Chapter Three

Short Film Coming
THE ORIGIN
Chapter 3

( school )

Mia : Paul, why do you love me?
Paul : syempre the best ikaw (then kiss sa pisngi kay Mia)
Mia : simula ngayon, ikaw na si Strawberry Cake, kasi favorite ko yon
Paul : … (awkward face) ako!? strawberry cake!? parang ayoko yatang matawag na ganun
Mia : eh anong gusto mo?
Paul : hmm? (nag-isip) … tawagin mo na lang akong … Senyorito … o kaya Panginoon
Mia : (smiled then pinalo nang mahina si Paul)
Paul : tapos ikaw, pangangalanan kitang, Hoy!!! ah hinde, masyadong mahaba, psst! psst na lang … pssst!
Mia : (smiled then kinurot si Paul)
Paul : ah, ah—- araw!
Mia : ikaw, niloloko mo lagi ako
Paul : sinong lokoloko? sinusuntok ko yung mga lokoloko (punching self palm)
Student : excuse me, saan dito Guidance Office?
Paul : Guidance Office? … mula dito hanggang … nakikita mo yung lalaking naka-blue malapit sa hagdanan?
Student : … oo
Paul : siya tanungin mo … hindi ko alam eh
Student : …
Mia : … siya tanungin mo (smiling)
Student : yung naka-blue
Mia : yung naka-blue oo
Paul : … (watch the guy leave then laugh)
Mia : ikaw, natututo ka na sa kin ha (kiniliti si Paul)
Paul : (nakiliti, tawa) wag! may kiliti ako dyan
Mia : saan? dito ba? dito? (kinikiliti si Paul)
Paul : (tawa) haha tama na! tama na po kuya di na po lalaban (tawa tapos may napansin)
Mia : ba’t ano yon
Paul : ang aga ni Christoper ngayon ah … may gagawin na kasi kaming bagong project

( other location )
(nakaupo silang apat … Nelson, Christoper, Paul at Mia)
(temporary subtitle)

AFTER TWO WEEKS
DAYS OF MIA … 83

Paul : (hinalikan bigla si Mia sa pisngi)
Mia : ano ba? (tinulak si Paul, nabangga si Christoper na katabi lang)
Christoper : ..!
Mia : … (hinalikan sa lips si Paul habang iginigitgit kay Christoper)
Christoper : magsitigil nga kayo! (pumalag)
Mia and Paul : (smiled)
Christoper : nasan ba si Ann!?
Mia : ay! kasama ng boyfriend nya kaninang nakita ko
Christoper : kanina pa dapat nandito sya ah
Paul : … nabasa ko na pala yung susunod na script, ayos lang ba sayo yun Nelson?
Nelson : baliw yan si Christoper eh, kung anu-ano pinagsususulat
Christoper : mga men! napapansin tayo kasi intiresante ang mga ginagawa natin … (tumayo, humarap sa kanila) simula ngayon, tama na ang boring na mundo ng puro normal lang na palabas! walang excitement doon
Paul : … (awkward face then tingin kay Nelson)
Christoper : … (umupo ulit sa gitna nila) at sinisiguro ko sa inyo, this time, (inakbayan si Nelson at si Paul) mananalo na tayo
(tingin sa sky)

(blackscreen)

AIDS AWARENESS
LEVEL ONE

( Bay Walk )
( from sky then showing Christoper sitting )

Christoper : …
(enter Ann)
Ann : Christoper, ako ang yung tagapaghatid, si Ann
(they are now walking)
Christoper : … alam mo, ang kinamatayan ko cancer … (nangite) nadale pa ko ng pinakamalalang saket
(Ann stop walking and then Christoper stop walking as well)
Ann : mali Christoper, hindi yun ang pinakamalalang saket
Christoper : it’s not?
Ann : oo … at yun ay tinatawag na … (tingin sa camera) AIDS

( other location )
(they’re standing waiting for something … then a little girl with a red balloon approach Ann and suprisingly touch the dress of Ann as well)

Ann : … (crouch down and the little girl gave her the balloon … Ann smiled then the little girl leaves)
Christoper : … (noticed a woman passed)
(the woman stop sa medyo harapan nila and use a cellphone)
Christoper and Ann : … (look at the woman)
Christoper : (nilapit yung ulo kay Ann) sa tingin ko, hindi sya tunay na babae
Ann : tama ka … kasi, isa syang bakla
Christoper : (nagulat) no way!
(then take a look for the last time on that woman and then the woman leaves)
Ann : hindi ka nagkakamali Christoper, bakla sya, bakla sya na may AIDS
Christoper : … (awkward face)
Ann : at hindi lang sya, kundi lahat ng mga bakla … ang masama pa neto, nagdo-donate sila ng kanilang dugo at isinasalin sa mga inosenteng tao … tama, makasalanan silang mga nilalang at walang karapatang mabuhay sa mundo dahil lahat sila may AIDS
Christoper : (hinawakan balikat ni Ann) mabuti na lang, hindi ako bakla
Ann : mabuti naman … (then tingin sa camera) tandaan, wag maging bakla kung hindi, may AIDS ka

Lady Narrator’s voice : wag maging bakla kung hindi may AIDS ka with cooperation of, Paul’s condom, Nelson’s condom, and Twin Tower Condiminium, located near WackWack Mandaluyong

(Christoper and Ann hold hands and then Ann releases the red balloon to the sky)
(end of film)
(blackscreen)

AIDS AWARENESS
LEVEL TWO

(studio)

Ann : AIDS … this is a serious issue … killing millions of people, affecting billions of people … should we be careful? we answer the people
(outside)
Christoper : I have a gay friend … is he gay?
(back to studio)
Ann : yes, he have AIDS
(outside)
Nelson : I have a classmate name Jason, whose really hot and all the chicks dig him … yesterday, he asks me to go out to a date, and I said, I’ll think about it … what should I do?
(back to studio)
Ann : just say no … he’s hot yeah, and he’s probably handsome too but, think about it, going out with him means getting AIDS of about one hundred percent probability … plus one if you go near him
(outside)
Paul : (Hindu accent) I’m a foreigner, which means I’m new from this country, and I’m also afraid to get AIDS from a homosexual person … please, I want to know what gay people look like here
(back to studio)
Ann : yes, be very afraid, gay people all have AIDS, and they all look like this … roll the clip
(clip) (showing a demon)
(clip) (showing monsters)
(clip) (replaying a chubby gay guy laughing … in focus, close-up, and nostrils only)
(back to studio)
Ann : (smiling) … yes, they are disgusting yes … and finally, someone wrote us a letter, it says …
(close-up the letter)
Ann’s voice :
DEAR LADY,
WHOEVER YOU ARE
I WILL KILL YOU
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
GAY RULES!!!
JASON
(back to Ann)
Ann : aww—- how sweet, thank you Jason … and finally, we’ll read an e-mail … it says …
(showing the e-mail)
Ann’s voice : GAY PEOPLE ARE EVOLVING, IT’S HARD TO TELL WHOSE GAY OR NOT … SOME ARE ACTING STRAIGHT BUT THEY’RE REALLY GAY ON THE INSIDE … PLEASE, I DON’T WANT TO GET AIDS, HOW WILL I KNOW FOR SURE THEY ARE REALLY GAY?
(back to Ann)
Ann : simple, if a man touches your penis, he’s gay, hm-kay?
(different angle)
Ann : always remember, it’s wrong to be gay, gay equals AIDS
(blackscreen)
(stomp on screen)
GAY = AIDS

(end of film)

— end of Chapter 3 —