Monday, February 18, 2013

Case Study No. 0794: "The Case of the Overdue Librarian"

The Case of the Overdue Librarian
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Murder Myster featuring the Fairfield Young People's Video Project
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The Case of the Overdue Librarian
Presented by
The Fairfield Young Peoples Video Project

[scene opens with a young girl entering the Fairfield Public Library, where she's greeted by the male librarian at the front desk]
LIBRARIAN: [from off camera] Hi.
PATRON: Hi.
[she sits down to read, when she notices something under her chair and immediately jumps up]
PATRON: Oh my gosh, a dead body!
LIBRARIAN: [from off camera] What? Uh, hold please ...
[the sound of a phone hanging up can be heard, as the girl runs over to the front desk]
PATRON: There's a dead body over there!
LIBRARIAN: What?
[the librarian runs over to where the body is]
LIBRARIAN: Okay, this isn't good. Um ... Lemmee check his pulse.
[he bends down, then looks over at the frightened patron]
LIBRARIAN: He ... He's dead. I'm gonna go call the police!
[the camera focuses on the dead body, then pans over to the front desk, where the librarian is speaking into the phone]
LIBRARIAN: [into the phone] Uh, hello? Um, operator, this is ... this is James Madison of the Fairfield Public Library.
["James Madison???" appears on screen]
LIBRARIAN: [into the phone] Um, I, there's a dead body in the library!
[he pauses]
LIBRARIAN: Yes yes, I'm sure he's dead. He's not asleep from reading any books.
[he pauses]
LIBRARIAN: Um, yeah, I checked his pulse. He's dead.
[he pauses]
LIBRARIAN: Uh, yeah, we're at the Fairfield Public Library ... Yeah, there's one other guy here. I don't think he was related to the murder, he just came in a few minutes ago.
[he pauses]
LIBRARIAN: Okay, thanks.
[he hangs up, then cut to two "detectives" entering the library and walking up to the librarian]
LIBRARIAN: Oh, thank goodness you're here! You're the detective, right?
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: [pause] Assistant detective ...
LIBRARIAN: Okay, then you're the detective, right?
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Um ... yes. Kind of.
LIBRARIAN: Okay, good--
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: He's my assistant.
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Yeah, I'm the assistant's assistant.
LIBRARIAN: [pause] Whatever. Lemmee show you where the body is.
[cut to the two detectives examining the body]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Homicide, right?
[he checks the body with a magnifying glass, as "What the heck? Are the dead guy's eyes moving?" appears on screen]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Looks like signs of foul play ... I would probably say traumatic concussion to the head.
LIBRARIAN: Wow, exciting! This is like all those murder mysteries I read.
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: This is much more serious than those murder mysteries ... This is the real thing! Okay, I'm gonna have to ask you some questions, so--
LIBRARIAN: Yeah?
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: What time did you find the dead body?
LIBRARIAN: About three hours ago.
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Okay, were there any other witnesses?
LIBRARIAN: I ... don't think so.
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Are you positive about that, because that can be very very important in our investigation.
LIBRARIAN: Wait a second ... Nope, nobody.
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Hey, I have a question ... Um, where's my pencil?
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Your--
LIBRARIAN: Hey, what's that over there?
[the camera zooms in on the dead body's hand, as he's suddenly holding a pencil]
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Wh-What? It's my pencil!
LIBRARIAN: That's yours?
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Okay, the dead guy grabbed your pencil! Now I know it's foul play! I think ...
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Well, can I have my pencil ... Uh, I might want another one, but--
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Oh, just--
[the head assistant grabs the pencil and gives it to him]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Are you sure you wanna use that? It might be cursed or something.
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Eh.
[he wipes the pencil off on the head assistant's sleeve, then begins writing in his notepad]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Okay, anyway, I'm gonna need to ask you some questions over by your library office, so can you come with me?
LIBRARIAN: Sure.
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Okay.
[they start walking towards the back of the library, but the librarian suddenly stops]
LIBRARIAN: Um look, I ... I've gotta do some, like, shelving and crud. I'll be right back, okay?
["And crud???" appears on screen]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Alright. I'll look for clues ... Come on.
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Okay.
[they walk off, then cut to the stacks, where the two detectives suddenly see a guy with a bandana over his face run past them]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Hey, wait! You! Come back here!
[another guy wearing a bandana runs in the opposite direction]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Hey, you! Get back here!
[two other guys wearing bandanas bump into each other and fall down]
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Hey, whoa whoa whoa!
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: You're coming in for some questioning at the office!
