Production

Storyboards

SCENE: 20-21

DESCRIPTION/DIALOGUE:

Weldon looks in his rear view mirror and sees Monroe's car approaching at a rapid speed. MUSIC UP. C.U. of Weldon's eyes flaring in anger. Monroe is pounding his steering wheel he is so mad as he rips up behind Weldon's truck. Weldon steps on his brakes and nearly causes a wreck. Monroe honks loudly, flashing his lights and tails Weldon again. Monroe attempts to pass, but Weldon pulls into the middle of the lane and blocks him. Weldon slows to a crawl. Monroe revs his car and tries to outmaneuver Weldon's truck pulling up quickly along side him. Weldon swerves and bumps into monroe's car. They both start screaming at each other as they accelerate around a curve into a canyon.

Right in front of them a truck is blocking both lanes. A TRUCK DRIVER is attempting to light flares. Monroe and Weldon speed around the curve of the canyon, unaware of the truck. They both overreact when they see it, screaming and swerving to try to avoid it. Both vehicles race at top speed over the edge of the canyon. MUSIC DOWN.

MATERIALS/LOCATION:

• Kingman - Hualapai Mountain Road
• Hwy 93 AZ - Burro Creek Bridge
• Sports car
• Beat up old Truck
• 1 ton Vehicle with loaded flatbed
• Flares
• Stunt Coordination w/ ramps

SCENE: 64

DESCRIPTION/DIALOGUE:

JACK: What the hell is he doing?
ANGELA: (smirking) I think it's some kind of modern Indian dance interpretation.
SAM: (jumping up) OK, you guys. I'll work with you. Just don't drop me.
Sam begins to dance a normal pow-wow dance.
SAM: Now lift and turn.
Everyone gasps as Sam jumps into the air and starts to spin.
JACK: (screaming into walkie talkie) This is unbelievable! Get a close-up!
Weldon and Monroe let Sam down again so he can dance a normal Pow-wow. The Audience and Angela are dumbstruck.
KAIUTE CHAIRMAN: (mystified) Is Sam a Skin-Walker now?

MATERIALS/LOCATION:

• Indian Reservation - Pow Wow Grounds
• Native American Dancers
• Angela: Professional suit #2
• Camera crew and rig for live broadcast
• Walkie Talkie

NOTES:

Sam's dancing on green screen to be coordinated with pow-wow audience for mid-air flips.

SCENE 83

DESCRIPTION/DIALOGUE

Before they can do anything, they hit a rocky patch and Angela is bounced up in the air and lands half on and half off the raft: She manages to grab hold of a strap attached to the side of the raft.
SAM: (yelling over the rapids) That's right, hold on!
Angela does, as she is bounced up and down on the side of the raft splashing in and out of the water. But then she suddenly feels her fingers being peeled away from holding onto the strap. She can't see why or that Weldon is pulling them off one by one. She just watches helplessly as they are torn away from the strap.
WELDON: (laughing) This little Indian went to the market. (Angela only has two left) This little Indian fell in the water...
Angela can't hold on any longer and falls into the water. Sam sees her, shaking his head.

MATERIALS/LOCATION:

• AZ River with rapids, preferably Colorado River with rapids measuring class 3-4
• River Rafts
• Waterproof camera mounts
• Life jackets
• Emergency response kayak crew on site

NOTES:

River Raft to be filmed with Weldon and Monroe visible and then without them for cross-cutting.

SCENE: 91

DESCRIPTION/DIALOGUE:

The group enters a large, indoor cavernous room. Petroglyphs are abundant on the walls. Sam shines an oil lantern across them. They are beautiful. The group gasps. Jack motions for the Cameraman to keep filming. DISSOLVE in and out of specific petroglyphs as Sam speaks. CUTAWAYS to reveal the group listening.

SAM: (O.S) Our Elders left us these precious carvings as a way of reminding them, and us of our origins. In their last days, old Father and Mother Kauite retreated to these caves to escape the sorrow of their people. (He shines the light across images) You see they had two sons. The eldest son was most like his Father in learning the old ways and traditions of his people, The youngest son saw a new and changing world before him. The sons began to feud, and families took sides. The hearts of our first parents were broken and because the two sons refused to make peace, we were given the name of Kauites, which in our tongue means "sad division". To this day, the Kaiute nations are bitterly divided.

MATERIALS/LOCATION:

• AZ - Grand Canyon Caverns
• Cameras & production equipment
• Oil lantern
• Cast of rock for hand print

NOTES:

Rock petroglyphs can be shot in a studio against fabricated stone, or on-site within caverns.

SCENE: 111

DESCRIPTION/DIALOGUE:

ANNOUNCER: (O.S.) 8.8 seconds! Top ride of the day!
Cheers erupt as Sam begins to hobble towards the fence. Clown #1 charges the bull to distract it, but the bull throws him like a rag doll over the fence. Sam looks back as the bull begins to charge him and Clown #2. They both try to outrun the bull, but the bull hits Clown #2 and sends him down on all fours scrambling. Sam turns around frozen and ready to help, when the bull horns Clown #2 straight through the thigh. As the bull jerks away, Clown #2 goes down immobilized and bloody. The crowd erupts in a gasp. The bull is going to gore Clown #2 to death when Sam runs over and grabs Clown #2 and starts to carry him away running. But the bull charges and tramples Sam from behind boring him through the side. Sam manages to push the injured Clown #2 away from the bull. SEVERAL CLOWNS rush out to distract the bull. Spectators shout their horror, and fear fills Angela's face. The Clowns go to work, and the bull is finally distracted away from Sam, who lays in a heap in the dirt. EMT's rush to the scene.

NOTES:

Staging the rodeo for the film may occur in several rodeo arenas in northern AZ.