EXT. Theater at Night
Lights outside with a marquee of the name of the pop star Lilly Lopez
Posters of her concert outside the establishment
Close up on the band with their instruments. The camera stops at the pianist. He is focused and vibing with the music.
The singer Lilly Lopez performs a rock pop song.
Shots of the enthusiastic and adoring, crazy fans. The title of the movie appears, lower left of the frame.
Verse 1: I'm feeling the energy, the electricity in the air As I step on stage, the crowd's roar is everywhere I see faces light up, hear voices calling my name It's like a sea of people, all dancing in the same flame
Chorus: I can feel your love surround me Like a million hands lifting me up high Together we'll make history With every beat, we'll touch the sky
Bridge: In this moment, we're invincible A force that cannot be stopped Our hearts beat as one, unstoppable With every chord, every drop
Chorus: I can feel your love surround me Like a million hands lifting me up high Together we'll make history With every beat, we'll touch the sky
Outro: We'll keep on moving forward, with our heads held high Our hearts full of passion, our spirits ready to fly Thank you for this moment, for sharing your light Together we'll keep shining, like stars in the night.
Then Lilly thanks her fans, then introduces and thanks her band members to the audience. The camera focuses each on her band members the back-up guitarist, the drummer, the bass, then the pianist as Lilly announces his name "and Robin Bluth on keys."
Then shot back to Lilly doing her huge shout finale, thanking her fans and how much she adores them and that she'll be nothing without them!
Camera cuts back to Robin and Shot to Black.
Seconds we hear sounds from the concert backstage, and faint noise from the audience. Fade in to Robin drinking some water from his thermos as he exits from the stage to the backstage. A face towel around his neck.
Stage manager: Hey, great job Robin!
Robin: Thanks, you too.
Robin enters the dressing room where he shares with the other band members.
David (guitarist): What a show, gang! What a last night!
The rest: (shouts of relief and joy)
Candy (bassist): I can't wait to be with my family again.
Robin: Didn't your kid just had his birthday last week?
Candy: Yeah, had to do a skype call. Which reminds me I have to buy him something before I get back home.
Chuck (drummer): I'll think I'll sleep for a month after this.
Stage Manager (appears at the door): Hey guys.
The Band: Hey Brian.
Brian: In an hour we need to get back to the tour bus. And oh yeah, Lilly wants to say how thankful she is for all of you for the 20 night tour, it has been a blast.
David: Oh, she's not gonna say that to us personally.
Brian: No...you guys know how she is now, right. Just as long as we get paid. See ya at the bus.
The band: Bye...
The camera cuts to Robin's solemn face, facing himself on the mirror and combing his hair.
Chuck: She used to be so cool.
Cut to the band passing Lilly's dressing room, carrying their bags. Robin is the last one in the line. He stops as he overhears Lilly's voice. Her dressing room is slightly open ajar.
"Can you believe that guy?" Lilly said. "He probably spent a fortune on those flowers, have you read his card? What a loser!"
Robin looks disgusted and disappointed. He then walks away.
The band arrived outside and they still a huge crowd of fans crowding the entrance of the theater, chanting Lilly's name, some singing her most famous song. The camera shows that Robin is looking at them more and the other band members doesn't care as they climb up to the bus.
Candy: Hey, Doug!
Bus driver: Finally you guys. But we have to wait for the tech team, they're not here yet.
Cut to Robin staring at the adoring fans from his window pane. He sees that a bunch of fans have the words ""Lilly's Luminaries" on the back of their shirts.
"I can still remember when Lilly struggled getting fans."
Robin looked around to see the tech head, Elle, standing behind him.
Robin: "Well, look at her now. Funny, I overhear her earlier that she didn't like one bouquet from a fan. Called him a loser"
"Was it an ugly bouquet? Wait, she told him that to his face?"
"I didn't actually saw the bouquet, passed her dressing room for a bit going here. No, she only told Francine."
"Oh, well she's a bit of an actress now. She was very gracious during the meet and greet. You know how fame changes a person."
The crowd gets loud as Lilly finally exits, her bodyguards make way for her to her private bus.
The bus where Robin is starts to run it's engine. Robin stares at the fans and Lilly until he can no longer see them.
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Suffer For Us - Developing Script
General FictionRobin Bliese is a 30-something professional pianist who plays for other artists. He dreams of becoming famous and having fans like his clients, including the secretly mean diva Lilly Lopez. After his brother suggests that he upload all of his origin...
