BEHIND THE COUNTER
Two things the shop will make for you. Both are free, both work as many times as you like, and you need neither an account nor the book to use them.
THE TOWN. Somewhere small. A name, the people who can be reached in one evening, what each of them does for a living, what each of them wants, and who they are to one another. Nobody in it knows anything and nobody in it is hiding anything. That's the raw material a film gets made out of.
THE RECORDING. A title with the blank still in it, a certificate, a catalogue number, a running time, and six scenes in the order they get shot. One scene a session. That's a film with no cast and no location yet.
Roll both and you have a campaign. The town supplies the people, the film takes them, and what happens in between is the game.
Print them, cross things out, write over them. That's what they're for.
THE TOWN
Everyone here can be reached in a single evening. Not one of them knows a thing.
Lindale
Kevin Okonkwo, 30 Works weekends at the video shop owes money to Stanley Thackery borrows tools from Aaron Rosas used to date Dale Hollenbeck employs Cheryl Petrosyan went to school with Nadine Calder The tape back
Patricia Whitcomb, 50 Sorts mail at the post office lives next door to Iris Lindqvist is married to Dale Hollenbeck drinks with Nadine Calder To be believed about something nobody else saw
Aaron Rosas, 17 Mows the cemetery lends tools to Kevin Okonkwo is the stepson of Merle Quillen Somebody to take the dog
Chad Orzechowski, 19 Takes the photographs for the yearbook has not spoken to Floyd Vance in eleven years To pass the test this time
Stanley Thackery, 47 Bags groceries at the IGA is owed money by Kevin Okonkwo went to school with Floyd Vance has a sister Iris Lindqvist dated To make it to Friday
Hazel Ferrante, 71 Runs the laundromat drove Shane Kowalczyk home once owes money to Cheryl Petrosyan Her name off the lease
Bonnie Vandermeer, 48 Works the desk at the public library is looking after Dale Hollenbeck To be forgiven for something small and specific
Floyd Vance, 71 Sells cars at the Ford lot has not spoken to Chad Orzechowski in eleven years went to school with Stanley Thackery buys from Shane Kowalczyk For the letters to stop
Cheryl Petrosyan, 38 Stocks shelves at the IGA is owed money by Hazel Ferrante coaches Dale Hollenbeck works for Kevin Okonkwo To be gone before the first frost
Jennifer Adeyemi, 14 Mows lawns is looking after Dwight Lindell is on the same committee as Dwight Lindell The sheriff to stop coming round
Shane Kowalczyk, 18 Does a paper round was driven home once by Hazel Ferrante sells to Floyd Vance Not to be seen going into the motel
Iris Lindqvist, 58 Works weekends at the photo lab lives next door to Patricia Whitcomb dated Stanley Thackery's sister To not be the one who finds it
Tammy Fetterman, 31 Runs the Little League concession owes money to Lester Trombley Her daughter to call
Dale Hollenbeck, 31 Dispatcher at the sheriff's office used to date Kevin Okonkwo is married to Patricia Whitcomb is looked after by Bonnie Vandermeer is coached by Cheryl Petrosyan To buy the lot next door
Lester Trombley, 61 Manages the trailer park is owed money by Tammy Fetterman used to date Merle Quillen Not to have to explain where he was
Merle Quillen, 65 Reads the meters used to date Lester Trombley is the stepfather of Aaron Rosas To sell the house before winter
Dwight Lindell, 31 Pumps septic tanks is looked after by Jennifer Adeyemi is the best friend of Nadine Calder is on the same committee as Jennifer Adeyemi The transfer to Columbus
Nadine Calder, 53 Night manager at the Gas-N-Go is the best friend of Dwight Lindell went to school with Kevin Okonkwo drinks with Patricia Whitcomb To stop drinking, again
OPEN
The radio mast on the ridge
The Little League field
The cemetery
The drainage ditch behind the school
The reservoir
The high school gym
The IGA
NEEDS A PERSON
The car wash
The twin cinema
The storage units
The trailer park on Route 9
The photo lab at the drugstore
The plant
The diner on the highway
The roller rink
The motel with the empty pool
THE RECORDING
Shot in this order, one scene a session. The blank in the title gets filled by wherever your players keep going back to.
THE ______ THAT FOLLOWED ME HOME The stalk NO CERTIFICATE ISSUED RFS-1006 90 ESTABLISHING (10) A place that looks like itself The first time they notice (12) Somebody who notices they are being watched Who they tell (17) Somebody they would tell The house, from outside (12) A house seen from outside The telephone (16) A telephone, and a reason to use it THE LAST SCENE (23) What the title promised