Thursday, November 1, 2012

Case Study No. 0627: Rum River Librarian

Imagine That! - MELSA Quiet on the Set Short Film Competition
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Winner - Honorable Mention for Special Effects and an Audience Choice Award!

An imaginative librarian encounters an ordinary patron whose library card has an intriguing power. As she discovers, any ordinary person can have extraordinary
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[scene opens with an older woman washing dishes in her home, when she grabs her keys and library card (reading "Sharon Hastings") off the table]
["Prodigious Productions Presents" appears on screen, then cut to the woman walking into the Anoka County Library]
["Imagine That!" appears on screen, then cut to the woman browsing the stacks]
[cut to the front desk, as the woman walks up (carrying a stack of books) and hands her card to the female librarian]
[the librarian scans the card, as it suddenly glows yellow while ominous music plays]
[the librarian jumps back and adjusts her glasses, but then slides the card across the desk to the woman, who hands her one of the books ("Beginner's Guide to Volatile Reactions" by Will X. Plode Ph.D)]
[the librarian looks up, then cut to a "dream sequence" where the woman (wearing safety goggles and a lab coat) is pouring a purple liquid into a beaker, when it suddenly starts to smoke and bubble violently]
[cut back to the library, as the librarian scans the book, then the woman hands her the next title ("The Trail Leads Home: a Novel" by Wes Turn)]
[the librarian smiles, then cut to another "dream sequence" where the woman climbs onto a horse and (after giving the camera a smile) rides down a dusty trail]
[cut back to the library, as the librarian scans the book, then the woman hands her the next title ("You Can Solve Unsolved Crimes" by Hadden Nuff)]
[the librarian adjusts her glasses and rubs her chin, then cut to another "dream sequence" where the woman (wearing a fedora and trench coat) is using a typewriter, when she places the paper in a "Top Secret" folder and walks away]
[cut back to the library, as the librarian scans the book, then the woman hands her the next title ("A Practical Method of Exploring Other Worlds" by George Spaceguy")]
[the librarian smiles, then cut to another "dream sequence" where the woman (dressed in an astronaut uniform) is floating in space, when her library card floats by and she reaches for it while smiling]
[cut back to the library, as the librarian scans the book, then the woman takes the pile of books and - smiling - walks off camera]
[cut to the librarian, as a young girl walks up and hands her a book, when she notices that the woman (now wearing the goggles and lab coat from the first dream sequence) walks by and waves]
[the librarian does a double take, and looks to the girl with mouth agape]
[cut to the girl shrugging her shoulders, as the woman (now dressed as a cowboy and carrying a lasso) walks by and nods towards the librarian]
[cut to the librarian staring in the direction of where the woman walked off camera, then the woman (wearing the fedora and trench coat) appears from the opposite direction and - holding up a magnifying glass - quickly walks by]
[cut to the librarian getting up and trying to follow her, but the woman (wearing her astronaut suit) appears from the other direction and bumps into her before walking away]
[cut to outside the library, as the librarian (mouth agape) peeks out the door and watches all five "incarnations" of the woman - with their backs to the camera so we don't see their faces - walking off into the sunset]
[cut to a closeup of the "astronaut" as she turns and waves, then continues following the other women]
[cut to the librarian, as she slowly lifts her hand and waves back]

This film was produced for the Quiet on the Set Short Film Competition presented by MELSA and in partnership with Comcast, Channel Z & IFP Minnesota

Directed by
Daniel Hastings

Written by
Kyle Hastings
Rachel Hastings
Daniel Hastings
Abigail Hastings

Produced & Edited by
Kyle Hastings

Cast
Library Patron - Sharon Hastings
Librarian - Cynthia Waltho
Girl with Books - Abigail Hastings
Horse - Moon

Doubles
Rachel Hastings
Abigail Hastings
Constance Glover
Cynthia Waltho

Music Composed & Performed by
Rachel Hastings
Kyle Hastings

Costume Design
Abigail Hastings

A Prodigious Productions Film

Special Thanks to ...
The Staff of the Rum River Library
Bethel University Chemistry Department
Bunker Park Stable
Mia Glover
Sue Christopher

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