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CHEAPSKATE
Sporty Thievz
Director: Richard Murray
As described by SKI...
FADE UP:
A RANGE ROVER sitting at a gas station.
INSIDE: KIRK is in the driver's seat, TWO GIRLS, KEISHA and RENEE, are passengers.
MAC DADDY is playing on the radio at a low volume...
KIRK
(turning to KEISHA)
KEISHA, I got hit the ATM. Give me some money for gas...
KEISHA
(searching her purse)
Kirk, I think I only have three dollars...
KIRK
(looks to Renee in the back seat)
How 'bout you, Renee?
RENEE
I have about two dollars...in change...
KIRK
That's good...give it to me.
A Gas Attendant comes over to the window...
ATTENDANT
FILL 'ER UP?
Brando looks down at the ashtray...CHANGE...
KIRK
(hard)
Five dollars worth...Premium!
Freeze Frame on Kirk's face.
A MOVIE STYLE GRAPHIC SPILLS ACROSS THE SCREEN:
CHEAPSKATES
WIPE TO:
As we hear the intro...to CHEAPSKATES
A QUICK SERIES OF SHOTS: Kirk and the girls walking through the mall. Kirk is BUYING
EVERYTHING FOR HIMSELF
WIPE TO: OUR PRIMARY PERFORMANCE LOCATION
A STREET CORNER SET UP WHERE THE SPORTY THIEVZ ARE HANGING OUT
SHOOTING DICE.
PHOTOGRAPHY NOTE: This is a very well lit set up...HIGH GLOSS...Wide angle lens, where
the camera continually dollies straight in and out on whoever's rapping...At this moment...KIRK
check it out...check it out...in a new mall
WIPE TRANSITION TO:
KIRK and the girls walking across the mall parking lot. Kirk is loaded down with
packages...things he's bought for himself... The girls are empty-handed and don't look happy.
Kirk sets all his purchases in the front... The girls have to sit in the back.
stay holdin' bitches in the back...
WIPE TRANSITION TO:
Kirk rapping as he drives the RANGE ROVER.
INSIDE THE BACK: The girls are whispering in the back seat...Kirk notices this in the
rearview...it pisses him off...
WE INTERCUT KIRK'S RAP WITH THE GIRLS LIPSYNCING THE RESPONSE THAT WE
HEAR ON THE TRACK
What I look like...
WIPE TRANSITION TO:
THE STREET CORNER PERFORMANCE...
WIPE TRANSITION TO:
INSIDE THE RANGE ROVER: Kirk slams on the breaks
I'm skippin'
OUTSIDE THE CAR: We see the girls getting out.
Kirk roars away in a cloud of dust...
Triflin' but did the right thing
INSIDE THE CAR: Kirk is laughing it up as they watch the girls disappear in the rearview
mirror...
Hope them things get struck by lightning
ON THE HIGHWAY: The girls are stumbling along in their high heels...Thumbs out...trying to
hitch a ride.
WIPE TRANSITION TO: Kirk against a BLUE BACKGROUND
Y'all ain't getting nada from us
WIPE TRANSITION TO: SPLIT SCREEN: Keish and Renee as they lipsync their part of the
chorus against a blue background.
You gets no punanna from us
NOTE: The overall effect we want to create here is the BRADY BUNCH title sequence...with
the guys and girls reacting to each other from inside their boxes.
ON THE STREET CORNER: DUBZ picks up the rap.
Can you what...
WIPE TRANSITION TO:
Dubz is inside an upscale CLOTHING BOUTIQUE with a GIRL #3...She's checking out dresses
on the rack...Dubz takes a seat on a plush sofa and flashes a roll of bills and winks. The shorty
smiles and starts grabbing clothes at a frenzied pace.
Dubz continues his rap from his spot on the sofa.
A cheap nigga and I rub they nose in it
CUT TO: GIRL #3 in a DRESSING ROOM trying stuff on...
OUTSIDE THE DRESSING ROOM: Dubz walks up and taps on the door. The door opens up
and the shorty pulls him inside.
All she gettin'.
ON THE STREET CORNER: Dubz continues the rap
BACK IN THE CLOTHING BOUTIQUE: Dubz comes out of the dressing room area...walks
past the salesperson, who is eyeing him suspiciously, and keeps on going right out of the store...
I arch the bucks
FADE UP TITLE: A FEW MINUTES LATER... The shorty comes out of the dressing room
with her huge pile of clothes... But Dubz is nowhere in sight... She starts walking and TWO
SECURITY GUARDS materialize and grab her, she protests and throws a fit.
Cheap Dubz -- Get it
We see Dubz walking down the street, laughing to himself.
WIPE TRANSITION TO:
THE BRADY BUNCH SHOT... We see KIRK and DUBZ within individual boxes lipsyncing
the chorus.
Y'all ain't getting nada from us
WIPE TRANSITION TO:
Three more boxes...Keisha, Renee and Girl #3 lipsyncing their part of the chorus WITHIN
INDIVIDUAL BOXES.
WIPE TRANSITION TO: THE STREET CORNER
BRANDO picks up the rap.
Yo, I'm trying...
WIPE TRANSITION TO:
Brando sitting in a STRIP CLUB...Everyone's tipping the girls...NOT BRANDO...and they're
ignoring him.
Picture dat
Brando picks up the rap from his seat in the strip club...
WIPE TO: Brando rapping from within the STREET CORNER SETUP
Play the cut...
WIPE TO: The Strip Club. Brando takes out a HUGE roll and winks to a dancer... SEVERAL
come his way and shower Brando with attention.
I'm a cheap...
Brando puts the HUGE ROLL away without tipping the girls anything.
So what you giving up...
The girls looked pissed as they turn to walk away. One of them drops a dollar as she's picking up
money from the stage...
So I'm gone B
Brando smiles and picks up the dollar bill, then stands and walks away.
Y'all ain't getting nada from us
WIPE TO: THE BRADY BUNCH SHOT: Kirk, Brando Dubz and ALL THE GIRLS within
individual boxes. The girls are looking up at the guys as they rap.
You gets no punanna from us
The Guys look up at the girls as they do their part. Just as they finish the image FREEZES...
The song SLOWS DOWN to a stop and we FADE TO BLACK.
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