STRUT Trailer

By

Kristian Thompson

Kristian Thompson 2013

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STRUT TRAILER INTRO

INTERIOR, OFFICE

CU Sociologist, on screen titles introduce his name and

position

SOCIOLOGIST

Walking is the most natural thing.

As animals we tend to group

together..

EXTERIOR, ANTARCTICA

Penguins marching

SOCIOLOGIST (VOICE OVER)

..conform, herd. This trend an

interesting

EXTERIOR, AFRICA

Animals migrating

SOCIOLOGIST (VOICE OVER)

..phenomenon is that it turns these

notions on their heads,

INTERIOR, TRAIN STATION

Commuters exit a train , filling the station, march towards

camera

SOCIOLOGIST (VOICE OVER)

..these animals are distancing

themselves from the safety of the

pack, forming a new unit

EXTERIOR, STREET

A small crowd of people walk down the sidewalk are disrupted

by a tall woman ’barging through’ seemingly doing her best

drag queen impersonation. She appears oblivious to those

around her.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Rapid fire edit of shots of various people ’working it’

performing walks and turns with all the flamboyance they can

muster.

2.

STRUT TRAILER TITLE SEQUENCE

EXTERIOR, SIDEWALK POV. BOLD, EXAGGERATED, FOOTSTEPS OVER

CONCRETE. THE WALK IS UNINTERRUPTED, HOWEVER EACH STEP IS

TAKEN WITH A DIFFERENT PERSON’S FOOT, A DIFFERENT SHOE. THE

TITLE GRAPHICS SLIDE INTO PLACE UNDERNEATH THE FEET, OVER

THE SIDEWALK.

STRUT TRAILER BODY

INTERIOR, DANCE STUDIO, HARDWOOD FLOORS, MIRRORED WALL, CU

ON THE STRUT INSTRUCTOR. ON SCREEN TITLES INTRODUCE HIS NAME

AND POSITION

STRUT INSTRUCTOR

Alright kids welcome to strut 101..

LONG SHOT OF THE INSTRUCTOR OVER THE SHOULDERS OF THE CLASS,

THE MIRROR IN THE BACKGROUND REVEALS THE STUDENTS

STRUT INSTRUCTOR (VOICE OVER)

Now I know you think your parents

all taught you how to walk but let

me tell you..

INTERIOR, MS OF 2 YOUNG WOMEN PERCHED ON A SOFA. ON SCREEN

TITLES INTRODUCE THEM BY NAME AND POSITION.

CUT TO MS OF YOUNG WOMAN #1

YOUNG WOMAN #1

“What kind of strutter am I? Oh I

dunno, I love it but I’m definitely

not one of those full time diva

types (gestures towards friend) I

guess I’m a social-strutter.

INTERIOR, AUT LIBRARY

Young woman #1 dressed very professionally, conservatively,

hair pulled into bun, glasses. Students stare as she struts

down the aisle like a supermodel, poses, picks out a book,

turns and returns to an awaiting student.

YOUNG WOMAN #1(VOICE OVER)

I can work it anywhere, but there’s

times I don’t want the attention,

and it doesn’t always go down well

at work -

MS OF TWO WOMEN ON SOFA, CAMERA PANS LEFT TO FOCUS ON YOUNG

WOMAN #2 AS SHE CUTS OFF HER FRIEND

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 3.

YOUNG WOMAN #2

“..work? Girl please! Nobody got

fired for a walk! They should pay

you double. Me - how I move is..

INTERIOR, BURGER KING

Heads turn down the cue as Young woman #2 receives her

Whopper and proceeds to exit the establishment in the most

unnecessarily glamorous way possible.

YOUNG WOMAN #2 (VOICE OVER)

..how I live my life. When I make a

cup of coffee I’m working it for

the kettle! It’s how I feel, it’s

how I want to feel. Who wants to go

through life as a ‘bot’?

EXTERIOR, STREET, LS. CAMERA ’FINDS’ AND TRACKS A MAN

WALKING STIFFLY, APPEARS REPRESSED.

CG sign tracking his motion indicates he is what the woman

is referring to as a "bot"

EXTERIOR, PARADE

Soldiers marching in time

INTERIOR, TELEVISION, SHOT THROUGH THE LEGS OF SOMEONE

PERFORMING STAR JUMPS

Aerobics on television screen

INTERIOR, MS OF SCHLEP GUY AND SCHLEP GIRL SLOUCHING ALL

OVER THE SOFA. ON SCREEN TITLES INTRODUCE THEM.

