I'm writing a lot of video projects and testing new scriptwriting software, and after I received a late-to-the-party email challenging me to do better than Sage did for their
hypish ONE fly rod announcment,
I thought I'd powder two birds with one software test. Ladies, Gentlemen and Undergrounders, I give you:
The video Sage should have used to launch the ONE fly rod:
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NOW THAT'S ACCURACY/SAGE ONE AD
EXT. DRIFT BOAT - DAY
A FLY FISHERMAN stands at the front of a drift boat, the GUIDE at the oars behind him. The guide is talking around the whistle clamped firmly in his teeth.
GUIDE
(finishing sentence)
...and when I blow the whistle, you set the hook.
FLY FISHERMAN
Really? A whistle?
GUIDE
(Oblivious, staring at water)
Wait for it... wait for...
FLY FISHERMAN
Seriously, you can forget the tip.
GUIDE
Waaaaiiiit foooorrrrr iiiit...
FLY FISHERMAN
(calmly)
If you blow that damned whistle I'll kill you.
CUT TO:
Closeup of GUIDE's face, cheeks puffed out as he blows the whistle.
GUIDE
SCHREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! SCHREEE... arghhh.
Whiplash noise. Whistle shriek stops, whistle falls out of GUIDE'S mouth. He looks surprised, then face goes blank.
CUT TO:
Closeup of FLY FISHERMAN's face as blood splatters across it.
Camera pulls back from FLY FISHERMAN and over the GUIDE's shoulder. Guide stands unsteadily, turns 3/4 to camera, reveals a five-weight fly rod sticking through his chest. Blood spurts like a Monty Python skit.
FLY FISHERMAN's face pops up over the GUIDE's shoulder, peers down as the GUIDE slowly slumps to the floor.
FLY FISHERMAN
Through the heart. Wow, that Sage ONE rod really *is* accurate.
GUIDE gurgles, falls noisily off the bottom of the frame to the drift boat floor.
> FADE TO BLACK
SUPER: Sage Logo
VOICE OVER: The Sage ONE. Hit what you're aiming at *every* time.
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