It’s Everywhere
Music: “The Wife” (Jocelyn Pook)
Shot of the Arrivals board at YVR – AC990-From Milan-0730 ON
TIME
Shot of Cassie
picking up her suitcase from the carousel.
She yawns, goes to a kiosk, looks at the chocolate bars, chooses an Oh
Henry, pays for it, opens it, takes a bite, licks her fingers and then rolls
her suitcase outside. (Tracking
shot). She exits through the automatic
door into bright sunshine. Close-up on
her shading her eyes and squinting. She
yawns covering her mouth with her hand.
Carl’s Yellow Taxi is waiting outside the door. He comes up, she nods and he puts her bag in
the trunk as she gets in the back seat.
She leans forward as Carl gets in the cab and a card says her
dialogue: “Beautiful Vista Care
Home”. Carl nods and starts the
meter. Camera shows the cab driving away
from the airport.
Cut to: cab pulling
up in front of Beautiful Vista. It is a
pleasant medical building surrounded by trees.
Cassie gives Carl cash and he starts to make change. She pats him on the shoulder and indicates he
should keep the change. He gets out and
puts her suitcase on the curb. He drives
away. Camera on the cab as it exits.
Cut to: Cassie,
pulling her suitcase through automatic doors to the Care Home. At the front desk, there are yellow flowers
in a clear vase and a sign “if you feel sick, please do not visit today”. Tracking shot: Cassie walking confidently down the hallway
to the bright sunny day room where a number of elderly people are sitting. One lady is doing handiwork, a man is
watching television (the news is on with pictures of Wuhan in the background),
two people are playing checkers. Emily
Revera is reading Katherine Anne Porter’s Pale
Horse, Pale Rider to Cassie’s mother.
Emily stands when she sees Cassie and they hug and Cassie kisses her
mother on the cheek. Cassie takes out a
scarf from her purse and gives it to Emily who puts it on. Cassie adjusts the scarf so it looks good and
then sits down and offers her mother some cookies from a plate on the
table. Emily takes a cookie and goes to
the lady doing the handiwork, as Cassie takes her mother’s hand in hers.
Cut to: Emily leaving
the care home, with the scarf around her neck.
It is warm and she takes the scarf off and puts it in her handbag. Tracking shot as Emily walks to the bus stop,
waits for a moment for the bus, looks to see if it’s coming, gets her fare out
and then boards the bus.
Cut to: Emily on the
bus. She sees Alice Chow, who beckons
Emily to the empty seat next to her.
Emily sits down, very tired, and pulls the scarf out of her bag to show
Alice. In so doing, the contents of
Emily’s bag fall onto the floor of the bus.
Camera gives us a shot of lipstick, tissues, cough drops, pen. Felix, sitting across from Emily, helps pick
up the lipstick and gives it to Emily.
Emily laughs at her clumsiness and thanks Felix. He nods and goes back to listening to music on
his headphones.
Cut to: Alice
disembarking from the bus. She waves at
Emily as the bus drives away. Cut
to: Happenstance Hair Salon. Alice pushes open the door and walks in.
Cut to Janice Arkos, sitting and reading The Plague. Alice greets her and asks if she wants
coffee. Janice nods and indicates that
the coffee will be ready in 1 minute.
Cut to: Alice giving
Janice a cup of coffee and seating her in the salon chair. She stands behind Janice, spraying her hair
with water and pushing the water through Janice’s hair as Janice describes the
cut she wants.
Cut to: Alice taking
the cape off Janice’s shoulders.
Janice’s hair is shorter and looks good.
Janice looks happily into the mirror.
“Oh” she remembers something and digs in her purse. She pulls a flyer out of her purse showing her
school play – “The Masque of the Red Death”.
(Music: “The Staircase” Jocelyn Pook) Alice takes it and sticks it in the window. Tracking shot as Janice leaves the shop. She walks past the window of the shop. She leaves the screen and the camera remains
on the poster, which shows Death at Prince Prospero’s party.
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