These are the first ten scenes that I have laid out. Just imagine watching this as a movie, and you see this scenes one by one in this order. refer to my other posts for characters and premise.
Descriptions:
It is black screen, then fades in to the following:
Scene #1
It is morning. Nahar is getting ready for work at the newspaper factory. Genthi, Nahar's younger brother,gets ready as well, and is very happy that is wife is pregnant. He can't wait for his new son, that is coming in about four months. Nahar calls Ravi from upstairs.
Scene #2
Ravi, Nahar's older son, is sitting in his small room, smoking a cigarette, and once done, puts on his jacket, and heads out to drop off his uncle and father to work, while to going work himself. But he stops and turns back to Amir, Nahar's younger son, who shares the same room as Ravi, and is now getting ready for school. He asks Amir if he wants to go to Chicago tonight to see the Sears Tower again, but Amir says that their mother won't allow them, but Ravi says that he has a way of persuading their mother. At that moment, their mother comes in, and sends Ravi out to do his tasks, and also helps Amir out with his cothing, then takes him down also.
Scene #3
Outside the house that the family lives in, a train goes by in the distance, and you see Ravi exit from the house, as well as Nahar and Genthi, and enter the one car that the family has. They drive out, and go off into the distance.
Scene #4
Back inside the house, the small T.V. is on in the living room, and you see Bapu, the grandfather, sitting on a small couch, switching channels, criticizing everything that he sees. He asks his daughter in law for his tea, just in time Amir rushes out the door to catch his bus.
Scene #5
Amir is running to his bus stop, and just barely manages to get to the bus, which has already started moving.He gets on. Some kids in the front start to make fun of him, and throw things at him, but he keeps moving (He has to face this on a daily basis). He sits in the rear, where no one is at. Someone takes his backpack, and starts taking out the books within, and kids start laughing. Amir tries to grab it, but he is evaded every time.
Scene #6
After dropping off his father and uncle, Ravi has the car to himself. He has to go to work in a few hours himself, but before he does, he has to get his drugs. His car stops near a small home, where a gardener is working in the front. Raavi goes up to him, hands him some cash. The gardener goes inside, and comes out with a small pouch, and hands it to Ravi. it is weed, just to be clear. Ravi thanks him, and heads back to his car. he drives off.
Scene #7
Amir is in his class, learning just like his classmates. That is, until someone spitballs him in the back. Amir turns around, and sees three kids lauphing at him. He turns back around. They spitball him agian. this time he has had it. He turns around and jumps at the kid who did it, and rumbles with him. Kids run to watch, but the teacher comes, and breaks the fight. She tells all four of the kids, including Ravi, to meet after class. Amir sits back down at desk, angry and ashamed.
Scene # 8
At the newspaper factory, Nahar is working very hard, placing the newspaper and the sales together, and placing them in a compartment, and repeating the process. His brother, who was working, goes outside for a smoke, while Nahar does both his and Genthi's.
Scene #9
Outside of Amir's class, kids are playing in the playground. It is recess time. the playground is rather worn out and over used. Big kids from the streets are playing basketball at the hoops.
Scene #10
Amir and his bullies are sitting inside the classroom, their teacher interrogating each of them. The teacher lets the bullies and Amir go after assigning them detention, but Amir comes back, and requests that he has his seat changed. He says that the kids make fun of his family, his race, and to avoid any more fights, he wants to have his seat changed. The teacher feels sort of sorry for him, and says that he will arrange that tomorrow. Amir, thanking her, leaves to go the playground. He is angry about the bullies, and really wants to teach them a lesson...
Does this seem cohesive/interesting/emotional to you?
These are just the first ten scenes, but I hope you can already see what the characters are experiencing.
