last draft, I think?

FADE IN:

INT. SCREENING ROOM -- NIGHT

THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA,DEMETRIUS,HERMIA,LYSANDER and HELENA are sitting on the front row. They are all wearing elegant suits. On each their left arm they have different color arm bands. They look like high society people. All of them except for Theseus and Hippolyta have non emotive faces. They some how are in a hypnotic state. They seat in this order: Helena, Hermia, Hippolyta, Theseus, Demetrius, Lysander.

The projector starts, the movie begins.

ON SCREEN:

INT. FACTORY -- DAY

PYRAMUS is working at the stone factory. He is going over a pile of stones.

PYRAMUS
So what is a normal day in my life? I am a strainer at the stone selection factory. My job is to select the highest quality stones. The best of the stones are taken by the delivery truck to Theseus's mansion, then they are placed either on his stone garden or his pond. I've started a hobby of collecting the worst quality stones, the ones that Theseus would have someone killed for bringing. It makes my job and life more bearable just knowing that I own something that Theseus hates.

Theseus slowly grins. He then grabs Hippolyta's hand. She fearfully smiles back at him.

INT. DARK ROOM -- NIGHT

Pyramus is sitting on a wooden chair, writing his journal entry on a cinder block desk. There are rocks everywhere but in a very organized way. You see rocks in jars Labeled too big, too small.

PYRAMUS
In Theseus government no one is allowed to interact with the opposite sex. And the situation is just getting worst. They are about to release a new drug that will not only sedate emotion but make for more passive and less independent workers. The drug is its early stages. I've heard stories of it being secretly tested on workers, of it being put on food and water, and people all of the sudden dying from a heart attack. The world is a terrible place.



INT. STONE FACTORY -- NIGHT

Pyramus enters through a small door. He quietly approaches to the old concrete wall.

He touches the wall feeling its texture. He then tries to listen to the other side and puts his head next to the wall. After a while, he takes out a stone from his pocket and begins to tap the wall in a rhythmic pattern.

PYRAMUS
Oh wall, why are you deceiving me?

INT. OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL -- NIGHT

THISBE a worker of a local factory, is walking by the side of the wall pausing for a few moments, putting her ear on the wall trying to listen to PYRAMUS that usually communicates this way with her lover. She grows desperate because she cannot hear the tapping. She looks very thin,tired and worn out. But there is this look in her eyes of hope. Suddenly she hears the tapping. She smiles and takes out her stone and begins tapping.

THISBE
Pyramus is that you?

Pyramus in the other side suddenly smiles and listens to Thisbes message. He then begins to tap.

PYRAMUS
Yes and as faithful as ever. Meet me at Ninny's forest.

THISBE
Neither death nor life will stop me from coming.

Off screen:

HIPPOLYTA
This is the silliest thing I've ever seen.

EXT. NINNY'S--PARK -- NIGHT

Suddenly we see from afar that Thisbe has entered the park. Thisbe stops and stares at the fountain.

From afar Snug the spy enters the frame. He looks at Thisbe with anger.

She takes out the stone that Pyramus gave her.

THISBE
Why aren't you here my love.

She suddenly hears some footsteps.

Snug arrives with gun in hand.

Thisbe is terrified she drops the stone.

On Screen:

EXT. NINNY'S FOUNTAIN -- NIGHT

Pyramus arrives, Suddenly he finds Thisbes tapping stone. He suddenly begins to feel a chest pain. The chemical has taken effect, his heart beats wildly and suddenly explodes.

Thisbe returns from her escape. She freezes as she notices that Pyramus is dead. She looks at his face for one last time. Because of her strong love emotions, she dies the same way.

INT. SCREENING ROOM -- NIGHT

THESEUS
Why do we do that to ourselves. We invest so much time and energy into another person, all of our self worth.

Theseus caresses Hippolyta.

THESEUS
Only to one day have it taken away and ourselves along with it.



The camera reveals that Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena are dead.