"The script length is still sitting long - should sit at 13 pages if possible. I had made suggestions on where we can cut at 1st draft - I see you've down siome trimming ,if you can take another pass or I can see how it sits in leica and make the necessary trims at that point also asked a few visual questions - so we undesraynd it as you see it " EXT CAMPSITE -- DAY Just one note below. The more you can concretely connect 'sounds' with sound waves and echolocation the better. These are really hard concepts for 3-5 year olds. " Line Count - 132 (needs to be cut down to 120 lines) Ari - 43 Elinor - 29 Olive - 34 Mr. Bat - 22 Mrs. Bat 4 Bat consultant Notes: I like the script, and I think the parallels between Marco Polo, echoes from the rocks, and the bats' own echo works. You might call it the bat's special echo skill, but that it a quibble. Pleaded let us know when it is broadcast and available. Our nearly 3-year old grandson will enoy it. Cheers, Jim" It's a sunny afternoon in the forest, and ARI, ELINOR and OLIVE are on a camping trip with Ari's family. We open as Elinor and Olive are finishing setting up their tents at a campsite (we can reuse the ones from the Light The Way episode). we will resue the camp site location used for 'strawberry jam' episode and the tents from 'light the way' ELINOR There. All done. OLIVE Me too. How's your tent going, Ari? Thanks for the changes on this. Happy to see that you got feedback from a bat expert - very cool! We look forward to seeing this in the leica. A few notes below. We pan over to Ari as he puts on the finishing touches on his tent. ARI All set! I think I'm finally getting the hang of camping. At that moment, we hear a bit of chaotic noise. Next to Ari, we see MR. BAT having some trouble setting up the family tent from inside <SFX: OOF / URK /HMM>. ARI (O.S.) (CONT'D) Uh, Dad, do you need help? Mr. Bat's head emerges from the tent, which is a jumbled mess. MR. BAT Thanks, Ari. That would be great. I haven't quite figured this out yet. The tent collapses around him. MIRI (Ari's baby sister), in MRS. BAT's arms, <SFX: GIGGLES>. The kids go over and hold down the corners of the tent while Mr. Bat continues to try to prop up the poles. MR. BAT (CONT'D) Thanks, kids. You know, at home we bats usually sleep hanging from the ceiling... We see a THOUGHT BUBBLE of Mr. and Mrs. Bat sleeping upside down at their house. MR. BAT (CONT'D) ... so setting up tents and sleeping on the ground is all very new to us. ELINOR That's what makes camping an adventure! MR. BAT You're exactly right, Elinor. Camping is all about being out in Nature and doing things differently. ARI And, let's not forget, having tasty camping snacks! OLIVE (giggles) Ari liking snacks is not very different. They all <SFX: LAUGH>. ELINOR My favorite part of camping is to go exploring in a new place, so I can see and hear new things. MR. BAT Well, we'll go for a nice walk soon, just as soon as I (struggling with tent pole) finish.. setting ... up ... this ... tent ! The tent collapses again. Miri <SFX: GIGGLES> again. MR. BAT (CONT'D) (poking his head out) I think we know what Miri's favorite part of camping is : watching her dad try to set up the tent. Miri continues to <SFX: GIGGLE> and the kids join in. MRS. BAT (setting Miri down and rolling up her sleeves) Oh dear. Why don't you kids go play? I'll help Mr. Bat. The kids look at each other smiling and run off. ARI Thanks, Mom! EXT. FIELD -- DAY The kids walk a few feet away to a field (within eyesight of the camp) as they talk about what to do. OLIVE What should we do? ELINOR I just learned a really fun game, want to play it? OLIVE Sure, how do you play? ELINOR It's called "Marco Polo." It's kind of like tag, but you play with your eyes closed. ARI With your eyes closed? Elinor pulls out a blindfold she brought along. ELINOR Yeah, here's how it works. If you're "it" you wear this blindfold. ARI So you can't see. OLIVE Wait... if you can't see, how do you tag anyone else? Olive pantomimes randomly tagging the air. ELINOR That's the fun part. If I'm "it" and I say " marco ", then everyone else has to say "polo." ARI Oh, I get it. So when you HEAR them say "polo", you can tell where they are, without SEEING them. OLIVE Sounds fun. Can I be "It" first? Elinor puts the blindfold on Olive. From Olive's POV , we see the blindfold go over her eyes. Everything is dark for a moment. Back to the outside view, Olive has her ar ms out in front of her . OLIVE (CONT'D) Wow, I can't see anything! Ari does a silly dance. [Note for animation: make sure the kids' acting is respectful, and not seen as taunting] ARI