Group Screenplay

Shot 1: Establishing Shot with Janie and Tea Cake sitting on the grass on a nice day enjoying each other's company (beginning of development of their relationship)
Camera: zooms out from the couple holding hands while music begins
Dialogue: Tea Cake "Oh Janie, I love it when you wear your hair down." (couple smiles at each other)- Illustrates motif of Janie's hair

Shot 2: cut to Janie and Tea Cake playing tether ball together; music is louder. (continuation of developing their relationship)

Shot 3: music becomes softer as cut to shot of the couple fishing and playing with a bug.
Dialogue: Janie "It's a love bug."
Tea Cake tosses bug in between Janie's legs. As Janie tries to pick it up she says
"And I think I killed it."

Shot 4: cut back to shot of them playing tetherball again as music becomes louder once more.

Shot 5: Music becomes very quiet as cut to shot of the two trying to spray each other with the hose; developing their relationship still.

Shot 6: cut back to shot of them playing tetherball again; music increases.

Shot 7: cut again back to shot of the two fishing and playfully flirting; music decreases.
Dialogue: Janie "I'm so glad we are gettin' married Tea Cake."
Tea Cake "Me too."
Janie "Are ya really?"
Tea Cake "Uh yeah."

Shot 8: cut to shot of them playing with the hose again; music gets louder again.

Shot 9: cut to shot of them fishing again; music softens.
Dialogue: Janie "There's a blue heron" (pointing and smiling at Tea Cake)
"A great blue heron."
Tea Cake "You're right. Good eyes."
Janie "You're a lousy husband." (she jokingly smiles at Tea Cake)
Tea Cake "We're not married yet."
Janie "Good thing, I'd leave you... no love."

Shot 10: cut back to the two spraying each other with the hose and Tea Cake picks up Janie threatening to throw her in the pool, but he does not; music increases. (end of development of their relationship)

Shot 11: music completely stops as cut to shot of the tree (motif) blowing in the rain/hurricane to create an establishing shot to transition to second part of the video where the two get caught in the storm.

Shot 12: cut to shot of a dead man lying on the grass with blood on his face; dark and erie music begins
Camera: zooms in for a close up of his face and away showing a long shot and pans around him to give the creepy mood.

Shot 13: cut to long shot of Tea Cake and Janie walking through the storm together (through the rain).
Camera: follows them down the path they walk by doing a dolly shot.
Dialogue: Janie "Oh Tea Cake..." (she says fearfully trying to stay close to him)
Tea Cake "Oh no."
Janie "Oh my man..."

Shot 14: cut to close up of Tea Cake holding onto Janie while doing a dolly shot as he leads her to the tree (motif) to hold onto; once they reach the tree and begin to hold on the music heightens intensifying the dangerous situation they are in.

Shot 15: cut to medium shot of Tea Cake and Janie trying to huddle together under the tree; music becomes louder/heightens even more.

Shot 16: cut to longer shot of the two under the tree trying to hold on; music heightens again.
Camera: zooms in to the two under the tree.
Dialogue: Janie cries out "Tea Caaake..."
Tea Cake "Hold on Janie."
Janie cries out "Aaaaahhhhh..."

Shot 17: cut to shot of them under tree from a different angle doing a medium shot; music continues to heighten.
Dialogue: Tea Cake "Let's go over here."

Tea Cake turns and walks towards grass to lay down and Janie follows him.
Camera: follows the couple with a dolly shot as the two walk over to the grass and lye down next to each other in exhaustion.

Shot 18: quick jump cut to different angled shot of them lying on the grass. Janie gets up calling out Tea Cake's name trying to look for something to shelter them.
Camera: pans to follow Janie as she gets up. Janie cries out a little once she is out of sight.

Shot 19: cut to where Janie went showing continuity; music continues to heighten as Janie picks up a piece of roofing and gets caught up in the storm.
Camera: has to pan a little to stay with her and her being thrown around by the storm.
Zooms out as she makes her back to Tea Cake, but she is unable to reach him because she is being tossed around by the storm.
Dialogue: Janie "Oh Tea Cake..." (as she runs out of the shot)

Shot 20: cut to close up from high angle of Tea Cake exhausted and lying on the grass; music is not quite as intense.
Camera: zooms out, away from his face to show a medium shot; music heightens.
Does a dolly shot as Tea Cake gets up and runs towards Janie's screams as she splashes into the lake.
Dialogue: Tea Cake "JANIE" (he yells as he runs to her)

Shot 21: cut to shot of the water as Janie is drowning; music heightens.

