Russians. Offer. Logline. Synopsis. Film script

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I. OFFER

This public offer gives all rights to film the script below
to you, the reader of these lines.
Logline, synopsis, explication, scenario (Russian): http://www.stihi.ru/2016/01/08/498
Logline, synopsis, explication, scenario (English): http://www.stihi.ru/2018/01/19/4011

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For everything you do, you are responsible only to yourself and to your God.

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II. LOGLINE

A film which gives you keys to see the Russian way to act and to stay in accordance with conscience and God through the Times


III. SYNOPSYS

At dawn a man standing by a spring reads a prayer "Before the beginning", Spectator feels that the world has responded. He sees something strange, defines it as a not threatening, and after this divine breaks into the consciousness. He finds the prayer "The Our Father" and recites it thrice having felt and having spoken it. Than he receives the following illumination and the second prayer "Theotokos Devo", which is also pronounced for three times. This brings the Spectator into the water, but this time purifying the soul requires overcoming fear. After immersing in the water, in Spectator's heartbeat He learns the approach of a new stage. This stage is the prayer "Symbol of Faith". In the wild field, symbolizing the space of life lived, in the bells of the coachman, the Spectator recognizes God's calls and feels a desire to come to church where he receives healing.  In the village, he hears an ancient beautiful song, remembers that he is the son of his land. Then he sees how the song unites people of different nations at the table, and realizes that this is his power. The power that is given to him to stand guard over the universe.


IV. FILM SCRIPT

ABOUT THE TRANSLATION
PRAYERS are automatically translated from the official text of the Orthodox church in our Age, for you could understand the meaning.
I suppose it should be the same as the Catholics text. If you start the film - the text would be taken from the Russian Orthodox Church.
In this film, we can use ONLY OFFICIAL TEXT of the Russian Orthodox Church.


The scenario of the short film "Russians", 12 minutes.
The first film of three.

1. "Introduction. Prayer "Before the Beginning"
On the black screen, there appears a white ancient text "We are Russians"
Captions in the lower left corner English, Arabic, Chinese
The voice of the sinner: "Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Whoever is everywhere and fulfills all, the treasure of the good and the life of the Giver, come and settle in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, Blessed, our souls"
The approaching hooves of hoofs are heard, stopping with the change of the frame.

2. "Spring at Dawn"
The screen opens (like eyes: half up, half-down).
We see the spring and the hands of the sinner scoop up water, carry it to the face, closing his eyes. The voice of the sinner: "In the name of the Father."
Black screen goes down (opens like eyes when washing)
We see a spring and the hands of a teenager scoop up water, carry it to the face, closing his eyes. The voice of a teenager: "And the Son"
Black screen goes down (opens like eyes when washing)
We see the spring and the baby's arms scoop up water, carry it to the face, closing his eyes. The voice of the child: "And the Holy spirit."

3. "The river in the fog"
Black screen goes down (opens like eyes when washing)
We see a spring, the camera is directed from the top down to the spring.
We see how the camera moves away from the spring and falls to the shore of the spring, which turns into a river, behind the bark of the fog.

4. "The First Horseman"
There is a clatter of hooves from the first scene. The average plan for the river and the other shore. The viewer peers into the fog. The fog dissipates and the rider in a black shroud on a white horse becomes visible.
A close-up on a horseman in a black shroud, as on icons, on his forehead in a hood is embroidered with a cross.
The speed of reproduction slows down, the clatter of hoofs slows down and grows into a calm knock of the heart in the ears, a halo appears on the rider on his head, so fear disappears, we understand that this is a saint. His horse jumps over the river to a point just above the spectator's head.
With a clap of his horse, the trampling of his hooves broke off sharply.
The playback speed is normalized.
The horse flies overhead, the screen fades smoothly.

5. "The First Prayer "Our Father"
A young man of six years. The close-up face on a black background. Below - pronunciation titles in English, Arabic, Chinese.
Our Father, Who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven and earth.
Translation of the camera below the face to the level of the chest, where the hands are visible, folded in prayer.
Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and power and glory forever. Amen.
You can see how the right hand folds to cross. The camera moves back, the figure is visible to the waist, sweeping crosswise to the waist.

6. "The second prayer is "Our Father"
The camera moves further away, the background becomes lighter, and it is clear that the boy kneels on a boulder in the forest and reads a prayer:
"Our Father, Who art in heaven!" Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven and earth. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom and power and glory for ever. Amen"
He bows sweepingly to the waist, pressing his fingers into the flesh.

7. "The third prayer is "Our Father."
The camera moves further and it is clear that the stone lies a sleeping bear, which protects the boulder.
"Our Father, Who art in heaven!" Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. "
Close-up on the chin, neck, shoulders:
"Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and power and glory for ever. Amen."
Baptized. It can be seen that the hand went up behind the screen, then down behind the screen, then on the shoulders, already in the frame.
The frame is darkened

8. "The Second Horseman"
The darkness is dissipating. From the darkness, the silhouette of the rider can be seen, which jumps to meet. The clatter of hooves grows.
The horse jumps, with a jump the clatter of hooves breaks,
flies overhead, the screen darkens.

9. The First Prayer "Theotokos"
Out of the darkness the face of the orphanage appears, to which he is already about 10 years old, he begins to read: "O Virgin Theotokos, rejoice, Holy Mary, the Lord is with thee; blessed are you in wives and blessed is the fruit of your womb, because you gave birth to the Savior of our souls ", the screen dims. Below - pronunciation titles in English, Arabic, Chinese.

10. The second prayer to the "Theotokos"
Out of the darkness a figure appears to the waist of the orphanage, who is about 10 years old, he begins to read: "Hail Mary, rejoice, Holy Mary, the Lord is with thee; blessed are you in wives and blessed is the fruit of your womb, because you gave birth to the Savior of our souls ", the screen dims.

