KABWAYAN

We have to begin with this color - a dark void that doesn't have an end to juxtapose with the final image: the blue sea that doesn't seem to have an end.

BLACK A soft symphony of ocean ambiance gradually increases out of the darkness, like water slowly filling one’s ears. Faint sunlight swallows the darkness and we find we are in...

We must be able to feel the claustrophobia and the staticness of the aquarium life after seeing seemingly large spaces of blue. We must also be freaked out by the fucked up smile of Sabel, which seems forced and is a product of the way she is being forced in her home life by different kinds of people.

THE OCEAN FLOOR We’re surrounded by rock formations, corals, slowly swaying water greeneries, and bubbles of various sizes. We look around and the ocean is vast: no other fish shares this aquatic kingdom. We swim slowly, relishing every inch of freedom we have. As we swim and swim, we end up hitting a glass. We stop and the blur of the ocean disappear to reveal the giant smiling face of SABEL (18). We realize we’re in...

This has to be trippy as fuck even if we don't trippify the visuals. The eyes change in color and the water's trippifying feel are disconnected but they must compensate.

THE AQUARIUM Wide-eyed Sabel, with her nose almost flattened as it is pressed against the glass, makes pretty eyes at us and with every blink, the color of her eyes change from blue, red, green, purple, and many more. Sabel’s white-as-pearls teeth seem to be too big for her face as they’re revealed by her crazy fucked-up smile. As bubbles pass in front of her immobile face save for the crazy blinking, she starts to look like a Halloween mask if one wants to go as The Joker. It almost seems like a forced smile. TITLE CARD: SISID SABEL The ambiance of water starts to overpower: we feel like we’re drowning despite fully knowing how to swim.

We must be able to feel the friction of both sexes trying to take control: the Dickless Man and the Overpowered Woman. Sabel is neither of them. This is the perspective of a child who is the ultimate victim of the battle of the sexes. They're the ones who don't understand why this happens. The Dictator is a cat lady who had too much power on her hands and too much internet thinking that feminism is getting rid of men. What a fucking depressing excuse for a human being she is

Sabel is silent because she's silenced. She doesn't talk much because everyone wants to take control. She also swims like a fish because she's very much involved with her fish Fafa. INT. LIVING ROOM - HOUSE - DAY Knees-bent to level her eyes with the aquarium, Sabel presses her face against the aquarium as she stares at FAFA, her adorable pet fish. We were Fafa just moments ago. Fafa’s aquarium kingdom seems vast in design: it has castles, plants tall enough to be his trees, over a hundred marble rocks, and fake stars & sun pasted on the glass. However, for a fish this is not big enough nor does this signify freedom. Sabel mouths “He loves me, He loves me not” as she throws fish food in alternates into the aquarium. Fafa slowly swims towards them and eats them. In the TV, the interview of a woman wearing a pink crown is ongoing. As her chargen indicates, this is “MAHAL NA CONTESSA (Rebolusyong Babaita)”. She has her fat cat husband, GRAN, nestled in her arm as they’re riddled by camera flashes of different colors. The TV blinks on and off, cutting off some words and distorting them... MAHAL NA CONTESSA 15.6mbps nAh ang average speed ng ehnternet ngayehn tas shungarks pa reeeehen ? Tayo kaya ang nagluwal sa mga buhyAG na ‘ yOOWn ? Tas chimchim lang tayo? SkyooowsmiiIHAAA !!! MAHAL NA CONTESSA (CONT’D) Hayop SAAA hayop. ANIMUHL sa ani MUHL ! (raises Gran) PEHLETAN ng hayop ‘yang mga animal na ‘yan! MALE REPORTER Ms. Contessa, ang-- MAHAL NA CONTESSA NeHeeHEXt. MALE REPORTER Ms. KOOOWN -- The Male Reporter screams off screen and his voice slowly silences. MAHAL NA CONTESSA Ang inklusyon ng salitang “baba” sa salitang “babae” ay isang patriyarkal na pakyu. MAHAL NA CONTESSA (CONT’D) Taase, Angate... Angat Teh! FEMALE REPORTER Nangati! MAHAL NA CONTESSA Boba ! May suggestion ka ? MAHAL NA CONTESSA (CONT’D) Ibirit niyo , ichacha niyo , isigaw niyo na tayo ang superyor na uri ! MAHAL NA CONTESSA (CONT’D) Karapatan natin ang lahat . Kunin natin lahat . Mga hayop sila . In the TV is the feminist dictator who not only wants to rid of men but to get women to burn the world and not about getting their rights anymore. This dictator wants to become the most powerful, even prescribing rules to women. She is married to a cat. She’s a cat lady. The TV set is messing up. It’s going on and off. Emman enters. His high-pitched voice is distracting and ugly, trying hard to be authoritative. In the TV, the cameras shift to the fat cat who the chargen indicates as “GRAN (FIRST FELINE)”. GRAN * meow * EMMAN SABEL!!! Sabel sees a small rat pass by as if it’s scared by the cat it saw in the television. With Emman’s every scream, it’s as if he’s trying to raise it enough to make his squeaky lack-of-testicles voices die. SABEL (whispers as she throws fish food) He loves me not. Emman gets the remote control and presses OFF repeatedly but the TV dictator keeps on ranting. He throws the controller at the socket and it turns off. SABEL (CONT’D) (to Fafa ) You love me. Sabel giggles, emitting a literal bubbly sound. EMMAN Walang ulaaaaam !!! Ano’ng oras na a??? Ano inaantay mo , mabuhay mami mo ? Bertdey ko ? Kilos! Sabel mimics the movement of a fish when she walks: her hands do tiny swimming movements as if they’re fins and she’s floating on water.