Did you see that? OLIVE Nope. He does a sillier dance. ARI How about that? OLIVE I got nothing. ARI Wow, that's a good blindfold. ELINOR Ok , but can you HEAR us? Olive points to Elinor. OLIVE Yes! I can HEAR that you are right there. Ari is flying off to the side. ARI Ooh ! Can you hear me? Olive perks her ears up and points to Ari with her trunk. OLIVE Yes! I can hear you way up there! Hey, no flying! Ari lands. They all <SFX: GIGGLE>. ARI Cool, I like this game. ELINOR Let's play! Elinor and Ari walk to new places. OLIVE Ok , here I come! Olive takes a few tentative steps, and walks around with her hands (and trunk) in front of her. OLIVE (CONT'D) Marco! ELINOR/ARI Polo! Olive moves in the direction of Ari, who scrambles out of the way. Ari and Elinor <SFX: GIGGLE>. OLIVE Marco! ELINOR/ARI Polo! Olive moves towards Elinor, who dodges, and Olive grabs a bush instead. OLIVE Got you! But you don't feel like Elinor... (lifting the blindfold) Oops, it's a bush! They all <SFX: LAUGH>. OLIVE (CONT'D) Wow, that's hard! ARI Oooh , I want to try! Olive hands him the blindfold. He ties it on as the girls find their places. ARI (CONT'D) Get ready, here I come. The girls smile and suppress their <SFX: GIGGLES> as Ari holds his arms out. As he starts walking, he moves much more confidently than Olive did. visuals - so we are to animate him with his mouth open in a smile - varying the amount it opens and closes to look like his emitting a souind - correct? ARI (CONT'D) Let's see... where are you... He walks straight to Elinor and tags her. [Note for animation: show Ari smiling when he walks, with his mouth open and making barely perceptible vocalization movements] ARI (CONT'D) Got you! OLIVE Wow! You didn't even say Marco. ELINOR Yeah, how did you find me so fast, Ari? Ari shrugs. ARI I just kind of... heard you were over here? ELINOR But I was totally quiet! I never said Polo. ARI Hmm, you're right. I'm not sure. Let's try again? He puts the blindfold back on and the girls find their places. ARI (CONT'D) Marco! ELINOR/OLIVE Polo! He heads right for Olive, who dodges out of the way and goes around a bush. Ari looks momentarily confused, then takes a few steps until Olive is in his line of sight, then easily goes to her and tags her. ARI Got you! OLIVE But... how? How did you know I went around the bush? ELINOR Is the blindfold working? They check and it looks good. ARI I couldn't see anything! ELINOR Wow. I wonder how you were able to find us so well. OLIVE Yeah, even when we were super quiet? ELINOR Hmmm , we need more observations. Ari, do you have an extra eye somewhere? They check his head and forehead for a third eyeball, but don't find one. OLIVE Nope. So how did you do it? ARI (shrugging) I dunno . I can just.. hear where things are? Just then, Mr. Bat comes over. MR. BAT Good news kids! The tent is all set up, so it's time to go for a walk! The kids <SFX: YAY! AWESOME!> and follow Mr. Bat, except for Elinor, who hangs back a little, still a bit puzzled. EXT CLIFFS -- LATE AFTERNOON A cross-fade later, Mr. and Mrs. Bat lead the kids on a walk with Miri in a baby carrier. Mrs. Bat takes out some baggies of trail mix. it reads that miri is in a baby carrier - I assume the ones thats strap to the front of an adult - I would suggest we have Mrs.Bat carry Miri as Mr.Bat will be yelling across the canyon and we wouldnt want him yelling with Miri strapped to his chest - please confirm - thanks MRS. BAT Here, pass these out to your friends, Ari. could cut the trail mix section and start at line 75 OLIVE Looks good. What is it? Ari passes them around. ARI It's called "trail mix" ELINOR What's that? ARI Chocolate chips and other stuff. OLIVE What other stuff? ARI I dunno . I only eat the chocolate chips. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE> as they munch on the trail mix. ELINOR I love going for a walk in a new place. MR. BAT Well, I'm excited to show you all something REALLY extra cool. They come around a bend and up to a lookout spot (with wooden guard rails) at the edge of a modest canyon. It's a nice view, and they can see pretty far down the canyon as the sun is low on the horizon. Across the canyon and to the right is a tall flat cliff face. OLIVE Wow, what a nice spot. It's SO beautiful here. MR. BAT Look at those smooth, tall rocks. ELINOR Wow, I've never seen rocks like that before. Ari goes to pop a chocolate chip in his mouth, but misses. He scrambles <SFX: WH-WHOA> , but the chip falls on the floor . if we cut the trail mix section ari can be excited with the view and yell how cool it is - echoing ARI Oh NOOOO ! He goes to pick it up when, a moment later, his echo returns <SFX: (ECHO) OH NOOOOO...