11. The Third Prayer to the "Theotokos"
The camera moves further, the orphanage for the third time says:
"Hail Mary, rejoice, Holy Mary, the Lord is with thee; blessed are you in wives and blessed is the fruit of your womb, because you gave birth to the Savior of our souls ", the screen dims.

12. "The font in the hole in the ice. The first dive »
A hole in the ice in the form of a cross. The man of 10 years old. Face close-up, water at the neck, hands holding onto the handrails.
He says: "in the name of the Father", dives, a splash of water is heard. Sees the underwater dark blue background. Silence is underwater.

13. "The font in the hole. The second dive »
Emerges, a splash of water is heard, sees an ice hole, says: "And a son."
Dives, you can hear the splash of water. He sees an underwater background, which became lighter than he had seen before. The sound of the heart is heard under the water.

14. "The font in the ice-hole. Third dive »
Emerges, can hear the splash of water, sees an ice hole, says: "And the Holy Spirit," dives a third time, you can hear the splash of water.
The underwater light blue background is visible, the rapid knock of the heart is clearly heard under the water.

15. "The Third Horseman"
Emerging, the knock of the heart outgrows the hoofbeats. Very close sees the rider, who jumps to meet. The horse jumps, with a jump the clatter of hooves breaks, flies overhead, the screen darkens.

16. Prayer "The Symbol of Faith"
The child grew up, he is about 14 years old, a figure to the waist on a black background, reads: "I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible; And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, Begotten of the Father before all ages, Light of Light, True God of True God, Begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by whom all things were made; Who for us men and for our salvation came down from the heavens, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man; And was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried; And rose again on the third day, according to the Scriptures; And ascended into the heavens, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father; And shall come again, with glory, to judge both the living and the dead, Whose kingdom shall have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets; In One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. I Confess one Baptism for the remission of sins. I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the age to come, Amen."
At the end of the prayer is baptized.

17. "Field"
The camera rises and you can see the field on which the horse with the sleigh runs. The bell rings from her running. With a general plan approaching the horse. The sound of the bell is heard louder.
The focus is transferred from the horse to the sharp frozen grass in the foreground, through which they looked at the horse before. The bell is heard as through a shroud. The screen darkens as if the eyes were closed (darkens from the bottom and the top to the middle).

18. The Bell
The bell strikes through the shroud and becomes a normal sound. The viewer opens his eyes (the screen opens from the middle to the edges). The priest stands on the background of the bell. The focus shifts to the priest, who crosses the viewer. A bell blows. During the fading of the bell, there is a change of focus from the priest to the bell. One hears a bell ringing. During the fading, the bell's appearance approaches (touching the bell). The darkness comes from approaching, and the bell chime starts to sound inside the head through the shroud.

19. "View from the orbit"
From the darkness in the center, there is a view of the mainland. The bell chime abates.
A woman's voice sings: "Oh, you broad steppe, Steppe wide, Widely you, my mother, stretched!", And the view flies from space to a specific village.

20. "Song"
Feast in the village, people pick up this song at the table. At the table, Russians, Tatars, Avars, Ukrainians, Belarusians, people of other nations: "Oh, it's not a steppe eagle (female vocals) Goes to the sky, (male choir) Oh, yes, the Don Cossack is going for a walk!"

21. "Spacecraft"
The camera pulls away and it is clear that the picture from the village is being broadcast on the monitor screen in the control room of the spacecraft. All this time it is heard: "Oh, do not fly, eagle, Close to the ground, Oh, do not walk, Cossack, Close to the shore."
The ship is ruled by a special commander looking into the distance.
Close-up on the face, he begins to say slowly, weightfully: "May God arise ...". The camera goes to the right upper corner of the screen in the direction of its view. There - a huge window, it is heard:
"And His enemies will be scattered ...".

22. "Space"
Then the perspective of the empty cosmos with the stars in the distance slowly unfolds: "and run away from His hating His face. As soon as smoke disappears, they disappear; as wax melts from the face of fire. "
A star flares up: "So let demons perish from the presence of those who love God ..."

23. "Squadron"
A squadron of spacecraft appears in the frame. They fly cross in the direction for 14 hours (to the upper right corner):
"And signifying the sign of the cross, and in the joy of those who say: Rejoice, Most holy and life-giving of the Cross of the Lord, drive the demons by the power of the Lord Jesus Christ to you, to hell despairing and overpowering the power of the Divine, and granting you the Cross of Your Honest


V. EXPLICATION
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Director's explication of the short film "Russians".
The film opens a series of short films united by a common idea - to reveal the Orthodox vision of the world by immersing the viewer in the world of images on the path of a layman, a warrior, and a priest.
“Russians” - The path of the layman (preparation for the path of the warrior)
“Warriors” - The path of the warrior (preparation for the path of the priest)
“For the glory of God” - The Path of the Priest (a stricter attitude towards oneself)

5.1. Goals of the film:

5.1.1. The main goal of the film.
To give support in life to those who need it: orphanages, juvenile colonies, prisons.
To open what it means to be Russian to everyone who needs support.

5.1.2. Additional goal.
Increase the number of Russian supporters in the English-speaking, Arabic, and Chinese-speaking worlds.
Discover what it means to be Russian for those who want to understand Russia.

5.2. Way to achieve the goal:
The connection of scenes opens up a new meaning, so that a person of any faith can feel the community of people on earth.
The meaning associated with religion and the general concept of the universe.
Watching the film, a person is immersed in our world, saying Russian prayers.
To do this, the film provides subtitles for people who speak other languages.
according to pronunciation, and not according to meaning, so that those who wish can repeat the text.

5.3. Concept:
The film is real, truthful, so instead of professional actors there are orphanages and special forces soldiers.