"Overall: very nice, and has lots of nice little moments. Just a few suggestions to add comedy and increase the emphasis on the curiosity. (Pro Spanish typing tip: to make an ñ (as in Señor Tapir), you can type Alt-164 (on a PC) or hold down Option key and type the letter n, lift off and type n again (on a Mac) )" 1. EXT. the park - day Line Count - 119 Elinor P - 38 Olive P - 34 Ari P - 29 Senor Tapir P - 12 Really nice first draft - great characters moments A HIGH SHOT up in the trees on a LOVELY FALL DAY, so we see ORANGE, RED and YELLOW LEAVES ON THE TREES. And we HEAR LEAVES RUSTLING. From below, we hear... ELINOR (O.S.) Are you ready to play a new game? Maybe a bit more enthusiasm, like "Of course, Elinor!" or similar OLIVE (o.S.) Sure, Elinor. More enthusiasm Ari-style: like "I love new games! How do we play?" or similar ArI (O.S.) What is it? Push past the leaves and DISSOLVE TO: 2. Ext. The park - cONTINUOUS CLOSE ON: ELINOR. She has a smile on her face as she points to her ear. ELINOR It’s called “I Hear With My Big Ear”. Olive and Ari react with curiosity. Maybe a joke about how they have different size ears: "How does it work? Do I need a big ear?" or similar ArI How does that work? Follow up to l5: "No, silly. You just have to be able to hear. I tell you what I’m hearing and you have to find what’s making that sound." ELINOR I tell you what I hear, and you have to find it. OliVE Sounds like fun! ( giggle ) ARI So what do you hear Elinor? Elinor closes her eyes and listens. Her ears swivel . We hear different sounds of the backyard – BIRDS TWEETING, CRICKETS CHIRPING, LEAVES RUSTLING. 9-14: Wind is a tricky topic, so might be better to start with something more concrete while the audience learns the rules of the game. Maybe Elinor can whistle like a bird or cricket? If so, consider adding this sound into the opening shot. ELINOR I hear with my big ear ... something that sounds like ... wind . Ari looks puzzled. ARI Wind? I don’t hear wind. Wind sounds like this... (he makes a WHISTLING sound.) Ari pretends to fight a strong wind a la Marcel Marceau . Olive looks around, and begins to get an idea. Olive That’s if it’s a really strong wind. But if it’s a gentle wind ... She looks up and sees leaves bobbing in the wind. As they bob, we hear them RUSTLING. Is this a bit unclear - technically the sound she's hearing are the leaves 'hit each other' which is the sound being created as a result of the gentle wind. OLIVE (CONT’D) ... It makes the leaves on the branches move and hit each other. And we can hear that. Ari Ah! I hear it. Delete "little" OLIVE Is that what you hear with your little ear, Elinor?' - the game was called 'i hear with my BIG ear' and she again repeats it in line 9. suggest we change it to BIG Is that what you hear with your little ear, Elinor? Elinor smiles and nods, then gestures to Olive. ELINOR You got it. Okay Olive, your turn. What do you hear with your big ear? Olive <giggles> and listens. OLIVE ( giggle ) I hear, with my big ear, something that sounds like ... Suddenly there’s a loud MUSICAL STRUM ON A GUITAR. If you added crickets earlier, consider a joke hypothesis here. Something like: ARI: "Do crickets play guitar? OLIVE (CONT’D) Music?? Surprised, the three of them look around to find the source of the music. ON: SENOR TAPIR, who is < strumming > his guitar in the park by THE GLOBE (or A GAZEBO). Here and in rest of script, can you spell it as Señor? :) ELINOR It’s Senor Tapir. Come on! They hurry off to see him, as the < strumming> continues. 3. EXT. the park - conTINUOUS The kids rush up to Senor Tapir, who smiles and plays a final flourish on his guitar. We want to hear Sr Tapir playing to help set the musical tone for the episode, so consider extending "final flourish" into a small musical moment, or adding another musical moment after line 20. ElinoR Senor Tapir! Senor tapir Buenos Dias , amigos . So wonderful to see you. ElINOR And wonderful to hear you. Ari points back to where they were. "Do you come for the concert" is a bit awkward. Try something like, "Are you coming to the concert later today?" (the concert is later, right?) Ari We heard you playing your guitar from all the way over there. Olive So we had to come and say hello. "correction 'I’m so glad you did. Do you come for the concert?"" 