A Darker Shade of Green Script

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Bicol UniversityCollege of Arts and Letters

Legazpi City

Á DARKER SHADE

OF GREENµ

(A Documentary Script by BATTLECRY PRODUCTIONS)

Bicol UniversityCollege of Arts and Letters

Legazpi City

Á DARKER SHADE O

GREENµ

(A Documentary Script by BATTLECRY PRODUCTIONS)



BATTLECRY PRODUCTIONS

Director: Franco Honesto Lasay

Producer: Lorena Fuellas

Video Editor: Carlo Jay B. Copada

Musical Director: Meljessa Balino

Scriptwriter: Andrew G. Gahol

Cameraman: Reynard Sevillano

Actress: Henor G. Gotis

BATTLECRY PRODUCTIONS

Director: Franco Honesto Lasay

Producer: Lorena Fuellas

Video Editor: Carlo Jay B. Copada

Musical Director: Meljessa Balino

Scriptwriter: Andrew G. Gahol

Cameraman: Reynard Sevillano

Actress: Henor G. Gotis





I. INTRODUCTION/³VICTIMS´

Scene Audio Element/Voice Text Visual Element Mus

Opening scene/Artistic shoot

with actress/Dichotomy of

³green´ movement

Actress is shown as a fashionmodel representing the two faces

of the green movement: society¶s³good´ perception and the evilreality of environmentalism.

(Spoken word interspersed withcutaways to various footages)

Narrated:³I¶m the green movement. And Iam the new face of world

domination.´

³And the land must become adesolate waste on account of itsinhabitants, because of the fruitof their dealings.´ (Micah 7:13)

White text will dissolve into black as video shots are shown.

³Battlecry Productions

³They want us to raise our taxes.´

³They want us to change the way

we live.´

³They want us to close our factories.´

³They are the perpetrators..´

³Media´

³Advertisers´

³Celebrities´

³Scientists´

³Politicians´

Actress is shown to be artistically posing like a fashion model.

She is shot wearing an all-whiteoutfit while holding a paper with³positive phrases´ society

associate the green movementwith such as ³fight globalwarming´, ³adapt to climatechange´ and ³Save the planet.´

Rapidly sprinkled within thsesshots are shots of the model inall-black outfit when the camera

is not in view. This represents the³real essence´ of the greenmovement and the model holds pieces of paper with conceptswritten on them that depict theevil side of environmentalismsuch as ³raise taxes´, ³Controlsociety with fear´, ³Makemoney´.

Interspersed in these shots arefootages and texts like Al Gore¶sspeeches, time-lapse photographyof animals in the wild, footage of typhoon victims and other transitions for the scene.Magazine covers depicting end-

Instrumental of ³ABjork



³The true cost of the globalwarming HYSTERIA.´ (followed

by shots of disaster and falseadvertising)

³Think global warming¶s the onlything we should be scared of?´

³Think again.´

³A Darker Shade of Green´ (Film

title text juxtaposed to model¶seye shadow brush on the ground)

of-the-world stories. (Not BadJust Evil style)

Eco-activist is standing in front

of a white wall. The idea of

³environmental activism´ is

portrayed through poetic

drama. Brechtian alienation isemployed.

³This is a radical green activist.Her beliefs on global warmingare so staunch that she will takeher message of the Earth¶s

apocalypse even to the streets.She will go on hunger strikes,march to factories and spray thewalls with graffiti. Belief is sucha strong driving force to man.How about you, what do you believe in?´

(cut to interviews with students in

BU)

³VICTIMS´ is written in an all- black background and acting asthe title of the first part of thedocumentary

This scene is basically an actingscene wherein the actress portrays acts of extremeenvironmentalism in a ³studio-

type´ setting. The scene is not somuch realist. It is more poetic,much like a stage drama.

The actress will hold picket signs,will be shot in close-up as she isscreaming in a rally and willshow her spray-painting a wall.

Ambient music, pstrong drum beats.

³What are your thoughts on

global warming?´

Barrage of interviews fromstudents.

