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“Ido” 

By Madilyn Davidson 

FADE IN: 

INT. HOUSE – MIDDAY 

The old weathered potter, IDO, is sitting at his desk, face in hand staring at a half finished kantharos. There are bread crumbs all over his desk from his unfinished lunch, the floor is strewn with broken pots and his bed is unmade and dishevelled.  

There is a loud bang at the door, it swings open, a large wealthy patrician, AMOS, fills the doorway. He demands IDO make a new kantharos identical to that on his desk for the symposium or he will be banished.  

FADE TO WHITE: 

INT. HOUSE – LATE NIGHT 

A beautiful young woman is painting a kantharos, the very same one from IDO’s desk.  

FADE TO BLACK: 

INT. HOUSE – MIDDAY 

IDO is staring at the kantharos, tears form in his eyes. 

INT. HOUSE – AFTERNOON 

IDO sits at his potter’s wheel, each time he starts to form the shape of the vase it collapses in on itself, he slams his fist into the clay sending bits everywhere.

FADE TO BLACK: 

EXT. HOUSE – NIGHT 

IDO is still at his wheel through the window, the candle flickers on his troubled face.  

FADE TO BLACK: 

INT. HOUSE – MORNING 

AMOS arrives to see his vase, IDO presents a crooked mess and hangs his head in shame begging for another chance to prove himself. AMOS agrees but scowls as he leaves.  

INT. HOUSE – AFTERNOON 

IDO returns to the wheel, his eyes are closed his clay lay in front of him. 

FADE TO WHITE:

INT. HOUSE – AFTERNOON 

IDO and ELLISA are sitting at the wheel, she is trying to make a vase and laughs as it fails. Ido smiles and puts his hands over hers and together they form a vase shape. 

FADE TO BLACK: 

INT. HOUSE – EVENING 

IDO smiles and admires the finished vase on the wheel.

FADE TO BLACK:

INT. SYMPOSIUM – EVENING

IDO now lounges at the symposium, lavish drapery surrounds him, AMOS stands beside the vase placed on a pedestal. He is in the middle of a speech about himself. Toasting the room he takes up the vase and finishes the wine, subsequently smashing the vase on the ground into a thousand pieces. IDO is shocked and first begins to scramble for the pieces. He picks up a large piece with the outline of AMOS still visible. IDO smiles to himself and closes his eyes.

FADE TO BLACK