Vita audio markup

1. fade iN:
EXT. School exterior - morning
Father places hands on Abel's shoulders before he leaves for school.
Father
Have fun, don't get into trouble.
Abel
Don't worry, Dad, I won't.
father
Probably won't be able to pick you up later. Lots of work to do on VITA today. See you later, El.
Match cut - boy standing by father's grave.
ext. graveyard - evening
Staring down at grave, then kneels to get a better look. He places something down on the grave
and sighs.
Abel
Miss you, dad.
He gets up and walks away, head held low.
Ext. bedroom - evening
Abel walks down to his bedroom, stopping when he gets there, looking across to a bag. He
rummages around in the bag and finds lots of notebooks. He examines one of the notebooks
and it contains the word 'tempus' written thousands of times. He places the notebook down,
and rummages through lots of other notebooks to find an envelope in the bottom of the bag.
The envelope is addressed to 'Abel/El'.
Abel
What?
He opens the envelope to find a USB stick with 'Vita' written on a label, crudely attached to the
USB. He runs to a computer to plug it in.
The ambient noise of bustling students walking
into school.
Dialogue – Recorded on site. (ADR IF WEATHER
BAD)
Wind – Ambient Noise
Dialogue – Recorded on site. (ADR IF WEATHER
BAD)
Light footsteps can be heard. (Foley)
Faint Ambient wind can be heard (Foley)
Rummaging through bag (foley)
Pulling out the envelope paper sound (foley)
Paper crinkling sounds (foley)
Sound of usb stick going into computer (foley)

2. V.i.t.a
Hello, El. I missed you. I am V.I.T.A.
Cut to reaction shot of abel:
Abel stares into the computer screen, almost as if he is having an intense flashback.
Abel
El? What?
V.I.T.a
Your father created me, El. He spoke of you a lot.
Abel becomes teary eyed, staring in disbelief at the computer screen.
V.i.t.a
Are you ok, El? Would you like me to call you something else?
Abel wipes away his tears, rubbing his face with both of his hands.
Abel
No, no... El is fine. Great, actually.
v.i.t.a
Excellent! So, El, what would you like me to do for you?
Abel
Do for me? What can you do for me?
v.i.t.a
Anything! Within reason, of course.
Abel
Tell me about dad. How did he make you?
V.i.t.a
Your father was very kind! He brought me into existence. I'm not sure how, though. First there
was nothing, then there was life. Much like a human, I suppose.
Abel
But you aren't human, you know that right?
V.i.t.a
Why not? What separates us? Could a machine, or an animal, have this conversation with you?
Abel
A.I. Voice. – Manipulated and distorted (adr)
Dialogue between Abel and Ai (abel on site if audio
clean, VITA continues to be AI voice [Adr])
Diegetic music in the background, score that
increases tension – Rising string notes.

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