1. Ext.
River Behind School
- Day
Mz
. Mole unexpectedly and excitedly runs through the scene past a group of children
playing on the school playground
(Elinor, Olive,
Ari
, Mary,
Liv
, Koa, Sally).
Mz
.
Mole
It’s starting! It’s starting!
Elinor
(Calling after her)
Mz
. Mole? What’s starting?
MZ
. MOLE
The
concert
! Come along children! We don’t want to be late!
Giggling, the children chase after her. When they catch up with her, she is sitting by the edge of
the river, holding
a
pop-up book with one hand
and excitedly holding theater binoculars up to her
eyes with the other hand
. The children look down at the
river
and notice
Mz
. Mole is staring at a tiny spring peeper frog that is calling with its throat puffing out with a
<SFX:
PEEP, PEEP>.
ARI
Uhhh
it’s a frog.
MZ
. MOLE
Exactly! Isn’t it marvelous!
OLIVE
Where’s
the
concert
?
Is Sr. Tapir going to play for us?
MZ
. MOLE
The concert is right here
. The
frogs are going to sing for us. Listen!
ARI
Wow
!
I didn’t know frogs could sing.
Elinor
uses
Mz
Mole’s
binoculars. BIN
POV
she sees a wood frog floating in the water and
<SFX:
WOOD FROG CROAKING> with ballooning vocal sacs.
BACK ON:
Mz
. Mole and the kids.
ELINOR
Mz
. Mole, why
is that frog puffing
up
its throat
like
a balloon
?
MZ
. MOLE
Good question. That balloon you see is called the vocal sac, and it makes the frog’s
song louder
.
Mz
. Mole pulls a booklet out of her pocket, a guide to the frog orchestra. She opens the cover which reveals an image of a different kind of frog on each page.
2. INT. BOOK - DAY
ANGLE ON: The booklet illustrations of frogs come to life. We see an eastern gray tree-frog, a Goliath bullfrog and a
coqui
frog.
MZ
. MOLE
There are nearly 5,000 different
kinds
of f
rogs
. And they all have their own unique
song
, like different
instruments
. Just listen.
As
Mz
. Mole names different species of frogs, we see and hear them calling.
MZ
. Mole (CONT'D)
The eastern gray
treefrog
.
<SFX:
EASTERN GRAY TREE FROG CROAKING>
Olive
That one’s so cute.
MZ
. MOLE
The Goliath bullfrog.
<SFX:
GOLIATH FROG CROAKING>
EliNOR
(
in
a low voice)
It’s so l
ow
!
MZ
. MOLE
And the loudest of them all, the tiny but mighty
coqui
frog.
<SFX:
COQUI
FROG CROAKING>
Ari
Wow!
Big sounds
for a little frog!
BACK AT: The
river
. The children look over at
Mz
. Mole who is holding a stick like a conductor’s wand and waving it
. The camera pulls out a bit to reveal Sr. Tapir playing guitar along with the frog
s
.
MZ
. MOLE
Welcome
SeñorTapir
!
Everyone grab a wand! Let’s conduct our very own frog
concert
.
The children all now have sticks and are pretending to conduct as we see and hear
<SFX:
A VARIETY OF FROGS> all calling throughout the r
iver
-
the eastern grey tree frog, the Goliath Bullfrog, the
Coqui
frog
<SFX:
NOTE: other frogs calls could include the northern spring peeper, the wood frog,
the western chorus frog, the green frog and the bullfrog
- these frogs do not necessarily need to be designed>
.
MZ
. MOLE (CONT'D)
Ha ha! See, Nature makes music, just like we do!
THE END.
ELINOR WONDERS WHY
EWW116
INTERSTITIAL:
MZ
. MOLE STORY TIME: The FROG Concert
Written by
Robert
Sams
Curriculum: The kids learn that there are nearly 5,000 different kinds of frogs in the world, each with a unique song.
Learning Goals:
LS1
. Understand that all living things have external parts
LS2
. Understand that animals have different body parts that are used in different ways to
meet their needs, and that plants have different parts that help them survive and grow:
Second Draft:
24-Jun-19
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