Various interviews andsentiments. Will apply ³talkingheads.´

Interviews will record emotionalresponses and sentiments of students to the global

At the start of the scene, thequestion ³What are your thoughtson global warming?´ will appear in a black background

Applying ³talking heads´, thescene will present the sentimentsof interviewed students

None, music from will end as thdissolves and interviews.



warming/climate change issue.

³Do you know what global

warming is?´

A follow-up question for thesame set of interviewees from the previous scene that will providecontrast to their emotionalresponses in the previous sceneand what they really know aboutthe issue.

This scene aims to illustrate how people are so passionate about acause which they have little or nosubstantial knowledge about.

Various interviews and

sentiments. Will apply ³talkingheads.´

Interviews will record emotionalresponses and sentiments of students to the global

At the start of the scene, the

question ³Do you know whatglobal warming is?´ will appear in a black background

Applying ³talking heads´, the

scene will present the sentimentsof interviewed students

None

Text animation, statistics and

photo montage about society¶s

understanding of climatechange.

³Just like this eco-activist, a lotof people have insufficient

knowledge on global warmingclimate change, but still very passionate about a cause they¶re blind to.´

(Statistics on global warmingunderstanding will be shown

using text animation)

Actress continues to carry picketsigns. The shot is blurred and

then text animation appears.

Instrumental of ³Can´ by Fiona App

³Feeding on our ignorance´

Video/photo montage with text³It is in society¶s ignorance thatopportunistic people in power thrive.´

³Everyone is a victim of thisvicious scam of stealing,instigating fear and controllingthe populace.´

Dissolve in the following wordswhen spoken by narrator:

³ignorance´, ³power´, ³victim´,

³scam´, ³fear´, ³control

Video/photo montage of environmental issues.

Instrumental of ³Can´ by Fiona App

³Lies´

Video/photo montage with text³The Global Warming alarm isdressed up as science, but it¶s notscience it¶s propaganda.

None Video/photo montage of environmental issues.

Rock music



There is no direct evidence which

links 20

th

century global warmingto greenhouse house gases.´

³We can¶t say that CO2 willdrive the climate, it certainlynever did in the past.´

³Man-made global warming is nolonger a theory about climate.´

³It is the defining moral and political cause of our age.´

³Campaigners say that the timefor debate is over. Any criticism,no matter how scientificallyrigorous is illegitimate, and even

worse, dangerous.´

³But the fact is, the climate of theEarth is always changing.´

³Everywhere, you are told thatman-made climate change is proved beyond DOUBT.´

³BUT YOU HAVE BEENTOLD LIES.´



II. GREENWASHED


³Greenwashed´ None ³Greenwashed´ Title is written on black background

³Crazy´ by Ganral

³Green´ is everywhere.

Montage of ³green´ products and³green´ advertising.

³At every turn, there¶s alwayssomething ³green´ to be found,environmentally safe products,green labels, green companies,

green projects. Green isEVERYWHERE.´

None Rapid sequence of footage and photos of ³green´ merchandiseand logos.

³Crazy´ by Gnarls

³But are they really as green as

they project themselves to be?´

³But are they really as green asthey projects themselves to be?´

None Actress holds a box with a³green label´ and pours out trashand filth out of it.

³Crazy´ by Gnarls

Green is the color of money ³Green is not only the color of

the environment, it is also thecolor of money. No matter howinsistent companies tell youotherwise, at the end of the day, businesses will always be about profit.´

None Actress in stop-motion footage

Actress holds a paper with theword ³GREEN´ and an equalssign.

Next, the actress holds a pictureof a TREE.

Last picture in the stop-motion

sequence is the actress holding atree with money as its leaves.

This stop-motion sequencesymbolizes how the greenmovement is used for businesses

³Crazy´ by Gnarls



³Bayong´ More and more ³green´ productsare entering the marketplace. Andmore and more, the labelsclaiming that a product is green,eco-friendly, or otherwise goodfor the environment are fairlymeaningless.

