Quoted Text INT./EXT. SOMEWHERE IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN - SAME TIME 30 miles away, USS MICHAEL MURPHY, ambles next to the frozen point of no return; a monstrous glacier of epic proportions ahead. |
Quoted Text Captain Jonathan Masterson, emotionless, chats with his Executive Officer (EO). |
Quoted Text JONATHAN Such a peaceful day. MASTERSON’S EO Indeed Captain, another day close to heaven. JONATHAN (points the glacier) Let’s keep it just close to it then. Go around that. MASTERSON’S EO Yes Captain! |
Quoted Text The EO turns towards the Helmsman. |
Quoted Text Orders given and affirmed. The destroyer moves around the iceberg. |
Quoted Text A torpedo launches out of nowhere. In the sonar shack, red beeping lights bombard the computer display. The young Sonar Operator (SO) removes his headset, furiously thumbs buttons, like playing a piano. |
Quoted Text MASTERSON’S SO Sonar conn captain! Torpedo in the water. It’s active! JONATHAN Battle stations! |
Quoted Text Crew at battle stations. From peace to hell in less than a second. |
Quoted Text Jonathan looks unconcerned. Find out who that idiot is. |
Quoted Text Amplified pings. Torpedo is getting closer. The destroyer reaches the edge of the glacier. A hard left turn, gets behind it. |
Quoted Text MASTERSON’S EO 10 seconds Captain. |
Quoted Text The glacier gets in between the destroyer and the incoming torpedo. |
Quoted from Gerasimos Thanks Dave for the fast reply! Couple things to clarify. Captain Jonathan Masterson, has been introduced properly (capitals, age) earlier in the script, so I guess there is no reason to re-introduce him. The reason I chose the Masterson's EO/SO etc is due to the fact that throughout the script there are 2 subs, 1 destroyer and 1 carrier with similar officers participating in the dialogue/action, so I guessed it's easier to clarify who is who from the start. The 'orders given and affirmed' is a casual description on couple other famous movie scripts. I'll probably ditch it anyways. "Jonathan looks unconcerned. Find out who that idiot is." I thought that it's obvious, when a destroyer positions behind a glacier, the incoming torpedo will hit the glacier and not the ship while on full stop. I'll clarify this somehow^^ (later on "The glacier gets in between the destroyer and the incoming torpedo" yes that's a mistake, should have been something like " the Destroyer gets behind the glacier, uses it as a shield, providing full cover from the incoming torpedo or something"...) Really appreciate the notes! |