Friday, September 12, 2008

256. Blue Flowers - Leslie







  • FADE IN:

  • INT. AMELIA'S BEDROOM - LATE AFTERNOON

  • Amelia sits in a rolling chair in front of a large mirror over her dresser.

  • Tattoo ink, needles, and other tattooing paraphernalia are neatly arrayed on the low dresser surface.

  • Amelia is dressed in a black tanktop.

  • She holds a tattooing machine by her neck, the needle drawing blood as black ink is injected under her skin.

  • She dips the needle in ink.

  • INT. AMELIA'S CHILDHOOD BEDROOM - DAY

  • YOUNG AMELIA runs around her bed, trying to get away from her MOTHER.

  • Her mother, dressed in a crisp business pantsuit, chases her into the corner and backhands her.

  • Young Amelia falls to the carpeted floor.

  • INT. AMELIA'S BEDROOM - LATE AFTERNOON

  • Amelia draws the outlines of flower on her neck, focusing carefully in the mirror.

  • INT. AMELIA'S CHILDHOOD BEDROOM - DAY

  • Amelia's mother holds her down, taking a lighter from her purse.

  • MOTHER
  • You're an evil little girl. I don't want to do this, but you push me, you push me, and you get what's coming.

  • Young Amelia squirms away, crying.

  • Her mother grabs her arm and begins burning her, adding new scars to patches of scar tissue that run up her arm and neck.

  • INT. AMELIA'S BEDROOM - LATE AFTERNOON

  • Amelia is filling in the flower with a rich cobalt, creating a stylized, blue, cherry blossom.

  • Each of the blossoms covers a scar, her last flower, begin to create a beautiful mask over the shiny, slick, burned tissue that runs up the side of her neck.

  • She puts the needle down and inspects her handiwork.

  • The full tattoo stretches down from her neck, around her shoulder and down her arm, a beautiful semi-abstract painting on a living canvas.

  • She smiles a little into the mirror and traces the path of the tattoo up her arm, remembering.

  • FADE TO BLACK.


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