Script for Video Letter to Mom |
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- (Amir is holding and talking into the camera, walking on the street)
- Amir: Hi mom! Thanks for buying me this video camera. I know you wanted me to use it to document what I do on a day-to-day basis, so I'm gonna do exactly that. This is my video letter to you. Usually, I start every day by going over to my best friend Jake's house, who lives right here. (Presses a button on a nearby apartment building to buzz Jake) He's expecting me.
- Jake: (Talking through the buzzer) Hello?
- Amir: It's me!
- Jake: What the hell are you doing here?
- Amir: I know you wanted to see what I do on a day-to-day basis, so this is my video letter to you. Usually, I start every day by visiting my best friend Jake. Who lives right here. (Buzzes Jake) He's expecting me.
- Jake: Agh. Come on up.
- Amir: See?
- (Amir knocks on Jake's apartment door. Jake opens it.)
- Jake: You have twenty minutes.
- Amir: Ok, cut. Don't—
- (Amir, outside the apartment again, knocks; Jake opens.)
- Jake: Stay as long as you want.
- (Amir knocks rhythmically; Jake opens, and finishes the little rhythm.)
- Jake: Da da!
- (Amir enters, and turns the camera to a woman sitting on the couch)
- Amir: Oh! Mara's here. (Turns the camera to Jake) Kind of a third wheel. Right?
- (Amir is facing the camera again)
- Amir: Jake usually has food prepared for me when I get here. What's for brunch today, Jake? (Turns the camera to Jake)
- Jake: Here you go. (Tosses a bag of buns to Amir)
- Amir: Okay, come on. What is this?
- (Jake is preparing a bowl of cereal)
- Jake: Honey Nut Cheerios, your favorite.
- (Amir is sitting at the table, facing the camera)
- Amir: Brunch was delicious! Now we usually see a movie. What's it today, partner-in-life?
- Jake: Absolutely not.
- Amir: Rush Hour 3?
- Jake: No.
- Amir: Come on, man. Come on. (Puts the camera down) 20 bucks. 20 bucks for the movie.
- Jake: 40.
- (Amir is facing the camera again)
- Amir: Now we usually see a movie. What's it today buddy?
- Jake: It's Rush Hour 3.
- Amir: Wow, Rush Hour 3. Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?
- Jake: It's Rush Hour 1.
- (Jake and Amir are still at the table, the camera turned on Jake)
- Amir: How was the movie, Jake?
- Jake: It was good.
- Amir: What was your favorite part?
- Jake: Karate.
- Amir: Come on.
- (Jake is in the bathroom talking to Mara, and Amir is surreptitiously filming them through the ajar door)
- Amir: Mom, take a look. Jake and his girlfriend are in the bathroom together.
- Mara: I want him the fuck out of here, Jake!
- Jake: Alright, calm down! I'll tell him to leave right now.
- (Amir runs back to the kitchen)
- Amir: Um. Usually, we play videogames after the movie.
- (Amir is filming himself in the mirror, pretending to walk down nonexistent stairs; he notices Jake)
- Amir: What's up man? Hey, uh, videogames.
- Jake: Right, no. You gotta get out of here.
- Amir: What?
- Jake: Sorry, uh, you just gotta go.
- Amir: What's up?
- Jake: Nothing, it's just time to leave.
- Amir: Okay. Uh, totally, thank you so much for all this.
- Jake: Hey listen... 100 bucks, and you can hug me.
- Amir: 100 bucks for... and I get to hug you?
- Jake: Yeah.
- Amir: On video. Definitely.
- Jake: Alright.
- Amir: Hold this. (Hands Jake the camera; sounds of him counting money can be heard) Alright, fine. I only have 80 left, but...
- Mara: Jake!
- Jake: See you later.
- Amir: Come on, man! I'll give you 20...
- Jake: There's an ATM around the corner.
- Mara: Jake!
- Amir: I'll be—
- Jake: Go, quick.
- Amir: I'll be back in, like, less than two minutes. Where is it?
- Jake: Around the corner. This is still taping.
- Amir: Turn it off, I'll be back—
- (Amir is talking to the camera, still in Jake's apartment)
- Amir: Alright, time to go! Uh, hold this. One second. (Gives the camera to Mara) Later man. (Hugs Jake)
- Jake: See you later.
- Amir: Bye mom!
- ("THANKS MOM" displays, with Thong Song playing)
- (Mara is still holding the camera, pointing it at Amir. Amir is waving at Jake, who is off-camera.)
- Amir: 20 for... 20, one shot waving.
- (Jake comes over and starts waving at the camera with Amir, while Amir fishes out a 20 dollar bill)
- (Jake and Amir wave at the camera for a bit)
- Amir: Thank you so much.
- Jake: Do you know how to edit?
- Amir: Yeah. No. I'll just put it in a timeline, and you export it. It's super easy. (Takes the camera back) How do you turn it off?
- Jake: Right there.
- Amir: Ah.