title: The Squid and the Whale: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script)
author:  Noah Baumbach 
description: <b>Noah Baumbach</b> was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote and directed the films <i>Kicking and Screaming</i>(1995) and <i>Mr. Jealousy</i> (1997). He also co-wrote <i>The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou</i> (2004) and the upcoming <i>The Fantastic Mr. Fox</i> from a novel by Roald Dahl with Wes Anderson. He is a contributor to <i>The New Yorker</i>'s "Shouts and Murmurs" department.
zlib_text: Gone Again
  
  DOUG JOHNSTONE
  
  1
  
  Mark struggled to keep himself steady. Sharp gusts of wind were nudging his
  camera all over the place and the spray coming off the sea was probably eating
  away at the lens casing. He should change to a longer lens for this shot but
  he didn’t want to risk getting salt into the electronics.
  
  He looked out to sea. Rough grey swells were chopping up the firth, where a
  coastguard speedboat was zipping and turning, trying to guide the whales
  towards open water. Black fins darted and dipped, too many to count properly,
  but at least forty. The pilot whales circled and crossed each other in a
  strange movement that might’ve been mesmerising if Mark wasn’t on a deadline.
  
  He flicked back through the shots he’d already taken. There were a few that
  the paper could use, but he wanted something better. He checked his watch.
  Five minutes to deadline but he probably had a bit longer, the picture desk
  was always hustling him.
  
  He adjusted the feet of the tripod in the sand