A partner and I had to create a story. We were given no prompt so we had total freedom on what we wanted our story to be about. We decided to create a script for a short film named The Three Amigos. This is the script.
“THE THREE AMIGOS”
By SINA GHAFFARNEJAD/ Robert Amador
1420 West San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos CA 92078 San Marcos CA 92078 7604846703 [email protected]
FADE IN:
BANK ROBBERY
At school Jose (Robert), Poncho (Sina), Estiban(Kai) run out of the bank(school front door) with bags filled with cash. The cops Marshall (FRANK) and Sticky (ALEC) are at the border (fence by school) waiting for the amigos.
PONCHO
Run amigos! Run!
JOSE
Ay, My Family!
ESTIBAN
I wish I brought donuuuuuuts!
JOSE
Why?
ESTIBAN
We could throw them at the cops! That will stall them for a while!
“The amigos are all breathing hard”
THE BORDER
STICKY RUNS AT THE AMIGOS AND AS HE IS RUNNING, JOSE TAKES A SOCCER BALL OUT OF THE BAG AND KICKS IT TOWARD STICKY. IT HITS HIM IN THE PRIVATES. THE AMIGOS START CHEERING GOLACO FENCE AND GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. MARSHALL STEPS IN FRONT OF ESTIBAN AND KEEPS HIM FROM THE OTHER SIDE. ESTIBAN THEN RUNS AWAY. PONCH AND JOSE RUN OFF INTO MEXICO.
“STICKY RUNS TOWARD THE AMIGOS”
PONCH
JOSE, TAKE THE SHOT!
“JOSE TAKES THE SHOT, BALL HITS STICKY IN PRIVATES”
ALL THREE AMIGOS
GOLACO!
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“AMIGOS CELEBRATE FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS, THEN CONTINUE ON RUNNING TOWARD BORDER”
PONCH
WE CAN DO IT AMIGOS!
“PONCH AND JOSE GET TO OTHER SIDE, MARSHALL STEPS IN FRONT OF ESTIBAN”
MARSHALL
WHERE YOU GOING CHOALO!
ESTIBAN
AY, TO SEE MY FAMILY SENIOR.
“ ESTIBAN TURNS AROUND AND RUN AWAY, PONCHO AND JOSE RUN TO MEXICO”
PONCHO AND JOSE RAN STOPED AND THOUGHT ABOUT ESTIBAN, THEY DECIDED TO GO BACK TO GET HIM BACK. THEY BUY FAKE PASSPORTS FROM A DEALER AND ENTER THE US.
“BOTH BREATHING HARD”
PONCHO
WE SHOULD GO BACK FOR HIM, JOSE
JOSE
NO WHY, WE’LL GET KILLED!
PONCH
HE’S A AMIGO, AND WE DON’T LEAVE A AMIGO BEHIND! JUST THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ESTIBAN DID FOR YOU, ALL THOSE TIMES HE COVERED YOUR SHIFT, WHEN HE FOUGHT THAT SASQUACH AT THE BAR FOR BUMPING INTO YOU. YOU DON’T REMEMBER THAT?
JOSE
I DON’T WANT TO GET KILLED
PONCH
YOU WOULD ALREADY BE DEAD IF IT WASN’T FOR ESTIBAN, SASQUACH WAS ABOUT TO SMASH YOUR FACE!
JOSE
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YOU RIGHT, WE NEED ESTIBAN, WHAT IF WE RUN INTO SASQUACH AGAIN, AYYEEEEEE! LETS GO
“ PONCHO AND JOSE MEET UP WITH A PERSON THAT MAKES FAKE PASSPORTS AND BUY THREE, THEN THEY HEAD FOR THE BORDER AGAIN”
PONCHO
OK, YOU READY AMIGO, ACT COOL
JOSE
AY DON’T WORRY, THEY MEHICANO, THEY KNOW HOW IT IS.
PONCH
AYE, AYE, AYE.
“PONCHO AND JOSE REACH THE CHECKPOINT”
OFFICER 1
HELLO SENIOR, PASSPORTS PLEASE
“JOSE HAND THE OFFICER THE PASSPORTS”
“OFFICER 1 CALLS OFFICER 2”
JOSE
SATIAGO IS THAT YOU?
OFFICER 2
JOSE, HOW DID THE ROBBERY GO?
JOSE
ALRIGHT, WE JUST HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM, THAT’S WHY WERE GOING BACK TO THE U.S.
OFFICER 2
IS THERE ANYWAY I CAN HELP? JOSE
YOU CAN LET US PASS
OFFICER 2
OK, GO AHEAD, SAY HI TO AUNT JESSICA
4
JOSE
WELL DO, SEE YOU AT THE FAMILY REUNION. “ PONCHO AND JOSE WALK AWAY”
JOSE AND PONCH THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN FIND ESTIBAN THEY COME UP WITH THE IDEA OF PAYING THE DRUG DEALERS IN SAN MARCOS TO FIND HIM FOR THEM.
