Script
Unfair Trade(Power and impotence of an artist)Written by
David Jakobs, Sebastian Schneider,
Sebastian Sonnewend
AKI ArtEZ Academie voor beeldende kunsten EnschedeHallenweg 5Enschede, NL 7500 BKSCENE 1
1. INT. LOADING AREA OF A VAN - DARKNESSSounds of a moving vehicle(van). A few moments later the car stops. Engine shutting down. Sounds of closing doors and footsteps.Backdoors are suddenly ripped open.SCENE 2
2. EXT. IN FRONT OF A DESERTED BUILDING - AT NIGHT(hostage 1, hostage 2, kidnapper 1, kidnapper 2)Light flashing on loading area. Hostages wearing plastic bags on their heads.KIDNAPPER 2
(Shouting in chinese)
Out of the car! Go, go, go!
Kidnapper 1 and 2 start to unload all 2 hostages out of the vehicle and immediately into the building.SCENE 3
3. INT. INSIDE THE BUILDING - AT NIGHT(hostage 1, hostage 2, kidnapper 1, kidnapper 2, kidnapper 3)Groaning in the background.Kidnapper 1 and 2 pushing the hostages downstairs a dark corridor. Stopping in front of a door in the cellar. Kidnapper 3 carrying paintings through the room on the right. Hostage 2 disappears with kidnapper 1 in other rooms. Kidnapper 2 opens the door in front of.SCENE 4
4. INT. CELLAR - A MOMENT LATER(hostage 1, kidnapper 2)Kidnapper 2 pushes hostage 1 in the room and throws him onto the floor. He goes out. Hostage 1 is looking around for a moment. A little later kidnapper 2 comes back again.KIDNAPPER 2
(Shouting in chinese)
Shut up you fucking bastard and start painting! If you won’t I’ll kill you!
Kidnapper 2 throwing a brush and a plate with color in front of hostage 1. Kidnapper 2 going out. Hostage 1 takes brush and plate and goes to a blank canvas at the wall.CUT TO:
SCENE 5
5. INT. CELLAR(hostage 1, hostage 3, hostage 4, hostage 5)SilenceHostage 3, hostage 4 and hostage 5 are painting.Hostage 1 looks around and turns back to canvas.CUT TO:
SCENE 5
6. INT. CELLAR(hostage 1)Hostage 1 painting first stroke on canvas.