1. ACT ONE
1 FROMTHE BLACK:
BARRY (V.O.)
To understandwhatI’m about to tell you, you need to do something first... you need to believe in the
impossible. Can you do that?
FADE UP ON: A BUSTLING CITY -- MODERN SKYSCRAPERSreachingup to a BLUE SKY above -- THE SUN
warmingeverything below--
BARRY (V.O.)
Good. Now, imagine you could run faster than the speed of sound.
PEDESTRIANS speed-walkingtowork, heads down,TEXTING, TALKING INTO PHONES, a CACOPHONY
of VOICES-- RUNNERS jogging -- A BUS KIOSK advertising“HI-SPEEDINTERNET...” --
BARRY (V.O.)
That’s approximately 765 miles-perhour. Over a thousand feet per second.
TAXIS and CARS HURTLE downthe streets -- HORNS HONKING -- the world andeveryone init move at
hyper speed --
THIS IS CENTRAL CITY -- WHERE EVERYONE IS ON THE GO --
EXT. CENTRAL CITY STREETS - DAY
CLOSE ON: A TRAFFIC SIGN -- WE’VESEEN THE WORDS A MILLION TIMES -- “SLOW AHEAD.”
Name of character that has lines
of speech.
Cameraangle and place andtime
and the actions
V.O.standsfor voice overthat
isnarrating what’sonscreen
2. BARRY (V.O.)
I am that fast.
And then we see somethingwe haven’tseen a milliontimes -- as the CARS speed downthe busystreet
-- somethingspeeds past them -- a CRIMSONBLUR -- a FLASH of ELECTRICITY -- what the hell was
that?
BARRY (V.O.)
And the faster I go... the more the world slows down.
EXT. CENTRAL CITY SQUARE - DAY
Central City’s versionof TIMES SQUARE -- JAMMED WITH CARS and CITIZENS -- A GIANTLED SCREEN
flashinganAD for “SPEED DATING!”
