The Wizard Of Oz Page #8

SCARECROW o.s.

...bend the nail down in the back, maybe

I'll slip off and...

DOROTHY:

Oh....

MLS -- Dorothy turns the nail and the Scarecrow falls to the ground --

DOROTHY:

...yes.

SCARECROW:

Ohhhh --

DOROTHY:

Ohh!

MS -- The Scarecrow falls into scene -- Dorothy enters, questions him as

he puts back some straw into his coat that had dropped out -- the

Scarecrow rises, starts to whirl about --

SCARECROW:

Whhhooops! Ha-ha -- there goes some of me

again!

DOROTHY:

Oh -- does it hurt you?

SCARECROW:

Oh, no -- I just keep picking it up and

putting it back in again.

DOROTHY:

Ohhh --

SCARECROW:

My, it's good to be....

MLS -- Dorothy screams as the Scarecrow whirls about and falls over the

cornfield fence -- she rushes to him -- the CAMERA TRUCKS forward as she

kneels beside him -- they speak --

SCARECROW:

...free!

DOROTHY:

Oh! Oh! Ohhh!

SCARECROW:

Did I scare you?

DOROTHY:

No, No -- I -- I just thought you hurt

yourself.

MCU -- Scarecrow -- shooting past Dorothy in right f.g.

SCARECROW:

But I didn't scare you?

MCU -- Dorothy -- shooting past the Scarecrow in left f.g. --

DOROTHY:

No -- of course not.

MCU -- The Scarecrow reacts, speaks -- shooting past Dorothy in the right

f.g. --

SCARECROW:

I didn't think so.

MCS -- The Scarecrow and Dorothy seated by fence -- a crow flies in from

left and alights on the Scarecrow's shoulder --

MCU -- Dorothy reacts as she sees the crow o.s. --

SCARECROW o.s.

Boo! Scat!

MCS -- Scarecrow and Dorothy -- the crow hops to the Scarecrow's shoulder,

picks up some of the Scarecrow's straw and flies away with it -- Scarecrow

speaks to Dorothy --

SCARECROW:

Boo! You see, I can't even scare a crow!

They come from miles....

MCU -- Dorothy listening --

SCARECROW o.s.

...around just to eat in my field and laugh

in my face!

MCU -- The Scarecrow --

SCARECROW:

Oh, I'm a failure, because I haven't got a

brain.

MCU -- Dorothy reacts, speaks --

DOROTHY:

Well, what would you do with a brain if you

had one?

MCS -- Scarecrow and Dorothy -- shot favoring the Scarecrow -- they speak

-- he begins to sing -- CAMERA PULLS back as he rolls down to the Yellow

Brick Road -- Dorothy rises, moves to him -- holds him up as he starts to

fall --

SCARECROW:

Do? Why, if I had a brain, I could --

(sings)

I could while away the hours,

Conferrin' with the flowers,

Consultin' with the rain.

And my head I'd be scratchin'

While my thoughts were busy hatchin'

If I only had a brain.

I'd unravel every riddle

For any individ'le

In trouble or in pain.

CS -- Dorothy holds the Scarecrow as she sings -- shot favoring Dorothy --

DOROTHY:

(sings)

With the thoughts you'll be thinkin'

You could be another Lincoln

If you only had a brain.

MCS -- Dorothy holding the Scarecrow as he sings -- he jumps, whirls about

-- CAMERA TRUCKS forward as he goes into a sitting position, then PANS up

with him as he rises beside Dorothy, continues to sing --

SCARECROW:

(sings)

Oh, I could tell you why

The ocean's near the shore

I could think of things I never thunk

before,

And then I'd sit -- and think some more.

I would not be just a nuffin'

My head all full of stuffin'

My heart all full of pain.

I would dance and be merry...

MCS - Scarecrow and Dorothy - she watches as he sings, dances about - he

whirls, jigs about - falls to his knees - Dorothy reacts - CAMERA TRUCKS

forward as he dances back up the Yellow Brick Road - then PULLS back as he

comes forward to Dorothy again - he dances to left to the cornfield -

CAMERA PANS left - he falls over the fence, then rolls back under it as

Dorothy rushes to help him - he reacts, sits on the curb of the road -

SCARECROW:

(sings)

...Life would be a ding-a-derry

If I only had a brain!

MCS - The Scarecrow seated on curb of road as Dorothy looks down at him -

CAMERA PULLS back as he feels about his coat - Dorothy points to some of

his straw on the road - a crow flies into the scene and lands near the

straw - the Scarecrow reacts -

MCS - The Scarecrow trembles with fear as Dorothy tries to comfort him -

MCU - The crow picks up the straw and flies up --

MLS - Dorothy and the Scarecrow react as the crow flies out to left with

the straw in his mouth - CAMERA BOOMS up to left as the Scarecrow rises,

goes to the fence and shakes his fist at the crow flying over the

cornfield in the b.g. -

MLS - The Scarecrow dances back to right along the road as the CAMERA

PULLS back, PANS right with him - Dorothy rushes to him, stops him and

points o.s. to left -

LS - The crow lands in the cornfield -

MCS - Dorothy and the Scarecrow looking o.s. to left - the Scarecrow

reacts, assures Dorothy - then the CAMERA PULLS back as he dances forward,

gains momentum and runs out to left -

LS - The Scarecrow runs to left, makes a big jump over the cornfield as

the CAMERA PANS with him -

MLS - The Scarecrow jumps in from right and lands in the cornfield -

several crows fly out of the corn -

MS - Dorothy runs forward to the fence, reacts as she looks o.s. to f.g. -

MS - The Scarecrow moves to right through the corn stalks - CAMERA TRUCKS

right - he bends down, finds his straw and stuffs it back into his coat -

MLS - The Scarecrow runs forward, jumps into the air and flies out to

right f.g. -

LS - The Scarecrow soars over the field to the road - Dorothy waves to him

MS - The Scarecrow falls into the scene as he lands on the Yellow Brick

Road - CAMERA PULLS back as Dorothy rushes to him - the Scarecrow begins

to dance again, doing a series of splits -

CS - Toto jumps on a pumpkin, starts it rolling out onto the Yellow Brick

Road at right - CAMERA PANS right -

LS - Toto follows the pumpkin as it rolls forward down the road - CAMERA

PULLS back between the Scarecrow's legs - the pumpkin hits the Scarecrow,

hitting the Scarecrow up out of scene - Dorothy looks on, frightened -

LS - CAMERA PANS up with the Scarecrow as he soars up into the air -

LS - Shooting down from the Scarecrow's angle to Dorothy as she looks up

o.s. -

MS - CAMERA PANS down with the Scarecrow as he falls back toward the road -

exits out of shot -

MLS - The Scarecrow falls back into scene and lands on the Yellow Brick

Road - he runs out to left -

MLS - CAMERA PULLS back before the Scarecrow as he dances forward, bumping

into one side of fence, then bouncing from that to the fence on the other

side of road, then back to the fence at left, and so on down the road -

CAMERA PANS right with him as he runs forward past Dorothy and falls

through a fence which breaks under his weight -

CS - The Scarecrow sits up, looks about - blinks his eyes -

CS - Dorothy reacts as she starts forward, looks o.s. to f.g. -

REVERSE ACTION shot of Scene 93 (MLS - CAMERA PULLS back before the

Scarecrow as he dances forward, bumping into one side of fence, then

bouncing from that to the fence on the other side of road, then back to

the fence at left, and so on down the road - CAMERA PANS right with him as

he runs forward past Dorothy and falls through a fence which breaks under

his weight)

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