1. EXT. OLIVE’S FRONT YARD HILL AND FIELD -- DAY START ON: The shining sun. PAN DOWN TO: It’s a sunny, mild winter day and a bunch of kids (the winter team as necessary - SALLY, MARY, LIZZIE, ROLLIE, BODIE) are in the field having a blast building with the sticky snow! They’re making all kinds of snow things – snow forts, snow slides, and lots and lots of snow-balls. <DESIGN NOTE: this is the same location as “The Science of Staying Warm”> ELINOR, ARI and OLIVE arrive wearing their light jackets, and no hats. Elinor What a beautiful day! It’s so warm it doesn’t even feel like winter. Olive I know. I’m just wearing my spring jacket! Ari’s attention is caught by the activity in the nearby field. ANGLE ON: The kids playing in the snow. Ari Whoaaa! Look at all the snow-building! OLIVE Snow forts, snow slides, snow balls... ArI And SNOW-BATS!!! Whooo-hooo!! Ari flops on his backs making one of his famous snow-bats. Elinor And everything’s made out of snow. That’s soo cool! ARI Actually snow is kinda COLD when you lie in it. Brrrrr. Ari hops up. Meanwhile, Olive picks up some snow with her trunk. Olive I know why the snow building’s going so well. She forms a little snow-ball. OlIVE (CONT’D) The snow is extra-sticky today! She hands the small snowball to Elinor. Elinor Wow, you’re right, Olive, it really sticks together…watch this! Elinor demo’s her snow-ball rolling technique. ElINOR (CONT’D) See how the snowball picks up more snow when you roll it around! ARI (in awe) Whoa. The snowball is making itself. OlIVE Because the snow is so sticky. Look at this. Olive takes a plastic bucket from a small selection of sand toys in a bin beside her house. She fills it with snow and turns it over - a perfect cylinder. ARI A snow-castle! OliVE It’s like we’re at the snow-beach. ARI Neat! You can really make things out of sticky snowhoooooaa ! At that moment Elinor accidentally rolls her snowball right into Ari. ArI (CONT’D) Whoops! He does a little flip, lands perfectly in his snow bat, then bounces to his feet. ArI (CONT’D) Ta-dah! I meant to do that. OLIVE (giggling) Smooth move Ari. He does a little bow. ARI Why, thank you. ELINOR Sorry Ari, my snowball got away from me. It’s getting so BIG. ANGLE ON: the snowball has rolled a little way off, maybe down a small hill. ARI That IS a big snowball! OLIVE What are you going to do with it, Elinor? Elinor Hmmm, I’m not sure. <GASP!> I have an idea - let’s make a SNOW FRIEND! Ari Yes! The biggest snow friend EVER!! QUICK SNOW-FRIEND MAKING MONTAGE Elinor, Ari and Olive roll their first snowball around as much as they can, until it’s basically too big to move. (NOTE: As the kids roll the snow-ball around they are picking up ALL the snow and leaving grassy patches). They <SX: EFFORTS GRUNT> as they struggle to move it one last time, and collapse around it <SFX: GIGGLING>. CROSSFADE TO: Olive, Ari and Elinor are working on their second snowball. It’s about 1/2 the size of the first one, but still big. They roll it to the bigger ball and roll it up the side and set it in place on top. NOTE: we don’t see the full thing yet. END MONTAGE. Olive Elinor and Ari are admiring their work, eyes wide. <SFX: WHOOOA WALLA> ANGLE ON: Their creation, two snowballs stacked on top of the other, quite a bit bigger than they are. Olive Now that’s the biggest Snow Friend I’ve ever seen! ArI That’s not JUST a Snow Friend, it’s a snow GIANT!! (movie music) Duh--duh-DUH!!!!! (big voice) Here’s the GIANT snow giant stomping around the WORLD! (Ari stomps around) Boom-boom-BOOM! OlIVE Uh, Ari... ARI What? ElINOR (giggling) Our Snow Giant can’t stomp anywhere yet. OlIVE (laughing) He doesn’t have a head. ARI Oh, right! One giant snow head coming up...wha-oh. Ari looks around, puzzled. WIDEN TO REVEAL: there is mostly grass and not much snow. ElINOR We used up all the snow! Ari Now what are we going to do? Olive We can’t have a Snow Giant without a head - how would he smile? ARI (excited) And STOMP!! We need MORE SNOW! And we need it NOW! (regular voice) So, where are we gonna get it? OlIVE Well, it is winter. ElINOR So we just have to wait for it to start snowing. ARI Got it! They wait for a beat, Ari anxiously watching the blue sky. ARI (CONT’D) No snow yet. Another beat. ArI (CONT’D) Still no snow. (to the sky) SEND SOME SNOW PLEASE!!! Suddenly Olive Mom calls from OS. OliVE’s Mom (O.S.) Oooolive! Time to come in for dinner! OLIVE Oh, that’s my mom. ELINOR I’d better go home too. ArI Wait, what? We can’t leave! Our snow giant has no head! OLIVE We’ll finish it tomorrow Ari. ELINOR If there’s more snow. 2. INT. Elinor’s room - night Elinor is lying in bed looking out the window. ElINOR Oh please start snowing. Please, please, please... Her eyes close. She starts to <SFX: GENTLY SNOOORE> ANGLE ON: The window, it starts to snow. 3. INT. ELINOR’S ROOM – THE NEXT MORNING Elinor bounds out of bed and hops to the window. ElINOR YES!! SNOW! Now we can finish our Snow Giant. 