Branches Book

BRANCHES

The stars are beautiful, filling the sky, shining bright. And the music becomes more intense, a shooting star appears... Bobby notices the star, and looks up for a moment, as the star disappears... The climax of the song is coming... A very large, odd shape appears in the sky. It moves very quickly, getting larger. Bobby is completely transfixed, no longer paying attention road. Then: The truck flips, almost as if it had hit a brick wall. It comes flipping into frame, and ends up landing right side up... CUT TO: There is a moment of calmness... Bobby opens the driver’s side of the truck, walks out into the middle of the empty road. He looks directly into the camera... An intense white light appears from behind the camera, accompanied by a very high pitched white noise. Bobby covers his eyes with one hand, and plugs one of his ears with the other, falling to his knees. The noise gets louder until it reaches its peak. Silence. The white light fills the entire frame. FADE TO: EXT. BASEBALL DIAMOND – NIGHT CAMERA pulls out of a young boy’s white baseball uniform. YOUN BOBBY is at the plate, getting ready to bat. He is scarless. The audience cheers loudly. The scoreboard reads, “1-0, Bases Loaded, 2 outs, 2 strikes.” SLOW MOTION. A mean looking boy, who seems to be much older than Bobby, pitches the ball to the

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