TEXT ON SCREEN (White on Black):
looking through the lens at passing events,
I recall what once was and consider
what might me
ENTER
UPBEAT MUSIC – SOLO SAX
(black and white)
A man plays
a trumpet in an outdoor street mall in front of some shops in
MUSIC SLOWS
ITS PACE
TEXT ON SCREEN (White on Black):
Somewhere Between
Jalostotilan and Encarnation
There is a
static shot (color) of a street corner in a small Mexican town. The sky is blue with a few clouds. The street
is vacant except for a man sitting in his buggy drawn by a donkey. The street
scene is dwarfed by a huge Coca Cola sign. A white taxicab with green stripes
drives down the horizontal street followed by a yellow pick-up truck (frame
left to right). A child, followed by mother, jog across the vacant street, to
the opposite side of the road. They begin to walk down the sidewalk of the
street.
TEXT ON SCREEN (White on Black):
on the road dead, lies a Mexican youth
I put down the camera
the cop car passed right by
MUSIC
SOFTENS
A shot,
framed between two pillars, shows the partial view of an interior of a church.
Moveable chairs sit in rows facing frame right.
There is an isle between them, making two sections. Two children enter
frame left and sit on the two chairs on the outer sections at the edge of the
isle. They talk amongst themselves. A third, smaller child enters frame left
and walks down the isle to the row ahead of the two who are sitting. The child
looks back at the two and tries to climb up onto the seat. Unable to do this,
she looks back at the pair and attempts the climb again.
A hand-held
dolly shot (frame right to left) exposes the degrading walls of a Mexican
street. The camera pans right to include the alley being
traveled upon. On the opposite side of the road is a line of parked cars
in front of some two-story houses with white windowpanes. The camera tilts up
the paint chipped wall towards the clear sky. Above the wall towers the steeple
of a church.
TEXT ON SCREEN (White on Black):
reaching out, the white sheet
is pulled over the dead boy’s body
the children wept
In the
distance a group of people are gathered just outside the pillared entrance to a
Roman Catholic church. They all face away from the
camera, kneeling on the cobblestone walkway outside. A few people enter frame
right and join the Mexican worshippers.
A hand-held
dolly shot (frame left to right) faces the bare walls of the exterior of some
houses. As the camera turns a corner, the alley can be seen, as well as two
lovers embracing in the corner. At the end of the narrow alley is a ‘T’
junction created by another building.
TEXT ON SCREEN (White on Black):
i should have a bible.
you suppose I lent it to someone
or someone stole it
SOLO SAX
MUSIC PICKS UP TEMPO
PARTIAL DISSOLVE ENCOMPASSES
2-3 LAYERED IMAGES
A painter
sits on a chair in front of a
painting of Jesus. He is painting a copy.
A close up shot of painter. He continues to paint a copy of the face of Jesus.
Cars pass
by on a roadway, a blue brick wall covers the frame.
A close up
shot of a brush paints Jesus. The camera pans down the brush to the painter’s
hand.
In a
profile shot, the painter paints the brow of Jesus. The `original’ painting faces the camera.
An extreme close up shot of the religious painting.
A static
shot of a blue brick wall.
THE
SECONDARY IMAGE 2 IS CUT
A religious procession, ` The Feast of Fatima,’ makes its way up
A pair of
kids dressed in angel-like costumes walk in front of the camera and out of
frame (right to left).
THE THIRD
IMAGE 2 IS CUT
Cars pass
through and intersection where the kids crossed as two more people walks past
the camera in religious costumes and look at the camera.
A low angle
shot films the top of a house and an overcast sky masked by power lines. The
statue of Jesus rolls
through the frame (right to left).
(Secondary Image 3) The camera tilts down
to a group of
Portuguese worshippers walking dressed in religious attire,
carrying the statue. Some look at the
camera.
A close up
shot of ladies faces cross the frame (right to left). They looks into the
camera. More people cross the frame.
*****Shot Altered from Dominant
Primary Image 5 to Secondary Image 4
An extreme
close up of the bottom of a woman’s white dress crosses the frame (left to
right). The camera pans to the right and exposes a line of people walking down
the street (left to right).
CUT
SECONDARY IMAGE 4
*****Shot Altered from Primary Image
6 to Secondary Image 5
Dominant Primary Image 7
A low angle
shot of a Mary statue clasping her hands passes through the frame (right to left).
SOLO SAX
MUSIC LIGHTENS AND THEN BUILDS THROUGH NEXT SHOT
TEXT ON SCREEN (White on Black):
A voice through the window.
I gave the young girl a peso
A hand-held
shot travels from left to right down a sidewalk. A young child wearing a white
dress stands in front of a paint chipped stone wall.
She has one hand to her mouth and the other holding out a silver shiny tray.
The camera continues to travel towards a group of
SOLO SAX
MUSIC LIGHTENS
TEXT ON SCREEN (White on Black):
the little girl
with big eyes
waits by her dead brother.
(Black and
White)
In an
outdoor street mall in
(Black and
White)
A rippling
pond sits before a forested area that leads to a street with bypassing cars
TEXT ON SCREEN (White on Black):
big trucks spit black smoke
clouds hang
the boys spirit left through its blue
SOLO SAX
MUSIC ENDS
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