None Stop-motion sequence:

A ³bayong´ is gradually beingfilled by green products.

Ambient music

³Greenwashing´ ³Greenwashing: An Eco-label

that promises advertisers a greenimage while telling them theydon¶t need to do anything to earnthat image.´

(Dictionary style)

Greenwashing (n.): an Eco-labelthat promises advertisers a greenimage while telling them theydon¶t need to do anything to earnthat image.

Text is shown.

Background is montage of footages of supermarkets, citystreets, families eating dinner andvideos depicting consumerism

Ambient music

³Statistics´ ³In a study by TerraChoice, therewas a 73% increase in the

number of items sold by retailersthat claim green status. Overall,researchers found, 95% of these products committed at least one³greenwashing´ sin²meaningmarketers and manufacturerswere overstating or misleadingconsumers as to how trulyenvironmentally friendly the

product or service is.´

³As going green has become big business--sales of organic products alone went from $10 billion in 2003 to more than $20 billion in 2007--companiesappear eager to associate

In a study by TerraChoice, therewas a 73% increase in the

number of items sold by retailersthat claim green status. Overall,researchers found, 95% of these products committed at least one³greenwashing´ sin²meaningmarketers and manufacturerswere overstating or misleadingconsumers as to how trulyenvironmentally friendly the

product or service is.

(Cut scene)

³As going green has become big business--sales of organic products alone went from $10 billion in 2003 to more than $20

Text is shown.

Background is montage of footages of supermarkets, citystreets, families eating dinner andvideos depicting consumerism

Ambient music



themselves with the environment,deservedly or not.´

billion in 2007--companiesappear eager to associate

themselves with the environment,deservedly or not.´

What is the purpose of

³greenwashing´?

³Companies greenwashconsumers for a lot of reasons:´

³They often can useenvironmental regulations to getan advantage over their competitors, especially smaller

businesses that don't have asmuch money to waste onregulatory compliance or lobbying.´

³By identifying themselves asenvironmentally friendlycompanies, they can

inexpensively deflect publiccriticism in other areas for thingsthat they may be doing that areunethical, incompetent, or simplyunpopular. This last reason issimilar to the reason politicianslike environmentalism so much.´

None First scene:

A ³green-label´ detergent bottlefalls on a group of other brandsof detergent bottles and topplesthem down

Second scene:

Time-lapse shot of garbage beingstuffed inside a box. After that,the box is wrapped in greenwrappings and labeled ³greenánd is ready for selling and

consumption.

Rock instrumental

A warning Would we really buy garbage just

because it is packaged in a fancy,green box? As consumers, weneed to be smart enough to look beyond the ³green´ packaging.

None Montage of consumerism videos Rock instrume



III. MONOPOLY


³Monopoly´ None ³Monopoly´ Title text on black background Microphone sound

The Greening of Politics and

the Media

³The green movement has become so powerful that is has become a religion. People whodisagree are called heretics.´

³The extreme green movement isa false religion based on badscience.´

Cut scene

Clip of Al Gore giving a speech

about global warming

Clip of scientist debunking AlGore¶s claims

None Actress is shown meditatingwhile surrounded by leaves, as if she were in deep spiritual state

Ambient music

Political Greening and Bad

Science

³Politicians no longer dare toexpress any doubt about climatechange.´

³There is such intolerance of any

dissenting voice.´

Attach clip from ³GlobalWarming Swindle´ (2:50)

³Global Warming has gone beyond politics. It is a new kindof morality.´

None Interview clips are interspersedwith transitions and footages.

Ambient music



³As the frenzy over man-madeglobal warming grows shriller,many senior climate scientists saythat the actual scientific basis for the theory is crummy.´

Clip of Prof. Ian Clark (3:39 of Swindle)

Clip of Dr. Pyrs Corbin

Clip of Dr. John Christy

³Man-made global warming is noordinary scientific theory. It is presented in the media as havingthe stamp of authority of animpressive internationalorganization: The United NationsIntergovernmental Panel OnClimate Change or IPCC´

Clip of Prof. Philip Scott

Clip of Prof. Paul Reiter

Clip of Prof. Richard Lindzen

Bureaucratic bandwagon ³It is a political campaign thathas turned into a bureaucratic bandwagon.´

Clip of Prof. Patrick Michaels

Clip (6:30)

Interview clips are interspersedwith transitions and footages.

