Shin; The Isolated Lighthouse Keeper

Written By
Aureo Antonio

1ST SCENE - AT THE SEA

(STARTS WITH A FADE IN)
NIGHT
AUDIO - SOUNDS OF THE SEA AND BIRDS GROWLING INCLUDING A
MELLOW BACKGROUND MUSIC
STARTS OF WITH THE VIEW OF THE NIGHT SKY WITH THE MOON AND
CLOUDS
CAMERA ZOOMS OUT
SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE
MOON
FROM THE SKY ITS FADES INTO THE VIEW OF THE LIGHTHOUSE WHERE
SHIN WORKS AND LIVES.
CAMERA FADES INTO
THW VIEW OF THE
LIGHTOUSE THEN
NAVIGATES FROM
BOTTOM TO TOP OF THE
LIGHTHOUSE SLOWLY
SHIN APPEARS ON TOP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE WITH HIS REMARKABLE
SPEED.
CAMERA IS DIRECTLY
AIMED AT SHIN IN
SLOW MOTION SO THAT
THE ANIMATION OF HIS
SPEED LOOKS REALLY
EFFECTIVE
INCLUDING SFX OF
SHIN SPEED TO THE
LIGHTHOUSE
CLOSE UP OF SHIN
FROM THE TOP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE SHIN IS ON A LOOKOUT FOR THE
SHIPS INCLUDING THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE (THE SEA)
SHIN
[SWIPES HIS THUMBS THROUGH HIS NOSE
WITH A GRIN ON HIS FACE]
"ALL CLEAR LIKE ALWAYS NO SWEAT HMPH!"
[SHIN'S STOMACH STARTS TO GROWL]
"THATS MY WAKE UP CALL TO EAT!"

CLOSE UP OF SHIN
STOMACH THEN HIS
FACE
INCLUDING MUBBLING
BELLY SFX
SHIN GOES INSIDE THE LIGHTHOUSE AND
DEMOLISHES HIS FOOD
(CAMERA)FAST PACE OF
ANIMATION WITH SOME
EFFECTS SHOWING SHIN
EATING HIS FOOD
AFTER SHIN FINISHES HIS FOOD HE LOOKS
OUT ON THE WINDOW TO SEE IF EVERYTHING
IS OKAY AROUND THE LIGHTHOUSE.
SHIN:
[WITH A TIRED FACE AND VOICE WHILE
YAWNING]
STILL AND FOREVER CLEAR NOTHINGS GONNA
CHANGE HERE I REALLY WANT SOMETHING BUT
IM KINDA TIRED AND I NEED TO....SLEEP
SHIN ENDED UP FALLING ASLEEP ON THE
FLOOR SNORING OUT LOUD.
CLOSE UP OF SHIN
ASLEEP ON THE FLOOR
SFX OF SHIN SNORING
THE CAMERA WILL FADE
INTO A BLACK SCREEN
SLOWLY WHILE ZOMMING
OUT OF SHIN
THE BACKGROUND MUSIC
ALSO DOES FADE AWAY
ALONG WITH THE BLACK
SCREEN.
2ND SCENE - THE LONELY GIRL HITORI
CAMERA FADES IN (VIEW OF THE WINDMILL)
CAMERA ZOOMS OUT
SLOWLY

HITORI IS ON TOP OF THE WINDMILL LOOKING AT THE SEA

CAMERA LOCATED FAR
BEHIND HITORI
CAMERA PANNING FROM
LEFT TO RIGHT
SFX WINDMILL
INCLUDING BACKGROUND
MUSIC
HITORI:
[IN HER HEAD WHILE LOOKING UP AT
THE SKY]
"TOO MUCH PEACE CAN ALSO MAKE YOU SO
LONELY".
HITORI JUMPS DOWN TO THE FLOOR FROM
THE TOP OF THE WINDMILL. THEN WALKS
OFF AND STARTS PICKING UP FLOWERS
WHILE DANCING AROUND.
CAMERA FOLLOWS HER
FROM WHEN SHES
TSRATS JUMPING UNTIL
SHE LANDS
CAMERA MOVES UP FROM
HER FEET TO THE FACE
CAMERA WILL ROTATE
AROUND HITORI SHE
DANCING AROUND WHILE
PICKING UP FLOWERS
AS HITORI STOPPED PICKING UP FLOWERS SHE LOOKED UP AND SHES
SEES A LIGHTHOUSE WITH SHIPS AROUND IT NOT THAT FAR AWAY
FROM HER
HITORI:
[SURPRISED FACIAL EXPRESSION]
A....A LIGHTHOUSE

