We are in 2078 and Europe plans to send in space a nave, called "The Ark" likely to take a whole population to colonize an exoplanet. The future crew, made up of a few hundred teenagers from all over the continent, receives a special education at the Noah Academy (a school located in Saint-Jean-de-Luz) and prepares the selection of animals and the maintenance of artificial environments. essential to realize the plan

SCENE I - LE BRUIT : Noise - First Scene

Vue de la mer par les yeux des protagonistes (face à la plage depuis la Pergola). Le bruit des vagues est couvert par un grondement sourd.  Contre-champ : SOL 9 et FLO 1 et leur compagnon animalier. Visages las mais regards complices.

Le grondement cesse.

SOL 9: Enfin ! Nous voilà débarassés de ce bruit.  Ecoute !

(Plan large : les vagues, leur rumeur...)

SOL 9: Descendons sur la plage, d'accord ?

FLO 1:  Ne dis pas de bêtises. Tu sais bien que c'est interdit. On n'a pas reproduit l'océan dans ce simulateur pour te faire plaisir. C'est juste " pour tester la faisabilité de la cuve halieutique", comme dit le Professeur Pascal.

SOL 9: Il ne se gêne pas, lui. Ni les autres profs !

FLO 1: Tu sais, en principe : on va les laisser là, sur la Terre.. Du coup,  on peut bien leur offrir un petit plaisir. Ils travaillent pour notre avenir, après tout. (il saisit le poignet de SOL9,, elle se dégage). Ecoute-moi  Flo !  J'ai du mal à comprendre pour le moment comment on va piloter le vaisseau et entretenir les systèmes : heureusement que les vieux ont conçu le projet et sont en état de nous enseigner les bases ! SI ca les amuse de patauger dans une réplique du monde d'avant pendant leur temps de repos, pourquoi pas ? Mais je ne vois pas l'intérêt pour nous. Quand nous serons dans l'espace et en sécurité, très  loin de cette planète complétement grillée, il faudra maintenir les cuves en fonction, surveiller les animaux et leur alimentation ; et tu sais qu'il n'y aura pas de plage près des bassins...

SOL 9: Tu parles comme on t'a appris à parler : Mais leur histoire de fin du monde, c'est de la blague. Et je ne vois pas pourquoi on ne peut pas profiter de la mer répliquée, sous prétexte qu'on fera partie de l'équipage plus tard et qu'on vivra dans une boîte de conserve spatiale, sans accès à la mer réelle. Allez, descendons ! C'est bien pour que je te le demande que tu m'as fait venir ici, non ? (Elle se lève).

FLO 1: Vas-y si tu veux, je reste.

SOL 9: Mais je ne peux pas sans toi. Tu sais bien. Je n'ai pas encore été badgée. Si je pose un pied dans le simulateur sans être accompagnée d'un cadre, la Police va débouler aussi sec. 

FLO 1 : Tu n'es pas encore badgée ? Eh bien  tu ne le seras jamais si tu ne te montres pas plus disciplinée. (il se lève lui aussi) Sache que : non, je ne t'ai pas amenée ici pour que tu te fasses repérer par les pions pour la bête raison que tu as envie de te mouiller les pieds.

SOL 9: Pourquoi on est là alors ? Okay, c'est pas mal de profiter un peu de la pause et sans ton invitation je n'aurais pas pu entrer ici, mais je me demande ce que tu avais en tête.

FLO1: Tu m'inquiètes SOL9. Tu n'es pas censée être une Intuitive ?

SOL9: Oh, arrête avec cela ! Ces histoires de sorcières et de télépathie, c'est bidon.

FLO 1: Tu ne devines pas des trucs ? Tu ne perçois pas d'emblée les intentions des gens ?

 SOL 9 : Comme tout le monde, sans plus... Ca ne marche bien qu'avec les bêtes. Et encore. Je ne vois pas trop en quoi mes talents seront utiles? C'est plutôt aux "grosses têtes" dans ton genre que l'Europe fait confiance. Et elle a raison...

Merde alors, je n'en veux pas, moi, de leur exoplanète pour ma descendance. Je n'y crois pas.

FLO 1 : C'est ca ! Et c'est pourquoi je t'ai demandé de m'accompagner. J'ai deux amis à te présenter.

...

VAN8 : Salut !

MI5: Salut !

FLO1 : Je te présente VAN8 et MI5. Deux apprentis comme toi. Mais de la section scientifique. Bientôt badgés, je peux te le garantir.

