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Style Samples (c) Fay Hauser-Price
Designed & Edited by Fay Hauser-Price for Hauslights
“Where There’s Smoke …” Short Film by Fay Hauser-Price
EXT. CLEARING – FLASHBACK - “America 1977”We see a Young South African Man, with a disheveled urban street look, who dances either a Boot dance or does some Masai Warrior moves with abandon and intensity.
WOMAN(V.O. through above)
He looked crisp. Like a dry leaf. Slightly green with hints of brown. Like he had just enough water. Just enough nourishment to sustain sanity.
The man laughs hardily; then his expression changes as if he was thinking about how to recapture, “by any means necessary”, something significant that he had lost. The camera pushes in to the intensity in his eye.
WOMAN(V.O. through above)
But if you added a too hot light, a too intense situation, you would expose his vulnerability....
(Beat)
...ignite a spark... Then fire!
FADE TO BLACK. THEN FADE UP:
I RAN INTO AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF MINE.
(Short Story excerpt by Fay Hauser-Price)
“How are you?” I asked with excited fondness for seeing her.
“I’ve been fine,” she replied smiling. She always had a cheery disposition. “Only thing is,” she said, “I got a divorce since you last saw me.” (more)
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