CAMERA SLOWLY ZOOMS

OUT FROM HITORIS
FACE (CLOSE UP) THEN
IT SLOWLY FADES INTO

A BLACK SCREEN
SHOT CHANGES FORM
HITORI TO THE
LIGHTHOUSE WHILE ITS
SLOWLY BEING ZOOMED
OUT (ANIMATION
EFFECTS)
3RD SCENE - THE COMMUNICATION (LIGHTHOUSE AND WINDMILL)
AUDIO - WATERS OF THE SEA
SHIN WAKES FROM FALLING ALSEEP FROM THE FLOOR THEN CARRIES
ON WITH HIS DUTY WHICH HE IS REALLY STARTING TO GET BORED OF
AND HE IS ALSO FEELING LONELY.
FROM THE BLACK
SCREEN IT GOES BACK
TO THE END OF SCENE
ONE WITH NO EFFECTS
INCLUDING ONE SOUND
SFX AS SOON AS THE
SCENE APPEARS
SHIN:
[BORED AND GRUMPY WHILE HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK]
"MAN THIS ACTUALLY SUCKS FOREAL
THIS PLACE IS SO QUIET AND EMPTY AS
THE DEAD".
MID CAMERA SHOT OF
SHIN INSIDE THE
LIGHTHOUSE
SHIN HAS A GOOD LOOKOUT FROM THE WINDOW INSIDE THE
LIGHTHOUSE UNTIL HE SEES THE LIGHT FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE STOPS
AND AIM AT DIRECTLY AT HITORI AND SHE STARTLED AND LOOKED
DIRECTLY AT THE LIGHTHOUSE WHICH IS WHERE THE LIGHT IS
COMING FROM.
ANIMATION OF THE
LIGHTS MOVING
AROUND THE SEA THEN
STOPS AT HITORI

SOUND EFX WHEN THE

LIGHTS HIT HITORI
AND THE CAMERA ZOOMS
IN AT HITORI FACE AT
THE SAME TIME
SHIN:
HUH? WHO IS THAT GIRL ? I WONDER IF
SHES FROM AROUND HERE?
HITORI:
[WAVING HER AROUND AND SHOUTING]
HELLOOOO! IS ANYBODY THERE
CAMERA BEHIND HITORI
SHIN WRITES A LETTER ON A PIECE OF PAPER THEN FOLDS IT WHICH
THEN HE THROWS ACROSS THE WINDOW TO HITORI FOLLOWING THE
DIRECTION OF THE LIGHT FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE.
CAMERA CLOSE UP OF
SHIN MAKING THE
LETTER
SLOW MOTION EFFECT
WHEN SHIN THROWS THE
LETTER ACROSS TO
HITORI
CLOSE UP WHILE
CAMERA ROTATES
AROUND THE LETTER
HITORI CATCHES THE LETTER AND READS IT.THEN WRITES A REPLY
ON THE SAME PAPER THEN THROWS THE LETTER UP TO THE WIND
TURBINE OF THE WINDMILL WHICH THEN BLOW THE LETTER BACK TO
THE LIGHTHOUSE WHERE SHIN IS
CAMERA MOVES UP WHEN
HITORI THROWS THE
LETTER UP TO THE
WIND TURBINE OF THE
WINDMILL
SLOW MOTION EFFECT
WHEN THE WNIDMILL
BLOWS THE LETTER
DIRECTLY BACK TO
SHIN
CLOSE UP WHILE

CAMERA ROATATES
AROUND THE LETTER
SHIN CACTHES THE LETTER WHICH HAS HITORI REPLY ONIT READS IT
THEN LEAVES THE LIGHTHOUSE FROM THE WINDOW AND GETS ON ONE
OF SHIPS AND RIDES TO WHERE HITORI IS
SHIN:
[RUSHES]
"HERE I COME!"
CAMERA MID-SHOT OF
SHIN MAKING HIS WAY
TO THE SHIP.
SHIN FINALLY REACHES THE DESTINATION WHERE HITORI IS
GETS OF THE SHIP AND GOES TOWARDS HER.