SOL9 : Bonjour. On se connaît je crois.

MI5 : Ouais, on a du se croiser en cours d'Histoire du Temps Présent  l'an passé.

VAN8 : Et moi je t'ai vu une fois à l'Internat, avec NA4 et sa bande.

SOL9: N'empêche, je ne vois pas ce qu'on fait là. Mais j'ai l'impression que vous avez quelque chose à me demander.

FLO1. Précisément. Ne m'en veux pas de ne rien t'avoir dit avant. Mais j'ai découvert qu'on nous écoutait absolument partout. Les seuls lieux sûrs sont les sas de décontamination ou les antichambres des simulateurs. Tu m'avoueras qu'on est beaucoup mieux ici qu'en déconta ! 

SOL9: Et donc, c'est quoi le secret qu'il faut garder ?

MI5: On sait que tu ne crois pas au projet.

VAN8:  Nous  non plus. Les Chinois et les Russes envoient des stations orbitales vers les points de Lagrange, mais pas au delà. Leur mission vers Véga, c'est du pipeau. Pareil pour l'Alliance Américaine.

MI5: C'est imposssible de récréer les conditions de vie terrestre dans l'espace sans ravitailler de temps à autres la station. On ne peut pas quitter le système solaire comme cela. En d'autres termes, pour nous, l'Arche doit naviguer dans les parages de la Terre. Si on s'éloigne trop le vaisseau sera perdu : pas moyen de refaire le plein d'atmosphère ou de carbone en plein vide ! Or c'est nous qui serons l'équipage.

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A MOVIE MAKING PROJECT

First scene

2078 year. Europe. Bulgaria. Dobrich...

Professional High School of Veterinary Medicine

School yard. Students move to the building. The sky is dark, even black. Thunderstorms are heard. In the sky lightning. The camera approaches a boy who steps up the stairs and walks into the lobby.

Again thunder ... and car alarms turned on. Flashing lights are reflected in a puddle. It starts to rain ... the boy is going to a class room. He runs in a wide corridor. There are stuffed animals next to the windows. Outside, lightning again ... on the windows it's getting more and more raining.

[part of the text to be judged by the Contest Jury ]

Second scene

Students are preparing for the lesson. The boy comes in and sits on the desk next to the window. The bell beats . The teacher walks in and lights up. It's very dark. Again the thunder and the light flashes.

Lesson of Geography. The teacher begins with the weather outside and the reasons about this. The boy is bored. He watches how water is dripping through the not well-closed window. Gradually, the teacher's explanations put him to sleep.

Strong thunder. The boy wakes up. The electricity stops. The teacher calls for peace. He opens the door. There is a strong draft and the not well-closed window opens. Rain water enters into the room. The students succeed to close the window. Together with the teacher, they go out to the corridor.

Third scene

In the corridor there are other students . There are some open windows in the corridor. Rainwater comes through them. The corridors are wet. The students are frightened, but also happy with their opportunity for diversity. Some of them try to close the windows, but others start playing with water.

From the first floor, more students come and said that water is rising very fast. Teachers and children are trying to phone calls, but they understand that mobile has no connection. RAIN CONTINUES .

The camera moves in the corridor between students and teachers ... goes to the place of the stuffed animals ... The stands are empty...

СЦЕНА 1

Двор на училище. Към сградата се движат ученици. Небето е мрачно, направо черно.Чуват се гърмежи на светкавици. В небето светкавици. Камерата се приближава към момче ,което се качва по стъпалата и влиза във фоайето. Отново гръм ...и се включват аларми на коли до сградата. Мигащите светлини се отразяват в локва. Започва да вали...момчето се насочва към учебна стая. Движи се в широк коридор. До прозорците има препарирани животни. Навън отново светкавица ...по стъклата все по-силно вали.

СЦЕНА 2

Ученици се подготвят за час. Момчето влиза и сяда на последния чин до прозореца. Бие звънец .Учителя влиза и пали осветлението.Много е притъмняло.Започва час. Отново гръм и осветлението премигва.

Урок по география. Учителят започва с времето навън и причините. Някой ученици се включват.Момчето скучае . Гледа как, през не добре затворения прозорец , се процежда вода. Постепенно обясненията на учителя го унасят.

