RNRZ:

A Man For All Serpents

Cast:

River Tam – Summer Glau

Simon Tam – Sean Maher

Gabriel Tam – William Converse-Roberts

Regan Tam – Isabella Hoffman

P.A to Gabriel Tam – Ewan Bailey

Luka DeVorres – Emma Stone

Blue Sun Member – Joel Grey

Two Leather Men – Craig Veroni, Graham McTavish

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OPENING SEQUENCE : Wide angle (Fish-eye – over focused) zoom in on

EXT: Playground – A Hopscotch grid. We can see the small feet of Young River, planted at square one then gradually moving forwards.

RIVER: V/O

One just one – the work not done…

Two by two –

Young SIMON: V/O

I’m helping you

RIVER: V/O

Three and Three is Family

Hand held camera whip-pan, we see the faces of Gabriel Tam, Regan Tam, Young Simon and (briefly) the adult River. This Jumps to a still photograph of the family, held by a blue gloved hand. But we hardly register this before

FEET AGAIN

RIVER: V/O

Four, Four – the open door.

Five by Five –

SIMON: V/O

Love.

RIVER: V/O

Faith.

GABRIEL and REGAN: V/O

Pride.

RIVER: V/O

Six.

The camera wobbles…

Six.

Light flare. An instant’s vision of a fallen body, decayed.

Six

Light flare – an instant of Adult River, shivering naked. INT: Serenity Hold

RIVER: V/O

Don’t miss a trick – I missed a bit – I think - I’m missing – I’ll start again.

JUMP CUT – back to square one

RIVER: V/O

One just one –

GABRIEL TAM: V/O

I have no son.

RIVER: V/O

Two by two…

Pan down – River’s bare feet have stopped. Slowly a dark pool of blood forms and grows wider under her.

MUSIC: Ominous cello chord.

RIVER: V/O

Hands of Blue…

MUSIC: drums.

We see River’s feet begin to move – but they are not hopping, they are RUNNING.

A whip pan up to the child’s swinging hand – grabbed by another.

We see the girl and the boy running into black. Jump cut to the adult outlined shapes of River and Simon Tam, running from the camera – and into the dark.

FREEZE FRAME.

Roll Credits: RNRZ – by Wytchcroft.

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