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New religion
the whole script — all 30 scenes, as it finally stood (6 played)
1The father comes home from his first meeting with a white cord tied around his wrist.
2He takes his late wife's photograph off the wall and lays it face down.
3The daughter follows him and finds him seated among people dressed in white.
4The preacher ties a white cord around the daughter's wrist, and she lets him.
5Behind her father's back, she cuts the white cord off his framed photograph and pockets it.
6The father lays a pledge form and the house deed on the table with a pen.
7The form reads "Pledge of the Household," its signature line still blank.
8She hides the deed in the lining of her suitcase.
9The father has pulled every drawer open looking for the deed.
10He opens her suitcase and finds the deed.
11He carries the deed out and hands it to the preacher at his truck.
12The daughter comes to the trailer where the deed lies on the table.
13Her hand takes the deed off the table.
14The preacher wakes, sees her, and steps aside to let her go.
15She lays the deed down in front of her father, who is waiting up.
16He writes her name on the deed and pushes it back to her: the house is hers, because he is leaving.
17He packs one canvas bag, and nothing else.
18The daughter sits down beside him among the believers, his photograph in her lap.
19The believers drop their possessions into a crate; her father drops in his wedding ring.
20At the crate she holds her father's young photograph and doesn't put it in.
21The believers walk in white to the river, and she walks with them.
22The preacher stands waist-deep in the water, and her father wades out to him.
23Her father goes under the water in the preacher's hands.
24He comes up with water streaming off him, and he is smiling.
25The preacher holds his hand out to her across the water.
26She wades in to her knees, holding the photograph.
27She takes the white cord from her pocket and lets it go on the current.
28She wades back out alone, and her father stays in the water.
29She walks home by herself while the believers' fires burn behind her.
30She hangs her father's photograph back on the wall, alone in the house that is now hers.
scene 1 · medium
The father comes home from his first meeting with a white cord tied around his wrist.
the picture turned out to be: A man and a woman are standing in a kitchen. The woman is wearing a brown coat and a red scarf. The man is holding a white rag in his hand. There is a large silver pot on the counter in front of the woman.
looked at: red scarf, man, kitchen
scene 2 · close
He takes his late wife's photograph off the wall and lays it face down.
the picture turned out to be: A picture of a man is being held by a white cord. The man is wearing a gray sweater. The photo of the man is in a black frame. There is a white lamp behind the man.
looked at: sweater, white lamp, man, cord
scene 3 · medium
The daughter follows him and finds him seated among people dressed in white.
the picture turned out to be: A woman is standing in front of a pile of hay. There is a man sitting on top of the hay. The woman is wearing a brown jacket and blue pants.
looked at: jacket, man
scene 4 · medium
The preacher ties a white cord around the daughter's wrist, and she lets him.
the picture turned out to be: Two men are shaking hands with each other. They are both wearing white shirts. One of the men has a watch on his wrist. There are other men behind them.
looked at: other men, hands, shirts, men
revision 1 — after scene 4:
21 kept, 5 rewritten,
ending moved 0.056
from looking at: 1 image ago: other men, hands, shirts, men
2 images ago: jacket, man
3 images ago: sweater, white lamp, man, cord
4 images ago: red scarf, man, kitchen
totals: man x3, red scarf x1, kitchen x1, sweater x1, white lamp x1
scene 18moved 0.35
scene 27moved 0.18
scene 5moved 0.13
scene 20moved 0.10
scene 30moved 0.06
scene 5 · medium
Behind her father's back, she cuts the white cord off his framed photograph and pockets it.
the picture turned out to be: A woman and man are walking in a field. The woman is wearing a black coat and a red scarf. The man is also wearing a brown coat and blue jeans. The field has brown grass on it. There are trees in the distance behind the field.
looked at: man, red scarf, trees, coat
scene 6 · medium
The father lays a pledge form and the house deed on the table with a pen.
the picture turned out to be: A man is standing in front of a table. He is wearing a brown jacket and a white shirt. There is a woman standing behind him wearing a red scarf.
looked at: white shirt, man, red scarf, table
never shown — the story from here when it stopped
7. The form reads "Pledge of the Household," its signature line still blank.
8. She hides the deed in the lining of her suitcase.
9. The father has pulled every drawer open looking for the deed.
10. He opens her suitcase and finds the deed.
11. He carries the deed out and hands it to the preacher at his truck.
12. The daughter comes to the trailer where the deed lies on the table.
13. Her hand takes the deed off the table.
14. The preacher wakes, sees her, and steps aside to let her go.
15. She lays the deed down in front of her father, who is waiting up.
16. He writes her name on the deed and pushes it back to her: the house is hers, because he is leaving.
17. He packs one canvas bag, and nothing else.
18. The daughter sits down beside him among the believers, his photograph in her lap.
19. The believers drop their possessions into a crate; her father drops in his wedding ring.
20. At the crate she holds her father's young photograph and doesn't put it in.
21. The believers walk in white to the river, and she walks with them.
22. The preacher stands waist-deep in the water, and her father wades out to him.
23. Her father goes under the water in the preacher's hands.
24. He comes up with water streaming off him, and he is smiling.
25. The preacher holds his hand out to her across the water.
26. She wades in to her knees, holding the photograph.
27. She takes the white cord from her pocket and lets it go on the current.
28. She wades back out alone, and her father stays in the water.
29. She walks home by herself while the believers' fires burn behind her.
30. She hangs her father's photograph back on the wall, alone in the house that is now hers.
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