'did you come for the concert?'" SENOR TAPIR I’m so glad you did. Do you come for the concert? ELINOR There’s going to be a concert?? Love the "Si" nice touch :) SENOR TAPIR Si! The best kind of concert - the kind where anyone can play along. this line feels a bit grown up “musical instruments”; find another way for him to say it, or perhaps he could mangle the word and Tapir clarifies? Ari You mean play musical instruments? Senor Tapir gives his guitar a < strum> . We might be overdoing it a little with the "Si"s Make this one just, "Yes!" SENOR TAPIR Si! Is that not exciting? Elinor, Olive and Ari look at each other. Elinor Yes. Very exciting ... except ... Ari We don’t have any instruments to play. Senor Tapir nods and strokes his chin. we've never had Olive use her trunk like this - 'in frustration' - instead she can sigh..looking down she sees her trunk and realizes... SENOR TAPIR Ah. That could be a problem. Olive blows a sigh in frustration, and makes a little <TOOT> with her trunk! She reacts with a smile. Olive Wait a second. I have my own built- in musical instrument. Ari and Elinor look puzzled. ELINOR What do you mean, Olive? Very nice OLIVE Ari's reaction - in several previous episodes, we've established that he loves when she uses her trunk. perhaps he reacts in a positive way instead of being startled I can trumpet with my trunk. She demonstrates <TRUMPETING>. Ari reacts by doing a back flip in surprise. Elinor < laughs > Fun Olive (CONT’D) Does that count? Senor Tapir is delighted. Instead of Si, maybe use "Of course!" SENOR TAPIR Si! There are many different ways to make music. You just have to use your imagination. eLINOR So if we all find musical instruments, we can play in your concert? they should say bye - or respond to the fact that the ycan play in the concert as well. currenly feels like they just walk away SENOR TAPIR That would make me very happy! Elinor, Ari and Olive look at each other as they head off. ARI How are we going get our own musical instruments? ELINOR Senor Tapir said to use our imagination. Very funny cute OLIVE That means we have to think very hard. They all concentrate on concentrating. (Fun faces and poses). After a moment, Ari gives up. "After 42, if there's time, consider a bit more idea-generating here. For example: Elinor and Ari can try to make music with their bodies (Ari flaps his wings, Elinor bangs her ears together?)" ArI agree - Elinor can point out tht Olive used her body - maybe they can too - and try to make sounds ie - J&D suggestions My head is starting to hurt. In the distance, we hear a <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. Elinor reacts. Her ears swivel. Olive notices. OLIVE What is it Elinor? ElinOR I hear with my big ear ... something that sounds like ... a musical instrument. Ari Where? ELINOR It’s coming from the forest. Let’s go! 4. EXT. FOREST – A LITTLE LATER The three walk, looking around, with Elinor in the lead. OLIVE Are you sure you heard a musical instrument? ArI I don’t see any musicians around. Suddenly, there it is again. <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. Elinor stops. Ari and Olive bump into her. Love the physical comedy Olive Ooof ! ARI Elinor. Why’d you stop? ELINOR There it is. Do you hear it? They all listen. And then ... <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. ARI That tap-tap-tap sound? This doesn't sound like a kid line, and "drummer drumming" is awkward OLIVE It sounds kind of like a drummer drumming on a wooden block. maybe: "But I don’t see anyone drumming. So what’s making that sound?" ElinOR reads a bit awkward But we don’t see a drummer. So what is it? Love the silly hypothesizing. Ari hahaha -great An invisible drummer? ELINOR ( giggle ) I don’t think so. OLIVE Let’s spread out and see if we can find where it’s coming from. They walk in different directions. And then, we hear <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. Elinor points. In the description above this line, consider adding a "listening