1. EXT. forest - DAY ESTABLISHING SHOT: The forest near Elinor’s house. Elinor (O.S.) Okay, are you ready? CLOSE: ELINOR’s FOOT as she steps onto a little tree stump. PULL OUT: To ELINOR standing, like a conductor on a podium, in front of ARI and OLIVE, holding a twig like a baton. Ari/olive Ready! Elinor taps the baton/twig on a nearby branch. ElinoR Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first ever performance of a new song by Elinor, Ari and Olive, called “The Glad, Sad, Mad Song.” ( giving them their note) Hummmm . She starts to “conduct” with her baton and Ari and Olive start to sing. They do some little hand gestures that go along with the song. (Elinor’s voice is always loudest ) Ari/olive/ Elinor (singing) Ari/Olive - If you feel... Elinor (shouted) Glad! Ari/Olive - Let me know you’re glad All - And we’ll be glad together! Ari/Olive - If you feel.. Elinor(shouted) Sad! Ari/Olive - Let me know you’re sad . All: And I’ll try to make it better . Ari/Olive - If you feel.. Elinor (shouted) Mad ! Ari/Olive - Let me know you’re mad . All - And we’ll work it out together . Olive - Always let your feelings out Ari - Smile or frown or jump about Elinor - ‘Cause I can be a friend for real All - If I know just how you feel! If I know just how you feeeeeeel ! The three of them look very pleased. Olive Wow! Ms. Mole’s going to love our song! Ari She said we could sing it to the whole class tomorrow. They get to a fork in the path. Elinor goes one way and Ari and Olive go the other, waving as they head home. ELINOR I want it to be perfect, so I’m going to practice and practice and practice ! As Elinor walks, she sings loudly . ELINOR (CONT’D) (singing) If you feel glad Let me know you’re glad And we’ll be glad together... 2. INT. elinor’s house - montage We see Elinor in a series of snippets, singing very loudly . 1. Elinor at the dinner table, her parents amused; 2. Elinor at her desk colouring ; 3. Elinor in the bathtub surrounded by bubbles; 4. Elinor brushing her teeth (so song is garbled); 5. Elinor poking her head through her pyjama top; 6. Elinor doing sit-ups into camera in her bedroom; 7. Elinor lying in bed at night facing one way; 8. Elinor lying in bed facing the other way; 9. Elinor lying in bed on her stomach, face in her pillow (so song is muffled); 10. Elinor peeking out her window in the morning, seeing the sunrise (she’s yawning as she sings); 11. Elinor at the front door, about to open it and go off to school. She looks a little tired and her voice is croaky. ELINOR (singing loudly ) If you feel sad ... Let me know you’re sad... And I’ll try to make it better ! If you feel mad ... Let me know you’re mad And we’ll work it out together ! So always let your feelings out Just smile or frown or jump about ‘ Cause I can be a friend for real If I know just how you feel! If I know just how you feel ! 3. EXT. outside elinor’s house - morning Olive and Ari are waiting for her to join them. Ari/Olive Hi Elinor! ELINOR (very croaky) Hi. Are you ready to sing our song? OLIVE What’s wrong with your voice? Ari Do you have a cold? Elinor ( croaky and weak) No. Olive Then why is your voice so scratchy? ElinOR ( almost no voice) I don’t know. It sounded okay when I was practicing our song ... all night long. Olive Hmmm . Maybe you practiced a little too much. ari What about our song? We promised Ms. Mole. Elinor, Ari and Olive look concerned. Elinor ( whispered croak) You can do it without me. Olive crosses her arms and stands firm. OLIVE Unh unh . That’s not fair. We made up the song to sing together. Ari steps up beside her, equally resolute. Ari Olive’s right! If you don’t sing, we don’t sing. ELINOR (hardly any voice) What are we going to do? OLIVE Your voice is probably just tired from all that practicing. ari Yeah. Maybe if you give it a rest, it’ll be okay by the time we get to school. olive Good idea. Let’s go. 4. EXT. ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL – A LITTLE LATER As they skip along together, they meet up with MR. DOG. Ari Look! There’s Mr. Dog! Olive Good morning, Mr. Dog! They group around him, with Olive in front, Elinor on one side and Ari on the other side, nearer his rear end. Mr. Dog Good morning, kids! How nice to see you! A ngle on : Mr. Dog’s tail is wagging so vigorously that he keeps hitting Ari with it (Mr. Dog doesn’t realize it). Ari (giggles) Mr. Dog! Your tail is tickling me! Mr. Dog looks at his back end and chuckles. Mr. DOG Oops! ( chuckle ) Sorry Ari! I can’t help it! Wagging my tail is my way of saying I’m so happy to see you! Olive If Elinor could talk, she’d say, “That’s soooo interesting!” Elinor nods, and Mr. Dog reacts with curiosity. Mr. Dog Elinor? Why can’t you talk? Elinor tries to talk but nothing comes out so Olive steps in. OlivE We made up a new song and Elinor practiced so much, her voice got tired and now she can’t talk. Mr. DOG You lost your voice? Elinor nods sadly. ON: Mr. Dog’s ears go back in sympathy for Elinor. Olive notices and has a “ Hmmm ” expression on her face. ArI Yeah, and we’re supposed to sing our song for the whole class, but we can’t unless Elinor finds her voice. MR. DOG Oh! I’m so sorry! Ari notices Mr. Dog’s tail has stopped hitting him. Ari I could tell you felt sorry for Elinor. You know how? Your tail stopped wagging and tickling me. Mr. Dog You’re right, Ari. Olive points to Mr. Dog’s ears. Olive And is that why your ears went back too, Mr. Dog? Because you were sad for Elinor? Mr. Dog raises and lowers his ears and the kids watch in fascination. Mr. Dog My ears do go up when I’m happy and back when I’m feeling a bit sad. Olive So even if you don’t say anything, everyone knows how you’re feeling. Mr. Dog’s tail wags. MR. DOG It’s true! That’s how we dogs show our feelings! Well, bye kids! I hope you get your voice back in time to sing the song, Elinor. Elinor smiles and waves to Mr. Dog. Ari/olive Bye Mr. Dog!/Thanks! As they start to head off, Elinor pauses, clearly thinking. 5. EXT. CLOSER TO SCHOOL – A LITTLE LATER Elinor, Olive and Ari are almost at school when they hear... Ari’s mom (o.s.) Ari! Ari! You forgot your lunch! They turn and see ARI’S MOM catching up to them, with his lunchbox . In her other arm she’s got Ari’s baby sister. Ari Whoa! I forgot my lunch? How does that even happen? Ari’S MOM It happened because you were so excited about singing your song. Are you two as excited about the song as Ari is? Ari, Olive and Elinor look a bit sad and Ari’s Mom reacts. OliVE Elinor lost her voice, so we won’t be able to sing our song today. Elinor shrugs sadly, and Ari’s mom looks sympathetic. Ari She’s giving her voice a rest. We hope maybe she’ll get it back by the time we get to school. Ari’s Mom gives Elinor a reassuring pat on the shoulder. Ari’s mom That’s a good plan, Elinor. Just then Ari’s little sister starts fussing, <GURGLING> and waving her hands up and down. Olive reacts. OLIVE Oh! What’s wrong with (Ari’s little sister?)? Ari smiles and waves his arms the same way she just did. Ari She’s just hungry. She always goes like this when she’s hungry. Don’t you, Little Sis ! (He gurgles just like her) The baby <SFX: BABY GIGGLES> Then the baby starts rubbing her eyes. ARI (CONT’D) And when she rubs her eyes, it means she’s tired, right Mom? Ari’S MOM Ooh ! I’d better get her home for her snack and a nap! I hope Elinor’s voice gets better in time to sing your song! Bye! Ari’s Mom gives Ari a kiss on the head and then hurries off. Olive turns to Ari. Olive Wow! You sure know a lot about babies, Ari. Ari I just know a lot about my baby sister. I can tell what she wants, even though she can’t talk yet. Olive Kind of like we could tell that Mr. Dog was happy because