AND

CLOSE UP LOW ANGLE

SHOT WHEN SHIN'S
LEGS WHEN HE IS
WALKING TOWARDS
HITORI
HITORI SLOWLY STARTS TO WALKING TOWARDS SHIN
CLOSE UP LOW ANGLE
SHOT WHEN HITORI
LEGS WHEN HE IS
WALKING TOWARDS SHIN
SHIN AND HITORI HAVE FINALLY MET UP AND TTHEY ARE NOW
STARING AT EACH OTHER
SPLIT SCREEN OF SHIN
ON THE LEFT SIDE AND
HITORI ON THE RIGHT
SIDE
CAMERA ON SHIN
MOVING SLOWLY UP
CAMERA ON HITORI
SLOWLY MOVING DOWN
THEN A MID SHOT OF
SHIN AND HITORI
WHILE THE CAMERA IS
SLOWLY ZOOMING
BLACK SCREEN STARTS
TO FADE IN

4TH SCENE - FINALLY MEET

OUTSIDE THE WINDMILL
AUDIO - THE SEA, BIRDS AND WIND TURBINES
SHIN STARTS SPEAKING TO HITORI BUT SHE ENDED UP GETTING ALL
SHY TOWARDS HIM.
SHIN:
"SO YOUR HITORI RIGHT ? JUST MAKING
SURE THAT I AM TALKING TO THE RIGHT
PERSON"
MID SHHOT OF SHIN
TALKING TO HITORI
HITORI:
[SHY AND STUTTERING WHILE HEAD FACING DOWN]
"YE....YE...YES I...AM"
MID SHOT OF HITORI
TALKING TO SHIN
SIN NOTICES THAT HITORI WAS VERY SHY SO HE PUT HIS HAND ON
HER SHOULDER AND WARNING HER SHE HAS NOTHING TO BE SHY OF.SO
SHE COULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AROUND SHIN.

CLOSE UP SHOT OF
SHINS PUTTING HIS
HANDS ON HITORIS
SHOULDER
THEN CAMERA GOES TO
THE MID SHOT OF SHIN
SHIN:
[HANDS ON HITORIS SHOULDERS WHILE SMILING]
"HEY DONT GET ALL SHY AND QUIET ON
ME NOW HEHEH DONT WORRY I WILL NOT
CAUSE NO HARM I AM NO THREAT WHAT
SO EVER"
HITORI:
[LOOKS UP AT SHIN WITH A STARTLED FACE]
"ERM ITS NOT THTAS ITS NOT THAT ITS... NOTHING AT ALL"

CAMERA MID SHOT OF

HITORI
ANIMATION HITORI
HEAD MOVING TO FACE
SHIN
SHIN:
[HANDS ON HIS WAIST]
"SO I GUESS THAT YOUR FROM AROUND HERE"
MID SHOT OF BOTH
SHIN AND HITORI
HITORI:
YEAH I AM, I LIVE IN THAT WINDMILL OVER THERE
SHIN:
[EXCITED]
"OH SNAP! THATS COOL. ALL THIS TIME
BEFORE TIL NOW I THOUGHT THIS WHOLE
PLACE HAD NO HUMAN BEING APART FROM
MYSELF."
HITORI:
[STARTING FEELING COMFORTABLE]
"YEAH SAME I THOUGHT OF THE SAME THING.
IT SURE IS PRETTY DAMMAN BORING AROUND
HERE. ITS TOO PEACEFUL WITH NO
ENETERTAINMENT OR ANYTHING.
CAMERA CLOSE UP ON
HITORI
SHIN:
[ARMS OPEN WIDE THEN SCRATCHES HIS HEAD]
"WELL IF YOUR BORED AND NOT
PLANNING ON DOING ANYTHING, WHY
DONT YOU HANG OUT WITH ME AT THE
LIGHTHOUSE SINCE IM IN THE MIDDLE
OF DUTY. YOU COULD EVEN HELP ME OUT
IF YOU WANT."
CLOSE UP SHOT OF
SHIN BUT IN AN ANGLE