Ambient music



Media Control ³Global Warming is a way tocontrol the masses, tomonopolize public priority.´

³People are excited with the ideathat the apocalypse could be uponus at any time. This will always

be true, and the media knows it.´

³The media will do anything toget your attention. That's their business. What can get your attention more easily than storiesabout how the end of the world isupon us if you do this or don't do

that? It's the ultimate lowestcommon denominator story, even below car chases, fires, terrorism,and kidnapped children.´

³Now, do you still think you¶recapable of thinking for yourself?´

None Video/ photo montage Instrumental of ³F by Kanye West



IV. FLAT LINE


³Flat Line´ None ³Flat Line´ Title is written on black background

Sound of a flat line

³Trampled on´

Actress, carrying protest signs,mindlessly tramples on several paper dolls that symbolize human

welfare.

³Eco-radicals get lost in the causefor environmental sustainabilitythat they often forget thatHUMAN LIVES are also part of

the planet.´

³Extreme environmentalism isdeadly.´

None Actress carries protest signs andmarches onscreen.

We then zoom in to a group of

paper dolls on the floor.

The actress carelessly trampleson the paper dolls

Close-up on the trampling

Close-up on the trampled paper dolls.

Ambient music

³DDT Wars´

A sequence of videos, photos,interviews and footages about thegreen movement has taken a tollon Africa and the welfare of its people.

³The green environment hastaken a toll on Africa and its people.´

³Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane,more popularly known as DDT,is one of the most well-known

synthetic insecticides. It is achemical with a long, unique, andcontroversial history.´

³It is one of the most potentinsecticides in the world. And itis a big necessity in Africa for fighting malaria and a myriad of

Text animations

³Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane´

³DDT´

Montage of photos, videos, textanimations.

Dark orchestral mu



other diseases caused by pests.´

³However, the United Nationshas just banned the use of DDTworldwide for its alleged harmfuleffects on the environment.´

³Green extremists have made avillain of DDT and have jeopardized millions of lives inAfrica in the name of the

environmental movement.´

³DDT had been amazinglyeffective in killing mosquitoes,fleas, lice, yellow fever, malaria,sleeping sickness, plague,encephalitis.´

³The US banned DDT in 1972.The Stockholm convention later made the ban worldwide onagricultural use because of itstoxic effect on the environment.´

³The National Academy of Science has credited DDT withhaving prevented 500 million

deaths worldwide. And that was just in 2 decades. Now tragically,up to 2.7 million people in Africaalone die every single year. 90%of those are children under 5.´

Clip from Glenn Beck (DDTSaves Lives in Africa, 2:33)

³mosquitoes, fleas, lice, yellowfever, malaria, sleeping sickness, plague, encephalitis.´ In ALLCAPS

³500 million deaths prevented´

³2 decades´

³2.7 million people in Africa dieevery year´

³90% of those are children under five.



³The Voice of Africa´ Clip from Not Evil Just Wrong(1:56)

Clip from The Great GlobalWarming Swindle (7:07 -7:19)

Clips from DDT and Africa vidson folder

None Video sequence None

³Life vs. Environment´³Recently the World Health

Organization, under strong

pressure from human rightsorganizations, particularly in

Africa and Asia, rescinded its ban

on DDT that has been shown in

test after test to be harmless to

humans and animals, including

birds. The environmentalists

continue to push to overturn this

ruling, regardless of its toll in

human misery and death.

