Tune Up #1 – Anthony Rapp & Adam Pascal (from “Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” soundtrack)

[MARK:]
December 24th, nine PM
Eastern Standard Time
From here on in
I shoot without a script

See if anything comes of it
Instead of my old shit

First shot: Roger
Tuning the Fender guitar
He hasn’t played in a year

[ROGER:]
This won’t tune

[MARK:]
So we hear
He’s just coming back
From half a year of withdrawal

[ROGER:]
Are you talking to me?

[MARK:]
Not at all

Are you ready? Hold that focus, steady
Tell the folks at home what you’re
Doing, Roger…

[ROGER:]
I’m writing one great song

[MARK:]
The phone rings!

[ROGER:]
Saved!

[MARK:]
We screen
Zoom in on the answering machine!