Sequence 2

SEQUENCE 1_02 - "BRIDGE" // last modified 11/21/06 MH to match WIP

EXT. TIN CASTLE - SUNSET 1_02_00a The TIN CASTLE.

1_02_01 EXT. WOODS - SUNSET

WOOT peers out from behind a tree trunk.

1_02_01b WOOT is excited by what he sees and sets off.

1_02_03 WOOT runs to the DRAWBRIDGE of the TIN CASTLE.

1_02_03a WOOT crosses the DRAWBRIDGE.

1_02_04 The TIN CASTLE rises into the sky.

1_02_04a WOOT crosses the DRAWBRIDGE.

1_02_05 WOOT stands before the doors of the TIN CASTLE.

1_02_06 WOOT looks around as he walks towards the doors of the TIN CASTLE.

1_02_07 WOOT looks up at the doors of the TIN CASTLE, trying to decide what to do.

1_02_08 WOOT reaches up to knock on the castle doors.

1_02_09 WOOT knocks on the castle doors.

1_02_10 WOOT knocks on the castle doors a second time.

1_02_11 WOOT finishes knocking then smiles.

1_02_12 WOOT waits at the castle doors.

1_02_13 WOOT gets impatient; reaches to knock on the castle doors again.

1_02_15 WOOT knocks on the castle doors much harder.

1_02_16 WOOT steps back from the castle doors.

1_02_16a WOOT, still stepping back, looks around him.

1_02_17 WOOT steps and falls backwards.

1_02_18 Woot is knocked over by the force of the gate doors being opened wide.

1_02_19 WOOT sits back up.

1_02_20 SERVANT appears in the doorway, dressed in a tin helmet and breastplate and a uniform covered with tiny tin disks. He sparkles dazzlingly in the setting sun.

SERVANT 000 Yes? May I help you... Sir?

1_02_21 WOOT stands up.

WOOT 001 Yes. I'm... Say...

1_02_22

               WOOT
       Who lives here?

1_02_23 SERVANT peers down his nose at WOOT.

SERVANT 001-03 Who, indeed! Why, it's none other than His Most

1_02_24 WOOT looks up excitedly.

               SERVANT (OS)
       Regal Majesty, the most 

1_02_25

               SERVANT
       excellent and wonderful Emperor of the Winkies!

1_02_26 SERVANT 002 The famous Tin Woodman of Oz.

1_02_27 WOOT 003 A Tin Woodman? How odd!

1_02_27a SERVANT (insulted) 03-01 Odd?!? Of all the impertinent...

1_02_27b SERVANT (rubbing chin) 004 Perhaps our Emperor is a bit... Odd.

1_02_28

               SERVANT
       but he is a kind master

1_02_29

               SERVANT
       and as honest and true as good tin can make him.

1_02_30 SERVANT 004-02 So we, who gladly serve him, overlook the fact that he is not like

1_02_31

               SERVANT (disdainful)
       Other people.

1_02_32 SERVANT 004-03 Now if you don't mind...

1_02_33 SERVANT turns to go.

1_02_34 WOOT runs after SERVANT.

WOOT

       Wait!  Wait!

1_02_35 WOOT runs up to the closed castle doors.

               WOOT
       I beg you pardon, good sir.

1_02_36 WOOT 04-01 I didn’t mean he was odd, I… I... I... Actually I've

1_02_37 WOOT

       Bear important news for him... From the village.

1_02_38 One of the castle doors opens slightly and SERVANT pops out. SERVANT 005-04 Oh?

1_02_39

               SERVANT (sarcastic)
       And what news might that be?

1_02_40

 		WOOT

05-05 Yes... Um...

1_02_41

               WOOT
       It's something I have to tell him... In person.

1_02_42 SERVANT looks at WOOT suspiciously for a moment longer.

SERVANT 006 Very well.

1_02_43 SEVANT opens the castle door a bit wider.

               SERVANT
       If you please, follow me.