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INT. LONE STAR - KITCHEN - CUTLERY - DAY
(SAMANTHA, MATT, JESSICA, DYLAN, STEVE)
WE SEE A FREEZE-FRAME OF JESSICA BY DISH. SHE'S STARING AT THE GROUND. STEVE IS STANDING BY HER SIDE AND DYLAN'S IN DISH. WE'RE INSIDE A SMALL GOLD-COLORED EARRING, AS HIGH AS SAMANTHA'S HAND, AND BETWEEN HER THUMB AND FOREFINGER. OUR EYE IS THAT OF A ROBOT NAMED "NU NAO" [1.] AND EVERY TIME WE BLINK WE CAPTURE A GOLDEN SCENE; THE UPPER RECTANGLE OF THE PICTURE PRECISELY 1.62 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE LOWER ONE [1.]. AND NOW THE EXPRESSION ON JESSICA'S FACE LIES TWO THIRDS ALONG THE PHOTOGRAPH'S HORIZONTAL PLANE [1.]; THIS IS THE SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE SCENE. THE IMAGE COMES TO LIFE.
JESSICA
Oh my god! I've lost it!
STEVE
What?
JESSICA
An earring!
JESSICA RUBS HER RIGHT EAR WITH HER FOREFINGER.
JESSICA
It fell off. Dylan, is it over there?
DYLAN
Nope. Can't see it.
SAMANTHA PLACES HER GOLD EARRING ON A NAPKIN. WE BLINK AND NOW WE SEE A FREEZE-FRAME OF SAMANTHA AND MATT. NATURALLY IT COMES TO LIFE. MATT POINTS AT US.
MATT
Is that . . .?
SAMANTHA
No.
Check her other ear. Her earrings are a lot fancier.
MATT TURNS TO CHECK JESSICA'S LEFT EAR. SURE ENOUGH, HER REMAINING EARRING IS BRIGHT BLUE AND QUITE PRETTY. SAMANTHA UNWRAPS A NAPKIN, REMOVES AN EARRING JUST AS BLUE, AND PLACES IT NEXT TO THE GOLD ONE. SAMANTHA SMILES.
SAMANTHA
But this is the one.
MATT LOOKS AT THE EARRING ON THE BENCH.
MATT
Ha. Why . . .?
SAMANTHA
Found it on the ground before. I was waiting for someone to say something. But let's wait a bit before we tell her.
SAMANTHA PICKS UP THE BLUE EARRING. SHE HAS HER BACK TO JESSICA.
SAMANTHA
What do you think makes this so special?
MATT
It looks pretty I guess.
SAMANTHA
Maybe. Do you swim?
MATT
Um . . . Not really. I've never really lived on the coast.
SAMANTHA
So you haven't been deep sea diving?
MATT
No. But I'd love to. Have you?
SAMANTHA
Yeah. It's a whole new world down there. Beautiful. There are countless undiscovered species [2.]. Worms, mollusks, crustaceans [2.]. In some areas they're finding a new species every single month [2.]. But . . .
SAMANTHA TURNS THE EARRING IN HER FINGERS.
SAMANTHA
So many people think this is pretty. Like, coz it's coated in gold and all and bright blue. So this Canadian company - Nautilus Minerals - are thinking of digging into a hydrothermal vent field off the coast of Papua New Guinea [2.]. They're looking for beautiful metals, like what's in this.
SAMANTHA PUTS THE EARRING BACK DOWN.
SAMANTHA
But do we really think metals are more beautiful than the creatures that live near these vents? Why risk wiping out entire species for . . .
SAMANTHA TURNS BACK AROUND. SHE LOOKS AT JESSICA,