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Post #166162

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MTHaslett
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The legendary "Starkiller Ranch" Thread
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Date created
29-Dec-2005, 3:20 AM
Next Bit of Script:

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Entering Gunga city

INT. GUNGA CITY STREET
[Music is threatening and mysterious. It gets darker as we go]
Q and O squish through the door and walk inside. CUT to the shot of them all walking to the stairs, seen from behind. A guard runs up from screen left as they reach the bottom of the stairs. CUT to the reverse shot of them all at the bottom of the stairs as a second Guard runs up. This guard has his lance down-- he zaps Jar Jar (shave a few frames out so the zap is more assertive and removes that pause). Jar Jar jumps back-- CUT to

Close of the Guard threatening them. He says all his lines (as shot). Cut to: Q looking around, reacting (a FS crop of his first reaction shot as he enters the city). CUT to the pan across Gunga city where the citizens all take notice of the Jedi (start the pan after we already can't see Q or JJ or the guards). This pan is our last shot of Gunga before we cut to:

EXT. GRASSY FIELDS
The Droid army approaches Naboo. ADD SOUND F/X OF EXPLOSIONS AND LASER BLASTS

EXT. NABOO CITY
Then ships fly over the Castle
Then (this is tricky) ships fly over the streets, seen from below as debris flies through the air (This shot is from the parade at the end -- two groups of ships speed by as confetti falls and the camera tilts downward)

INT. CASTLE
Then we see the droid army through a window, approaching...
Then we see a wide shot of the Queen looking out the window
Then cut to the medium shot of the Queen, as she lets her head fall forward in defeat...
STILL HEARING BOOMS LASERS AND SCREAMS

INT. BOSS NASS CHAMBER
First the establishing shot from outside, then The next four shots of Boss Nass talking without cutting to the Jedi for response. Let him get a real wind on -- he's upset that the Jedi council seems so foolish as to only send two Jedi when the Galaxy is in the balance. The Gungans will face their deaths with pride. Cut in a shot of Qui Gonn reacting surprised and/or worried, but no talking (we'll have to create it if we can with the FS). Nass continues. Finally Qui Gonn says his line: "The Droid Army's about to attack the Naboo. We must warn them." Boss Nass continues. He's talking about the prophecy of the Force. He's wise and the music and dialogue support that (once we add it ) He uses all his good looking dialogue shots without interruption until he finally says "be gone with you" and the Jedi turn to leave, "We go in peace." (OMIT the head shaking, please) CUT to Jar Jar being released and the Jedi going up the stairs. OMIT the "What's a bongo?" dialogue or anything else about stopping for Jar Jar. Boss Nass controls what happens here -- the Jedi know it and go along.

EXT. OTAH GUNGA
The bongo swims out and Jar Jar talks to the Jedi. Leave in the "You were banished because you were clumsy" stuff. We're going to borrow MagFan's dialogue strategy here. A fish takes interest in them -- just when it's about to shoot out it's tongue at them -- Qui Gonn turns and notices it -- and it gets CHOMPED by a bigger fish. "There's always a bigger fish"

"Head for that outcropping" The Bongo disappears and we wipe...

To EXT. NABOO CASTLE -- seen from the water. Cut Inside before the Bongo surfaces - Nute escorts the Queen downstairs...

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