New Tropic Pictures- 'Marshmallow' Short Film video transcript

[Black screen. Screen flickers with retro film]

[Video image of a young woman with brown curly hair, blue jeans and black polo neck and black boots. Next to the young woman is a girl with brown curly hair wearing a light blue tea dress and black boots. They are sitting on a long tree branch that is lying on the floor. The sun is low in the sky and behind them, on the horizon, is a set of trees. In front of them, there is a small fire flickering with small flames. They are smiling and giggling as they hold sticks with marshmallows over the flames.]

[Light-hearted guitar music plays over the video]

[Woman stands to the left of the screen and pokes the fire with a large tree branch. Girl watches]

[Cuts to woman stood at the right of the screen, adding branches to the fire. The girl watches and smiles. Music continues]

[Woman sat on the branch watching the girl as she places a marshmallow in her mouth. Girl throws a small piece of burnt marshmallow onto the fire.]

[Cut to video of the girl sitting on her own on the branch poking a stick into the fire.]

[Cut to the woman walking in the background towards the fire, carrying a small pile of long branches in her arms. The girl is sat on the branch and eats marshmallows.]

[Cut to the woman standing behind the girl still sitting on the branch. The woman crouches down and kisses the girl on the right cheek. Both smile. Music continues.]

[Cut to the woman sitting next to the girl on the branch. Both look at each other and talk while holding a branch with toasted marshmallows. Flames flicker slightly higher.]

[Cut to the girl in the background arms outstretched mimicking an aeroplane running towards the fire. The woman sitting on the branch watches and giggles. The girl runs to the branch and sits next to the woman.]

[Cut to woman and girl standing in the background looking at each other. The girl jumps into the woman's arms and wraps her legs around her waist. The pair spin in a circle. Guitar music continues.]

[Video cuts to the woman sitting on the branch with the girl sitting on her knees. Both look at the fire and lean forward to roast marshmallows. The film continues to play with the girl sitting in different positions on the woman's knees. They continue to talk to each other, hold each other and giggle. Woman rocks girl in her arms.]

[Cut to video of the woman and girl standing behind the branch, hugging each other. The pair stand back and look towards the trees in the background. they hold hands and walk towards the trees. Sun continues to get lower in the sky. Guitar strings slow down. There are no flames left on the fire but the wood continues to glow orange and smoke. The woman and girl walk towards the trees and walk off-screen to the right. The music slows.]

[Screen turns black. Music fades slightly. The film title 'Marshmallow' flickers on the screen, written in bold, white, pencil-style lines.] 

[Film credits flicker onto the screen written in the same style as the film title.] 

Credits: 

Written and Directed by Floyd Parker

Mother and Daughter- Libby & Isla Kenyon 

Cinematography by Fletcher Smith & George Nash

Editing and Colour by Carl Woodland

Music by George Nash

[Black screen. The music stops.] 

New Tropic Pictures- 'Marshmallow' Short Film video

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