Sunday, 24 April 2016

Scene 2 Script

This is the script I have written up for scene 2 of our animation.

We have decided to put the actual rising itself into one scene now rather than two separate scenes. Therefore, we will now have three scenes in total.

Below is the script for scene 2.

The first shots of the Rising came from the Volunteers of Laois, who destroyed a section of railway track at a place called Colt Wood on the night of April 23rd – the day before the Rising began in Dublin. A monument to the event was erected which bears three plaques: a copy of the proclamation; a picture of a derailed train; and a dedication which names the Volunteers.

From 11:30 AM onwards on April 24th, the rebels began to occupy various buildings across Dublin such as the Four Courts, Stephens Green and the GPO.
           
The rebels were responsible for the world’s first radio broadcast. On Easter Monday, seven men were sent from the GPO across O’Connell Street to occupy the Dublin Wireless School of Telegraphy. By Tuesday morning, however, the rebels managed to get a damaged transmitter working, and they began to send out messages in morse code.

On the 25th of April at around 5:30 PM, the British began to fire at the rebels at St. Stephen’s Green forcing them to retreat to the College of Surgeons. However, an interesting point to note is that gunfire was paused for the ducks to be fed at St. Stephen’s Green.

From April 26th to the 27th: British reinforcements continue to attack rebels at various locations. James Connolly is wounded and treated in the GPO by a captured British doctor.

Burnt-out cars, trams, dead horses and human corpses little Dublin’s streets while constant artillery barrage continues on Sackville Street.

On April 30th Rebel headquarters sends out a white flag and Pádraig Pearse signs an unconditional surrender. Rebels are captured near the GPO and the Four Courts and are marched to Inchicore, jeered by Dubliners along the way.

By the end of the rising over 1,350 people lie dead or wounded whilst a total of 3,430 men and 79 women were arrested by the British.


From May the 3rd to the 12th there were 16 executions as a result of the Easter Rising. They were mostly carried out under the orders of General Maxwell who had assumed his authority to do so under his own declaration of Martial Law. The executions were the main reason for the turn about in public opinion. Initially the majority of people felt that the Rebels had stabbed England in the back during her time of need but soon after the deaths of the 16, people changed their minds. The first 15 were shot but Roger Casement was not given a soldier’s death and was hanged instead.

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