[another guy wearing a bandana comes up behind the detectives and (covering their mouths) drags them off camera]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: [muffled] Hey!
[cut to another part of the stacks, as the gangsters have the detectives up against a bookshelf]
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: What're you--
[the gangsters all shush him]
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Doing!
[they shush him again]
GANGSTER 1: [whispers] There's a murderer loose ...
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Really?!
[they shush him again]
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Who is it?
[they shush him again]
GANGSTER 2: [whispers] We're being chased.
GANGSTER 1: [whispers] We don't know ... We would tell you. We're on your side, of course.
[cut to another angle of the gangsters (who are still holding the detectives by the necks)]
GANGSTER 1: [whispers] Alright, well, the body was here when we got here this morning, and the only person before that was the ... librarian.
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: [loudly] So you think it's the librarian?
[they shush him again]
GANGSTER 1: [whispers] He might be after us ...
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: I highly doubt that!
[they shush him again]
GANGSTER 1: [whispers] Let's move ...
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: [whispers] Where are we going?
[cut to another part of the library]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Okay, so you suspect the librarian, and--
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Hey look, dead people!
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: What? Hey!
[the camera pans over to show two more bodies (one on the couch, one on the floor)]
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Wait, maybe he's alive ...
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: [pause] Oh.
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Is he alive?
[one of the gangsters checks the body on the floor]
GANGSTER 3: He's dead.
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Wait, isn't that the same dead guy from before?
ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT: Oh my god, he stole my pencil!
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: It's like a sick doll game!
[cut to a closeup of the body on the floor, as there is a cellphone next to him but a telephone cord wrapped around his neck]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Looks like he was strangled by the cord from his cordless phone ... Bet he's not getting any good service lately!
[he starts laughing loudly (as the librarian can be seen lurking in the background)]
GANGSTER 4: That's not funny ...
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: [pause] What?
GANGSTER 4: I said that's not funny.
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Oh, I crack myself up. Anyway, looks like ...
[he bends down and looks at something with his magnifying glass, failing to notice that the librarian is knocking out his assistant and the other gangsters behind him with a giant novelty wrench]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: All I can tell ... found a bright hair here.
[cut to a closeup of the librarian standing over his victims]
LIBRARIAN: You've expired!
[he cackles maniacally and runs off, then cut to the detective looking at his assistant's hat on the floor]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Guys, look!
[he turns and finally notices the fallen gangsters nearby]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Oh my gosh, more dead bodies!
GANGSTER 4: Guess I'm the leader of the club now ...
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Hey, wait! Come back here, I need to talk to you!
[they run off and begin chasing the librarian]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: I have a badge! I left it at home!
[someone runs in from off camera and throws a giant stuffed elephant at the librarian, knocking him down]
LIBRARIAN: I demand the right to a fair trial!
[one of the gangsters grabs his giant wrench and hits him over the head with it]
LIBRARIAN: Ow!
[the camera pans over to the guy who threw the elephant ... which turns out to be the first "dead body"]
DEAD GUY: I wasn't dead, I was taking a nap ... you idiots.
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Where did my partner learn forensics?
DEAD GUY: Over there!
[he points off camera]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: [pause] That explains it.
[cut to the detective standing over the unconscious librarian]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: You're booked! Your books are way overdue, pal! You're not gonna be talking in the library anymore!
LIBRARIAN: Oh, pun-arama!
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Okay buddy, you're comin' with me!
[he picks the librarian up off the ground]
HEAD ASSISTANT DETECTIVE: Hands behind your back, you have the right to remain ... healthy, or was it silent?
LIBRARIAN: Your puns are terrible!
[he leads him away, as the scene fades to black]

Fairfield Young Peoples Video Project

Special Thanks to the
Fairfield Public Library

Credits:

Executive Producer
Patti Soderberg

Producer
Patti Soderberg
David Seagull

Production Asst
Savannah Patterson

Director
David Seagull

2nd Unit Director
Dave Patterson

Sound
Luke Stenger
Yael Yaar
Carolyn Boyce

Costumes
Susan Woods

Cast:

2nd Dead Guy
Kyle

1st Dead Guy
Ian

Head Assistant Detective
Gareth

Assistant to the Assistant
Thoma

Evil Librarian
Donovan

Mustache Man
Shane

Gangsters
Alex
Mickey
Noah
River

The End

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