FADE IN:
EXT. NEAR THE GERMAN FRONT - 180 A.D. - DAWN
The rising sun unveils steep hills and luxuriant mountains
untouched by man. Snow flurries dart in the frigid air
and on the horizon CROWS gather.
EXT. DIRT ROAD
A column of Praetorian Cavalry flank two enclosed wagons
as they rattle along a rock and log accordion road. On
all sides a forest rises like some kind of primordial
soul: limitless and dark. With every step 'steam'
whooshes from the nostrils of the horses.
The first wagon halts as a Praetorian Guard jogs back. He
straightens his tunic and helmet and raps on the wooden
door as the second wagon stops behind. The door swings
aside and another Praetorian Guard leans out.
1ST PRAETORIAN GUARD
Sir, we must be getting near.
INT. FIRST WAGON
LUCIUS AELIUS AURELIUS COMMODUS huddles in the back of the
wagon: Dark hair, handsome, beard; as Commodus rises we
see he's a large, powerfully built young man and though
barely twenty years old he already has the caution and
arrogance of a Caesar.
Opposite A GAUNT MAN climbs from a heap of blankets:
GALEN of PERGAMUM, probably the most frozen, unhappy man
on earth. The wagon is lined with pillows and blankets.
Baskets of bread and dried fruit are stacked in one corner
and an oil lamp hangs from a pivoting cleat like the
swinging lamp in a ship.
From reading the script I know that I am in the country side in winter. It is far away from civilisation as far as the story is set in, because the path are undeveloped unlike Roman culture where they are advanced.
ReplyDeleteThe main character in this scene is has dark hair he is handsome and also has a beard. We can tell he is of high importance since he is in a guarded caravan.