HITORI:
[VERY SHY SLIGHTLY LOOKING AWAY]
"ERM...ERM..SURE WHY NOT"
CLOSE UP SHOT OF
HITORI BUT IN AN
ANGLE
SHIN:
[GRABS HITORIS HANDS AND DRAGS HER]
THEN LETS GO!
SLOW MOTION EFFECT
FOR A FEW SECONS
WHEN SHINS GRABS
HITPRIS HANDS
CLOSE UP SHOT DURING
THE PROCESS THEN MID
SHOT OF SHIN AND
HITORI
THEY HAVE FINALLY MET NOW SHIN HAS TAKEN HER WITH HIM BACK
TO THE SHIP TO GO BACK TO THE LIGHTHOUSE AND HELP HIM WITH
HIS DUTY AS THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER.
FADES TO A BLACK
SCREEN SLOWLY
5TH SCENE - SHE IS THE KEY
LIGHTHOUSE AND SEA
SHIN HAS FINALLY ARRIVED BACK TO THE LIGHTHOUSE ALONG WITH
HITORI. THEY BOTH ENTER INSIDE THE LIGHTHOUSE WHICH THEN
SHIN CARRYS ON WITH HIS JOB ALONG WITH THE HELP OF HITORI.
HITORI:
CAMERA MID SHOT OF
HITORI
[LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW]
"SUCH A BEAUTIFUL VIEW FROM HERE
SHIN"
SHIN:
CAMERA BEHIND SHIN
WHILE HES LOOKING AT
THE WINDOW
"TELL ME ABOUT IT YOU CAN BASCIALLY
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SEE THE WHOLE SEE FROM HERE. I CAN

EVEN SEE YOUR HOME FROM HERE TOO!"
HITORI
[SURPRISED]
"OH YEAH! I CAN SEE IT"
SHIN AND HITORI STILL CARRY ON THE DUTY AT LIGHTHOUSE.SINCE
SHIN MET HITORI HE HAS FELT SOME TYPE OF WAY WHICH MADE HIM
BACK TO BE THE SPLENDID TALENTED LIGHTOUSE KEEPER WHO IS NO
LONGER BORED OF HIS JOB. ISIT THE COMPANY AND THE FEELINGS
HE HAS FOR HITORI......
SHIN:
CLOSE UP SHOT ON
SHINS HAND ON
HITORIS SHOULDER
CLOSE UP OF SHINS
FACE
[HANDS ON HITORIS SHOULDER WHILE SMILING]
"SINCE ITS JUST ME AND YOU AROUND
THIS PLACE..I PROMISE YOU I WONT
LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU ILL
PROTECT YOU NO MATTER WHAT!"
HITORI:
CLOSE UP OF HITORIS
FACE
[BLUSHING]
"TH....THANK YOU THAT REALLY MEANS
ALOT TO ME"
AS TIME GOES BY SHIN DROPS OF HITORIS BACK HOME TO THE
WINDMILL BUT BEFORE SHE WALKS AWAY HER AND SHIN HUG
EACHOTHER.
FINAL PART FADES IN
FINAL PART
THE NEXT MORNING SHIN WAKES UP TO CONTINUOS KNOCKING FROM
THE DOOR WHICH ENDED UP BEING HITORI.
SHIN:
[STARTLED]
"HEY HITORI! WHATS UP ? WA WAIT HOW
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SHIN: (CONT'D)
DID YOU GET HERE?
HITORI:
[WINKS]
"A SHIP WHICH I FOUND NEAR HOME"
SHIN:
"OH SNAP! LUCKY YOU SO WHAT BRINGS
YOU HERE SO EARLY ?"
HITORI:
[SERIOUS FACE]
"I WANNA BE WITH YOU AND AND I
WANNA DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING....I
WANNA BE A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER!"
FROM THERE SHIN COULDNT BELIEVE WHAT HE JUST HEARD FROM
HITORI HE THOOUGHT HE WAS UNDER A DREAM OR AN ILLUSION. FROM
HERE ON OUT SHIN AND HITORI STAYED AND WORKED TOGERTHER IN
THE LIGHTHOUSE AND EVEN GO BACK AND FORTH TO THE WINDMILL TO
SEE IF EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT. IN THE END HITORI OFFICIALY
BECAME SHINS LOVER AND ALSO A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER ALONG SIDE
WITH HIM.