TITLE:PHISH CONCERT SUMMER 2009
WRITER:NICK B
DATE:
VIDEO AUDIO
1
(W.S. outside Nick’s house)
(Pan right following mail truck)
(MIX-IN FULL LIL WAYNE MR. POSTMAN AUDIO)
2 (C.U. Nick dozing off slightly while staring out of window longingly)
(M.S. Nick jumping up in excitement at sight of mailman) (NATURAL SOUND MAILMANS TIRES
SCREECHING)
3 (Dolly Out from front door as Nick runs down the front path towards mailbox)
(C.U. of Nick rifling through mail till he finds one letter and tosses aside the rest)
(Nick): FINALLY THEY CAME!!! THEY
CAME!!!!
4 (C.U. PHISH CONCERT TICKET)
5 (W.S. SHOT NICK JUMPING INTO AIR WITH TICKET IN HAND) (MIX IN FULL PHISH CHARACTER ZERO)
6 (Key PHISH CONCERT SUMMER 2009)
(Fade in to W.S. of Saratoga Performing Arts Center at the beginning of the show as the lights raise)
(Pan Right Across crowd)
(FADE OUT) (NATURAL SOUND APPLAUSE)
(FADE IN PHISH-LLAMA)
7 (CLOSE-UP ON CLOCK READING 4 AM)
(PAN RIGHT TO NICK IN HIS ROOM LOOKING DISHEVELED AND EXHAUSTED…BLOOD SHOT EYES, HAIR A MESS, ETC.) (NICK): WELL ITS 4 AM AND IT IS
OFFICIALLY TIME TO EMBARK ON OUR
ADVENTURE TO SEE PHISH IN SARATOGA
SPRINGS, NEW YORK. THIS IS A
DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING MY FRIEND
SAM AND MYSELF AS WE TRAVEL FROM
DALLAS, TEXAS TO UPSTATE NEW YORK
TO SEE ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS
OF ALL TIME. WE ARE FILMING A
DOCUMENTARY BECAUSE WORDS CANNOT
DESCRIBE THE SPECTACLE THAT IS A
PHISH SHOW AND THE ATMOSOPHERE
THAT SURROUNDS IT.
8 (W.S. SAM’S CAR PULLING UP OUT FRONT OF NICKS HOUSE)
(W.S. NICK COMING OUTSIDE WITH LUGGAGE IN HAND)
(STILL PITCH BLACK OUTSIDE) (SAM): PHISH DUDE!!!!!
(NICK): AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
9 (M.S. NICK AND SAM IN CAR DRIVING) (NICK): WE ARE NOW DRIVING TO DFW
WHERE WE WILL BE GETTING ON A
PLANE THAT WILL FLY US TO NEWARK,
NEW JERSEY. THERE WE WILL BE MET
BY SAM’S FRIEND GEOFF WHO WILL
DRIVE US TO UPSTATE NEW YORK.
TOTAL DISTANCE FROM DALLAS TO
SARATOGA SPRINGS=1,647 MILES
10 (M.S. OF NICK AND SAM EATING AT AIRPORT MCDONALDS) (SAM): HERE WE ARE HAVING OUR
FIRST MEAL OF THE TRIP. ENJOYING A
DELICIOUS MCDONALDS MCGRIDDLE.
THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS. THIS
IS OUR FIRST MEAL OF THE TRIP AND
IF WE KEEP EATING LIKE THIS OUR
BODIES ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY
RAVAGED BY THE END OF THE TRIP. I
DON’T SEE MANY FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES BEING CONSUMED DURING
THE NEXT WEEK.
11 (M.S. OF NICK AND SAM SITTING ON AIRPLANE ABOUT TO TAKE OFF) (NICK): WE ARE NOW PREPPED FOR
TAKE-OFF. OUR TRAY TABLES ARE UP
AND WE HAVE BEEN SCHOOLED ON THE
MANY FACETS OF AIRPLANE SAFETY.
NEXT STOP NEWARK.
12 (W.S. TRUCK RIGHT FOLLOWING PLANE TAKING OFF) (NATURAL SOUND AIRPLANE TAKING
OFF)
13 (M.S. OF NICK AND SAM WALKING OUT OF NEWARK AIRPORT) (SAM): EW WHATS THAT’S TERRIBLE SMELL?
(NICK): NEWARK.
14 (W.S. OUTSIDE AIRPORT. CAR DRIVES IN FROM OFF-CAMERA) (SAM): GEOFF!
(GEOFF): WOOOOO!!!! PHISH BABY!
15 (M.S. OF THE CONCERT CREW. GEOFF AND ANDREW IN FRONT SEAT. NICK AND SAM IN BACK.) (NICK): HERE IS OUR CHARMING
DRIVER GEOFF AND HIS FRIEND ANDREW
WHO WILL BE DRIVING US UPSTATE AND
WILL ALSO BE CAMPING AND GOING TO
THE CONCERT WITH US.
