WARDEN: BOOK 2: OPENING

Over the titles is the song 'Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung' by The Flaming Lips. It plays out fully.

Slow fade from black to the floor of a subway station in Toronto during the afternoon rush sliding away as the camera moves forward. Nearing the stairs, the perspective tilts up to eye-level while descending, settling in place as the train rolls up to the platform. The doors open and people spill out as the lyrics begin; one of the first to emerge is STEPHANIE, though she is treated like any other extra. At the end of the line of commuters is TYLER, in his street clothes, moving nonchalantly. We slide in behind him as he climbs the stairs, with STEPHANIE in view but out of focus in the distance.

As Tyler clears the underground, we swing around to place his profile on the left third as the music crashes (At 1:35) and the title appears: WARDEN.

The camera leaves TYLER behind and moves its way through the crowd filtering out of the station, keeping him in focus until STEPHANIE fills the right third and we focus on her. It should be clear now that TYLER is following her, and as the song goes on we drift lazily between pedestrians, alternating between TYLER's back, hands, and feet as her follows her down every street, around every corner; and STEPHANIE's eyes, mouth, and arms, oblivious to his attention.

The pursuit is interspersed with shots of the city at that time, mid-winter, clear and cold and grey but full of life.

As the song ends, (around 3:36) STEPHANIE arrives at home and TYLER stops on the other side of the street. We wander back to hm, where he has pulled out a notebook and recorded her journey. At 4:12, he puts it away and we FTB.