THE UPEI SUN,Thursday,Nov.30,1978,page 10 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     LOTO 
     
     by Paul Moore 
     
    
   
   
    
     FADE IN: 
     
     INTERIOR - CLASSROOM - HIGH SCHOOL 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ANGLE SHOT OF TEACHER STANDING AT FRONT OF  
     
     CLASSROOM . 
     
    
   
   
    
     TEACHER: Can anyone tell me the main cause of the 
     
     War of the Roses? 
     
    
   
   
    
     PAN SHOT OF CLASSROOM. The pupils, almost 
     
     uniformly, are staring back at their teacher with 
     
     the recognizable stare of the unresponsive. But 
     
     there are two notable exceptions, and the camera 
     
     dwells on these a little longer than the rest. The 
     
     first is Bill. He is handsome and lively-looking 
     
     and, with a grin on his face that is looking for 
     
    

    
     a chance to siden, he is scanning the classroom. 
     
     The second exception is John. John is looking 
     
     through the pages of his scribbler for the answer 
     
     to the teacher's question. He is thinner and 
     
     darker than Bill. And, different than Bill and 
     
     the rest of the kids, he is actually taking this 
     
     history lesson Seriously. It can also be seen 
     
     that he marches to the beat of a much slower 
     
    

    
     drum than Bill does. Also, he doesn't appear free 
     
     of care. ” 
     
    
   
   
    
     CAMERA HOLD ON JOHN 
     
     TEACHER: John? 
     
    
   
   
    
     John raises his eyes to look at her in a way that 
     
     suggests he hopes his ears have lied. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CUT TO TEACHER. , 
     
     She is looking’down at John. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CUT BACK TO JOHN 
     
    

    
     He SIOle begins to rise from his chair. As he 
     
     does he keeps his eyes on the scribbler on his desk. 
     
     Before he stands to full height (which would put 
     
     him out of reach of the scribbler) he takes the 
     
     scribbler gingerly in his hands; all the while 
     
     staring down at it. He stands there for a minute 
     
     of deadly silence. His head remains down. 
     
    
   
   
    
     TEACHER: JUSt the main cause of the War of the 
     
     Roses, John. Don't worry about giving me all of 
     
     them. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There is another pause, but then John slowly starts 
     
     to speak, in a very low, soft voice. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     JOHN: The main cause of the...War of...Roses, was... 
     
     VOICE IN BACKGROUND: A tulip shortage. 
     
    

    
     Classroom breaks into laughter. 
     
    

    
     CUT TO FULL SHOT OF CLASS 
     
    
   
   
    
     The whole class is laughing and John remains 
     
     standing, his head down. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CUT TO BILL 
     
    

    
     Bill is quite pleased with the effect his little line 
     
     has achieved. Girl in front of Bill turns around, 
     
     laughing. Bill winks at her and smiles; he is 
     
    

    
     master of the situation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CUT TO ANGLE SHOT I 
     
    

    
     Since John is sitting beside Bill we see both of 
     
     their faces from this angle. The profile of Bill's 
     
     smiling face is closest to the camera, and we can see 
     
     John's full face, because at the same time that he's 
     
     sitting down, he's also looking over at Bill. 
     
    

    
     John feels his eyes and turns. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     CLOSE-UP 0N BILL 
     
     The smile fades from his face. The reason it has 
     
     faded is because of what he sees on John'sxface. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     CLOSE-UP 0N JOHN v' 
     
    

    
     The thing that is most noticeable in John's 
     
    

    
     eyes is not the defensive beligerence that Bill 
     
     might have expected, but the unmasked pain, 
     
    

    
     the confused hurt, of a much pierced innocence 
     
     that has been pierced once again. John looks away 
     
     from Bill and down at his own hands. His look 
     
     stays there. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CUT BACK TO ANGLE SHOT ‘w 
     
    

    
     From here we can't see Bill's face. He is still 
     
     looking at John. John is still looking down at 
     
     his hands. Then Bill turns around and we see 
     
    

    
     his profile. He realizes what he has done and 
     
     he's not proud of it. The teacher, meanwhile, 
     
     seeing that John will not be gotten up again, has 
     
     asked somebody else the question. And this person 
     
     has proceeded to answer it. All this has gone on 
     
     as background sound during the preceding close- 
     
     ups of John and Bill, starting at apprximately 
     
     the same time that John sat down. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FADE OUT, THEN FADE IN: 
     
    
   
   
    
     EXTERIOR -SCHOOL IN BACKGROUND 7 DAY - MED. 
     
     CLOSE-UP 0N JOHN 
     
    
   
   
    
     There are no cars or peOple in background. John 
     
     is walking down sidewalk away from school, by 
     
     himself. He is very graceful at walking. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BILL: John! 
     
     CUT TO BILL 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bill is running toward John with football uniform 
     
     on. He slows down as he approaches him. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CUT TO ANGLE SHOT 
     
    
   
   
    
     As Bill enters frame we see John, surprised,watching 
     
     him. They are now facing one another. 
     
    
   
   
    
     JOHN: Hi. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BILL: We were just finishing football practice, and 
     
     I saw you...hey, just wait a sec, (Bill, out of 
     
     breath, takes a deep one and takes his football 
     
     helmet off) ...that's better. Yea, I just saw you 
     
     walking down here and l...(quickly) decided to come 
     
     over. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There is silence between them. John stares at the 
     
     ground. Bill's doing a bit of that, but is 
     
     concentrating mainly on shifting from foot to foot. 
     
     But then he stops and looks at John. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BILL: (with complete, utter honesty) John, I really 
     
     came over because I wanted to apologize for cutting 
     
    
   
   
    
     . you off in class this morning. I was trying to be 
     
    
   
   
    
     funny and sometimes not eVerybody appreciates the 
     
     joke. I'm sorry. - 
     
    

    
     JOHN: (pause, then he raises his eyes to meet Bille) 
     
     Thank you. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     BILL: (pause, there's something in John's eyes that 
     
     hits him very hard when he sees it. He's having 
     
     trouble getting used to it.) Um, you're new around ' 
     
     here, aren't you? : 
     
    
   
   
    
     CLOSE-UR ON JOHN I > 
     
     He aerptly shifts his eyes back down to the side-