moment" like the one on page one, where she closes her eyes and listens. It might be nice to drive the point of the episode (to use your ears and listen!) ELINOR nice- we can have a little visual gag - wide shot and they are all walking in different diretions - hear tap-tap -tap - stop, and listen, the tapping stops and they all change directions in search This way. The others follow Elinor. And we hear, louder, a <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. Elinor looks up. ELINOR (CONT’D) I think it’s up in this tree. They look up. ANGLE ON: A WOODPECKER hopping around on the side of the tree, searching for the right spot. Ari All I see is a bird hopping around. It would be nice if the kids discovered this for themselves and then confirmed it in the nature book. They could see the bird making the sound while they hear it, and then use the book to explain about why. ELINOR That little bird couldn’t make those loud tapping sounds. Could it? Olive reaches into her satchel and pulls out her NATURE BOOK. OLIVE Let’s see what I can find out in my nature book. She opens her book and flips through some pages. OlIVE (CONT’D) Hmm. No, not that. Oh! Maybe it’s a woodpecker. Look. CLOSE ON: Illustration in Olive’s book shows a woodpecker poking its beak into tree bark. Suggest switching the order of information in this sentence. Something like, "Woodpeckers are birds that poke holes on the side of trees so they can get the insects that hide inside. It says they have a really strong and hard beaks for tapping on the wood." OLIVE (CONT’D) It says a woodpecker’s beak is so strong and hard, it can actually poke holes in the bark to get at insects underneath. From the book, we go to the live woodpecker as it starts pecking at the tree with a very loud <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. Olive (CONT’D) And ... that makes a really loud tap-tap-tap sound. Add a "Whoa…" at the beginning of this line. ELINOR That’s SO interesting! Ari tap-tap-taps at Elinor’s shoulder, so she turns to him. "67-70: We want the kids in this episode to learn that they can find instruments in Nature, but this line 67 implies they already know this. It would be better if the kids just went into the forest to follow their curiosity, and then at the end they realize the things they got curious about helps them make instruments. Suggest replacing lines 67-70 with something like: - Add a little fun moment here where the bird is tapping, and our characters dance to the beat. Kinda like https://www.dropbox.com/s/5apjlyjsaggyvwg/calvin-hobbes-dance-comic.jpg?dl=0 - After they dance, they giggle and as the giggle fades, Elinor's ears perk again. She hears the bean pods in the distance and gets curious again, and off they go." Ari It’s interesting. But we came here to find musical instruments for Senor Tapir’s concert. Remember? Elinor looks at Ari then up at the woodpecker. ELINOR Hmmm ... ARI Let’s keep looking. Olive And listening. 5. EXT. FURTHER IN THE FOREST – A LITTLE WHILE LATER In a different part of the forest, they walk, with Elinor in the lead. Suddenly, she stops. Olive and Ari bump into her again. OlIVE Oof . Ari Elinor? Why’d you stop again? ELINOR I hear with my big ear ... something that sounds like rattling. They get very quiet and they hear a <RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE> . 74-75: this is funny, and a nice way to introduce maracas. OLIVE "could add a gag where they are being extrememly silent and then <crunch crunch crunch> Olive and Elinor turn to see Ari listening intently as he eatssome cracker. 'Ari!' Ari - ""what!? - oh..right. soory"" - as he slowly puts another cracker into his mouth and chews it as quietly as possible " Is someone playing maracas? Ari I don’t know.( beat ) What are maracas? Olive takes out her PAD AND PENCIL. CLOSE ON: The pad as she draws a maraca shape. OLIVE They’re these wooden instruments that look like this. And they have little beads or something inside. So when you shake them they sound like... <RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE.> Let's heighten the curiosity a bit in 77-79. They should be wondering about what the sound is and where it's coming from. OLIVE (CONT’D) Just like that. Ari looks around. Consider extending the "invisible musician" joke Ari I don’t see anyone playing maracas. ELINOR Then where’s it coming from? They stop and listen for a second. And they hear it again. <RATTLE RTTLE RATTLE>. In unison they all point in the same direction. ElinoR (CONT’D) Over there. CLOSE ON: Bean pods blowing in the wind. <RATTLE RATTLE> Elinor, Ari and Olive approach and observe the bean pods waving and <RATTLING>. "Lines 81-84: ""Bean pods"" sounds a bit too adult. Here we can be a little more led by observation and exploration: - First they track down that the rattling sound is coming from some bean pods hanging. That's so cool! They need more observations! - They observe that some bean pods are soft and green, but the ones making the sound are brown and hard. - They find a brown one that fell to the ground and they open it to examine it (maybe it's half open). They figure out that it's the hard beans inside moving around that is making the sound." OlivE Bean pods? ARI I don’t get it. Beans aren’t hard enough to make a rattling sound. They’re soft and green and yummy. Elinor touches a pod. ElINOR But these pods aren’t green and soft. They’re all dried out, so they’re brown and hard. She shakes the bean pods. They <RATTLE>. olive So maybe the beans inside are hard and dried out too. ElinOR We need more observations! Elinor splits a pod open. CLOSE ON: The beans are dried out and brown. EliNOR (CONT’D) You’re right, Olive. They’re just as hard as the pods. That’s SO interesting! Ari frowns at her. "In Lines 85-93 is where Elinor is putting it together. This is great, but can we: (1) heighten the ah-ha moment here. Maybe Ari has also picked them up and is shaking them, advertantly making a musical beat that Elinor and Olive nod along to, and that makes the connection for Elinor back to the concert and instruments. It would be great to hear her figuring it out, rather than having her reveal her insight coyly (l90) (2) avoid explicitly mentioning that the ""problem"" is to ""find musical instruments"". It's more fun if they are lead by their curiosity to explore the noises and then realize that what they discovered solves their problem (rather than searching explicitly for the solution)." Ari agree with J&D - also want to be careful Ari isnt come across as ignorant - the first example he downplayed what they observed and said its interesting but doesnt help us. and here line 89 he responds 'so...?' - we'll also be careful when recording Ari to be sure he's more inquisitive then brushing them off What’s so interesting about hard, dry beans in hard dry bean pods? ElinOR Well, because the beans are hard and the bean pods are hard, they rattle when they shake in the wind. ArI So...? ELINOR They may be part of the solution to our problem. OlivE You mean finding musical instruments? All of a sudden, Olive gets it and smiles and nods. OLIVE (CONT’D) Oh I get it. Ari looks from one to the other. Ari What? What do you get that I don’t get? 94-94 - could possibly have this in thought bubbles so our audience gets to be reminded of what they observed in nature ELINOR Well, we thought we heard someone playing maracas, but it turned out to be dried beans rattling in bean pods. ArI ... Right. OLIVE And before, we thought we heard a drummer, but it was a woodpecker hitting wood with its strong, hard beak. Ari is following it - then the light goes on. Ari Right. ... Right! So if we find something strong and hard and use it to hit something wooden, we can sound like a drummer. elinor And if we collect some of these bean pods, we can sound like we’re playing maracas. Olive So we can play in Senor Tapir’s concert! Let’s go! They scatter. 6. EXT. FOREST – FOLLOWING A short montage: 1) Ari tests out some different sticks that he finds on the ground. 2) Olive finds a hollowed out log and holds it up for Ari. Ari tries tapping his sticks against the log <TAP, TAP-TAP TAP>. He settles on the one that gives him the best sound. 3) Elinor picks different bean pods and tests them for their rattle. She finds one that sounds really good <RATTLE, RATTLE>. She smiles. 