BRD (Biscuit Rendering Document)
By
Horizonians
A Short Film on Information Security
First Draft
May
25, 2011; Mcity, Chennai.
Infosys
Technologies
Main
Gate Entrance
V.O and CRAWL\
Mark Twain's ideal life has
only three components: "Good friends, good books and a sleepy
conscience."
Infosys
borrowed this dogma and rephrased it as “The softest pillow is a clear conscience”.
There are a lot of
delicately interwoven Rules for security of speech, deed, information etc that
every Infoscion is entitled to and ideally everyone would vouch for it. But in
reality let’s see how we have got the real essence of the principle.
BRD_V1.0(CRAWL
Typewriter)
EXT:
INFOSYS MAINGATE-DAY
WIDE
ANGLE AERIAL SHOT
RAM
stops at main gate entrance on his bike (helmet on the rear view mirror).
SECURITY
Sir! Display your ID card
(RAM displays ID card)
Ok Sir! Wear your helmet Sir.
(Beat)(RAM wears helmet with a frown)
Everything is recorded in the Camera
Sir(pointing towards surveillance Camera)CAMERA ELEVATION from behind RAM
(RAM
Starts and as he drives towards parking lot).Get your BAG checked at bus bay
Sir!!
(RAM
removes helmet as he crosses the surveillance camera nonchalantly)-CAMERA
PANNING SHOT
CUT TO:
INT:B5
Ist Floor A Wing ESTABLISHING
SHOT INTO FRAME SHOT
(RAM
greets the security and swipes in to enter the ODC)
(PANDEMONIUM
IN THE PREMISES)
RAM
(Startled
by the unusual ambience stops at First Cubicle)
Hey
VIGNESH!!!Wassup Bro..Someone lost something? Or there is some Fire Drill Going
on
b.g(People
standing up in corridors. Leads explaining something seriously to respective
teams)
VIGNESH
Ya man.Kinda drill only. Our ringmaster’s are coming...So our Leads are
playing Devil’s advocate (with a wink and wry smile)...I thought you already
knew. What Sir weekend Hangover?(Brows up and jerks RAMS shoulder)
(Both
are near Printer.RAM with a hand on PRINTER)
RAM INSERT SHOT
Oh.Yeah!!!Client Visit
right?(looking at his watch)
VIG
Ya….Just
look around…everyone is mugging up answers for the probable questions….But it’s
not possible that the client is goanna ask questions that we have prepared
for!!!:(
RAM (Dolly Shot)
(Psyched up)
Thanks
for reminding buddy. Fingers crossed…Hope we can pull it through!!!
(Darting
towards his cube adjacent to RAPS (manager) cube)
RAM’s
BIRDS EYE VIEW OF CUBICLES TOWARDS RIGHT V.O
& O.S
(RAM
crosses 10 cubes to reach manager’s cubicle. On the way as he passes each cube
he hears random words of each SA&A policy. Need to give random but valid
words about each policy as voice over. Taken care of while re-recording. Shot
establishes that RAM theoretically has a fair idea on Information Security)
After
crossing the 10th cube RAM shakes his head and says
RAM
10
commandments!!!!Phew (blows his hair up)
INT:
RAPS CUBICLE—DAY CONTINUOUS POV
SHOT
(Before RAM
enters his cube)
RAPS
(MANAGER)
RAM!!!Could you
come over for a moment!!!
RAM
Sure. Yes RAPS. Tell me (looking or pretending concerned)
RAPS
(With
real concern. Leaning forward)
I need a help from you. Will you be able to brainstorm our team
on the SA&A. (beat)
I hope people take the SAQs and go through the usual mailers and
the SA rules. But I want you to highlight the key points that the Client would
expect us to comply with and the significance of the same at account\IBU level.
Man!! Am really running out of time. Will you be able to handle this?
RAM
Sure RAPS. That shouldn’t be a problem. Has Jean (the client)
arrived?
RAPS
(Standing up to
move out locking his LAPTOP and ready to leave)
They should be checking in any time. Am going to the lobby to
receive them. You take care of your team!!!(Moves out)
RAM
(Giving way and moving out with RAPS. Mood: thinking)
Hi guys!!!!(beat) (Team stops abruptly and turns back)
Shall we catch-up for few minutes? (Rumbles, murmurs, moving
chairs. Team assembles at RAMS cube)
[This portion can be in Tamil….subjected to colloquial
discussion]
Am sorry dude!! You ve mistakenJ.Leave your notepads, pens
at your cube. I swear am not goanna bore you. We’re just going to discuss…no
rocket scienceJ (Team
laughs…becomes relaxed….team comprising of freshers)
[A brainstorming on random topics like Internet usage on local
and remote machine, brush up on do’s and don’ts like sharing password of
licensed software, locking system, usage of mobile, wearing ID cards and not
using unwarranted s/w or visit unwarranted sites\proxies]
ANONYMOUS(voice)(Asks
Question)
RAM but…..
