Horse and His boy film idea
Posted: Jun 17, 2017 9:32 am
I have an idea for a framing device that could bookend the Horse and His boy film.
We open in a little boy's room that is dark. The boy is in bed supposed to be asleep but instead he is wide awake. Then the bedroom door opens a crack letting a little light in. A woman,his mother, pops her head through the door to check on her son. She sees that he's still awake; she admonishes him to go to sleep. The boy begs his mother for one more story. She says no and to got to sleep. He begs and begs and she gives in. She opens the door all the way and walks in with a lamp in her hand. She sets the lamp on the stand beside his bed. She sits down on the bed next to him and tells him this is the last one and to go to bed after this. He asks her for his favorite story. She settles down and begins to tell the Horse and His boy. Her narration is pulled verbatim from the first two pages of the book and it plays over scenes with Shasta and His father. Then her narration cuts off by her saying, "And so the boy thought this would be his life for many years to come, but one day an unexpected visitor would change the course of his entire destiny." And the film proceeds from there.
At the end of the scene with Cor and Corin discussing the kingship, the mother's narration is picked back up . She tells what became of Bree, Hwin, Corin and Rabadash. It's revealed that the mother is none other than Aravis herself and the boy is Ram. Then we cut to a man leaning in the doorway--it's King Cor. He looks at his wife and child tenderly. Aravis rises from the bed, tucks Ram in, and kisses his forehead. He turns over on his side and closes his eyes. Aravis grabs the lamp from the stand and strides to her husband. They both take one last glance at their son. Aravis closes the door behind her . End film.
We open in a little boy's room that is dark. The boy is in bed supposed to be asleep but instead he is wide awake. Then the bedroom door opens a crack letting a little light in. A woman,his mother, pops her head through the door to check on her son. She sees that he's still awake; she admonishes him to go to sleep. The boy begs his mother for one more story. She says no and to got to sleep. He begs and begs and she gives in. She opens the door all the way and walks in with a lamp in her hand. She sets the lamp on the stand beside his bed. She sits down on the bed next to him and tells him this is the last one and to go to bed after this. He asks her for his favorite story. She settles down and begins to tell the Horse and His boy. Her narration is pulled verbatim from the first two pages of the book and it plays over scenes with Shasta and His father. Then her narration cuts off by her saying, "And so the boy thought this would be his life for many years to come, but one day an unexpected visitor would change the course of his entire destiny." And the film proceeds from there.
At the end of the scene with Cor and Corin discussing the kingship, the mother's narration is picked back up . She tells what became of Bree, Hwin, Corin and Rabadash. It's revealed that the mother is none other than Aravis herself and the boy is Ram. Then we cut to a man leaning in the doorway--it's King Cor. He looks at his wife and child tenderly. Aravis rises from the bed, tucks Ram in, and kisses his forehead. He turns over on his side and closes his eyes. Aravis grabs the lamp from the stand and strides to her husband. They both take one last glance at their son. Aravis closes the door behind her . End film.