unswerving, a spitting image of his father, [sweet tone, wide smile, and long glare into Taariqs eyes] Mustafa: Father was still far ahead, Taariq doesnt even have a gun yet. Nasser: Are you trying to spoil the conversation, you still dont understand how to dedicate your mind to your responsibilities. You are very far away from Taariq. Cut.
Written by and property of Raj Rangwani 050-4234183 Guarding Legacy Act 2: We observe him
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Shot of Taariq standing around in his police uniform, below the platform, near the information booth, next to the escalator going up to the platform. Quit afternoon. See random passengers around, an old Japanese couple, a pair of low income south Asian women, an Arab man in thirties in cheap shirt and tie. Enter, a noisy group of all women Ukrainian (perhaps) college students, coming down the escalator and exiting the gates into where Taariq is standing. (6 women in total, 2 very attractive, 2 attractive, 1 unavailable, 1 unattractive). They speak in a foreign language (perhaps Ukrainian). The unattractive one is heard saying Dubai Mall. The unavailable one walks out of the station and has a look around, later followed by 1 of the attractive girls, the remaining 2 very attractive girls and the remaining attractive girl notice Taariq. The unattractive girl goes to a map and tries figuring things out, she thinks out loud but the 3 girls are focusing on Taariq and ignore her. The 3 girls focusing on Taariq comment in their language, something about man in uniform, and how the uniform looks like a pajama suit. The very attractive girl pretends to have her own baton, and gestures like she means business. Taariq laughs, girls giggle. Uninterested girl walks into the scene with a surprised look, unattractive girl complains no one is helping her figure out where they are. Very attractive girl says she is asking the officer for directions. They converse slowly with him in broken English. Very Attractive Girl 1: Excuse me, Sir, Can you help us? Pause Attractive girl makes a comment in foreign language, along the lines of: watch his reaction. Very Attractive Girl 2: We are completely lost, and have no idea what to do now Uninterested Girl: We want to go to Dubai Mall. Do you Know where it is? She walks back to the map, after noticing the tone of the conversation. Attractive Girl 1: We like shopping, and experiencing your culture, and your people. Giggle. Very Attractive Girls smile and laugh, Taariq is slightly shy but smiling and happy. Unattractive girl after consulting with ticket sales clerk, says she found the station, and that they got off early, and they scatter off back in to catch the next train pushed on by uninterested girl. Taariq happily stares at them as they leave, Attractive Girl 1 winks at him, cut.
Written by and property of Raj Rangwani 050-4234183 Guarding Legacy Act 3: We Hear From Him
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See Police Transportation Van (white) pull up to Metro Station, see from inside van: door slide open. Enter Saad who crawls in and disappears to back seat. Pause. Enter Taariq who crawls in and sits next to his good friend Yasser. Van pulls off, driving to the police station. Yasser: Salam-Alikum sly stallion. What concealed crimes were you up to today? Taariq: Oh you con artist bastard, you do not fool me with your uniform. Yasser: Your mouth is saying the same old rubbish, but your eyes are shouting things are different. Taariq: (extended inhale, pause). There was a group of beautiful models at the station today. They were lost and I was helping them. One of them winked at me, the best one. Yasser: Are you in love? Taariq: What the hell are you asking? Yasser: With foreigners love is easy and quick, why do you think we have so many hotels. Taariq: Hey everybody, (shouts to bus) Yasser has a revelation to make about why there are so many hotels in Dubai. Tell us Yasser. Yasser: It is so my friends, we can welcome our foreign guests into our hearts without anyone at home finding out! (van bursts into laughter). See Taariq smile widely, eyes twinkling, he observes into the distance through the van window, stops smiling and face is still. Cut.
Written by and property of Raj Rangwani 050-4234183 Guarding Legacy Act 4: We Like Him
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See shot of Taariq in casual western clothes sitting on metro where two seats face each other (actually on green line). On the other seat is passenger 1. Doors open, two girls who know each other walk in. They come close to Taariq, Taariq makes eye contact with Aysel, she smiles. He gets up and offers the ladies the seats, he gestures at passenger 1 to get up, passenger 1 quietly and disorientedly obliges. Aysel: Thank you. (To Taariq, with a friendly smile). Aysels friend is happy and notices the curtsey, talks in foreign language (perhaps Turkish). The girls are talking while Taariq is standing and gazing out the window. We hear them laughing in the background. Soon, Aysels friend leaves, she kisses Aysel good bye, and as she exits the door, she turns and says good bye to Taariq. Taariq just has time to smile, as the doors close, he waives good bye. He turns around, Aysel is not looking at him, but we know she is thinking about him, she is looking at the empty seat. Taariq walks over and sits down. Aysel smiles at Taariq and looks out the window. Lots of silence as the trains keeps going on and on. Aysel: Thanks for knowing how to treat a lady. Taariq: What do you mean? Aysel: I dont like riding the metro if there are too many people that dont behave like humans. Taariq: I like making people feel good about riding the metro, it is yanni my objective. Aysel: (laughs) That is very nice of you, will you always be there when I ride the metro, please? Taariq: Depends when you ride, for example I am here everyday at this time. Till Business Bay. Aysel: Business Bay, me too! (they arrive at the business bay platform, they both get off, walking and talking all the time)
To continue reading, please contact the author Raj Rangwani 050 4234183 rrrick83@gmail.com This script is for sale. Advice on the industry would be appreciated as well. Thanks
