Check please, Scene 1
the Camera meets Shelly sitting in the aisle playing with toys, about ten feet from the baby the camera stops and jumps to the next shot.
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An aisle shot close to the ground, panning down the aisle from back to front of room at the level of a young child.
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auditorium of 355 Marshall Ave, Saint Paul 55102. gold lighting of morning
Childs perspective is Shelly. She is undiagnosed schizophrenia and shows some symptoms in childhood but won’t find out until her twenties. The auditorium is full and Don is talking in seriousness about “fire and brimstone”.
auditorium is full for church and all people are wearing clothing from salvation army second had store.
Shelly is a baby, crawling age, and peaks her head into the aisle as the camera pans down and meets Shelly half way down the aisle of the auditorium. Shellys aunt bends down and puts a blanket in the aisle as the camera is still panning towards Shelly
People from the front of the auditorium stand up to leave and walk up the aisle passed shelly. Shot is still at the vantage of the baby, about mid to low calve. Guy or guys walk up the frame and out of frame on the right side. Don is preaching about women who have “transgressed” or “sinned” because they are holding hands with men out of marriage.
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the baby goes on a journey of the auditorium crawling down the aisle and meeting face sitting along the aisle. The baby finds the shoes and laces of a man and plays with them. The camera crawls close up with the baby. Abstract shot.
He reaches down and rubs the back of her head kindly. Close up of the back of baby head and body with shoe in distant
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the baby sits up mostly in the aisle. And hits the shoes and claps looking either down or up at him. Camera a little bit behind close up still on baby expression.
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the camera at a slight distance follows the baby as he crawls down the aisle to the front.
beauty shot at height of the arm of the auditorium chair, the baby in the front aisle sitting up, turned toward the podium that sits center of room. Distant shot from half way up the aisle or even further back with enough of the baby face visible.
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close up crawling with baby again. Baby headed towards the podium
the baby finds the chair of the podium. Vernon the minister reaches down to meet the baby.
Vernon picks up baby close up.
medium shot of vernon holding baby on the right front side.
use as much natural light and above lighting as possible. If needed can bump up light with one single from distant behind or front towards right side from left.
entire auditorium beauty shot with windows open, full light. Vernon holding baby in his arms. Baby visible camera in the right aisle where baby began. Camera higher up looking slightly down. Dark music begins as Don is talking about “fucking”.
Narration of Shelly begins, as Shelly talks about growing up in a religious cult or sect.
“I was always the courageous one. Most of us had several babysitters or mom would leave us alone.”
mom is knitting in the row where Shellys family always sat for church. Front facing shot, camera above and slightly angled down 10 to 15 feet distant to Becky (mom). The aisle is full with siblings carry, frances, becky, and bobby all two years apart. They are ages 3 to young teen. A couple blankets on the floor of the row and blankets on themselves each has a game or word search or coloring. Carry has dolls barbie, bobby has toy trucks, frances a word search, and becky is listening.
close up on mom knitting, camera close up into the hands while they knit.
Bobby, “mom, is that Shelly?”
medium close up of Bobby leaning into moms chair.
medium shot of mom as she lowers her needles and whispers in frustration.
Mom, a deep sigh, “how the hell did she wind up all the way up there?”
mom leans opposite side of bobby to carry and whispers with a close up while carry is playing with barbie dolls.
Mom, “Carry can you run up there and get her.”
close up of mom and carry, carry turns her head towards mom when mom whispers.
Carry, lowering her dolls, “sure”
: Carry puts her dolls on the floor medium wide shot peaking over the chairs vouyer. Carry in a slight run and slight skip leaved the row.
Behind shot ten feet distance open to the auditorium Carry skips in front of the camera and slight runs down the aisle.
: front camera angle of Carry face to camera approaching Vernon and the podium from Vernons vantage point. Camera hip high in tall seat slight down angle caughting carry in semi close up as she skip and runs to Shelly sitting on Vernons lap.
close up of carry grabbing shelly from vernon on right side. Possibly back lit for natural feel.
as Carry grabs shelly and turns towards moms aisle to return camera fades new scene.