All Is Lost Page #5

OUR MAN is on his hands and knees struggling to get behind

the swamped engine to a massive bank of large capacity

batteries. They are corroded and waterlogged. He struggles to

bring one out and up onto the deck.

EXT. BOAT - DECK/COCKPIT

As he comes back up from below carrying the battery he looks

across to the horizon and notices terrible looking storm

clouds in the extreme distance. His face registers severe

concern.

The thunderheads reach miles into the sky.

10.

OUR MAN looks around at the boat to see what to do next. He

is still holding the large battery. He looks down at it in

his hands. He hurls it over the edge and heads back down

below.

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.

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