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monologue mania day # 25   (c) 2014                  ipirates opening monologue by janet s. tiger

3/9/2014

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This is the opening monologue for the movie mentioned in DAY # 23 (with a little luck, I think I can finish this screenplay and two one-acts by the end of June - that's one of my goals using this daily blog)


Mar. 9, 2014  Day #25 Monologue Mania  

Opening Monologue
from
iPirates! 

                                 by Janet S. Tiger  (c) all rights reserved   2014                                                              [email protected]

Act 1-
iPirates! - (think - Hackers of the Caribbean)

Monologue for opening

                                            Voice-over - VINCENT
                        What little boy doesn't want to be a pirate?  I mean, there is no                             downside to pirates!  They are brave and strong and no one bullies                         them around......

EXT.  Great battle on the open seas
We see a scene with pirates fighting their way from their ship onto another          ...the handsome Captain leading the way by - of course -swinging in on a rope.


                                                V-O- VINCENT
                                And girls like them......

EXT. Ship
We see the Captain kissing a beautiful captive on the attacked ship.


                                                V-O - VINCENT
                                And they have lots of fun......

EXT. Pirates on ship carousing, in town, carousing
We see the pirates drinking and looting and having pirate fun.


                                                  V-O -VINCENT
                    And they never get nagged by their mothers.....

INT.  HOUSE
Now we see a little boy in a pirate outfit playing with friends as his                         mother comes in and complains about the mess

                                          V-O -VINCENT  (resigned, sighing)
                    I guess some things never change.....

INT. BEDROOM
We now see VINCENT RYAN, a nice-looking geeky young man - think Shia LaBaoef - sitting by a computer in his room, surrounded by mess, and a mother yelling at him that it's time for work.

He grabs things in a rush, puts on shoes that are falling apart and runs out.

INT. OFFICE
Now we see him standing in front of a crowd, hair still a little awry,   While he is speaking, we see images of him at work in his room, interspersed with pirate scenes.


                                                 VINCENT
                                    (Still geeky, but now impassioned)
                       Why did I become a pirate chaser?  Because nowadays, that's the                         closest thing you can get to hunting down criminals....without                             actually getting hurt.

                        But it's also because these modern day thieves - I like to think of                         it as Cyber-Sea Piracy.....these thieves are not only stealing                                 money....lots and lots of money!......
                        when they steal all these things - the money and identities and                             actual merchandise.....they are  stealing something that can never                          be found or given back - time!

                        How much time does anyone have?  No one knows!  Who wants to                         spend days, weeks, months - in some cases years!- fixing what                             these modern-day pirates have stolen?  No, I am one of the few                         people who figures out where they are hiding - whether it's Russia                         or South America or here in the good old USA - and when I find                             them, I shut them down.

                        And make sure the police get them and they are prosecuted and                         everyone is a tiny bit safer when you use your computer or cell                             phone!

                        And that, ladies and gentlemen,  is why we need the funding for                             Google Track Down - an international cooperative of the world's                             best pirate chasers - so we can truly make cyber space a safe                             place for everyone!

                        Thank you!

                        (He sits down to applause)



Janet S. Tiger    858-274-9678
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1 Comment
Jonathan
3/10/2014 03:24:27 pm

Well, you are certainly having fun with the Senior Channel.
I recognize that fellow with the re-BUTT-al. I see him every day in my mirror.

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