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TV :30 I WANT TO BE UNDER A QUILT

THE SHOT OPENS PANNING LEFT TO RIGHT ACROSS A VERY TIGHT CLOSEUP OF A PANEL OF A QUILT; WE CAN SEE THE CONTRAST OF COLORS BUT WE ARE TOO CLOSE TO MAKE OUT THE DESIGN OF THE WHOLE QUILT. THE VOICEOVER STARTS IMMEDIATELY.

VO: I want to be under a quilt with you.

CUT TO A SHOT OF A YOUNG GAY COUPLE, LATE TWENTIES, VERY NORMAL AND INNOCUOUS LOOKING. THEY ARE IN BED IN A SUNLIT BEDROOM WITH THE SUNDAY PAPER. THE MAN ON THE RIGHT (DANIEL) IS READING INTENTLY; THE MAN ON THE LEFT (THOMAS) HAS PUT DOWN THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE HE'S BEEN WORKING ON TO SMILE AT HIS MATE.

VO: On a Sunday afternoon...

CUT TO A SHOT OF THE SAME COUPLE SHOT FROM THE POV OF THE TV IN THEIR LIVING ROOM. THEY ARE IN FRONT OF THE TV, UNDER A QUILT, ON THEIR STOMACHS, THEIR CHINS PROPPED UP BY THEIR HANDS. DANIEL IS LAUGHING OUT LOUD; THOMAS IS SMILING, ADORING HIM.

VO: ...or a Thursday night...

CUT TO A SHOT OF THE SAME COUPLE SHOT FROM BEHIND. THEY ARE ON A BEACH. IT IS NIGHT AND WE SEE THEM IN SILHOUETTE. THEY ARE SHARING A QUILT, WATCHING THE FIREWORKS.

VO: ...on the Fourth of July.

CUT TO A TOP TO BOTTOM PAN SHOT OF A COUPLE PANELS OF THE QUILT; AGAIN WE SEE THE COLORS AND CONTRASTS BUT WE ARE TOO CLOSE TO MAKE OUT THE DESIGN OF THE WHOLE QUILT.

VO: I want to be under a quilt with you...

CUT TO INSIDE THE QUILT; THEY'VE MADE AN IMPROMPTU FORT. DANIEL IS PROPPING A FLASHLIGHT UNDER HIS CHIN TO MAKE SCARY FACES. THOMAS LAUGHS.

VO: ...when the power goes out...

CUT TO A HEADSHOT OF THOMAS; HE IS WAKING UP IN THEIR BED. CUT TO DANIEL, WHO IS LAYING ON HIS SIDE; HE'S BEEN WATCHING THOMAS SLEEP.

VO: ...when I wake up

CUT TO A SHOT OF THE COUPLE ON THE COUCH UNDER A QUILT; DANIEL HAS FALLEN ASLEEP ON THOMAS' SHOLDER BUT THE QUILT HAS FALLEN OFF DANIEL. THOMAS READJUSTS THE QUILT TO COVER DANIEL.

VO: ...and when you fall asleep.

CUT TO A CLOSE UP OF THE CENTER OF THE QUILT; WE SLOWLY ZOOM OUT. WE SEE THAT IT'S THE SAME COUPLE, SPOONING, UNDER THE QUILT. THE DESIGN OF THE QUILT IS A QUILTED REPRESENTATION OF THE COUPLE, MATCHING THEIR EXACT SLEEPING POSITIONS. WE SEE NAMES, BIRTHDATES, DEATH DATES ON IT; IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN AIDS QUILT. ONCE WE SEE THE WHOLE DESIGN WE BEGIN TO PAN DOWN THE QUILT.

VO: I'd rather us be under a quilt... than to be on one.

AS WE PAN DOWN PAST THE FEET WE SEE THE FOLLOWING TEXT QUILTED INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE QUILT:

Know sooner.

Act faster.

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