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THE HILLS

Gritty guitar music starts playing. Shot of Los Angeles night skyline. A 90's style mint and lavender iPod billboard is in the distance. The purple silhouette of the person on the billboard is rocking out. Shot of cars with bright headlights going up a hill. A motorcycle turns right out of the camera frame. Shot of a contemporary apartment complex, lit up. The caption reads: Heidi and Spencer's Apartment, Hollywood, CA. Over the guitar music the sounds of a party can be heard. A young man's voice is yelling: "Oh yeah!" Shot of interior of apartment. The music fades. Ten people can be counted in the frame. In the middle is Heidi with her body turned to the side. She is wearing a white summer dress with a roped back. Her shoulderblades are very tan. Her hair is long, bleached blond, and curled. Her tan calves can be seen. Next to her is a large man with his back to the camera. Heidi is talking to him and gesturing with her manicured hands. It is not possible to hear them. There is a cheese plate between them. The camera pans across the room. Spencer is talking to a guy in front of the fish tank. They are both wearing long sleeved button up shirts. Spencer's is pale blue. The other guy's is white. They are also both wearing jeans. They are moving their arms a lot. Shot of Spencer and the guy from another angle, closer up. Spencer has a huge smile. "Aahhhaoh," says Spencer, thrusting his arms out in front of him. Shot of two girls close up. They have long light brown hair and long dark brown hair. They are holding plastic cups up to their cheeks. The cups have creamy liquid in them. The cups are almost empty. One girl has a rope bracelet on. The girls have thick black eyeliner and shiny lips. Their eyes are smiling and they sip at the same time while looking up at someone who is talking to them from almost out of the camera frame. That person has a shirt that is just a blue smudge in the left hand corner of the screen. Shot of Heidi talking to a girl with brown long hair and a black and white striped tank top. The black and white striped girl is holding a plastic cup filled with the creamy liquid close to her face. The cup is full. The girl's left cheek can be seen. It is scrunched from smiling. Heidi is smiling and moving her manicured hands. The back of a man's black shirt is partially blocking Heidi. "Unbelievable," says another man's voice. Heidi moves her Blackberry from one hand to the other. Switch to a shot of the kitchen. "Wait until you taste it," says the same man's voice. The man with a voice has curly brown closecropped hair, a chiseled face, and a white polo shirt that says Hollister with a silver tribal design. The caption reads: Brody, Spencer's Friend. The kitchen is crowded with people. A guy with a goatee and a shirt with trees on it is looking at Brody, smiling. Two girls are next to him with cups raised and tank tops on. They are just talking to each other. Shot of Heidi from behind rushing to the front door. Someone is knocking. Heidi is holding her Blackberry in her left hand and the screen is lit up. She opens the door quickly and screams: "Honey!" then hugs someone in front of her. A man is standing next to the person Heidi is hugging. He watches them hug. "Hi," says the person Heidi is hugging in a muffled voice. That person's black Balenciaga bag and skinny tan elbows wrap around Heidi. There is tiny bit of that person's lavender dress showing in the shot. That person and Heidi emit high-pitched squeals and rock back and forth. The man smiles, watching them. "Hi mummmu," says Heidi. The door sways open and closed as they rock. The man smiles at someone or something out of the shot, in the hallway outside. He starts laughing. A tiny bit of the person's face can be seen peeking over Heidi's shoulder. The person looks Italian. The caption reads: Jen, Heidi's Friend. "Hahaha," laughs Jen. "Oooh," says Heidi. Heidi's phone is still lit up in her hand. Shot of Brody in the kitchen. He is doing something with his hands at the counter. A girl's head is blocking the view of the thing he is doing. "Spencer better pay me for this ----," says Brody. Brody's mouth makes the impression of the word shit. Brody is smiling at the thing he is doing on the counter. Shot of Heidi walking from the front doorway with Jen. There are lots of people with them now. Heidi turns back toward to the door to shake hands with a girl who is tugging on her dress. Jen is wearing a cotton lavender tank dress and lots of eyeliner. She looks around the room while playing with her long dark hair with one French manicured hand. "Hi it's nice to meet you I'm Heidi," says Heidi quickly to the girl whose hand she is shaking. Then she immediately says, while turning back to Jen, "You guys, margaritas in here." Heidi gestures to her left with her Blackberry. "Wait," says Jen, shoving her hair behind her head, and turning to Heidi. "Your apartment is so cute," Jen says. Heidi smiles with her phone still held out. Wide angle shot. The curve of the kitchen counter can be seen. A guy passes in front of it. A plate of food is on the counter. Only the orange slices are recognizable. The two girls are still talking in the kitchen. Brody and another guy can be seen drinking out of plastic cups. They are staring at nothing. In the right hand corner of the screen Jen and Heidi are leaning their heads together and whispering. "Okay," Jen says. Heidi pulls her into the living room, in front of the kitchen counter. Heidi's dress is low cut and her cleavage is intense. She clutches her phone and smiles as she pulls Jen out of the shot. Before Heidi pulls her all the way out of the frame, Jen turns and looks into the kitchen.


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