RAM (Mockingly)
Common Arun!!What is it?
ARUN
But there are times that we share our credentials since all of
us don’t have the access?
We have been doing it on a regular basis. Is that a violation?
RAM
Glad that you asked this question to me rather than the client
Client is not a Pope for you to confess all that(Team laughs) No,
I was just kidding!!!Yes we are managing things internally like that. Since we
can’t afford to buy license for everyone, considering the turnaround time and
tracking efforts required in getting things done. But fair enough that we
manage to save considerable amount of time and money doing that after all
that’s what the customer brings a smile across the Customer’s Face. We call it
Customer Delight ;)( Winks)
Any other questions? I think we can wind it up guys. Just be
polite and casual if you get to be questioned.(beat)(when people are about to
leave)
And a general word of caution. Do not charge your mobiles, iPods
using USBs and do not leave your earphones plugged to your system till the
Client Visit is over. They might get it wrong (twitching lips)
JUMP
CUT TO:
EXT: B5 ENTRANCE—MANAGER ARRIVES WITH CLIENT(S)
[RAPS and JEAN come in discussing about Chennai weather (goanna
project client as an Indian Settled abroad so that we can justify that he has
not had anything spicy for a long time. So asks out to go for dhaba) and about
Mcity premises till they reach A Wing]
[RAM standing outside at the corridor with a cup of tea. Looking
at the Client near ODC he empties the cup and moves towards the Wing
RAM sees RAPS asking Security to swipe in for the CLIENT. RAPS let
him in and then swipes to get in. He goes in explaining the importance of using
proper access cards.]
INTER-CUT
TO
[RAM thinks of how his friends tailgate to take him for break or
dinner(we can give a cue here by showing how his friend tailgates to come in to
take him for dinner on Friday, the day he took print out.
We can show till his friend coming in and taking him for dinner
in a hurry and RAM says ”Just a moment da. One small work and the shot cuts
there.]
[After RAPS and JEAN are few paces inside.RAM swipes in]
INT:B5 Ist Floor A
Wing MONTAGE\2-3 INTERCUTS
We can either
elaborate on this scene like 2 or 3 instances where client randomly slips in to
conversation and the talk on sensitive things sharing information about client
and use INTER-CUTS where RAM thinks of actual occurrences like the Tail-gating
incidents.
(Or)
We can shoot them as
MONTAGES with BGM, and RAM thinking of actual occurrences of the entire client
visit- Introduction, discussion, Question and Answers…pleasantries shared, team
pictures, client leaves happily
MATCH
CUT TO:
INT:FC2 RAPS INVITES
CLIENT FOR PIZZA AND AS THEY ARE WALKING
JEAN
The kind of things you
do to keep Information Security intact is really commendable.
RAPS
Boasts\Yaps about
Infosys adherence to process blah…blah(dialogues needs to be phrased)
JEAN
[Acknowledges by
nodding. But not totally convinced]
RAPS
Stops at Domino’s suggestively…
JEAN
Common yaar. Am bored
with this stuff. Is there any Dhaba here? Long time since I had spicy stuff and
I badly need a smoke
MATCH
CUT TO:
EXT: PETTISHOP NEAR
DHABA
[While lighting Cigar Jean’s
eyes light up on seeing BRDs hanging there as tissue papers for serving
biscuits-----RAM needs to improvise on this portion]
SPLIT
SCREEN SHOT:
We show what happened
since RAM left with friend in a hurry and came near printer to take BRD. Talks
about it to his friend. Cracks jokes and goes to the same Pettishop after
dinner for cool drink and leaves the BRD by mistake.
Since the weekend
passed the shopkeeper uses it as biscuit paper. On the right side of the screen
we show what Jean does with the document.
FREEZE
FRAME SHOTS
RAPS and JEANS Expressions
ROLL
(The opening lines again)
I think they got all Mark Twain Wrong “A sleepy Conscience or a
Soft pillow doesn’t mean putting our conscience to sleep”
As a result Business Requirement Document became Biscuit
Rendering Document (or) Scrapbook which resulted in scrapping of the account. [RAM---need
improvisation on the spot]
P.S: This was my maiden attempt at screenplay writing for a short film on Information Security.
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