(GEOFF): HELLO WORLD.
(ANDREW): PHISH BABY!
16 (KEY: 4 HOURS LATER)
17 (TRUCK LEFT M.S. OF FOREST NEXT TO HIGHWAY) (NICK): AND HERE WE HAVE A SHOT OF
BEAUTIFUL UPSTATE NEW YORK. WE
WILL BE CAMPING DIRECTLY IN THOSE
WOODS FOR THE NEXT 4 NIGHTS.
(W.S. OF ALL THE GUYS STRUGGLING TO PITCH A TENT) (SAM): I DON’T THINK WE WERE MEANT
FOR THE OUTDOORS. WHY DO THEY
MAKE A TENT SO IMPOSSIBLE TO
CONSTRUCT?
(KEY: 30 MINUTES LATER)
(W.S.: TENT STILL NOT CONSTRUCTED. ALL MEN TRYING THERE BEST (ALL): RANDOM CURSING.
(KEY: 30 MINUTES LATER)
(M.S. TENT PITCHED)
(GEOFF): TENT COMPLETE.
(ANDREW): I’M EXHAUSTED.
(C.U. IN NIGHT VISION OF NICK IN SLEEPING BAG IN TENT) (NICK): WELL FIRST NIGHT IN NEW
YORK NEARING ITS END. WAKING UP
BRIGHT AND EARLY TO BEGIN
TAILGATING. GOODNIGHT!
(W.S. OF DARK QUIET TENT) (NATURAL SOUND FOREST SOUNDS)
3 (FADE IN ON TENT IN THE MORNING. ALL FOUR GUYS STUMBLE OUT INTO THE MORNING AIR) (NICK): MORNING OF THE CONCERT NOW
AND WE’RE EATING BREAKFAST.
GETTING SOME NOURISHMENT BEFORE A
BUSY DAY.
(SAM): THE CONCERT IS AT AN
AMPITHEATRE LOCATED INSIDE A
NATIONAL PARK. YOU HAVE TO WALK
ABOUT A MILE INTO THE WOODS IN
ORDER TO GET TO IT, BUT IT REALLY
IS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE
PLACES FOR LIVE MUSIC. THIS IS
ALSO PHISH’S LAST CONCERT SHOW OF
THE TOUR SO IT IS GOING TO BE
EPIC.
(L.S. OF LONG LINE OF CARS WAITING TO GO GET INTO SPAC) (GEOFF): WE ARE HERE AT THE VENUE 5
HOURS EARLY AND IT IS ALREADY
EXTREMELY PACKED. THE ATMOSOPHERE
BEFORE A PHISH SHOW IS ELECTRIC.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ALL
TOGETHER HAVING A GREAT TIME. A
LOT OF PEOPLE COME JUST FOR THE
TAILGATING, THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE
TICKETS OR THEY ARE PRAYING THEY
CAN BUY ONE IN THE PARKING LOT.
(W.S. OF PARKING LOT. PAN RIGHT OVER CROWD SHOWING ENORMOUS MASS OF PEOPLE DRINKING AND HAVING A GREAT TIME) (SAM): NO OTHER PLACE ON EARTH I
WANT TO BE RIGHT NOW.
(ALL): AGREED.
(NICK)V.O.: THE PARKING LOT AT A PHISH
SHOW IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE. THERE
ARE CRAZY HIPPIES EVERYWHERE.
PEOPLE WALKING AROUND SELLING
EVERYTHING FROM LSD TO VEGGIE
BURRITOS.
(M.S. FROM BEHIND OF THE FOUR GUYS WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS UP TO THE VENUE) (NATURAL SOUND): CROWD NOISE
(C.U. OF ALL THE GUYS STANDING IN THE VENUE WAITING FOR THE SHOW TO START) (SAM): THIS IS GOING TO BE
INCREDIBLE. I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE
SHOW TO START.
(FADE IN ON STAGE AS LIGHTS DIM AND MUSIC STARTS) (FADE IN FULL OPENING CHORDS TO
PHISH-LLAMA)
(NATURAL SOUND APPLAUSE)
9 (W.S. OF STAGE. PAN RIGHT OVER CROWD) (ALL: PHISH!!!)
10 (DISSOLVE INTO THE 4 GUYS WALKING OUT OF THE SHOW. LOOKING COMPLETELY DISHEVELED AND EXHAUSTED) (NICK): THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING 4 HOURS OF MY LIFE. ABSOLUTELY LIFE CHANGING. THIS WILL BE A NIGHT THAT I WILL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, WORST CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW AMAZING THAT SHOW WAS, BUT I HOPE THAT THIS DOCUMENTARY CAN DO SOME JUSTICE TO THAT CONCERT SPECTACLE.
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