MS, SCHLEP GUY

SCHLEP GUY

“Bots? Nah bro - never - but we ain’t no posies either. I

know what they say, ‘schleps’, ‘droops’ whatevs..

Pretenders.

SMOKERS STAND OUTSIDE A BUILDING TRYING TO LOOK COOL AND

COMFORTABLE IN THE MOST RIDICULOUSLY EXAGGERATED SLOUCHES.

SCHLEP GUY (VOICE OVER)

Get a fucking life - these fools spend all this energy on

making you look, but at what? They’re like books with no

pages! Don’t havta front when what’s inside is correct. I am

what I am and..

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 4.

SCHLEP GIRL, FEET UP, ABSORBED BY HER PHONE, LOOKS UP TO

MEET THE CAMERA WITH DISDAIN.

SCHLEP GUY (VOICE OVER)

if you can’t see through all that fake shit ain’t got time

for you nohow.”

THE SCHLEPS SHOT FROM BEHIND AS THEY LEAVE THE INTERVIEW.

ARM IN ARM THEY FLICK THEIR HAIR AND ADOPT THE WORST POSTURE

THEY CAN MANAGE IN ORDER TO APPEAR AS NONCHALANT AS

POSSIBLE.

CU RANDOM INTERVIEWEE ON SOFA

RANDOM INTERVIEWEE

(with reverence, foreign accent)

..Johnny Channel

YOUNG WOMEN #1 & #2

(in unison)

ooo Johnny Channel

SCHLEP GUY

(exclaims in disdain)

Johnny Channel! That..

MONITORS DISPLAYS JOHNNY CHANNEL FB PAGE, 8000 FRIENDS,

ZOOMS IN TO (LIVE ACTION) PROFILE PIC ACTUALLY A CLOSE UP OF

JOHNNY ON THE SOFA. ON SCREEN TITLES INTERVIEW HIM.

JOHNNY CHANNEL

Yeah, I’m Johnny Channel..

RAPID FIRE INTERPSERSED SHOTS OF JOHNNY ’PERFORMING’

IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AS FANBOYS ATTEMPT TO RECORD HIM ON

THIER MOBILE PHONES

JOHNNY CHANNEL (VOICE OVER)

..it’s like all of a sudden I could

see the boxes everyone was trapped

within. This is strut life. It’s

freedom, power. It shows people

that they can be who they want to

be, do what they want to do.. and a

lot of people just hate that..

EXTERIOR, PARK

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 5.

Low shot of Johnny, holding a rose, as he struts into

camera, background fades away - turns to CG depiction of his

inner space, particle effects, disco lights

EXTERIOR, ZOO

Peacock extends it’s tail feathers

EXTERIOR, SWAMP

Frog puffs out throat in mating display

EXTERIOR, DESERT

Lizard neck frills pop out as a threat

BITTER OLD MAN (VOICE OVER)

"If I see one more of these poncy

little twits..

EXTERIOR, CAFE. MS TRACKS IN TO CU OF THE BITTER OLD MAN

VOICING HIS OPINION OF STRUTTERS

BITTER OLD MAN

..doing their little poof dance all

over the bloody show while the

world goes to hell I’ll bloody

shoot the little moron. With a gun.

And a bullet. In the head. I’ll

shoot every one of the prancing

little fucks.."

CLOSE UP REVEALS A SCARY AMOUNT OF ANGER IN AN OLD MAN’S

EYES

STURT TRAILER EXIT MONTAGE OVER MUSIC

DRUNK HOMELESS MAN DOES HIS BEST TO ACT FABULOUS IN FRONT OF

HIS CARDBOARD SIGN.

THREE ASIAN FRIENDS DOING THEIR BEST EXPRESSIONLESS ’DEAD

MODEL’ BLAND WALK THROUGH THE QUAD

TWO STRUTTERS CROSS PATHS IN A FIERY DISPLAY OF ATTITUDE.

STRUT TITLE GRAPHIC REPEAT TO BLACK

THE BACKSIDE OF A CATWALKING STRUTTER HEADS AWAY FROM THE

CAMERA

VARIOUS LOGOS TO MAKE THE TRAILER LOOK AUTHENTIC

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 6.

SHAKY SHOT AS THE CAMERAMAN ATTEMPTS TO FOLLOW A STRUTTER

MAKES IT OBVIOUS THAT HE HAS ADOPTED A STRUT OF HIS OWN

(REFLECTION?)

OFFSCREEN, NARRATOR DIRECTS CAMERA TOWARDS HIMSELF IN ORDER

TO MAKE EYECONTACT WITH CAMERAMAN

NARRATOR

"Hey, knock it off.."