FILM
SYNOPSIS
The scene opens to the side view of forest. All is well and the forest
appears as normal. Bird’s chirp somewhere in the distance and the sun shines
brightly in the sky. “Once Upon a time…” a voice over smoothly awakens the story.
“… in a Far Far Away land, there lived four beautiful princesses and a handsome
prince.” The woman’s voice begins to become harsh and cold, one that you would
not like to associate yourself with. The forest becomes dark and gloomy as the sunsets.
Fog begins too loom at the edge of the forest, leaving the audience unable to
see a few feet into the trees. “Do not be fooled land-dwellers, for this is no
story of love, but one of betrayal, blood thirst and hatred. This was the Dark
Side to Disney.” At the last words, the title seeps out from the fog and onto
the screen whilst the music begins to play. A dolly shot through the fog,
scatters it, and moves into the forest. Zooming through the forest, avoiding
trees, the music begins to pick up speed. The time has reversed back to around
noon. After flying further into the forest for ten seconds, the camera has
zoomed all the way into a bound book and the music simultaneously stops. Two
slender hands grip to each side to prop it upright. The sounds of birds
chirping can be heard in the distance. Holding the frame for two seconds, the
camera pans out to a medium shot to show Belle walking along reading. She
lowers the book as the sound of a broken twig is heard ahead of her. Glancing
up she smiles at something. You can then see a pair of female feet running with
only one shoe on. Her toenails are painted baby blue. The camera pans up and
out to a long shot of Cinderella jogging. She is dressed in a blue exercise out
fit, her headphones are in and her hair is sleeked back into a high ponytail.
She stops jogging suddenly and a close up of her face is shown. Her eyes lock
onto something and her face brakes from a look of concentration to a smile. The
screen then shows a female mouth, hanging wide open with its tongue balancing
slightly on its lower lip. The camera pans out into a long shot to a show
Aurora sleeping under a tree. Her body is propped up against its trunk as she
dozes. An apple falls from the tree’s branches and lands by her side. She wakes
with a start. A close up of her face is show and she glancing up and notices
something, then smiles. Ariel is then shown wondering around through the trees
murmuring to herself and picking up pinecones and twigs.
A jump cut then shows a long shot of Prince Charming, wondering through
the forest walking his German Sheppard dog.
A jump cut splits the screen into four vertical strips, with one princess
smiling inside each. They begin to advance towards the camera. A close up of
the Prince Charming’s face is shown, which zooms in on his expression. He
watches as the four princesses advance on him, smiling. By the time the camera
reaches a close up on the Princes Face, everything goes silent except for the
faint sound of a fast beat. A long shot then shows the prince hesitate for four
seconds, then dropping the dogs lead and beginning to bound away, waving his
hands in small circles out at his sides. A long shot shows the four now
confused princesses jogging up towards the opening where the prince was
standing, each on a different pathway. Upon reaching the clearing, where their
prince once stood, it takes a few seconds to register what has happened. They
survey each other, looking up and down at the other girls. Finally realizing why
the prince has acted the way he has, they begin to run after him.
A jump cut then shoes a pair of feet in pink ballet flats running through
a forest littered with broken branches and crinkled leaves. The screen shoots
to a close up of a side view of Aurora’s mouth. She is breathing heavily and
vapor makes its way into the air. A mid shot of Aurora is shown in the
foreground. Unfocused in the background, another girl runs a few meters ahead
of her. Aurora comes out of focus and Belle, next to her, comes into focus. The
back shot of Prince Charming moving through the forest is a long shot of his
whole body. Items such as pine cones and a book land nearby him, some almost
hitting him. A shot of Ariel and Cinderella, rearming whatever they can get
their hands onis shown. He stumbles, just to regain himself and continues to
run. A view of Aurora’s face is shown, zooming in, finally ending one of her
pupils. The black of the eye turns to white, and the white becomes opaque,
showing a view down a chapel aisle. The pews are dark brown and a large image
of Jesus overlooks a priest and groom standing by the alter. A red carpet runs
down the aisle, covered in flowers. Wedding music begins to play, and the back
view of a blonde girl in a wedding dress appears. She walks down the aisle, and
the camera tracks with her. A mid-shot of the prince is shown, with the look of
love on his face. He looks at his princess as if there is no one else in the
world. She makes her way to next to him, and they both turn to face each other.
The priest hanging a few steps closer to the alter begins his speech. “Dearly
beloved, we are gathered here today to…” his voice begins to drown out,
“…witness the …”. Music begins to play. A close up of their faces are shown,
gaping intimately into each others eyes. Another long shot, side view of the
couple is shown. The priest’s words come back into focus, and he says “You may
kiss the bride.” The two move a little positioning their body beginning to lean
in, out of nowhere Aurora changes to Belle, who changes to Cinderella, who
changes to Ariel, who changes back to Belle, to Aurora, to Cinderella, to
Ariel. Changing faster and faster until the bride and groom are only one
centimeter away from each other’s lips. When black burns out the image, zooming
out from Aurora’s pupil yet again, she screams with rage and runs harder and
faster at the unfaithful prince. Ariel is the slowest runner of all the
princesses, she trips over and falls into a puddle of water. Her legs turn into
a long green tail. “Dammit!”, she sighs under her breath, and lies face down
into the dirt to take a catch her breath.
Belle comes into shot, running about ten meters between Aurora and
Cinderella. With only Belle in focus, it is hard to see what is happening to
the other princesses. Suddenly something pulls Aurora into a near by bush. Both
Cinderella and Belle stop when they notice her absence. In the background,
still unfocused, Cinderella gets knocked over by something and vanishes. Belle begins
to panic, a close up of her face show her worry. Something makes her turn
quickly. “No! PLEASE NO!” she begs. A spine-curling scream reaches out of her
lips and the screen goes black, with the scream still being heard. The prince
slows down his running; he turns and smiles to himself, knowing that his wives
must have finished each other off. Gentle music quietly plays and sound effects
of twigs breaking under his feet are heard as he begins to wonder further into
the forest. Suddenly he comes across the body of Aurora. Her face is covered in
deep wounds, making her almost unrecognizable. A close up of the princes face
show his fear. He wonders on, walking a little faster. A worried look plastered
across his face. He looks back, almost tripping over something propped up
against a tree. Belle sits there, a large smile plastered across her face. Her
hair is tangled into a mess. A close
up of the princess face show his fear. Sound effects make his emotion more
intense. He breaks into a run. Finally coming across the body of Cinderella,
with her body covered in shards of glass. He begins to run in another
direction. He stops in his tracks when he sees movement nearby.
