Sunday, November 20, 2005

Little part of script

Ok so I wrote different drafts of the script. But here's the most recently revised script. Add on to it. Edit it. Make it goood.

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adapted from chicken little (but not really)

It's the Spring Season

Characters:

Narrator (2)
Papa Finch
Mother Finch (in the window)
Kid Finch
Sissy Finch
Baby Egg

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Narrator (with an English accent): On a bright, sunny day. Come to think of it. It's always bright and sunny. I'm tired of fake sceneries.

2nd narrator: Oh come on, Niehls (some random name). Why do you always have to be so damn pessimistic? Aren't we trying to tell a nice story to the children?

Narrator (now named Niehls?) : Yes yes, but you're American. You know us Englishmen. We can't rely on our weather.

2nd narrator: Alright you've got a point. Let's continue then huh?

Narrator (Niehls) : Yes Yes, lets do. ... So anyways, It was bright and sunny (but mind you it was in California, where it can ONLY be bright and sunny)
[2nd narrator rolls eyes, but no one can see except script reading folks, thats you] at the barnyard. There was a finch. Now typically there are chickens running around in barnyards. But these were no ordinary finches you see. These finches have arrived from Xylotyl (pronunciation: "Zii-Lo-Toe") . Again generally the name xylotyl belongs to a strange little amphibian type creature, but in recent years, the creature sold their name and gave property rights due to their "supposed" need to take charge of their species and their need to revise history. So they sold the name to these finches on the planet now renamed Xylotyl. Now let's begin the story.

** Darkness. A green light darts across the sky. The light slows down and suspends in the air for a few seconds. (fog fills the room) . Out pops the family.
The family of finches that is. **

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Act I : Scene I

** Pop is sitting in the chair. Reading the paper. He is unusually quiet this morning. Staring very blankly at the paper. It reads: "Invasion of Bird creatures on planet Earth (they're really right next door)". [other ideas to entertain: 1) it's hunting season on planet Earth - uh oh watch out birds. 2) over-populated on planet Xylotyl, needs to stabilize population by forcing some birds to relocate] **

Papa Finch: "Hmm... Ahh... Humm...Uhhh...Ahem. Ahem. Hmm...Ummm... Ahem... Hmmm..." (just drag this out)

Mama Finch (in the window): "What is it honey? Something interesting in the paper?"

Papa Finch: "We are ... hmm... We've been spotted."

Mama Finch : "Spotted?! What do you mean spotted? You mean we've been ratted on?"

** Just then the children arrive home **

Kid Finch: "Hey mom. Hey Pop. "

Papa & Mama (in unison) : "Hello loves"

Sissy Finch (blurts out) : "They chased us!"

Papa: "What do you mean they chased us? Who's they? "

Kid (whispering): "Shhh!! Sissy (pokes her with his wing), be quiet! You know how they get"

Sissy (whispering): "Sorry"

Papa: "No what? What's going on?? We demand to know what happened!"

Kid (grumbling): "No it's nothing really. We were playing Catch your Beak and uh, we forgot we weren't on Xylotyl..."

Papa: "Uh huh. Go on, so what else"

Kid: "Well you see we weren't quite alone..."

Sissy (interrupting) : "We didn't know any better!" (Flaps her wings wildly)

Kid: "Please be quiet! (looks at Sissy sharply) So anyways, yeah we were playing Catch your Beak. And... we forgot to morph into human mode...
We thought we were alone! Really!"

Papa (shakes his head, i mean moves his beak): "Well they know already. This is just emphasizing what they discovered."

Kid, Sissy, Mama (all at once, or just one character whatever) : "What do you mean?"

Papa: "Look (points to the paper headline)"

Mama: "Oh dear"

1 comment:

Farrell said...

I think instead of a paper we should have the TV. It would be easier to have the puppets interact with a tv than hold a paper and read it. In the beginning the tv could be quiet and garbled so that the audience can't distinguish what is going on. All they can hear is the father's reaction. Then after he says "look" they all turn toward the TV and listen to some pre recorded TV headline about the threat of the birds"... The part with the morphing into human mode could be competely different. Here's my idea:

Sissy: "Kid and I were playing catch your beak together after school and all of a sudden huge men in camo (aside to audience: I mean really who are they kidding with the camo... we could see them plain as day) invaded the playground. Kid and I hid in the bushes and watched as the men questioned all of the birds around us about whether or not they had seen any finches lately. That's when kid got scared"
Kid: "Nu uh I did NOT!"
Sissy: "Yes you DID! Anyway, Papa, we were really scared and kid blew our cover and started running home. They chased us until we got to the tree by the library, but I think we lost them."
Papa: You THINK you lost them? Children, in times like these we must be careful. (pause... to himself kind of in a gentle tone) I can't believe it!!! They really are doing it!! Everyone brace yourselves. We've got to go into hiding until this all hopefully passes over.
Mom: What do you mean dear? What is going on?
Papa: Look
cut to TV telling about the situation which we haven't come up with yet.