Whiplash · written by Damien Chazelle · 2014

A rival orchestra finishes a fierce performance at the first winter competition.

Scene 43 of 117 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 40 min into a 1:54 film

The story so farBefore scene 43

A young jazz drummer pursues a place among the country’s best, pushing himself toward greatness under the control of a brilliant, abusive instructor.

Scenes 1–6
Andrew lives inside solitary practice, family movie nights, and an ideal of greatness learned from jazz legends.
Scenes 7–13
Shaffer's hierarchy makes Andrew doubt his prospects, while he wants a chance to become an exceptional drummer.
Scenes 14–17
Fletcher draws Andrew back from transferring, and Andrew enters Studio Band while beginning a relationship with Nicole.
Just before
Scene 40
Fletcher sets a solitary dinner beside family photographs.
Scene 41
Andrew resumes playing at dawn, pushing through blistered, bleeding hands and rising metronome tempos.
Scene 42
Alone after dinner, Fletcher listens intently to a record in his quiet apartment.
Scene 43
This scene

43INT. DUNELLEN AUDITORIUM - STAGE - EVENING

Wild, feverish, absurdly fast BIG BAND JAZZ. We’re on-stage. An orchestra about the size of Studio Band is in full swing, reaching the end of RIVAL OVERBROOK BAND CHART.

The band FINISHES. No applause. A card:

First Competition of the Winter Season

Pink (9/10/2013)