Insomnia (La tragedia de la bailarina)
Ballet
Story behind the song
Daytime crowded city sidewalk. Country night time background noise.
Beautiful girl forces her way through the crowd. She’s very rushed and disgruntled. Pushing and shoving very rudely. She moves as if she were walking through heavy brush.
Camera from all angles. Front shots, rear shots, overhead, both sides, and feet. Starting at half speed working up to real time as the angles progress along.
She stops. She waits. Front of the line at the crosswalk. As a man on the same mission come from behind and knocks her into the intersection unknowingly through the domino effect of pedestrians.
The collision ensues. Silence. Fade to black.
Country night time background noise. Fade in under water rising to the surface face to face with a small girl emerging in sequence. Laughter and submerge then fade to black again.
City street noise. Fade in to ceiling of hospital room a familiar voice reading from Poe. Fade to black.
Country night time background noise. Fade in to a back yard pet burial. Looking about your siblings as father shovel in one hand wipes his brow beer in hand with the other. Fade to black.
City street noise. Fade in to ceiling of hospital room a familiar voice reading from Poe. Fade to black.
Country night time background noise. Fade in to junior high school dance. The first kiss. Fade to black.
City street noise. Fade in to ceiling of hospital room a familiar voice reading from Poe. Fade to black.
Country night time background noise. Fade in to running track at high school competition. She takes the win. Insomnia intro begins.
She begins the ballet. A ghostly image of her as she watches on stage from her hospital bed. All life support accompanying.
Cut to college. Taking notes frustrated.
Back to ballet. Her eyes well up.
Cut to library study group. Slightly light hearted mood.
Back to ballet. She makes willing movements in her extremities as she watches the ballerina who is her.
Cut to dance class. She take the brunt of her dance instructors over expectations.
Back to ballet. She wipes the tears from her eyes.
Cut to job interview. Women to women interview. The affinity is orchestral.
Back to ballet. She removes various I.V.’s and life support.
Cut to loft scene. Very astute living. She reads from a memo casually laying on her couch sipping some ciante as her cat jumps to her side.
Back to ballet. She rolls from out of the covers hanging her legs off the side of the bed as if awakening from a long slumber.
Cut to club scene. Out with friends. She’s approach by a handsome young suitor. They dance.
Back to ballet. She cautiously steps off to the floor and slowly walks to the edge of the bed. She cuddles the I.V. stand as she watches herself dance.
Cut to her in wedding gown staring in mirror as middle heavy movement to Insomnia crashes in. A look of anxiety in her eyes.
Back to ballet. The intensity of the dance escalates. Back shot of her at the I.V. stand . Her hospital gown drops as she turns her tutu rises to conceal her from the floor. She joins her ghost in unison as the cello’s begin.
Cut to café scene with husband. Alfresco rushed each paying more attention to their scheduler than anything. A meaningless kiss then depart. Front shot as she walks down the sidewalk she flashes back to the first kiss. Front shot as he walks down the side walk. He ducks into a bar to meet his mistress.
Back to ballet. The duel of the ballerinas. The conductor looks upon with contempt.
Cut to courtroom divorce scene. The gavel drops down. She and her attorney gather their paper work as he stands alone in despair. Outside she pulls hard from a cigarette.
To last movement of Insomnia.
Back to the ballet. The ballerinas fall back into sink.
Cut to her at ballet practice. An off stage confrontation with her instructor as he shrugs implying there is no more he can do, and walks away.
Cut to her exiting the