All Is Lost Page #3

INT./EXT. STORM PREPARATION

As OUR MAN goes through these preparations he begins to sing

to himself. The song starts out too low to hear, but then

grows.

Loading up potable water from the sink tanks into large

portable water carriers.

Changing the sails to smaller storm sails.

Looking out at the horizon as the front comes closer.

Down below stowing all loose objects away.

Checking the charts/maps to try to place himself.

Going into the bathroom and shaving.

Checking the fiberglass over the repaired spot.

Checking the placement of the life raft and repacking the sea

anchor next to it.

Back up top looking out at the storm. The waves are starting

to pick up.

OUR MAN stops, looks around at his little boat, checking to

see what else needs to be done.

He goes over and checks the auto steering device one more

time. The clouds are now blocking out the sun and it feels as

though night is falling.

INT. BOAT - DARK & STORMY

He is back below prepping his foul weather gear. As he stands

looking at the jacket the boat gets thrown abruptly in one

direction and OUR MAN falls/gets tossed over into the

navigation table.

The charts come down on top of him. He sits on the ground as

the boat begins to get rocked far more violently. He can only

laugh to himself as he knows things are about to get a whole

lot worse.

11.

(During a storm like this it cannot be underplayed how loud,

intense, varied, and downright frightening the sounds of the

storm hitting a small boat are. From the waves hitting the

hull, to the wind in the sails and rigging, to the general

pressures put on every element of the ship it is difficult to

explain. The sound design during this sequence will be of the

utmost importance and will play relentlessly through the

storm sequence.)

OUR MAN stands up and the boat really starts rocking. He

struggles to put on the foul weather gear. When he is fully

dressed he looks up through the shut doorway out into the

deck. It looks and sounds pretty nasty.

He opens the door and the fury of the storm comes into full

effect.

He struggles up the stairs and out into the cockpit. Waves

are starting to build from twelve to fifteen feet and the

wind is gusting at thirty knots. The boat appears to be

handling the storm well so far but OUR MAN looks up at the

sails and clearly he has too much sail up. He is going to

have to change the sails in these conditions.

Before he does that though he goes back to the auto pilot and

checks the compass to make sure he is keeping course at 60

degrees North.

INT. BOAT - DARK & STORMY

Then down he goes to the cabin to get the new storm sail.

As he enters the cabin the sounds totally change but are

almost more frightening as the stresses the boat is under are

amplified by the hull. The cabin is now really thrashing back

and forth. He struggles to the front of the boat and pulls

out a small sail bag. “STORM JIB” is printed on the sail bag.

He then goes into another closet and gets out a storm harness

with a large clip on it.

He puts the harness on and heads back out onto the deck.

Each time he walks back and forth through the cabin the

pattern of the movements of the boat change. There is no

steady flow to how the boat is handling the storm at this

point.

He steadies himself one last time before going back out into

the storm.

12.

EXT. BOAT - DARK & STORMY

The weather is getting worse by the minute. He looks through

the rain and spray up to the mast. The boat is almost laying

on its side.

He clips the harness clip onto the rail and heads forward to

change the sails.

(Changing sails in these type of conditions yet alone at

night is an extremely hazardous undertaking. The boat is

thrashing back and forth due to the waves and the wind is

crushing the sails that he is trying to take down.)

OUR MAN struggles to take the head sail down and get it into

the boat. Then he moves back to the main sail. This is a

greater challenge.

Waves are now regularly coming right across the deck of the

boat and risk washing him overboard. With each new wave the

situation seems to worsen.

He gets the main sail down and just as he is folding it to

bring it down below a massive wave comes across the deck and

sweeps OUR MAN over the edge of the boat and into the water.

INT. OCEAN

The camera is now under the water with OUR MAN. A portion of

the massive main sail in also under the water with him. It is

strangely quiet.

Then we see OUR MAN’s face and see that he is conscious but

panicking to get back on board.

The storm harness is saving his life but is also risking to

drown him. The boat is dragging him along in the water and he

can’t seem to get back aboard.

He gasps up for air as the surface comes close for a moment

and then he is back down below and risking drowning.

Finally he starts to pull himself back towards the boat using

the leash from the harness and when he can grabbing the sail

that is now almost completely in the water.

He pulls himself back up onto the deck but must finish the

original task. He folds the sail into the cabin, struggling

terribly, then finally is able to install the small storm

sail.

13.

EXT. BOAT DECK

As he turns to head back into the cabin he looks for a moment

out to sea into the darkness and sees the waves have grown to

at least twenty-five feet high.

INT. BOAT - CABIN - NIGHT

OUR MAN comes down the stairs into the cabin and slams shut

the hatch. The sound goes from total chaos to controlled

chaos.

He pulls off his soaked foul weather gear and falls to the

floor exhausted. Suddenly he jumps up and throws up a good

gallon of sea water into the sink. He falls back down to the

floor and passes out.

The storm rages on as he slides from side to side across the

floor as the boat careens down the face of the waves, one

after the next.

FADE TO BLACK.

INT. BOAT - CABIN

OUR MAN is rudely awoken by the boat feeling like it is

falling off a cliff, then landing at the base of a wave with

a horrifying crash. He gets thrown across the floor of the

cabin and then gets sent in the other direction. He’s up now.

OUR MAN realizes this situation is not improving. He gets up

and gets out the sea anchor from the storage bin again. He

checks through its components then prepares to head back out

into the storm.

INT. BOAT - BOAT ROLL - DAWN (DAY 5)

Just as he is about to open up the hatch again he gets thrown

off the steps as the boat starts to go down the face of

another massive wave. Although this time, things seem

different... very different.

Everything goes almost eerily silent as the boat seems to

float in the air. Then it skips, then again, then total

mayhem as the boat is rolled over.

The porthole windows turn blue with water, so do the skylight

windows. OUR MAN is hurled to the ceiling of the cabin as it

temporarily becomes the floor.

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