How did I make the Actors Script?
So if you check out my previous blog, you can check out the breakup of the script (aka what all you have to put inside the script. For our Swede with Neo and Morpheus, there were lots of subtle body movements and quirks specific to the character. To help my actors better embody the character that I want them to act as, I broke it down for them.
The Matrix March 31, 1999
References that I used to make the Script
Basic Elements of a Film Script for BEGINNERS! (How To Format, Read and Write a Screenplay!)
Using These Sources To Make The Script
Both sources gave me lots of knowledge on how to make the Script for the Matrix (one being more auditory while the other more visual). Combining the knowledge I have made my Script.
Actors Script
INT. ROOM 1313
Inside the room sits two figures. Outside you can hear the dull ROAR OF THUNDER which shakes the old building where they reside.
MORPHEUS
Do you want to know what it is?
Neo swallows and nods.
MORPHEUS
The Matrix is everywhere, it's all around us,
here even in this room. You can see it out your
window or on your television. You feel it when
you go to work, or go to church or pay your taxes.
It is the world that has been pulled over your
eyes to blind you from the truth.
NEO
What truth?
MORPHEUS
That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else,
you were born into that bondage, kept inside
a prison that you cannot smell, taste, or touch.
A prison for your mind.
The LEATHER CHAIR CREAKS as he eases back into it.
MORPHEUS
Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is.
You have to see it for yourself.
Morpheus opens his hands to reveal. A red pill in his right hand and a blue pill in his left.
MORPHEUS
This is your last chance. After you take this,
there is no going back.
You take the blue pill and the story ends.
You wake up in your bed and you'll believe
whatever you want to believe.
The pills in his open hands are reflected in the glasses.
MORPHEUS
You take the red pill and you stay
in Wonderland and I show you
how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
Neo is about to grab the red pill when Morpheus speaks making his hand pause mid air.
MORPHEUS
Remember that all I am offering is the truth.
Nothing more.
Neo grabs the red pill and puts it in his mouth. He then grabs the water cup on the table and swallows the red pill. Morpheus then smiles.
THE END
Reflection
The hardest part of this was making sure every line was of equal distance and lined up. This part did turn out not as well as I thought so I will have to make a physical copy for my actors so they do not become confused. But overall this script is ready to send out in preparation of the upcoming Swede filming date.
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