ETScript斯皮尔伯格经典电影ET英文剧本.doc

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Commentary by Richard Michaels
TITLES: ". - THE EXTRA-TERRESTIAL"
[The letters are in soft-purple against a black background. Purple is
traditionally the color of that which is sacred.]
EXT: NIGHT SKY: NIGHT
The black screen es a night sky. The camera angles lowers to show a
forest against the night sky.
EXT: LANDING SITE: NIGHT
In an opening in the forest stands a spacecraft. The view of the craft is
obscured by tree branches. The atmosphere is misty, with blue ing
from the spacecraft.
[The opening scene is misty and diffused. This forces the audience to pay
close attention to the images on the screen. The characters are not clearly
seen. This engages the audience, as they attempt to see what the aliens
really look like.]
One creature walks up the gang blank and into the ship.
INSERT: ALIEN HAND
A strange hand, with two long and slender fingers protruding, move aside a
branch that obstructs the view.
[This concentrates the audience's attention. The creature going into the
ship is being observed by another creature. Who are they? What's going on?
This is another technique that forces the audience to focus on the action.]
INT: SPACECRAFT'S GREENHOUSE: NIGHT
The inside of the ship appears to be a greenhouse. There are sounds of
water dripping. Cone shaped objects (possibly alien plants) sit among earth
plants. Vapors flow up from the plants.
[These images all appear non-threatening. The aliens are inferred to be
collecting vegetation, and are thereby inferred to be harmless.]
[Like many of Spielberg's other films, the opening sequences contain almost
no dialogue. The story is told without verbal exposition. He forces the
audience to e engaged in the storytelling process by giving them just
bits of information that they have to piece together into the story. He
doesn't insult their intelligence.]
EXT: SPACECRAFT: NIGHT
A group of the aliens work in front of the spacecraft. Suddenly, they hear
a dog