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Jul 26, 2023 · The genius of ‘Whiplash’ is grounded in its screenplay. To understand the underlying screenwriting tips this film offers, we first need to dissect its screenplay structure and key script...
Just because it's based on a true story does not, at all, make it an adapted screenplay. It's adapted if it is based on a prior book, article, film, something in which could be adapted to a film
- INT. NASSAU BAND REHEARSAL STUDIO - GEHRING HALL - NIGHT 1
- 2 EXT. NEW YORK STREET - SHAFFER CONSERVATORY - NIGHT 2
- 3 INT. MOVIE THEATER - LOBBY - NIGHT 3
- 6 INT. DORMITORY - HALLWAY - HOURS LATER
- 7 INT. DORMITORY - ANDREW’S ROOM - NIGHT 7
- 8 INT. GEHRING HALL - NASSAU BAND ROOM - DAY 8
- FIRST NASSAU BAND REHEARSAL CHART. Mid-tempo. Ryan’s
- 9 INT. GEHRING HALL - NASSAU BAND ROOM - MOMENTS LATER 9
- 11A INT. GEHRING HALL - STUDIO BAND ROOM - CONTINUOUS 11A
- 12A INT. ANDREW’S PRACTICE ROOM - MOMENTS LATER 12A
- 13 INT. MOVIE THEATER - LOBBY - AFTERNOON 13
- 14 INT. GEHRING HALL - LOBBY OUTSIDE DEAN'S OFFICE - DAY 14
- 15 INT. GEHRING HALL - FLETCHER’S OFFICE - DAY
- 16 INT. GEHRING HALL - NASSAU BAND ROOM - NIGHT 16
- 18A INT. DORMITORY - HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER 18A
- 19 EXT. DORMITORY - NEW YORK STREET - MOMENTS LATER 19
- Then why the FUCK didn’t you say so?!?
- 23 INT. STUDIO BAND ROOM - GEHRING HALL - MOMENTS LATER 23
- Claps again. Andrew plays WHIPLASH STUDIO BAND REHEARSAL
- Start counting.
- 24 INT. GEHRING HALL - BASEMENT HALLWAY - DAY 24
- 25 INT. DORMITORY - ANDREW’S ROOM - DUSK 25
- 26 INT. GEHRING HALL - STUDIO BAND ROOM - FLETCHER’S OFFICE -
- 28 INT. GEHRING HALL OFFICE ROOM - DAY 28
cavernous space. Sound-proofed walls. And in the center, a DRUM SET. Seated at it, in a sweat-marked white T, eyes zeroed on his single-stroke roll, is ANDREW NEIMAN. He’s 19, slight, honors-student-skinny -- except for his arms, which have been built from years and years of drumming. Suddenly -- a MAN enters the practice room. Stopping, rising-- ...
Andrew exits, hurries off. Pasted onto his overloaded back-pack are patches, buttons, names: Krupa. Roach. Buddy Rich... The buildings of midtown New York loom over him like giants -- immense, forbidding...
A quiet two-screen theater. Andrew buys concessions. The GIRL at the counter is about his age. She’s pretty, but doesn’t really know it. More to the point, she doesn’t seem to care. Her name is NICOLE. NICOLE Swedish fish? ANDREW Nah, not this time, thanks... Andrew and Nicole exchange smiles. He takes his items -- popcorn, Raisinets, two sodas...
6 Rusty elevator doors squeak open. Andrew steps out -- into a grimy, green-walled hallway. Dim lights, loud MUSIC blaring from behind a door. A thudding party beat... At the end of the hall -- where the music is coming from -- a few PARTYGOERS mingle by a door. The door opens. A YOUNG MAN hands a SECOND YOUNG MAN a wad of cash in exchange for a...
A single. Drumsticks and drum pads scattered, biographies of Bach and Coltrane on the shelf, posters of Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker on the walls. A TV is on, some sort of music documentary. Andrew watches from his bed -- as, over OLD AUDIO OF DRUMMING and old stills of a boy at a drum set -- NARRATOR (V.O.) By the age of ten, Traps the Boy W...
The same room we saw Andrew practicing in at night -- only now it’s full of musicians. Mostly male, mostly first- and second-years. This is NASSAU BAND, one of Shaffer’s lower-level jazz ensembles. Because it’s Shaffer, the players are still first-rate. A few third-years are here, too -- including a red-head drummer with the body of a linebacker. R...
confident, in control. Andrew turns his pages, watches... MR. KRAMER (CONT’D) Nice, Ryan... Woah, trumpets. TRUMPETER #2 Yeah, yeah - sorry about that one. MR. KRAMER Just brass again. To Ryan’s left, a whisper-- TRUMPETER Ry... ** ** ** ** ** Ryan turns. Visible as a silhouette through the frosted glass of the main door...is FLETCHER. Andrew...
Rehearsal has ended. The MUSICIANS have just filed out -- except for Andrew, who’s hanging back... MR. KRAMER Are you learning from Ryan? ANDREW Yeah... He’s been great to me. MR. KRAMER Last week was a little overwhelming for you? ANDREW (is that a question?) Yeah... (then, hesitant,) I wonder...what you think about my progress? MR. KRAMER Your ...
Through the pane of glass, Andrew can see a FULL ORCHESTRA. Everyone looks older than in Nassau. More focused. All eyes glued on Fletcher as he assumes his position... Fletcher’s right arm moves, just a hair, and the band starts: fast, dazzling. Andrew watches -- in awe. The band’s playing STUDIO BAND EAVESDROP CHART, and the sound is so full, s...