³Eventually a realization hits that

the controversy over DDT and

that over global warming are both

examples of the environmental

movement's disregard for theeffect of their policies on the

well-being of the human race.´

³Joseph D'Alea, director of meteorology for the Weather Channel, claims that "we areresponsible for just .001 percent

Text animation of narration. Montage of footage, videos and phtoos

Dark orchestral mu



of this atmosphere." If theatmosphere was a 100-story building, our anthropogenic(generated by man) CO2contribution today would beequivalent to the linoleum on thefirst floor.´

³Is compromising millions of innocent lives worth just a pieceof linoleum?´



V. A GLOBAL WARNING


³A Global Warning´ None ³A Global Warning´ Title is written on black background

Dark orchestral mu

Interview with Cedric Daep of

APSEMO Interview clip about the evils of the green movement.

None Interview clip None

³Antihuman´ Videoclip

³The Antihuman mindset of environmentalists´ ± (0:06-0:56)(1:10 -1:26)

None Clip None

³Media scare´

³Each day, the news reports become more apocalyptic.´

³The global warming is aboutturning the climate change mediascare into a defining idea of ageneration.´

None Montage of clips and photos Dark orchestral mu

³Pickpockets´ ³A whole area of science has been distorted. Climate scientistsneed problems to get funded.They have a vested interest increating panic, because thenmoney will flow to climatescience.´

None Montage of clips and photos Dark orchestral mu



³Global warming is a scam.´

³So why should we care about allthe global warming hubbub? If the so-called "solutions" to globalwarming being bandied about bythe U.N. and Congress are putinto effect, they could severelydamage the U.S. economy andabsolutely devastate theeconomies of the world's poorest

nations²potentially endangeringthe lives and livelihoods of millions. All in response to afaulty premise.´

³The Chase´/Conclusion (clip of Godzilla is shown)

This is Godzilla. This is the exact

kind of hysteria that the mediaand politicians want you toexperience. A world where fear and destruction is everywhere.They want you to panic. Theywant to control you while youcower in extreme apprehension

In this scene, the peoplethemselves cause moredestruction than the Godzillaitself.

Just like anything in life, thingsmust always be put intomoderation. Environmentalism

Various text animationsinterspersed rapidly thourgh thequick sequence of shots.

Rapid alternating sequence of shots.

Three sequences:

1. Photo/video montage of Godzilla, globalwarming-related photosand clips and other dramatic videos

2. Text animations

emphasizing importantand dramatic words fromthe narration.

3. Acting scene whereactress is being pursued by a hooded assailant,which initially will be perceived as the ³Global

³Dog Days ArFlorence and the M



and preservation are not at all badthings. But anything in excess isdeadly. We must not beenvironmentally apathetic but wealso should not be overly paranoid. Because when anythingis blown out of proportion, it hasthe tendency to be politicized.When anything is politicized, it isalways mired in corruption andhypocrisy.

The world has a misplaced fear.The enemy is not Godzilla, or global warming or climatechange.

If you want to know who the realenemy is, you need only look at amirror.´

Warming Scare´. Thechase between the eco-activist and the hoodedfigure will be rough,gritty and suspenseful.Previous elements usedin the acting scenes suchas the paper dolls, the bayong, the money treewill be seen as the chaseensues in order to evoke

a sense of retrospectionof the conceptsdiscussed.

The scene ends with thehooded figure corneringthe eco-activist andhitting her with a wooden plank. The scene won¶t be violent, it will beartistic. The hoodedfigure shall act the scenefrom the first person point of view of the eco-activist so as it would not be too graphic.

The eco-activist lies deadon the floor. Symbolizinghow man is destroyed bythe Global WarmingScare.

But the twist in this sceneis this: the hooded figure



reveals its face to be theface of the eco-activistherself, symbolizing the

idea that it is not reallythe environmental issuethat¶s out to get us, butit¶s nobody but ourselves.

The hooded figure smilesmaniacally in front of thecamera and everything

cuts to black.

³Lingering effect´ None "When you hide your face, theyare terrified; when you take awaytheir breath, they die and returnto the dust. When you send your Spirit, they are created, and yourenew the face of the earth."(Psalm 104:29-30)

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