{"id":9021,"date":"2025-09-07T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=9021"},"modified":"2025-09-13T14:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:32:29","slug":"when-i-improvise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=9021","title":{"rendered":"when I improvise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EXT. HIGHWAY \u2013 NIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A motorcycle ROARS across the asphalt, headlights cutting a thin blade through the dark. The rider leans low, the ENGINE THRUM vibrating through his bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLOSE ON<\/strong>: leather jacket whipping in the wind, skin pulled taut by the sheer velocity of air. Every sense raw, alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NARRATOR (V.O.)<\/strong>
On a motorcycle, you feel everything. The motor\u2019s growl. The wind, pulverizing your skin. The road clawing at your tires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CUT TO \u2013 INT. CAR \u2013 SAME HIGHWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inside the car it\u2019s sealed tight, silent but for the muted hum of the radio. The same road, the same speed, but it feels\u2026 abstract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NARRATOR (V.O.)<\/strong>
Step into a car and it\u2019s different. Same forces at play, but you forget them. The speed. The mechanics. You drift into illusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MONTAGE \u2013 SURREAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 A human brain flickers on a screen.
\u2013 From it, two figures emerge<\/em> \u2014 SALLY and TOM. They strut like gods.
\u2013 They point at the brain as if to say: We invented this.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NARRATOR (V.O.)<\/strong>
The brain builds avatars\u2014Sally, Tom\u2014then lets them pretend they built the brain itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLOSE UP \u2013 RIDER\u2019S EYES BEHIND VISOR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth burns there. Distress. Clarity. The realization of how much is ignored, forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NARRATOR (V.O.)<\/strong>
You see it once, and it\u2019s unbearable: what\u2019s denied, what\u2019s really happening. But that\u2019s the deal. That\u2019s how it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE \u2013 NIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rider dismounts, pulls a GUITAR CASE from the bike. Opens it. Not weapons, strings, keys, instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NARRATOR (V.O.)<\/strong>
That\u2019s my mission when I improvise. To forget that sounds are just vibrations, dead, indifferent. Pretend they\u2019re alive. Convince the listener they breathe.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He strums a chord.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SOUND rises, trembling, dangerous\u2014alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FADE OUT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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