BDM125 Final Script

IDO 

By 

Madilyn Davidson

INT. HOUSE - MIDDAY

The room is dark and dusty, the old potter, IDO, sits at his desk, face in hand staring at a half finished Kantharos vase.

Bread crumbs cover his desk from a previous meal, the floor is strewn with broken pots and his bed is unmade and dishevelled.

There is a loud bang as the door swings open, a large wealthy patrician, AMOS, fills the doorway.

AMOS

Ido! I need a vase

IDO

What kind?

AMOS scans the room his eyes settling on the Kantharos vase and he points with authority

AMOS

That vase. But with me on

the front eh?

AMOS strikes an exaggerated pose IDO’s eyes are distant as he stares through the vase in front of him

AMOS

If you can’t I’ll find a

potter to live here who can

IDO

(Shakes and nods his head) 

No, I-i-i can do it

IDO closes his eyes, the unfinished Kantharos vase sits on the desk

FADE TO WHITE:

INT. HOUSE – LATE NIGHT

The Kantharos is portrayed in flickering candle light and a young women, ELLISA, concentrates intensely on painting the vase.

FADE TO WHITE:

INT. HOUSE – MIDDAY

IDO is in the same seat as ELISSA, tears form in his eyes  

SLAM CUT TO:

IN. HOUSE – AFTERNOON

IDO sits at the potter’s wheel, he begins to form a shape but the vase collapses in on itself

His fist comes down on the wheel sending wet clay out of the shot.

  

FADE TO BLACK:

EXT. HOUSE – NIGHT

IDO is outlined through the window of his house, a candle flickers on his face as he sits alone at the wheel

SLAM CUT TO:

INT. HOUSE – MORNING

AMOS comes through the door and IDO is on the floor, his head hung in shame as he holds a crooked mess up towards AMOS

AMOS

You’re spose to be the best!

This is all you have for me?

IDO

S-sorry, please I beg you,

give me another chance!

AMOS HUMPHS and turns his back leaving the room

AMOS

One more chance

FADE TO BLACK:

INT. HOUSE- AFTERNOON

IDO is at the wheel again with a lump of clay in front of him. His eyes are closed.

  

FADE TO WHITE:
INT. HOUSE – AFTERNOON

ELLISA sits at the wheel with IDO behind her, clay covers her face and sticks to her hair.

She begins to form a vase but it collapses in on itself and she laughs. IDO smiles behind her and reaches round.

Their hands together form a shape on the wheel

FADE TO WHITE: 

INT. HOUSE – EVENING 

IDO smiles and admires the finished vase on the wheel.

FADE TO BLACK:

INT. SYMPOSIUM – EVENING

Lavish curtains cover the walls. A platter of grapes and bread is spread across a table and we can hear AMOS talking as the Kantharos comes into view, silhouette of AMOS is painted on the side

AMOS

… and that was how I defeated

the Great Tobius, saving each

of your miserable lives! So in

my honour I toast that we may

continue to live as kings!

AMOS’s hand reaches for the vase and grasps the handles. He holds the vase to his lips and drinks its contents, wine slipping down his chins.

Finishing the wine AMOS lets out a sigh and throws the vase.

It falls in slow motion to the ground and shatters into pieces. IDO is beside it broken pieces in his hands.

IDO’s face is shocked and distraught, until one piece stands out to him, it still holds the silhouette of AMOS.

We end on IDO’s face as he smiles to himself and closes his eyes.