How Our Inspirations Helped Make The Script

In this post, I will show my inspirations for our project and how they influenced the script for the film opening project. We got a lot of influence from The Fast and The Furious, particularly from 2 Fast 2 Furious and Tokyo Drift as well as the Need for Speed video games. In addition, we also used skit comedy videos that were parodies of car culture and exaggerated how seriously people could get about cars to help us while making our script.


Fast and Furious has a lot to do with Paulie’s personality. In the opening scene in the alleyway with Mr. Clutch supplying car enthusiasts with parts, shows the underground part of the car community with car parts getting traded. The name Paulie also has significance because of Paul Walker who plays Brian O Conner in the Fast and Furious franchise.


The driveway and driving scenes in this movie were influenced by the racing video games like Need for Speed. In these games they have quick cuts of putting on parts, shutting the hood, and going out to race.


Motorsport culture influences the car scenes, especially in the way rival characters behave when they interact with each other. Jay is a rival who has a cocky tone to him, but has respect for car culture. The dialogue in the car scenes gives the comic aspect through Paulie's listing ridiculous fake automotive parts like turbo encubobulator and fat snail. The humor was inspired from a short comedy recordings making fun of how serious people sound when discussing cars.


Below is the current script for our film opening, which shows all of these inspirations.








Script: SHIFT HAPPENS


BACK ALLEY – NIGHT


Paulie leans casually against his car, arms crossed. He looks calm, like he’s done this before. MR. CLUTCH walks up holding a case.


PAULIE
MR. Clutch?


MR. CLUTCH





Depends, whos asking


PAULIE
Its paul. You got the thing?


MR. CLUTCH


Mr. Clutch opens the case carefully. Inside is a rare looking performance part.





Original and imported, took me six months to track it down.


Paulie nods, impressed.


PAULIE


This thing better wake the car up.


MR. CLUTCH
walks away


Paulie smiles.


Duration about 20 seconds.


PAULIE’S DRIVEWAY – NIGHT


Paulie tightens the last bolt and closes the hood.


Duration about 5 seconds.





STREET – NIGHT


Paulie drives toward the car meet.


Duration about 10 seconds.


CAR MEET – NIGHT


Paulie pulls in. Jay, leaning on his Car, watches closely before walking over.


JAY
Nice build.
So what are you running?


Paulie steps out calmly.


PAULIE
Enough.


Jay laughs.


JAY
Come on. What’s under the hood?


Paulie smirks.


Duration about 15 seconds.


Paulie leans against his car like a pro.


PAULIE
Custom turbo encubobulator.
Forged mega pistons.
And a fat snail.


Jay stares.


JAY
how?


PAULIE
I got my ways


JAY
Whatever, man. Hope it’s faster than your mouth.


PAULIE
*smirks


Slower then your moms


Jay: Save it for the race


Duration about 20 seconds.





CAR MEET – NIGHT


Paulie and Jay get into their cars. Someone off screen starts counting.


GUY THAT COUNTS RACE DOWN
Three… two… one…Go!


Paulie launches.


The car stalls instantly.


Dead silence.


Paulie grips the wheel, annoyed, not panicked.


PAULIE
Shit, shit, sh-


CUTS TO TILE OF MOVIE : SHIFT HAPPENS