FAN FICTION by Annie Petilla - a screenplay adaptation

[MrBiddle]

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Adapted from the story in this thread:
http://forums.istorya.net/viewtopic.php?t=29482



Annie Petilla's
TAPHAW: FAN FICTION

An Adapted screenplay by Paolo S. Macachor
Based on the story and writings of Annie Petilla

FADE IN:

ANNIE lying in bed.Smiling. Daydreaming.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
Katong gikan ta namista ba, kahinumdom ba ka? Nangutana ka ngano sige ko kaun unya dili ko mutaas... Haleer. As if naa sa kan-un ang height molecules. Ug di baya ko dawaton sa dance troupe kung putot ra sad kaayu ko.

Beat.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
So, nisuwat ko ug FAN FICTION... Nangutana dayun ka, kumusta na ang writer, unsa namampong bag-ong plot gihimo? Na uwaw ko. Standing joke daw ko sa klase. Pajama writer daw... hala ka, suwat gyud. Drawing drawing gyud!

Beat.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
Pero atong panahona? Naglagot ko ug napakauwawan pa gyud ko... Kay kung buot hunahunaon nagsuwat ko bahin sa akong kaugalingon, ikaw....kita.....as if giduol ko nimo ba, unya gada-daa ka'g placard: HOY BANGON NA DIHA! THERE IS NO STORY IN US.

FLASHCUT:

Annie's beautiful face against a COMPOSITED video of her and the boyfriend... or the boy, rather.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
Nagpalabi napud ko'g hunahuna. Wala bitaw. Wa jud.
Kinsa diay ka sa akong kinabuhi? Sa eskwelahan raman pud ta magkita diba? Mag istorya ta. Prefunctory. Dunay mga adlaw di ta magkita kung di? Dili jud mag tinagdanay...
Nahalata ba?? Basin... kung di, gituyo-tuyoan jud nakog pahalata sa imo.

Beat.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
Bitaw, nisuwat jud ko ug FAN FICTION. Bisag tunga ra na sa akong utok... kaluoy nako uy! Pero gibuhat nako. Mura daw na ug therapy. Free association writing. Magtagawtaw lang ko? Diha sa istorya, naa na kunuhay ko sa law school, ug ikaw diha pa sa imong ring job. Ug unsa pa jud? Close na kaayu ta. Uy!

FLASHCUT:

Annie walking on a sidewalk. Pieces of paper from her diary are scattered all over the sidewalk.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
Daghan kaaU ko'g mga scenario gipangbuhat. Pero tan awa, wa juy denouement (day-new-ma) ni abot. Kadaghan jud nako giusab ang katapusan. Kung DVD pa ni, duna nai Guiness for the most number of alternate endings. Pero karun? Malipay nalang ko na biyaan wa gitiwas ug suwat. Mas tinuod. Mas realistic pa hinuon.

Beat.

FLASHCUT:

E.C.U. of a candle. Annie's face in the dark, lit only by a candle.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
Kay (sobs) Wa man ju'y nahitabo sa atong duha. Wa jud. Pastilan. Faet. Last time nagkita ta, exams. Finals. Alas sais hangtud alas otso to na session. Brown out pa gyud! Mga kandila rai gapasiga sa classroom. Murag ga rosaryo ug ganovena. Murag nangaji ta.

Beat.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
Kabaw ba ka, pinaka memoirable jud to na exam. Ever! Kai naa ka's unahan dapita ug di ka kakita nako.... ug atong higayona, sige ko'g tutok nimo. Sige jud. Di jud mabuwag akong mata sa imo. Sige ko'g tan aw sa imong liog. Sa imong, dunggan, sa imong kwelyo. Ako nalang gung gibiyaan ang akong exam. Bahala na ning pakutaw sa utok na essay' na yawa! Unya padayun gihapon ko'g tutok nimo... naa koi gibati na sakit pero nalingaw sad ko. Layoa nimo ato oy, pero sige pa ko gatutok nimo.

Beat.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
Ug piskot, nilingi man ka nako! Nitingsi sad ka. Wa nuon ka gapakita's ngipon nimo pero ningisi uroy ka. Smile nalang sad ko. Dayun nibalik dayun ko'g tubag atong essay; hasta pud ka, balik pud ug tubag sa exam...

Beat.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
Magtagawtaw lang ko. Naibog ba jud ko nimo? Imposibli. Wa kaaU ko kaila nimo. Crush lang siguro ti ka. Dili in love. Dayun nisayud ako, tiguwang naman kaaU ko magsuwat niining mga FAN FICTION. Atay. Pang highschool ra na.
As good as it lasts ra nang kilig.

Beat.

ANNIE
(V.O.)
Ikaw manananaw aning salidaa, kanus-ai last nimo ningisa ka'g kalit. Wai hinungdan... pero pwerte diay nimong lipaya?

FADE OUT: THE END.

[ground_crashed]

10/10

[anniepetilla]

paolo,
im looking forward to the finished product.


i never even realized that Annie spoke cebuano so fluently...hehe

P.S. the hero is not exactly a "boy", he's thirty-two.

[MrBiddle]

10/10

Bravo, Annie. Ground_crashed gave your work a Grade A+ rating.

Oh, I see he's 32. Forgive me for the hype but there is a possibility I won't go through with this, you see this is one out of three scripts already waiting... and I'm currently collecting scripts before I engage in another directorial hopefully this June.

Collect and select. That's what I'm doing. But I think I would be wise to choose this one over the crap I wrote myself since it has been commended by ground_crashed here and by another person who has years of experience and awards in filmmaking and writing.

[MrBiddle]

This will be re-written... it is currently in preproduction and will be directed by a female fellow Istoryan...