Written and performed by: Michelle Huang, Bingxuan Yang & Xueqi Yang

FADE IN:

Animation:

• Voice over when introducing map of Lord of the Rings
• Camera following an owl (foreshadowing evil to come)
  • Sits on branch; hoots; flies away (parallels Fleance)
• Zoom in: gust of wind (voice over whisper from elm trees)
• Camera zoom in on torch being extinguished
• Setting EXT: Evening, close to nighttime (slightly darker, lighter → darker)
  • Rocky, forest setting (trees in the background & the rocks are the tables/chairs of the banquet)

Introduction:

Long, long ago, in the world where hobbits thrived… (speak alongside animation)

Dialogue:

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INT/EXT. [LOCATION] — Evening, rocky forest setting

Good Gollum (wearing white): Comes, comes my friends! It knows its ranks. We welcomes it to sit!

Lords: Why thank you gollum! [Separate cut]

Evil Gollum (wearing white): Bless us precious! Yes, yes, we sit above all those nasty little hobbitses. Look at us, ha! We sit with order, with order!!

Saruman: Yes, welcome, my esteemed guests! Partake in the feast prepared in your honor!

Enter Orc

Evil Gollum: Gollum, gollum. We shall play the light lord in darkness. They don’t know us, they don’t know how we have come to be.