We must feel the authoritarian friction in the house that tries to crash against Sabel.

INT. KITCHEN - DAY Sabel cooks for Emman She refuses to cook the fish, making its dead bodies float in the sink. He storms in to give more orders in his high pitched voice.

The light must be yellowish, different from the lights produced by the aquarium as well as the other rooms. In other words, it has too look fake but also has to reproduce the lighting that would seem fitting to a tropical/beach scene.

INT. SABEL’S ROOM - DAY Sabel reads the Isla tale from a crappy weird ass children’s story book. The lights changes in the room as if we’re in a stage play. The actors come out of the dark. Emman plays the evil crab lord. The Tita of Manila is there but masked. In the story, she is the savior with her goat. She vomits pearls and sees the Clam Lord.

The Karaoke Lyrics comes out in a weird watery font with a fish swimming on top of them.

ISA-ISA KARAOKE Sabel sees a how-to-propose video as prescribed by the media and the dictator but now the TV is blinking on and off Sabel sings the Isa-Isa song with a seashell for a microphone. The sound of the song feels muffled, as if it’s passing through a shell filled with water and a lonesome fish. Isang Isabel Isasama sa Isang Islang Isangdaang Isda ang Nananahan . It slows down, graceful as Sabel moves. It’s as if she’s a hybrid Ballet Dancer and Opera Singer. Emman scolds her. Emman hums the Isa-Isa song badly and snaps out of it immediately.

The light from the aquarium has to be like a burning bush to Sabel: it absorbs her and eats her up. It's going to be the light bulb that sparks.

INT. Living room (HOUSE) - NIGHT The only source of light comes from the aquarium where Fafa is sleeping peacefully. A moon is pasted on the glass in place of the sun that was there earlier morning. Sabel is in the couch wearing her snorkels, staring straight into the aquarium’s light. She could hear bubbles as the light absorbs her.

It shouldn't be a ring anymore. The feminists destroyed that kind of notion already. It should be some kind of animal offering.

BLOODLESS PROPOSAL Sabel bloodlessly proposes to Fafa . She makes sure she has an audience. Sabel kisses the glass of the aquarium, kissing Fafa as well Emman sees this and freaks out because it’s a yes!

The news about Sabel and Fafa's wedding spreads and it has to be done ingeniously. It has to be similar to the movement of the quickest fish in the world. It has to work like it's sound in water: it's fast as hell.

NEWS SPREADING The news about the wedding spreads. It travels like (search for fastest fish alive) EMMAN Sabel! Wa’ datung, wa’ kasal! If Sabel gets married to the fish, she’s free from all the responsibilities that her father brings down on her. TITA OF MANILA Sabel! This must be love! It reaches the Tita of Manila. She’s rich and brilliant and she can help with this. Uh-oh.

Think of a weird and cute (far from erotic) way that they could spend an intimate moment together, something as awkward as forced marriage people trying to spend time together, trying to find the perfect rhythm for each other. Maybe Sabel could wear her snorkels and put her head inside the tank

INTIMATE MOMENT OF SABEL AND FAFA Intimate moment between Sabel and Fafa .

She reveals that her goat can sing Rock Baby Rock and even sang it on their wedding day in ElectroSynth Pop The theme was Grass/Damo.

TITA OF MANILA ADVICE Tita of Manila takes a visit and gives advice EMMAN Wala kaming pera para sa kasal-kasal. EMMAn ( CONT’D ) Hindi na kailangan ‘yan ! TITA OF MANILA Nu’ng kinasal ako kay Kamby , may theme kami: Damo . Tita suggests on the wedding. Emman is infuriated because he doesn’t know what to do. The Tita of Manila goes to the bathroom because she has to pee. The Tita catches Emman doing something weird, something equivalent to masturbation. The tension between them rises.

Think of the weirdest and most dickless way that Emman could rage, something that will make his high pitched voice even funnier and eerier He could hold phallic objects and use them to either knock down or shoot things.

RAGE MODE Emman rages

Sabel is wearing clothes when she's submerged in the bathtub's water. There should be a top view. When they're about to have sex, she removes the clothes and is wearing the strangest bathing suit in the world.

INT. BATHROOM Sabel shuts out Emman’s high pitched rage with a newly bought fish bowl. Sabel and Fafa have the weirdest sex ever The sex is so intense that the fish bowl breaks

There has to be a lot of weird crap in this scene that they're bringing to the wedding to exaggerate the fact that it feels liek they're the ones getting married when for Sabel, she doesn't really care.