4) They unite with their “instruments” and head back toward the park. 7. EXT. PARK – MOMENTS LATER Elinor, Ari and Olive run to Sr. Tapir, strumming his guitar. Question: are there other kids or adults in the concert, or is it just Sr. Tapir and our kids? Elinor "I assume they are back to the gazebo in the park - we would have secondaries gathered for the show? some on blankets, others walking along and stop to watch etc. " Senor Tapir! Are we too late for the concert? The word amigo should not be capitalized. SENOR TAPIR No Amigos . You’re just in time. Did you find instruments to play? ElINOR We sure did. We have Olive trumpeting on her trunk. Olive raises her trunk and <TRUMPETS!> Olive (trumpets then giggles) And we have Ari drumming on a wooden log. Ari does a little <DRUMMING RIFF> tapping out rhythm with two sticks on the hollowed out log. Ari And Elinor on Bean Pod Maracas. Elinor dances and shakes her bean pods <RHYTHMIC RATTLE>. Senor Tapir applauds enthusiastically. SENOR TAPIR Wonderful, Amigos ! Shall we make some music? Elinor, Ari and Olive react with excited <WALLA>. SONG: MAKE MUSIC, NATURALLY Sr. Tapir/elinor/olive/ari Sr. Tapir: There is music all around us From the birds and from the bees From the babbling of a brook And the whistling of a breeze If you want to make some music You can play along with me Use your own imagination And make music, naturally! ( spoken ) Join in amigos ! Ari: I’ll tap these sticks just like a drum, S. Tapir: Tap along with me while I strum Ari does a little <DRUM RIFF> using the sticks on the log, as Senor Tapir strums. Elinor: Hear the rattling sound I make When I give these beans a shake. Elinor shakes the bean pods and dances to the rhythm. Senor Tapir responds with a guitar flourish. Olive: With my trunk I’ll play along Adding trumpet to our song. Olive does a jazzy little “trumpet” solo on her trunk. ALL: If you want to make some music You can play along with me Use your own imagination And make music, naturally! SENOR TAPIR There’s nothing better than making music - naturally! Si Amigos ? ElinOR/ARI/OLIVE Si, Senor Tapir! ElinoR Let’s play it again! Nice work! Sr. Tapir/elinor/olive/ari ALL: If you want to make some music You can play along with me Use your own imagination And make music, naturally! As they sing and play the final verse again, we ... FADE OUT.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EWW131 Make Music, Naturally! By: Kate Barris Elinor’s Question: How can we make our own musical instruments? Logline: Elinor wants to find a way to make music with Sr. Tapir. Curriculum Goals: SEP1 . Asking questions a. Demonstrate curiosity about the greater world outside of their local environment c. Ask and/or identify cause and effect questions that can be answered by an investigation SEP4 . Analyzing and interpreting data b. Use the 5 senses and simple tools to gather and record data SEP6 . Constructing explanations a. Use background knowledge experiences, and data to construct reasonable explanations and theories of natural phenomena LS1 . Understand that all living things have external parts a. Identify and describe the physical characteristics of a variety of animals and plants b. Record observations about an animal’s or plant’s physical appearance. (Elinor and her friends observe plants and animals that make rhythmic sounds.) ND3 . Understand that structures and materials in the natural world can be used or can inspire the engineering of structures with similar function in the designed world. (Elinor and her friends make percussion instruments inspired by what they’ve observed.) Main Characters: Elinor, Ari, Olive, Sr. Tapir Locations: Forest, Park Props: Sticks, hollow log, bean pods, beans, Sr. Tapir’s guitar FIRST DRAFT May 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 Mr. Hamster Mary Lizzie Liszzie Mary & lizzie Mr. Hm Mr. N Kids Elinr Elinor/ari/Olive Senor tapir Oiive (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) (thing-ese)_ (thing-ESE) INT EXT I/E 7 1 6 3. EXT 1. 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 THE PARK 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.