The Book - The Bessies
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The Book - The Bessies
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<strong>The</strong> Walter Bell<br />
<strong>The</strong> Walter Bell Memorial Award was created to provide creative opportunities to a writing student who exhibits exemplary writing skills and humane qualities.<br />
Writer: Eldon Mascoll<br />
Title: Gunshot<br />
Length: :30<br />
VIDEO<br />
Open on a CU of fingers fumbling with a matchbook, pulling out a match.<br />
SUPER OVER BLACK: It’s the leading cause of accidental death in Canadian homes<br />
CU on fingers striking the match.<br />
Camera pulls out – we see a 12-year-old boy standing in his living room holding the lit match.<br />
<strong>The</strong> boy tosses the match.<br />
SUPER OVER BLACK: You wouldn’t leave a loaded gun lying around<br />
Matches and lighters can be just as deadly<br />
Cut to an exterior shot of the boy’s home engulfed in flames.<br />
SUPER OVER BLACK: A message from <strong>The</strong> Arson Prevention Program for Children<br />
Fade to black.<br />
BUTTON:<br />
Boy sitting in the back seat of a police car.<br />
Firefighters rushing to put out the blaze.<br />
AUDIO<br />
A clip being loaded into a shotgun.<br />
<strong>The</strong> shotgun chamber being locked into place: “CHUH-CHEE.”<br />
Gunshot: “BOOM!”<br />
Fire truck sirens approaching.<br />
Firefighters barking orders.<br />
Neighbours gasping, more sirens approaching.
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