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Evoke Season 2 Spec Script
SEASON 2
Episode 1
PAGE 1
PANEL A
A military checkpoint on the outskirts of the Mexican city of Tapachula. Sunset.
A Mexican COMMANDER and SERGEANT look down the road at an approaching horde of ragged people, men women and young children. Concertina wire and a sentinel post signify that the checkpoint is impenetrable.
COMMANDER - Where do they all come from? Will they never stop?
SERGEANT - Sadly if the rains never return...there will be no more people to come.
PANEL B
Close-up of a Brazilian FATHER, grimey and sweat-streaked, and his WIFE who is holding their young SON. All three are skeletal and weary.
FATHER - The crossing into Mexico is closed!
WIFE - But the Coyoteros said the way would be open...
PANEL C
Aerial view of long line of people walking through a parched desert, ground is cracked.
OFF-PANEL - ...and we've come such a long way.
PANEL D
Rural farmer's house in Brazil. A small family stands outside the house looking at dead and withered row crops.
TEXT BOX- Years of crushing drought have brought ruin to the once-fertile valley of Pernambuco Mejor. Located on the edge of Brazil's rapidly expanding "drought polygon" the residents of this valley have no choice...
INSET PANEL E
Close-up of a shifty-eyed COYOTERO selling a map to the FATHER.
TEXT BOX- ...but to use the last of their money to try and find a safe route North...
PANEL F
Map showing route from Brazil through the isthmus of Panama to Guatemala.
PANEL G
Refugee camp outside Tapachula. A soldier sits atop a military truck, mounted machine gun pointed at the refugees.
TEXT BOX - ...only to find their way blocked outside the city of Tapachula, Mexico.
PAGE 2
PANEL A
Against a background of refugees stands PAOLO, holding the hand of his younger sister ANITA.
TEXT BOX - Two years ago Paolo dreamed of leaving his village and moving to the Brazilian city of Boa Vista with his uncle, where he could study to be a doctor.
PANEL B
Closer-up, ANITA has collapsed to the ground.
TEXT BOX - Paolo never thought that he and his sister would be environmental refugees.
PAOLO - Come on Anita, get up. We must catch up with our parents.
ANITA - My legs hurt! I can't walk any more.
PANEL C
PAOLO stoops down to help his sister. He sees something glowing beneath a cactus.
INSET PANEL D
Close-up of a glowing metallic tube with the Global EVOKE team symbol. In the background Paolo reaches for the tube.
PAOLO - Wha-what is this?
PANEL E
Close-up of PAOLO's hands holding the tube, a flexible flat screen extends from the side of the tube like a window-shade.
STATIC BUBBLE FROM SCREEN- Greetings from Team Evoke! We're here to help you find food, water, shelter...
PAGE 3
PANEL A
A neighborhood near the border, Tapachula, Mexico. ZORRO holds a sling-shot and is preparing to launch another glowing tube. ESTRELLA looks a flexible flat screen from still another tube, it is glowing and active.
ESTRELLA - Another refugee has found one of our FlexFones!
STATIC BUBBLE FROM SCREEN - Good work Estrella! Our FlexFone recycling program is really paying off.
PANEL B
Aerial view of FlexFone in mid-air. Below are ZORRO And ESTRELLA.
ZORRO - I just hope we can get all of these phones into the hands of refugees before the Federales catch on.
PANEL C
High-tech control room in a secret undisclosed location. EMBER sits looking at a situation table with holographic 3-D map. BUZZ sits next to her, in the back ALCHEMY stands, looking on.
BUZZ - Why are the Federales making it so hard on the refugees to get help from relief agencies.
ALCHEMY - They are getting pressure from other governments to stop the migration.
PANEL D
Close-up of ALCHEMY.
ALCHEMY - They think that if they stop the food distribution the people will go elsewhere...
ALCHEMY - ...but the famine is so severe, that there is no one place left for such a mass of people to go.
PANEL E
Close-up of EMBER, a look of panic on her face.
EMBER - What can we possibly do to help...from so far away?
PAGE 4
PANEL A
Aerial view of the SITUATION ROOM. ALCHEMY, BUZZ and EMBER look at a glowing map on the situation table.
ALCHEMY - There is enough carrying capcity internationally if the refugees were better organized.
PANEL B
Extreme angel from floor, looking up at ALCHEMY, BUZZ and EMBER.
ALCHEMY - It won't be easy but the refugees could form new communites around major cities in the region. If they were organized they could become an asset, and not a threat to those cities.
PANEL C
Close-up of BUZZ, an "EarGem" audio receiver is in his ear.
STATIC BUBBLE FROM EARGEM - Buzz, this is Wu-Tan. We've got a problem here in Shanghai. The global markets have just taken a nose-dive. It's bad...
PANEL D
Close-up of BUZZ, panic on his face. Over his should stands ALCHEMY
BUZZ - Wu-Tan is reporting that the international stock market is crashing. What does that mean for us?
ALCHEMY - Not good news. Resources for relief agencies are already spread thin. Team Evoke is going to need more creativity and courage than ever. Are you up to it?
PANEL E
Close-up of BUZZ and EMBER looking at each other, uncertain.
TEXT BOX - ...to be continued.
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