Rectangles & Triangles
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TREATMENT: "Triangles and Rectangles" is the absurd story of a young couple and the line that divides them. Greg and Julia live together in a modest apartment. One day Greg is reading the newspaper at the dining room table while Julia is fixing him a meal. She makes him a sandwich and slices diagonally into two triangular pieces. Greg expresses that he prefers his sandwiches to be cut down the middle into rectangular pieces. This sets off Julia's temper and she proceeds to draw a line of chalk across the room and table, dividing them into two triangles and the each of them on opposite sides. Julia is pleased with her stunt until she realizes that her magazine is on Greg's side of the room. Greg taunts her by pushing further from the line. Julia retaliates by placing a case of cold beer on her side of the table and taking a drink. Greg messes up the pillows on the couch, irritating Julia. She lights a match and dangles it over the line, the fire extinguisher resting on her side, while Greg pulls a golf club out of a bag. There is a moment of cease-fire as Julia blows out the match and Greg lowers the club. Then Julia reaches her foot across the line, as she steps onto Greg's side her body hits the floor with a thud. Greg is poised over her, golf club in hand, a look of surprise and worry on his face. He quickly puts the body into trash bags and pulls out a measuring tape. Greg finds that length of the body will not match the length of the car trunk as he stands in front of it. Greg's solution is to chop the body in half with an axe. As he does so his sandwich is cut into rectangles and he sits at the table with his newspaper in hand once again. Locations (2): Kitchen/Dining Room & Driveway/ Parking lot Characters (2): A very normal suburban looking couple age 20-30 Shooting Schedule: Afternoon of Friday 15th with possible pickups Saturday or Sunday SHOTLIST: INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY 1. Front of Greg sitting at table reading paper 2. Julia fills his glass, puts a circular plate (bowl of soup?) in front of him, gives him some grapes, cookies 3. Greg smiles at Julia gratefully, he starts to stand and Julia puts her hand on his shoulder to stay 4. Julia goes to cut the sandwich 5. Sandwich, Julia places the knife horizontally to cut it into rectangles, she hesitates and cuts it into triangles 6. Julia puts sandwich in front of him, smile at each other. Composition is full of circles (plate, clock) 7. Greg looks at plate 8. Sandwich in triangles 9. Greg looking at Julia –hand chopping gesture with his hand 10. Profile Greg and Julia, Greg yelling and pushes plate toward Julia, Julia exits 11. Greg looks extremely aggravated and uncomfortable 12. Sandwich - Greg tries to cut/force it into rectangles
13. Julia enters room with chalk 14. of Julia drawing a line across the floor 15. high angle (aerial view if possible) – we see room divided into two triangles 16. Greg is horrified 17. Julia looking satisfied, looks sideways 18. Low-angle behind magazine, rack focus to Julia looking at magazine 19. Julia walks towards magazine, Greg stops her as she approaches line of separation 20. Julia points to magazine, Greg laughs, pushes the magazine further away 21. Greg sits at the table pleased with himself, Julia goes to fridge and gets a beer and sits at the other side of the table 22. Julia – Greg looks pained 23. Greg – Julia looks happy, drinks beer 24. Julia – Greg gets up and walks into living room 25. Greg walks to couch 26. Greg unsure of his response- messes up decorative pillows 27. Julia in anguish and exits 28. Profile Julia enters room 29. Match lights and dangles over line 30. Greg, pan from match in Julia’s hand to fire extinguisher behind her 31. Greg takes a golf club out of his golf bag – and brandishes it 32. Greg, Julia puts match out 33. Julia, Greg drops club to his side 34. Profile shot of each other staring across the line at each other 35. Low angle Julia dangles her foot across line 36. Greg stern, warning glare 37. Julia, lookin all sneaky 38. Greg, shakes his head 39. Low angle Foot touches ground 40. Julia, smirks 41. Low angle Julia’s body hits the ground 42. Greg stands above her with a golf club 43. Greg worry face – tilt down – pool of blood 44. High angle in corner Greg wraps body in black garbage bags 45. Greg rubs chin thinks 46. Greg spreads tape measure across frame – Match on action to: EXT. PARKING LOT – DAY 47. Greg stands in front of the open car trunk with a tape measurer, body is on ground behind car 48. Tape measurer snaps back 49. Greg’s face; he has an epiphany and walks away 50. Greg runs his finger along an axe’s blade
51. Greg looks towards the ground, lifts the axe above his head, swings – match on action to: INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY 52. Greg cuts a sandwich vertically into rectangles with a knife 53. Greg bites into one half of the sandwich 54. Greg sits at the table and resumes reading the newspaper
13. Julia enters room with chalk 14. of Julia drawing a line across the floor 15. high angle (aerial view if possible) – we see room divided into two triangles 16. Greg is horrified 17. Julia looking satisfied, looks sideways 18. Low-angle behind magazine, rack focus to Julia looking at magazine 19. Julia walks towards magazine, Greg stops her as she approaches line of separation 20. Julia points to magazine, Greg laughs, pushes the magazine further away 21. Greg sits at the table pleased with himself, Julia goes to fridge and gets a beer and sits at the other side of the table 22. Julia – Greg looks pained 23. Greg – Julia looks happy, drinks beer 24. Julia – Greg gets up and walks into living room 25. Greg walks to couch 26. Greg unsure of his response- messes up decorative pillows 27. Julia in anguish and exits 28. Profile Julia enters room 29. Match lights and dangles over line 30. Greg, pan from match in Julia’s hand to fire extinguisher behind her 31. Greg takes a golf club out of his golf bag – and brandishes it 32. Greg, Julia puts match out 33. Julia, Greg drops club to his side 34. Profile shot of each other staring across the line at each other 35. Low angle Julia dangles her foot across line 36. Greg stern, warning glare 37. Julia, lookin all sneaky 38. Greg, shakes his head 39. Low angle Foot touches ground 40. Julia, smirks 41. Low angle Julia’s body hits the ground 42. Greg stands above her with a golf club 43. Greg worry face – tilt down – pool of blood 44. High angle in corner Greg wraps body in black garbage bags 45. Greg rubs chin thinks 46. Greg spreads tape measure across frame – Match on action to: EXT. PARKING LOT – DAY 47. Greg stands in front of the open car trunk with a tape measurer, body is on ground behind car 48. Tape measurer snaps back 49. Greg’s face; he has an epiphany and walks away 50. Greg runs his finger along an axe’s blade
51. Greg looks towards the ground, lifts the axe above his head, swings – match on action to: INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY 52. Greg cuts a sandwich vertically into rectangles with a knife 53. Greg bites into one half of the sandwich 54. Greg sits at the table and resumes reading the newspaper