PONCHO
OK, SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
JOSE
WE JUST LOOK FOR ESTIBAN AND HOPE TO FIND HIM SOON
PONCHO
NO THAT’S GOING TO TAKE TO LONG, LETS TALK TO THE DEALERS, WE’LL HAVE THEM LOOK FOR ESTIBAN
“PONCHO CALLS ALL OF THE DEALERS THAT THEY KNOW AND HAVE THEM ALL MEET AT THE PARK LATE THAT NIGHT”
“AT THE MEETING”
PONCHO
OK AMIGOS, I’VE CALLED YOU ALL HERE TODAY TO PUT A JOB OUT, WHOEVER THAT FINDS OUR PAL ESTIBAN AND BRINGS HIM HERE IN GOOD CONDITION, WILL RECEIVE 50K.
“EVERYONE STARTS WHISPERING IN ASTONISHMENT”
DEALER 1
AND WHERE IS ESTIBAN
JOSE
GOD YOUR STUPID, IF WE KNOW WHERE HE WAS, WE WOULDN’T HAVE CALLED YOU ALL HERE.
“DEALER 1 STEPS AWAY SLOWLY”
PONCHO
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONES TIME AND GOOD LUCK
5
DAYS HAVE PASSED AND STILL NO ONE HAS SEEN OR HEARD OF ESTIBAN, PONCHO AND JOSE ARE STARTING TO DOUBT ESTIBAN STILL BEING ALIVE. THEY DON’T KNOW IF HE IS IN JAIL OR IF HE HAS LEFT THE CITY.
“PONCHO AND JOSE GO TAKE A WALK OUT IN THE PARK IN THE AFTERNOON AND FIND ESTIBAN LAYING DOWN WITH NOTHING UNDER HIM FREEZING TO DEATH. PONCHO AND JOSE RUSH TO HIM”
PONCHO
ESTIBAN!
“ESTIBAN JUMPS UP VERY DEFENSIVELY”
ESTIBAN
WHOS THERE?
JOSE
RELAX, ITS ONLY US! JOSE AND PONCHO
“ESTIBAN FALLS BACK AND SITS IN EXHAUSTION”
PONCHO
YOU LOOK TERRIBLE
ESTIBAN
I KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE, I THOUGHT YOU GUYS MADE IT
PONCHO
WE DID BUT WERE THE THREE AMIGOS, ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
THE END
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By SINA GHAFFARNEJAD/ Robert Amador
1420 West San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos CA 92078 San Marcos CA 92078 7604846703 [email protected]
FADE IN:
BANK ROBBERY
At school Jose (Robert), Poncho (Sina), Estiban(Kai) run out of the bank(school front door) with bags filled with cash. The cops Marshall (FRANK) and Sticky (ALEC) are at the border (fence by school) waiting for the amigos.
PONCHO
Run amigos! Run!
JOSE
Ay, My Family!
ESTIBAN
I wish I brought donuuuuuuts!
JOSE
Why?
ESTIBAN
We could throw them at the cops! That will stall them for a while!
“The amigos are all breathing hard”
THE BORDER
STICKY RUNS AT THE AMIGOS AND AS HE IS RUNNING, JOSE TAKES A SOCCER BALL OUT OF THE BAG AND KICKS IT TOWARD STICKY. IT HITS HIM IN THE PRIVATES. THE AMIGOS START CHEERING GOLACO FENCE AND GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. MARSHALL STEPS IN FRONT OF ESTIBAN AND KEEPS HIM FROM THE OTHER SIDE. ESTIBAN THEN RUNS AWAY. PONCH AND JOSE RUN OFF INTO MEXICO.
“STICKY RUNS TOWARD THE AMIGOS”
PONCH
JOSE, TAKE THE SHOT!
“JOSE TAKES THE SHOT, BALL HITS STICKY IN PRIVATES”
ALL THREE AMIGOS
GOLACO!
2
“AMIGOS CELEBRATE FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS, THEN CONTINUE ON RUNNING TOWARD BORDER”
PONCH
WE CAN DO IT AMIGOS!
“PONCH AND JOSE GET TO OTHER SIDE, MARSHALL STEPS IN FRONT OF ESTIBAN”
MARSHALL
WHERE YOU GOING CHOALO!
ESTIBAN
AY, TO SEE MY FAMILY SENIOR.
“ ESTIBAN TURNS AROUND AND RUN AWAY, PONCHO AND JOSE RUN TO MEXICO”
PONCHO AND JOSE RAN STOPED AND THOUGHT ABOUT ESTIBAN, THEY DECIDED TO GO BACK TO GET HIM BACK. THEY BUY FAKE PASSPORTS FROM A DEALER AND ENTER THE US.
“BOTH BREATHING HARD”
PONCHO
WE SHOULD GO BACK FOR HIM, JOSE
JOSE
NO WHY, WE’LL GET KILLED!
PONCH
HE’S A AMIGO, AND WE DON’T LEAVE A AMIGO BEHIND! JUST THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ESTIBAN DID FOR YOU, ALL THOSE TIMES HE COVERED YOUR SHIFT, WHEN HE FOUGHT THAT SASQUACH AT THE BAR FOR BUMPING INTO YOU. YOU DON’T REMEMBER THAT?
JOSE
I DON’T WANT TO GET KILLED
PONCH
YOU WOULD ALREADY BE DEAD IF IT WASN’T FOR ESTIBAN, SASQUACH WAS ABOUT TO SMASH YOUR FACE!
JOSE
3
YOU RIGHT, WE NEED ESTIBAN, WHAT IF WE RUN INTO SASQUACH AGAIN, AYYEEEEEE! LETS GO
“ PONCHO AND JOSE MEET UP WITH A PERSON THAT MAKES FAKE PASSPORTS AND BUY THREE, THEN THEY HEAD FOR THE BORDER AGAIN”
PONCHO
OK, YOU READY AMIGO, ACT COOL
JOSE
AY DON’T WORRY, THEY MEHICANO, THEY KNOW HOW IT IS.
PONCH
AYE, AYE, AYE.
“PONCHO AND JOSE REACH THE CHECKPOINT”
OFFICER 1
HELLO SENIOR, PASSPORTS PLEASE
“JOSE HAND THE OFFICER THE PASSPORTS”
“OFFICER 1 CALLS OFFICER 2”
JOSE
SATIAGO IS THAT YOU?
OFFICER 2
JOSE, HOW DID THE ROBBERY GO?
JOSE
ALRIGHT, WE JUST HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM, THAT’S WHY WERE GOING BACK TO THE U.S.
OFFICER 2
IS THERE ANYWAY I CAN HELP? JOSE
YOU CAN LET US PASS
OFFICER 2
OK, GO AHEAD, SAY HI TO AUNT JESSICA
4
JOSE
WELL DO, SEE YOU AT THE FAMILY REUNION. “ PONCHO AND JOSE WALK AWAY”
JOSE AND PONCH THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN FIND ESTIBAN THEY COME UP WITH THE IDEA OF PAYING THE DRUG DEALERS IN SAN MARCOS TO FIND HIM FOR THEM.
PONCHO
OK, SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
JOSE
WE JUST LOOK FOR ESTIBAN AND HOPE TO FIND HIM SOON
PONCHO
NO THAT’S GOING TO TAKE TO LONG, LETS TALK TO THE DEALERS, WE’LL HAVE THEM LOOK FOR ESTIBAN
“PONCHO CALLS ALL OF THE DEALERS THAT THEY KNOW AND HAVE THEM ALL MEET AT THE PARK LATE THAT NIGHT”
“AT THE MEETING”
PONCHO
OK AMIGOS, I’VE CALLED YOU ALL HERE TODAY TO PUT A JOB OUT, WHOEVER THAT FINDS OUR PAL ESTIBAN AND BRINGS HIM HERE IN GOOD CONDITION, WILL RECEIVE 50K.
“EVERYONE STARTS WHISPERING IN ASTONISHMENT”
DEALER 1
AND WHERE IS ESTIBAN
JOSE
GOD YOUR STUPID, IF WE KNOW WHERE HE WAS, WE WOULDN’T HAVE CALLED YOU ALL HERE.
“DEALER 1 STEPS AWAY SLOWLY”
PONCHO
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONES TIME AND GOOD LUCK
5
DAYS HAVE PASSED AND STILL NO ONE HAS SEEN OR HEARD OF ESTIBAN, PONCHO AND JOSE ARE STARTING TO DOUBT ESTIBAN STILL BEING ALIVE. THEY DON’T KNOW IF HE IS IN JAIL OR IF HE HAS LEFT THE CITY.
“PONCHO AND JOSE GO TAKE A WALK OUT IN THE PARK IN THE AFTERNOON AND FIND ESTIBAN LAYING DOWN WITH NOTHING UNDER HIM FREEZING TO DEATH. PONCHO AND JOSE RUSH TO HIM”
PONCHO
ESTIBAN!
“ESTIBAN JUMPS UP VERY DEFENSIVELY”
ESTIBAN
WHOS THERE?
JOSE
RELAX, ITS ONLY US! JOSE AND PONCHO
“ESTIBAN FALLS BACK AND SITS IN EXHAUSTION”
PONCHO
YOU LOOK TERRIBLE
ESTIBAN
I KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE, I THOUGHT YOU GUYS MADE IT
PONCHO
WE DID BUT WERE THE THREE AMIGOS, ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
THE END
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