Shot 22: cut to shot of Tea Cake jumping in after her; music gets less as intense once he jumps in.
Camera: zooms in on the two drowning.

Shot 23: cut to another shot (high angle) of the two drowning.
Camera: zooms in to a close up of Janie as music fades out and she yells...
Dialogue: Janie... "TEA CAKE"
Tea Cake "JANIE" (hear in the background)
Camera: pans to Tea Cake drowning pretty close to her and zooms in.

Shot 24: cut to shot of the whales (aka the "cows") getting rained on; music begins again, starting to build

Shot 25: cut to Janie and Tea Cake drowning again.
Dialogue: Janie "TEA CAKE"
Tea Cake "JANIE"
Camera: zooms in on Tea Cake's head going under water. And then it zooms back out as Tea Cake yells...
Tea Cake "Janie, swim towards the cows."
Janie "I can't make it..."
Tea Cake "Towards the cows."
Camera: from high angle zooms out showing long shot of the two trying to swim towards the cows (who are not seen yet)

Shot 26: cut to shot of whales in the water again; music intensifies.
Camera: zooms out showing long shot of the two swimming towards the left "cow" and eventually getting to it and holding on.
Dialogue: Janie "Grab onto something..."

Shot 27: cut to shot of dog (aka Bolshevik) on the other whale; music intensifies once more.
Dialogue (two characters not in scene yet):
Janie "Ah, Tea Cake."
Tea Cake "I got ya'"
Janie "TEA CAKE"
Camera: zooms out showing Tea Cake and Janie holding onto other whale swimming towards the dog/other whale.
Tea Cake begins to stab the dog as Janie yells...
Janie "Get him Tea Cake... get him with the chair. TEA CAKE, stab him again."

Shot 28: cut to shot of whales with dog and Tea Cake stabbing the dog again; music dramatically intensifies.

Shot 29: cut to Tea Cake under water stabbing the dog and there is a "mooo" heard from a "cow" in the background.

Shot 30: cut to close up from high angle of Tea Cake's head holding the dog/getting bitten by it.
Camera: zooms out to show medium shot of the two fighting.

Shot 31: cut to shot of Tea Cake and Janie holding onto whale while Tea Cake is also stabbing the dog once more.

Shot 32: cut to high angle shot of Tea Cake and Janie holding onto the whale as Tea Cake throws the wounded dog.

Shot 33: cut to lower angle shot/more parallel to the ground of them trying to swim with the whale towards shore, but seeing an innocent drowning person swimming close by.
Dialogue: Janie "Tea Cake, we should help her..." (pointing to the swimmer)
Tea Cake "Leave her. Just swim to shore."
Camera: zooms/pans out to show swimmer going by. Music continues to be intense as pan back to Janie and Tea Cake swimming to shore.

Shot 34: cut to shot from high angle doing a dolly shot of the two swimming to shore and both laying on down after getting out of the water; music slowly fades out.
Camera: zooms in to close up of Janie's face as she rolls around disoriented.

Shot 35: cut to high angle shot of Janie over Tea Cake who is lying down below her bleeding from the dog bite.
Dialogue: Janie "Oh the dog... are you ok baby?" (she says as she shakes him)
Tea Cake "Yeah I'm fine... what?"
Janie interrupts him "No sh, save your strength. Don't talk."
Music slowly and very quietly/subtly begins again.

Shot 36: cut to angled shot that is more parallel to the ground with Tea Cake lying there in pain/disoriented and Janie goes for help.
Camera: zooms out as Janie begins to get up and runs off in the background.
Dialogue: Janie "I'll got get help... HELP SOMEBODY!?!" (as she runs off)

Shot 37: cut to close up of Tea Cake's wounded face as he looks over to where Janie ran off to.

Shot 38: cut to same straight angle of Tea Cake lying on the shore and Janie runs towards him.
Dialogue: Janie "There's no one out there. I'll have to do it myself. Come on, let's getchyou up. Uhhh, come on baby." (as she yanks on his arms trying to make him stand)
Once he doesn't get up she says in anguish
"Oh Tea Cake..." (kneels beside him)

Shot 39: cut to close up of Tea Cake's face; music gets a little louder; very mournful.
Camera: zooms out as Janie leans over him beginning to sob.
Dialogue: Janie (gasps) "TEA CAKE..." (she cries out in agony and sadness)
"Baby wake up." (she says while shaking him)

Fade out-End Scene and begin credits and then bloopers.