> . The kids are all really surprised. ARI (CONT'D) (finishing picking up the chip) Who said that? Mr. Bat smiles. Makes more sense to say “Listen to this, and you’ll figure it out for yourself.” MR. BAT Watch this, and you'll figure it out for yourself. He cups his hands towards the cliff. MR. BAT (CONT'D) HELLO! A moment later his <SFX: (ECHO) HELLO...> returns. Olive and Elinor are amazed, and try it themselves by shouting out to the canyon . ELINOR HELLO I'm Elinor! A moment later, her <SFX: (ECHO) HELLO I'M ELINOR...> comes back from the cliffs to the right . The kids <SFX: LAUGH>. Olive <SFX: TRUMPETS> towards the cliff and it <SFX: (ECHO) TRUMPETS> back to her! ELINOR (CONT'D) How is that happening? ARI It's like the rocks are talking back to us. can we get a skecth as to how you picture this thought bubble - The fact that the echo doesnt bounce back from the cliffs in front of them but from the right is a bit confusing MR. BAT Haha , in a way, Ari. What you're hearing is the sound of your voice bouncing off those rock over there and coming back to us. That sound is called an 'echo'. We see a THOUGHT BUBBLE with a top view that illustrates sound as wiggly waves being emitted from the kids in all directions . One of the wiggly lines bounces off the cliff to the right and comes back. OLIVE Echo. I like that word. ARI That's so neat! ( to the canyon) ARI IS SO COOL! The cliff echoes back <SFX: ECHO ARI IS SO COOL>. ARI (CONT'D) Hey, the rocks agree with me. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. Elinor tries again. This time, she closes her eye in her effort to make it louder. ELINOR EXPLORING IS FUN! The cliffs echo back <SFX: (ECHO) EXPLORING IS FUN...> from her right . Elinor turns her head and opens her eyes. ELINOR (CONT'D) Hmmm . That is SO interesting. ARI What is it Elinor? ELINOR I shouted with my eyes closed, and from the echo I could tell where the rocks are. OLIVE That makes sense. When the shout comes back, it comes from the rock. So you can hear where it is, even if you have your eyes closed. ELINOR (excited) The echo lets you hear where the rocks are. In a repeat THOUGHT BUBBLE, we see another top view in which Elinor shouts, sending wiggly lines in all directions. The ones on the right bounce off the cliff and come back. OLIVE Ooohh . If we were playing Marco-Polo with the rocks, that would help. (closing her eyes) MARCO! (then) POLO! The cliffs <SFX: (ECHO) MARCO!... POLO!>. OLIVE (CONT'D) (pointing with her trunk) The rocks are that way! Elinor makes a connection. ELINOR Wait, is THAT how Ari found us when we played Marco Polo and we didn't make any sounds? Were you using echoes, Ari? ARI Was I? OLIVE I didn't hear him making any echoes. He found us without even saying "Marco". ARI I just... heard where you were. Maybe I have a special bat-sense? Mr. and Mrs. Bat look at each other knowingly. MR. BAT Actually, Ari, you do. You have a special bat echo. ARI Really? I do? I mean, of course I do. Uh, how does it work? MR. BAT Bats can make a special noise that bounces off of things to make echoes. ARI A special noise? Like this? <nonsense sound> MR. BAT Haha . That's a funny noise. I mean a special noise that most animals can't hear. ELINOR Wow, really? again - same visual question as above MR. BAT Can the thought bubble also have some background sound to accompany the waves. I am still a little concerned about 'soundless' sound for 3-5 year olds. They need to concretely connect sound to the sound waves. Yes! Only bats can hear it (he wiggles his ears), and we use it to tell what is around us. By listening to the echoes, we can tell where things are. We see a THOUGHT BUBBLE that shows Mr. Bat walking in the forest, emitting sound wiggles that bounce off trees and rocks (similar to the echo visualization earlier). His ears twitch as he registers the wiggles coming back from objects . The kids are <SFX: AMAZED WALLA>. ELINOR Why can bats do that? MR. BAT Well, lots of bats like to fly at night. Can you guess why this special echo would be helpful? The kids think for a bit <SFX: HMMM> . Might be clearer if this is rearranged to say, “Because it’s night and you can’t see in the dark!” OLIVE I know! Because it's dark at night and you can't see! It's like closing your eyes or wearing a blindfold . MR. BAT That's right. This special echo helps bats find things in the dark, like food. ARI Ooh , night snacks! They <SFX: LAUGH> and then kids sing to recap. We aren't sure if this song is totally capturing what we learned in the story. The idea that we can’t see in the dark and that’s why bats have the special sound – to hear their way around instead. Anything we can do to bring that through a bit more? ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI We say Echo! Echo! The rocks say "Echo"! (last word is echoed) We say "Hello! Hello!" The rocks say "Hello!" ( last word is echoed) ELINOR: I can use my eyes to see what is right in front of me. OLIVE: But bats can make a special sound To help them know What's around. ALL: Bats use echos And special ears So they can tell What's far and near We say Echo! Echo! The rocks say "Echo"! (last word is echoed) We say "Hello! Hello!" The rocks say "Hello!" ( last word is echoed) As the kids finish the song, we see and hear Ari's stomach <SFX: GRUMBLE>. MR. BAT You don't have to echo that Ari, I know what that means: it's time for dinner! Over <SFX: LAUGHTER/AWESOME> merriment, they head back to camp. EXT CAMPSITE -- EVENING It's later, and everyone is sitting around a nice campfire, roasting veggie dogs on their long sticks. as noted in 1st draft - veggie dogs - design will look like hotdogs (meat) which we cannot show - I suggest marshmellows - and we can assume the've finished eating and not its dessert. OR cooking veggies on a stick ie broccoli or even carrots OLIVE I think mine is ready. ARI Hmm, mine needs another minute. I like it extra cooked. MR. BAT You mean extra burnt? ARI No, I like it burnt just right. They <SFX: LAUGH>. Ari takes his food off the fire and Mrs Bat puts it on plates to cool. MRS. BAT It's so nice to have a cozy campfire dinner. OLIVE That reminds me! I want to read my book by the cozy campfire. MRS. BAT Great idea, Olive. OLIVE But, I left my book in my tent. She looks over into the darkness. OLIVE (CONT'D) And.. It's pretty dark over there. ARI I'll get it for you. Bats are great at getting around in the dark. He navigates confidently to Olive's tent, humming the tune from the ditty. Elinor looks at him and we see in a THOUGHT BUBBLE what she's thinking: she imagines Ari walking and the sound waves bouncing off the things around him. Ari then comes back, with an extra bag of trail mix in hand. ARI (CONT'D) Here you go, Olive. He gives Olive her book. MR. BAT And what else did you find? ARI An extra bag of trail mix. Like you said dad, bats are good at finding food in the dark! MR. BAT I'll echo that! Bats are good at finding food in the dark! They all <SFX: LAUGH> as the view pulls up into the starry night sky and we... FADE OUT.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EWW160: ECHO LOCATION Written by Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson Question: How does Ari know where things are when he’s blindfolded? Logline: The kids learn about echo-location Curriculum Goals: LS2 . Understand that animals have different body parts that are used in different ways to meet their needs. a. Identify body parts of animals and their function c. Compare how the external body parts of animals and plants are the same and/or different d. Explore how different external features of an animal help it survive in its environment. (Elinor and Olive learn that Ari’s ability to make high-pitched sounds and his sensitive ears give him a special skill – echolocation). SEP1 . Asking questions (science) and defining problems (engineering) a. Demonstrate curiosity about the greater world outside of their local environment b. Ask more complex questions about observable phenomena c. Ask and/or identify cause and effect questions that can be answered by an investigation (Ari, Elinor and Olive wonder about how their voices are bouncing back near a cliff face. so they do an investigation that leads them to the idea of echoes). SEP3 . Planning and carrying out investigations b. Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences in detail c. Demonstrate an ability to make and test predictions based on background knowledge and experiences. (Elinor and her friend contrast the echoes they all can hear with Ari’s echolocation abilities). 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) (Elinor, Ari and Olive use their knowledge they’ve gained experimenting with echoes to understand Ari’s echolocation) FIRST DRAFT: January 13, 2020 SECOND DRAFT: January 29, 2020 POLISH DRAFT: February 26, 2020 ELINOR OLIVE ARI MR. BAT MRS. BAT ELINOR/ARI ELINOR/OLIVE (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) Int Ext I/E EXT CAMPSITE -- DAY FIELD -- DAY EXT CLIFFS -- LATE AFTERNOON <SFX: (ECHO) HELLO I'M ELINOR...>. ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI EXT CAMPSITE -- EVENING 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.