A CD slides into a player. The title: “BUDDY RICH: BIRDLAND”. Andrew skips ahead to the third track. Immediately, drums start. Another double-time swing. Only this one is insanely fast. Even faster than Andrew was going. Andrew listens. Looks at his drum kit. Thinks. Makes a decision. Turns the CD off.
The same movie theater as before. Andrew marches in. Has one goal and one goal only now. Walks up to Nicole at the counter. Takes a deep breath, and-- ANDREW Hey -- look -- I -- I don’t know how to say this -- I see you in here all the time and -- I was just wondering -- (stops, collects himself,) -- if you’d want to get a bite to eat with me. Beat...
The next morning. Andrew, still riding high, is seated in a lobby outside the DEAN’s OFFICE. In his hand -- a FILLED-OUT TRANSFER APPLICATION. ASSISTANT Andrew Neiman? (Andrew turns) Dr. Fletcher would like to see you. ANDREW Oh. Ok... Andrew’s thoughts are elsewhere. Distracted -- not sure what this is about but doesn’t really care -- he dutifu...
BLACK. We hear knocking. 15 FLETCHER (O.S.) Come in. A door opens -- the black gives way -- and we see, seated at a polished mahogany desk, Fletcher. He looks as imposing -- and as well-dressed -- as ever. FLETCHER (CONT’D) Hey, Andrew! I guess Sophie found you? Andrew is taken aback. Fletcher remembers his first name? ANDREW Yes... I’m... I-- F...
Andrew plays the drums with Nassau Band. Keeps missing hits. The song’s SECOND NASSAU BAND REHEARSAL CHART (ANDREW). MR. KRAMER Alright, that’s... That’s enough of that. Back to just the core, please. MUSICIANS trade places. As Ryan trades with Andrew, he turns-- RYAN Dude -- what’ve you been practicing? Just then, the DOOR SWINGS OPEN -- and ...
Andrew bursts out of his room and RACES down the hall.
Andrew DASHES across the green. It’s still pitch black outside, the city cold and menacing.
Silence. It’s the first time we’ve heard Fletcher really SHOUT. His voice is booming, louder than one would have thought. Then-- FLETCHER (CONT’D) I’ve been carrying your fat ass for too long, Metz. (MORE) FLETCHER (CONT’D) I will not let you cost us a competition because your mind’s on a fucking Happy Meal and not on pitch. Stein, congratulations,...
The players are taking their seats. Slowly, Andrew walks in. Eyes the DRUMS. Takes a deep breath. He can do this... Carl is seated in the alternate’s seat. The drum throne is empty. Just waiting for Andrew... Andrew sits down. WE MOVE IN CLOSER ON HIM -- as he adjusts his seat, lays his music out, gets his sticks ready... FLETCHER (O.S.) Alright, g...
ANDREW #3, expecting another stop -- but it doesn’t come. Fletcher nods, as though now satisfied, then slowly turns around. Puts his hand on a spare chair. Looks like he’s about to sit down, when... ...like a flash of lightning he WHIPS up the chair and HURLS it straight at Andrew’s head. Andrew DUCKS, as the chair CATCHES the top of the bass drum,...
ANDREW (like a deer in the headlights) ...Five-six-seven-- FLETCHER In four, damnit! ANDREW One-two-three-four... Fletcher SLAPS Andrew on his left cheek. Then-- FLETCHER Keep counting!! ANDREW One-two--(another slap) --three-- (a third slap) --four-- FLETCHER Was I rushing or I was dragging? ANDREW I -- I don’t -- I don’t know-- FLETCHER Start c...
Andrew exits. Trying to hold it all in. Then-- RYAN Hey, bro. He sees Ryan, a few yards away. Andrew hides his face, hides the TEARS that are starting to spill out uncontrollably... RYAN (CONT’D) I never said congrats, man. Congra-- ...and RUNS like hell.
Andrew is curled in the corner, crying. We linger here. Then, his PHONE rings. He looks at it. Hesitates... ANDREW ...Hello...? JIM (O.S.) You didn’t show. And, finally, breaking down, can’t hold it in any longer-- ANDREW He ripped me apart... JIM (O.S.) ...Who? (then,) That asshole? You told me you were transferring... Andrew looks at his desk. Th...
Andrew steps into Fletcher’s office. Before Fletcher can say a word-- ANDREW I’m sorry to interrupt you. I just want to tell you -- I’m so thankful to have been accepted into Studio Band. And I’m going to make sure I don’t disappoint you. Fletcher, seated at his desk, just looks at Andrew. Andrew nods, turns around. Marches back down the hall -...
CLOSE ON Andrew’s hand, Xerox-ing pages of music. The titles: “WHIPLASH”, “ALEPH NULL”, “EASY SIX”... Pages dense with notes... Fletcher sets the table for dinner. He has nice porcelain plates, and a glass of red wine. But the meal? A frozen ready-made steak and vegetables. On the wall, a photo. In it, a younger Fletcher, and a WOMAN, and a NINE-YE...
Feb 5, 2015 · There may not be an obvious connection between Damien Chazelle’s horror script “The Last Exorcism Part 2” and “ Whiplash,” but the adapted screenplay nominee drew heavily on his training as...
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Jan 16, 2015 · The Academy argues that since the short film came out first, "Whiplash" has to be an adaptation. Not everyone agrees with the definition. The Writers Guild Awards and the British...
