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Entry #9
I have never seen Alex act the way he does in the following raw footage from Marble Hornets.
[00:13] Cut to footage of Tim and Sarah in a gazebo. Tim is leaning against the railing and Sarah is standing, facing him.
Tim is speaking: "— seems really distant ever since he came back, you know?"
[00:17] Sarah spreads her hands and says, "And?"
[00:18] Tim: "I mean, have you talked to him at all?" He gestures with a hand.
[00:20] Sarah: "No." She shakes her head. She is fidgeting with something in her hands, or possibly just her hands.
[00:21] Tim: "Well, uh…did he come back because of you? Because he never told me why he was here."
[00:26] Sarah: "Doesn't really matter, does it? He left me when he went off to the city and that's that." She looks away from Tim vaguely, a little more in the direction of the camera..
[00:30] Tim: "Yeah, yeah. I guess you're right." Tim takes a cigarette box out of his right pocket. Sarah is examining her hand idly.
[00:34] Tim: "So. I mean what's… what's…what's the plan now for you? What's next?" Tim takes out a cigarette and brings it to his mouth.
[00:39] Sarah sighs, and says: "I'm not really going to do anything."
[00:41] Tim takes out a lighter and lights his cigarette.
[00:44] Alex, from offscreen: "We're going to do it again." Both Sarah and Tim look at him. "The pacing still feels weird, it's…it doesn't sound like a conversation."
[00:49] Alex moves onscreen from the right. Tim puts his cigarettes back in his pocket.
Alex: "You guys still sound like you're reading off the script. Let's just… just have a conversation. Let's do it again!"
[00:57] Tim says to Sarah: "Still? Still! Eight takes. Still." Tim lights his cigarette again. Children can be heard playing in the background.
[01:04] Tim, cigarette in his mouth: "Can we go yet?"
[01:05] Alex, offscreen: "Action." Children can still be heard running about.
[01:07] Alex: "Well, no. No we can't. Just a second."
[01:08] Tim: Well, yeah. That's… wonderful."
[01:11] Sarah: "That's what happens when you plan on a public place." She brushes hair out of her face. Tim takes a drag. Alex can be heard sighing, and the camera adjusts.
[01:16] Tim: "Good thing I didn't have anything to do later today."
[01:17] Sarah: "Yeah, I know. Twelve to one, yeah right."
[01:19] Alex, interrupting Sarah: "Why would you have anything to do anyway? You knew you were coming on set. You knew this could take a while. And obviously it is."
[01:24] Tim, overlapping Alex: "Yeah, it was supposed to be an afternoon shoot though."
[01:28] Alex sighs. He says: "If you guys would do it right the FIRST TIME, we wouldn't have to…"
[01:30] Tim, overlapping Alex: "It was an afternoon shoot, I didn't even buy lunch."
[01:32] Sarah, overlapping Tim: "Let's just do it again! Let's just do it again."
Alex, overlapping Sarah: "Let's just do it again. Just stop."
[01:34] Tim: "Alright."
[01:35] Alex: "Action."
[01:38] Tim: "He seems really distant ever since he came back, you know?"
[01:39] Alex, interrupting: "Cut. From the beginning." Tim sighs and goes to stand up, and Sarah throws her hands down.
[01:41] Cut to the same scene. Tim is sitting back down and Sarah is fiddling with her hands again.
[01:42] Seth, behind the camera: "Rolling."
[01:44] Alex, offscreen: "What? Rolli…" Sarah throws her hands down and she and Tim look at one another. Alex: "Did you not have it recording during the break?" Sarah leans in to apparently say something to Tim. Alex continues: "I told you to keep the camera recording at ALL TIMES. Ohhh…how long was it off?" Tim and Sarah are taking quietly in the background.
[01:56] Seth: "I forgot for a second." Tim and Sarah look right, towards Alex.
[01:58] Alex: "You forgot. I…I gave you one job. All you were supposed to do was come in here, set up the camera, make sure it doesn't fall over, and press record ONCE. You don't stop it at all. I made this extremely clear." Sarah and Tim exchange an exasperated look, then Sarah looks intently in Alex's direction.
[02:09] Sarah: "Is this…hey, is this going to be on for a while? Can I get a script again?" She reaches off camera, fidgeting with her hair.
[02:15] Seth moves onto frame from behind the camera. He hands Sarah a script, and then looks to the right, towards Alex.
Seth: "Just saving time on the tapes." Sarah and Tim are looking at the script together.
[02:17] Alex: "Savi….you helped me load up the car!" Alex moves onscreen from the right. Alex: "You know how many tapes we have. If we run out of time on this tape," Alex waves to the camera with a piece of paper and then his hand, and continues, "we'll get another. It's not a problem. I mean, how clear do I have to make it before you listen?"
[02:26] Seth moves offscreen again, and so does Alex. Tim stands up.
[02:30] Alex: "I mean…get off…You brought your dog!? How many…how many sense is that?"
[02:33] Sarah, abruptly looking up and to the right: "Guys, calm down."
[02:35] Alex, offscreen: "Memorize your lines."
[02:36] Sarah: "It was just a mistake."
[02:37] Alex: "Memorize your lines, maybe we'll get through this a little bit faster." Sarah looks slowly back down at the paper.
[02:39] Tim, mocking Alex: "Memorize your lines, just don't…just don't read them right off the page."
[02:42] Sarah, sarcastically: "Oh, okay."
Tim: "You gotta be a little more… human with it, don't be so…"
[02:43] Sarah: "Because I've had the script in every scene."
[02:45] Tim: "Exactly." Tim sits back down.
[02:46] Alex: "Yeah, you know, act. How 'bout that." Sarah whips her head around to look at Alex and crosses her arms.
[02:49] Tim: "Oh yeah yeah, that's, that's, that's, that's real nice. You know, considering how much you're paying us and everything."
[02:53] Alex: "Why would I pay you for what you're giving me? I mean, really."
[02:56] Tim: "Oh that's… yeah, that's real nice."
[02:57] Sarah: "Who else is going to work with you with this attitude?"
[02:59] Alex sighs, offscreen, and says: "Look, I'm sorry—"
[03:02] Tim: "Yeah, you spent so much money on tapes you can't afford actors anyway." Sarah turns around, arms still crossed, and turns away from the camera.
[03:07] Alex sighs again, and says: "Let's just get it done with, alright? Let's just get it done. I'm sorry, just don't stop recording, it's not a problem. Plenty of tapes." Sarah turns around again.
[03:17] Seth: "Okay, fine. Sorry."
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Alex seems to have been filming himself constantly even before he stopped work on Marble Hornets.
Whoever had been following Alex seems to have stressed him to the point of it affecting his personality.
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