4. INT. Elinor’s KITCHEN – MORNING Elinor is wolfing down her breakfast with her Mom. RANGER RABBIT What’s the rush, Elinor? ElINOR I have to get to Olive’s house. We’re making a SNOW GIANT! Ranger Rabbit A snow giant! Sounds impressive. Well, you’d better wear your hat. It’s quite a bit colder out there today than it was yesterday. Elinor hops OS. 5. EXT. OLIVE’S HOUSE - DAY Elinor (wearing her winter outfit) rushes to Olive’s front yard where she meets up with Ari and Olive (also in winter gear) running from different directions. OliVE Whoaaa! Look at all the snow!!! ArI We can make our snow giant THREE heads. ELINOR We only need one head to start, Ari. Olive, can you make a snowball please? OLIVE With pleasure. Olive picks up some snow in her trunk, but immediately runs into problems. The snow just falls apart and flutters to the ground. OLIVE (CONT’D) Oh! Better try that again. She scoops up more snow - the same thing happens, the snow-ball crumbles and falls to the ground. OLIVE (CONT’D) That’s weird. This NEW snow won’t stick together - it just falls apart. ARI What’s going on – why is the snow so different from yesterday? ELINOR Hmmm. I’m not sure. She picks up a mitt-full of snow. ECU: Of the powdery pile of snow in Elinor’s mitt. ELINOR (CONT’D) It LOOKS pretty much the same. OLIVE Yes, but try to make a ball. Elinor squeezes the snow in her hands - it pops out the sides, powdering Ari in the face. ELINOR Whoops! Sorry, Ari! Ari (laughing) That’s okay Elinor. He wipes his face off. ARI (CONT’D) Brrrr, that’s really cold. ELINOR Yeah, my Mum said it’s much colder outside today than it was yesterday. The kids are starting to shiver. <SFX: chattering> OLIVE (chattering) Anybody feel like going in for some hot chocolate? ELINOR/aRi (chattering) Yes, please! 6. INT. OLIVE’S HOUSE – DAY Olive’s Mom has bundled the kids in blankets on the couch, and they each hold a mug of hot chocolate. Elinor Oooh, this is cozy. OlIVE Thanks, Mom! OLIVE’S mOM You’re welcome kids. It IS really cold out there. Let me put another log on the fire. Olive’s Mom puts a log on the fire and closes the door to the wood stove. OLIVE’S MOM (CONT’D) Now I’ll put your boots here so they warm up. You kids keep away from the fire - it’s hot. Olive’s Mom puts the snowy boots on a mat a SAFE DISTANCE from the wood stove, then she goes off. ElINOR I wonder why that snow outside didn’t stick together? Ari It sure stuck yesterday. ElinoR That’s true. Hmmmm. What’s the difference between today and yesterday? Olive Well one thing is for sure, it’s a lot colder today. I had to wear my heavy snow clothes outside. Elinor I wonder if that’s the difference. It was warmer yesterday. ArI Too bad we don’t have any snow now - it’s sure toasty in here. ELINOR Wait a minute Ari, we do! We have snow on our boots! Elinor hops off the couch and heads over to the boot tray (NOT near the fire). ELINOR (CONT’D) Oh, look! There’s snow AND water in the boot tray - that’s SO INTERESTING. Ari Water? I don’t remember any water on my boots. Only snow. ELINOR You’re right Ari. We need more observations. Elinor picks up a good-sized clump of snow and holds it in her hand. SCIENCE ECU: The snow now a has a little blue water on the edges. Elinor (CONT’D) This snow feels different from the snow outside - it’s a little wet. And look, it’s melting a bit. OlIVE Maybe that’s because its close to the fire. Snow melts when it gets warm, right? ArI So that’s where the water’s coming from. The melting snow. Elinor Hmmmm. Lets see if this snow is any stickier. Olive? Elinor hands the snow to Olive who uses her trunk to make a snowball. ARI It IS! OLIVE Yep, one perfect Snowball! ELINOR (realizing) That’s IT! If we’re gonna finish our Snow Giant, we need warmer snow! ARI So what do we do? Build our Snow Giant in the house? THOUGHT BUBBLE shows the Show Giant in the house, maybe posed playing a Board Game with the kids (I was going to say watching TV but I realized, this is Ep. 122 and we’ve never shown a TV. That’ sooo iiinteresting!) OLIVE Maybe, but it’s pretty big. ElINOR Besides, it’s really warm in here compared to outside. Our Snow Giant would melt. THOUGHT BUBBLE: Shows the Snow Giant melting, then the bubble POPS! ArI That’s no good. ELINOR Hmmmmm. <GASP> I’ve got it!! Instead of bringing the Snow Giant inside, we’ll just bring some snow inside and warm it up. OlIVE Right. Then the snow