LOADING THE VAN Loading the van. Tita of Manila does everything in her powers so that bride and groom do not see each other. We get a glimpse of her weird relatives doing their weird stuff: Uncle Coco who just stands still and moves only when someone presses his left shoulder twice and then rubs his earlobes once. Tita Jane who is married to a small dog that she either has sexual or hunger desires for.

Emman pokes a hole in Fafa's plastic using a barbecue stick that he had just finished and the Annoying Niece (who shouts in high pitched banshee type) is annoying enough to put Fafa in a water jug. This scene should also exemplify more weirdness from each family member to amplify how stange this family is.

INT. THE TWO VANS (SPLIT-SCREEN) Split screen travel.

The chaos between Dickless Men and Misguided Feminist must be fucked up weird, almost out of this world, and most of all must represent their misguided views. Standing in the middle is clear-headed Sabel who knows what she wants: freedom from the chains these systems are trying to bound her in.

INT. BEACH Wedding Everyone goes wild when Emman “accidentally” drops Fafa . The priest tries to step on Fafa . Sabel throws Fafa into the water and he swims away. The priest tries to attack the women. He too is fragile, because the church is fragile in their machismo. The authoritarian women of the family attack Emman as it is clear to them that Emman is trying to bar Sabel from her marriage. The meninist dickless fools protect Emman. The riot ensues. It’s one of the strangest fucking riots ever. The Goat and the other animal husbands are lost in confusion. Sabel stands in the middle of the commotion in her mermaid costume: she stares blankly at the sea. She’s close. She carefully walks towards the water. She hears Emman scream behind her in that squeaky voice of his. Sabel dives into the water and the noise of the chaos is immediately muffled until it dissolves into nothing but peaceful calm ocean ambiance. EXT. BLUE SEA FREEDOM Sabel’s fish tail is glimpsed as she immerses herself in freedom. A bunch of big pearls float in the water.

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EMMAN Fafa’s SABEL SABEL: SISID Sabel ng wa’

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SISID S ABEL Written by Jericho Miguel Aguado VADER EMMAN TITA OF MANILA MAHAL NA CONTESSA SABEL GRAN MALE REPORTER FEMALE REPORTER (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E LOOB ANO WALANG CROCHO AQUARIUM HOUSE AQUARIUMWE FEEL AS IF WE'RE FLOATING SLOWLY ABOVE THE OCEAN FLOOR, WITH THE ROCK FORMATIONS AND THE SLOWLY SWAYING LEAVES AROUND US, WHICH IS BEAUTIFULLY LIT BY SUNLIGHT. THE BUBBLES FLOAT AROUND. RAGE MODE LIVING ROOM (HOUSE) KITCHEN DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY UMAGA GABI CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK. Order Title Location VADER VADER 15 From outside the Aquarium, Sabel makes pretty eyes at us and with every blink, her eye color changes. She looks fucked up crazy. The Tita of Manila tells us about her grass themed wedding with her Kambing husband. She says that it's the first time that the Kambing sang another song that is not "Rock Baby Rock", "Umiiyak Ang Puso". The women are authoritarians who want to not only rid of men but control "inferior" women. It's the richer women who have access to books that scream feminism and parade their wrong ideas. It should be a mix of eerie sci-fi sounds, bubbly water feel as if the music echoes through a shell filled with water, and hints of Jazz a la Buble. This is Sabel's item against emotions. She tries to hide her emotions with it and it is also what she uses to hide her scheming pretty eyes. This is a mix of a snorkel and a gas mask. We start with static underwater shots. Everything is peaceful, calm. It's the life in the sea. The plants slowly sway as bubbles appear. Sabel's dickless father. We don't have to say that he's dickless but yes, he's fucking dickless and has a high-pitched voice. The Tita decides that they have to hire 2 Vans because the bride (Sabel) and the groom (Famama) cannot stay in the same van because it's bad premonition. Sabel has scale skin for war paint. This is one of her equipments of freedom. A static fish sick of life who Sabel wants to marry. The CrabLord is a part of the IslaLegend. Sabel is in the 1st Van while on the other side is the 2nd Van with Famama in it. Famama's plastic has a hole in it and the father is forced to put him in his coleman. Sabel has pretty little eyes, so pretty you wouldn't expect her to be the cunning girl that she is. We have a glimpse of the TV dictator woman who pretends to be feminist but is in fact terrorizing men and her idea of women asserting their rights doesn't make her feminist at all 1. The Crablord 2. The Snorkel 3. The Mermaid 4. Scale Skin Everyone brings so much things unnecessary to the trip. WEIRD SHIT. But Sabel doesn't care. She just wants to be in her wedding mermaid gown. She's married to a goat who sings "Rock, Baby, Rock". She's one of the rich intellectual women who just want to control other women. She wants Sabel to subscribe to what the authoritarian feminists want. Snorkeled Sabel sings and dances to the "Isa" with the words appearing below. She's painted scales on her body.