of his wagging tail. Elinor is watching the conversation between Ari and Olive. Suddenly her eyes pop open. She starts tugging Olive’s arm. OliVE (CONT’D) What is it Elinor? Did you get your voice back? Elinor shakes her head no, then points to her temple. ari Do you have a headache? She shakes her head no again. Then she holds one finger up, in a kind of “aha!” gesture and has a big smile. Ari (CONT’D) Your finger hurts? Elinor shakes her head and points to her temple then creates draws a circle above her head, kind of like a thought bubble. OliVE You have an idea?? Elinor nods her head vigorously. ARI All right! What’s your idea? Elinor points to them, then acts like she’s singing. ARI (CONT’D) What’s she doing? Elinor tries again, this time doing some of the hand gestures that they did earlier when they sang the song. olive Oh! You want us to sing our song? Elinor nods vigorously. Ari But we already said we don’t want to sing the song without you. Elinor points two fingers at Ari and Olive’s eyes then to herself. OLIVE You want us to look at you? Elinor nods then smiles a great big smile, and points at her smiling mouth. OLIVE (CONT’D) You’re happy? Elinor nods, then makes a sad face and points at her mouth. ARI But now you’re sad. I don’t get it. Olive suddenly starts to smile. OliVE I do! We can tell how Elinor is feeling by the look on her face. Ari still isn’t getting it. ARI ... Okay? Elinor smiles mischievously and wags her butt. Olive gets it right away but Ari is still puzzled. OliVE Ah! Just like we could tell Mr. Dog was happy when he wagged his tail! Elinor smiles and nods, and then waves her arms the way NAME did earlier. Ari’s face lights up. ARI And the way (Ari’s sister) let us know she was hungry by waving her arms. Olive Exactly! That’s soooo interesting! Come on! Elinor jumps up and down happily - she knows Olive is on the same track as she is. ARI Okay, what’s so interesting? And where are we going? Olive ushers them toward the school. OLIVE To school! Elinor’s figured out a way to sing our song even if she doesn’t have her voice! I’ll explain on the way! 6. INT. CLASSROOM – MOMENTS LATER ON MS. MOLE: Who looks a little surprised as Elinor, Ari and Olive rush up to her. Ari/olive Ms. Mole! Ms. Mole! Ms. Mole Oh! Good morning, my fine singing students! Are you all ready to sing your new Feelings Song for the class? The kids excitedly tell their story. Ari Well, we thought we weren’t going to be able to sing our song! Olive Because Elinor practiced so much that she lost her voice. Elinor nods and gestures that she can’t talk. ArI And we didn’t want to sing The Glad Sad Mad Song without Elinor! Ms. Mole nods, understanding. Olive But then we made some observations! Ms. MOLE You did? Good for you! What did you observe? Elinor repeats her wagging tail motion, imitating Mr. Dog. Ms. Mole looks confused. Ms. MOLE (CONT’D) Um ... I’m not sure I understand. OliVE We observed that when Mr. Dog was happy, he wagged his tail. All three wag their butts and Ms. Mole <chuckles>. olive (CONT’D) So even if he didn’t talk to us, we could tell he was happy . Ari Yeah, and then we observed my little sister and I knew she was hungry because when she’s hungry, she always does this ... The three of them wave their arms and Ms. Mole laughs. OlIVE And that gave Elinor ... All three of them point to their temple. Ari/olive An idea! Ari Even if you can’t use your voice, there are ways to make your friends understand you. Olive Yeah! By the way your face looks or your body moves. And so we realized we can sing our song... Ari/OLIVE With Elinor! Elinor smiles and points to her smiling face! 7. INT. classroom - moments LATER Elinor, Ari and Olive in front of the class with Ms. Mole. Ms. Mole And now, Ari, Olive and Elinor are going to present The Glad Sad Mad Song! Olive Ari and I are going to