will melt just a little. ELINOR And get sticky. Like the snow in the boot-tray! OLIVE Then we can bring it outside where it’s still cold. ArI And finish our snow giant! BUCKET BRIGADE MONTAGE: A quick montage of Elinor, Ari and Olive forming a bucket brigade of play pails to warm up the snow. Elinor and Ari are outside, while Olive remains at the door. Ari scoops up snow in a bucket, hands it to Elinor who runs to Olive, Olive takes the snow inside and puts it near (but not too near) the fire. ELINOR/ARi/olive Elinor: Yesterday was warm, And the snow could really stick Olive: Today it is colder and It doesn’t stick a bit. Ari: We’ll bring the snow inside, Where it’s nice and toasty, then - Elinor: We’ll wait for it to melt a bit, then take it out again ANGLE ON: The snow melting in the buckets. WIDEN TO REVEAL: Olive is watching, she grabs the two buckets and runs to the door and opens it. Ari’s there with two MORE buckets of snow, they exchange buckets, and Olive closes the door and runs back to the fire. ALL: Warm up the snow! Warm up the snow! Make the snow sticky And we’re good to go! Warm up the snow! Warm up the snow! We can build anything When we warm up the snow. OUTSIDE: Ari and Elinor are standing beside a good-sized pile of melty snow (maybe its a little bluer). Olive runs out in full winter gear, she scoops up a snowball - it works! Elinor takes it, puts it down and starts rolling, as the snowball gets bigger Ari and Olive join in. Elinor: Our Snow Friend isn’t finished We have to make his head! Olive: So if we can’t use cold, cold snow, We’ll warm it up instead. Ari: When snow gets wet and sticky We can make a good snowball, Elinor: Then put it on our Snow Friend Ari flutters up with the head and balances it in place. Wow, he’s really tall! ALL: Warm up the snow! Warm up the snow! Make the snow sticky And we’re good to go! Warm up the snow! Warm up the snow! We can build anything When we warm up the snow END MONTAGE: EXT. OlIVE'S FRONT YARD – DAY The kids are admiring their creation (Note: He doesn’t have a face yet). Elinor/ari/OLIVE Woooooow! ElinoR Now that’s what I call a GIANT snow giant. ArI He’s so big he could crush cars and houses and mountains!! (he starts stomping around) BOOOM! BOOM!!! BOOM!! BOOM! Elinor and Olive look at each other and smile. ELINOR Uh, Ari, our Snow Giant would never do that. ARI Why not? OlIVE He’s friendly! She stretches up her trunk and draws eyes and a big smile. Ari shrugs. ArI Oh! O.k. That works too. Ari flutters up and puts the bucket on the Snow Friend’s head. ArI (CONT’D) How’s it going, giant friendly Snow Friend. ANGLE ON: He perches on it’s shoulder and give the Snow Friend a hug. ARI (CONT’D) Awww. I think he really likes me. Elinor and Olive <SFX: LAUGH> IRIS OUT, THE END

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EP 122 Snow Friend By Katherine Sandford Elinor’s Question: How can I make the snow stickier? Logline: Elinor and her friends want to build “snow-friends” but the snow isn’t sticky enough. ES1 . Understand that the Earth is made up of a variety of natural materials. a. Explore and describe the characteristics of earth materials such as sand, rocks, soil, water, and air b. Explore water and other Earth materials during play using simple tools. (Elinor and her friends explore the characteristics of snow and.) SEP6 . Constructing explanations (science) and Designing Solutions (engineering) a. Use background knowledge experiences, and data to construct reasonable explanations and theories of natural phenomena (science) b. Look for and describe patterns and relationships in natural phenomena (science) c. Use and apply productive science discourse to support an explanation d. Use evidence to support a theory or solution to a problem (engineering) (Elinor observes that when the weather is colder the snow doesn't stick together and she and her friends figure out that to make the snow stickier, they should warm it up.) LINE COUNT: 113 MAINS: Elinor, Ari, Olive SECONDARY: Elinor's Mom, Olive's Mom. LOCATIONS: Olives's house, interior and exterior, Elinor's room, Elinor Kitchen. PROPS: Plastic buckets, boot tray, wood stove - snow! OUTLINE - March 2, 2019 FIRST DRAFT - March 25, 2019 - Elinor ARI Olive OliVE’s Mom Ranger Rabbit ELINOR/ar ART OLIVE’s ELINOR/ARi/olive ELINOR/aRi L Rollie (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E ELINOR WONDERS WHY ] PARK ACROSS FROM OLIVE'S -- DAY ELINOR'S HOUSE – LATE AFTERNOON ELINOR'S ROOM – THE NEXT MORNING KITCHEN – MORNING ELINOR'S HOUSE – MORNING PARK – DAY OLIVE'S HOUSE – DAY PARK -- DAY DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK. [J&D: END MONTAGE: CROSSFADE TO: