Unfair Trade

Script

Unfair Trade

(Power and impotence of an artist)

Written by

David Jakobs, Sebastian Schneider,
Sebastian Sonnewend

AKI ArtEZ Academie voor beeldende kunsten Enschede
Hallenweg 5
Enschede, NL 7500 BK

SCENE 1

1. INT. LOADING AREA OF A VAN - DARKNESS

Sounds 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.

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SCENE 5

5. INT. CELLAR
(hostage 1, hostage 3, hostage 4, hostage 5)

Silence

Hostage 3, hostage 4 and hostage 5 are painting.
Hostage 1 looks around and turns back to canvas.

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SCENE 5

6. INT. CELLAR
(hostage 1)

Hostage 1 painting first stroke on canvas.

END OF SHOW

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