СИЛЕН ГРЪМ. МОМЧЕТО СЕ СТРЯСКА И СЪБУЖДА. ОСВЕТЛЕНИЕТО СПИРА. ПО ПРОЗОРЕЦА ВОДАТА СЕ СТИЧА МНОГО СИЛНО.

Учителя призовава за спокойствие. Отваря вратата на стаята .Става силно течение и недобре затворения прозорец се отваря.Дъждовна вода влиза в помещението. Учениците успяват да затворят прозореца. Заедно със учителя излизат в коридора.

СЦЕНА 3

Там са и други от съседни стаи. В коридора има още няколко отворени прозореца. През тях влиза дъждовна вода. Коридорите са мокри. Децата са и уплашени, но и щастливи от дадената им възможност за разнообразие. Едни се опитват да помогнат със затваряне на прозорец,но други започват игра с водата.

От първия етаж идват още ученици и съобщават, че там водата се покачва много бързо. Учители и деца се опитват да проведат телефонни разговори, но разбират ,че мобилните нямат връзка. ДЪЖДА ПРОДЪЛЖАВА ОЩЕ ПО-СИЛНО.

Камерата се движи в коридора през ученици и учители ...стига до мястото на препарираните животни... П О С Т А М Е Н Т И Т Е   С А   П Р А З Н И ...

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The proposition from Alcochete for the PITCH. After a civil protection alert to schools on the effects of pollution, especially on the environmental impact resulting from global warming, nothing has changed. It was then that a group of young scientists decided to start a new humanity on another planet ... in Kepler 452b

We are on  earth in 3010 , humanity has destroy all of the areas of vegetation available and the level of the oceans has dramatically increase in result of climat warning and  melting ice. Air has become unbreathable and  an appropriate equipment is required to survive in such an hostile evironment. Because of the significantly increased population, the government choose to convert all the habitation into zone that sort out people according to their ethnicity. The world is run by a dictator , Kapekerwe , who have been studied scientific researches on human and animal genetic . Due to that ,he control the world with an army of cyborgs build of predators and humanoïds. This army allows him to impose order under a pression of endless terror. Under the yoke of that tyrannical regime , a few groups of resisters has rise up to improve life conditions on earth. One of those groups  tries to protect and conserve the lives of the animals who are mistreated by kapakerwe ´s dictatorship.  This group is led by Tjiwapewa and it’s hallmark is a red dove . This heroine has been savagely seperated from her family after their assassination . Out on her own, she had to manage to find something to eat and how to survive. One day ,she found a abandonned puppy and decided to take care of him and all the animals in need . This is how the « flector league » come out to protect animals . Tjiwapewa and her companions take the decision to build a submarine as an arch , big enough  to receive a wide variety of animal species . Wars were endless and kapakerwe completly loose the control of his own army and dies of his own creation.  Facing this chaos ,Melanie , the right-hand of kapekerwe , decide to explose all the bombs of the planet and erradicate all the living beings. Billions of year later , nature has taken back its right as at the begining.

Sadnesss draft  (fr07) was selected by the project holders as the best narrative.  It was done during R4 transnational meeting in Cluj-Napoca (Workshop 2) because the draft shows some interactions between Human Beings and Animals. We note this story includes the first scene ; the original idea was respected.

Summary of the first scene:

Two characters (a young male recently patentee, FLO1, and a female student, SOL9) embody two differing opinions on the mission assigned by the European Union to the Space Academy. They are joined during their discussion by MI5 and VAN8, two future technicians on the spacecraft "L'Arche".

The boys are trying to seize the ship after takeoff, because they believe that an exoplanet is a target too far away and that it is better to stay in the solar system Sol9 think for its part that it is still possible to save the Earth, and would like to dedicate all the means of the mission.

The scenario :

Sol9 is found a few months later, as preparations for take-off are underway and the three boys are busy maintaining and preparing the engines.

Meanwhile, Sol9 faces Ova7, the head of veterinary services. Both young women are supposed to have both telepathic gifts and to be able to communicate with living beings. But Sol9 feels none of the effects implied by the talent attributed to him. She hates Ova7, whom she suspects of lying and wants to draw attention to herself by simulating a gift, that also justifies her rank as a superior space officer. But the course of the dispute changes when Ova confesses that she is also hostile to the mission. During the discussion, Sol9 begins to experience the telepathic sensations she doubted existed.

Shaken, Sol9 tries to use his abilities and ends up hearing the thoughts of a dog. She then realizes the great sadness of animals, none of which wants to leave the Earth ...

TO BE CONTINUED