sing, but Elinor lost her voice, so she’s going to show her feelings instead of singing them. ArI Yeah and if you can tell what she’s feeling, you can sing along too! Elinor conducts as she did earlier. NOTE ON THE SONG: Would be great to have other kids voices shout the emotions (glad, sad, bad) depending on the pairing of this Ep . Ari/olive/ KIDS ( TBD ) (singing) Ari/Olive - If you feel... Elinor shows a big smily face. Ari/Olive/Kids? ( shouted ) Glad! Ari/Olive (singing) Let me know you’re glad And we’ll be glad together! Ari/Olive - If you feel.. Elinor makes a sad face. Ari/Olive/Kids(shouted) Sad! Ari/Olive (Singing)- Let me know you’re sad. And I’ll try to make it better . If you feel.. Elinor makes a mad face. Ari/Olive/ Kids(shouted) Mad ! Ari/Olive - Let me know you’re mad. And we’ll work it out together . Elinor dances as Aru and Olive sing. Olive - Always let your feelings out Ari - Smile or frown or jump about Ari/Olive - ‘ Cause I can be a friend for real If I know just how you feel! If I know just how you feeeeeeel ! The class reacts with great <SF: APPLAUSE> Ms. mole That was wonderful! Olive I think it was even better with Elinor showing the feelings instead of singing them. Ari Me too. What do you think Elinor? Elinor makes a great big smiley face! THE END

EWW114 No Need To Shout D1 February 15, 2019

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY No Need to Shout By Kate Barris Elinor’s Questio n: How can I communicate when I can't talk? Logline : Elinor is supposed to sing a song with her friends but she’s lost her voice. Curriculum Goals : • SEP 1 – Ask and/or identify cause and effect questions that can be answered by an investigation • SEP 4d – Talk about and reflect on what happened during an investigation or when solving a problem and why it might have happened (Elinor and her friends observe how other animals communicate without words and determine how they could use those strategiesS ) ( LS8 ) Begin to understand that there are many different kinds of living things and how they may be the same or different: a. Observe and describe similarities and differences across different types of plants and animals. Elinor and her friends observe there are many different ways to communicate. • ( ND2 ). ( RTL Crosscutting concept ‘Systems’): Begin to understand that systems developed in our world often work in similar ways to systems found in the natural world. Elinor realizes that, just like in the natural world, she and her friends express themselves through actions and expressions, not just sounds/talking. MAIN CHARACTERS: Olive, Ari, Elinor, Mr. Dog SECONDARY: Ms. Mole, Ari's Mother LINE COUNT - 97 FIRST DRAFT: FEB 15, 2019 Elinor Elinor/olive/ari Ari Olive Elion Mr. Dog Ari/olive Ari’s mom Ari’s little sister Air Ms. Mole Mr. Mole Art Olie Ari/olive/ Elinor (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) (thing-ese)_ (thing-ESE) INT EXT I/E 7 1 6 3. EXT TRANSITION CIRCLE TIME SCIENCE STATION ACTIVITY BOARD COMPUTER STATION OPIE MONOLOGUE OPENING TITLES SEQUENCE COLD OPENING OPENING TITLES BLOCK AREA CIRCLE TIME SONG DOORWAY TO KINDERGARTEN COATROOM COATROOM - CUBBIES SENSES TABLE BAHTROOM BATHROOM CIRCLE RUB OPIE FANTASY DRAMA CENTRE CREDITS. PLAYGROUND - CATERPILLAR PLAYGROUND - NEAR THE SLIDES PLAYGROUND - TEEPEE LARGE SHRUB CUBBY AREA CLASSROOM HOLEY WALL CREATIVITY CENTRE CLASS - BETWEEEN MATH AND SCIENCE CIRCLE TIME RUG MATH CENTRE INT. CLASSROOM ICY SNOWY EXPANSE OUTSIDE SALLY'S HOUSE THE THINGAMAJIGGER FRICTIONARIUM FRICTIONARIUM - RAMPS THINGAMAJIGGER THINGAMAJIGGER -HEADING HOME NICK'S BACKYARD NICK'S BACK DOOR SERENDIP PATH SERENDIP FIRST PATH INT. SERENDIP CLOSER TO SCHOOL – A LITTLE LATER DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY CUBBIES SAME SAME TIME AERIAL ESTABLISHING SHOT CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK.