Analysing a Script

This is an example of a scipt that is used in the film BrokenEmbrace.

• Interior- means that the scene is shot inside
• Day- Meaning time of day ( so the script could say Night also)
• Exterior- Means the scene is set outside
• #'s indicate- what scene it is taken from in the stroy board so that it is easier to follow

3. IMAGES THAT ACCOMPANY THE VOICE -OFF. HARRY CAINE’S DAILY
RITUALS.
Despite his fifty years and his blindness, Harry is a man that keeps
himself in great physical shape.
Harry’s Home. Interior. Day.
In the morning: he places a CD in a player. By himself, he selects
and starts the program on a treadmill. He steps on and begins
exercising.
He takes a shower (“Mateo Blanco and Harry Caine shared the same
person, me, but a time came when, all of a sudden...”), the camera
pans over various parts of his body under the running water, dense
waves of white foam slide down his skin, as if it was a landscape.
The hangers have Braille-stickers that indicate the characteristic of
the clothing they hold. (All the closets have sliding doors)
In his bedroom, he opens the closet and looks for the clothes he will
wear. Despite the fact that he cannot see himself, he stands in front
of a mirror. He smiles, pleased with his appearance .
Everything in the house is rigorously ordered. All that Harry needs
to ascertain the identity of the things around him is his touch.
He exits onto the street.
4. HARRY’S STREET. EXT. DAY. PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.
Harry traverses (aided by an umbrella?) the pedestrian crossing. When
he reaches the opposite sidewalk, the credits appear on the black and
white stripes that mark the crossing. The crossway is clear of
pedestrians so that only cars pass through (not many) and as they do,
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they run over the letters of the credits, making them disappear, in
pieces. On a different stripe, a new title appears and as it does, it
is run over and destroyed by another car. Like this, successively.
5. SIDEWALK ACROSS FROM HARRY’S BUILDING. EXT. DAY.
Just on the sidewalk across from where Harry lives, there is a newsstand,
and next to it, perhaps on the nearest corner, a bar.
Harry buys the newspaper at the news-stand. This is part of his daily
routine. He greets the attendant familiarly. He has the kind of face
that provokes pity. He grabs the newspaper, folds it, and places it
under his arm.
Cut to.
6. BAR ACROSS THE WAY. INT. DAY.
He enters the bar. He leans down somewhere on the bar table. Just as
soon as he sees him, he is approached by his Waiter Friend, an
approachable guy, somewhere in his forties, who is helped by a South
American waitress, wearing her makeup since the early part of the
morning, whom he is obviously screwing. He brings him a coffee. All
of these actions are part of a daily ritual.
WAITER FRIEND
Do you want me to read you something from the
newspaper?
HARRY
No, thanks. I am off on a stroll.