"Overall nice first draft. General notes: - Nice fun moments throughout. Skating scene is going to be fun. - The first act feels a little slow, let's see what we can layer in to make it more interesting. - I think we're asking too much of the kids in the resolution, in terms of what they can figure out on their own.Suggested re-working below. Specific notes below. Nice job, Adam, this is going to be a fun script." 1. ext. FOREST PATH - day "Line Count - 100 Elinor - 36 Olive - 26 Ari - 20 Ranger Rabbit - 16 " Nice first draft - I like that another piece of Ranger Rabbit 's job is revealed and I like the "teaching " of that seasons mean differences in our environment. A have a some notes below. ELINOR, OLIVE, and ARI follow RANGER RABBIT down a path in the woods. It’s late fall, and they wear their autumn clothes, though there is no snow on the ground yet. Lines 1-3: Not sure the dramatic narration will make sense to little kids. Can we think of a better way to open the episode? Maybe the kids are playing and chasing each other as they walk through the forest, and we see the last few leaves falling from the trees. That way there is some action and fun: make the playing fun. Maybe at the end, one of them breaks off and asks the mom where they are going, and the mom says, we're almost there... here we are! ElINOR (narrating in a dramatic voice) please note that RR is wearing a backpack and binoculars A rabbit, an elephant, and a bat explore the forest. OLIVE Two rabbits. Don’t forget your mom! ELINOR Right! Two rabbits, an elephant, and a bat explore the forest. Who knows what they will find? 2. EXT. LAKESIDE - DAY They emerge from the woods and find themselves at the edge of the town lake, a large, blue body of water with a grassy bank alongside. Ranger rabbit Here we are! Can we come up with a better name for the lake? Logger Lake? Or Moss Lake? Or…? ELINOR between 5 and 6 - we would need Ranger Rabbit (probably wearing a backpack to carry her supplies) to put the back pack down and grab a few things, place them in the water - then Ari will ask line 6 - therefore there will be a bit of time here for this action - perhaps we give Ranger Rabbit a line responding to the fact that they're now at the lake And they find...the town lake! <SFX: ALL RIGHT, WE DID IT CHEERING WALLA> Ranger Rabbit crouches next to the lake and begins taking measurements - temperature, pH, etc. - which she records in a little ranger notebook. It should just look like she’s dipping small things into the water or observing carefully, then writing something down. Ari walks over next to Ranger Rabbit. Ari What are you doing, Ranger Rabbit? Not sure kids will parse "keep track of a lot of information." Do kids know what "information" is? Is there a more kid friendly way to say this? RANGER RABBIT It would be great if somewhere in these lines (in response to what are you doing) Ranger Rabbit says I keep seasonal data...that means I come out here every summer fall winter and spring to write down changes. Just checking on how things are going with the lake, Ari. A ranger has to keep track of a lot of information about the outdoors. Olive walks over and joins Ari. "Also here: would a little kid know what information is? Make this line more kid friendly. Also, I like this subplot of Olive taking an interest and trying to emulate Ranger Rabbit and her process. Make this Olive's subplot for the rest of the episode." OLIVE (smiling, holding up her own notebook and pencil) I love keeping track of information. That’s my favorite thing to do with information! Ranger Rabbit checks her thermometer. Again, do kids know what temperature is? You can just e.g. say the water is getting colder. RANGER RABBIT Okay, the temperature is definitely getting colder... A couple of ducks paddle by, quacking a bit <SFX: Quacking>, dipping their heads in the water to eat. This is a bit confusing. Try something simpler like: And we still have a few ducks that haven't flown south for the winter. (She writes it down, and Olive copies her). RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) after line 10 - why is ari giggling? is it due to the ducks? its not clear And these last few ducks haven’t flown south for the winter yet. Ari giggles, then dips a finger in the water. Lines 11-13: I think curious Elinor would be into the ducks too. ARI this is repeating RR's line 9 - i assume she put the thermometer into the water for her line Brr! The water’s starting to get cold too - better hurry up, ducks. At that moment the ducks rise up out of the water and start flying away. (NOTE: this is NOT a huge moment, there are just a couple of ducks - so it doesn’t detract from what Elinor is looking at). OLIVE Wow!! There they go. Bye ducks! Have a good trip!! Lines 13-17: Let's change this sequence to make it more intriguing: Have Elinor be into observing the ducks with the other kids, but then she hears a splash. She looks over and doesn't see anything. Huh. She goes back to the ducks, but hears another splash again. Huh. Hmmm... She tentatively goes back to the ducks when... she hears the splash again, and that's when she pulls her friends in. Olive: What are you looking at, Elinor? ArI That’s so cool! Don’t you think, Elinor? ANGLE ON: Elinor stands a few feet away looking in a different direction, engrossed as she stares out across the lake. ANGLE ON: Olive and Ari exchange a look, then hurry over to Elinor while Ranger Rabbit continues her work. OLIVE What are you looking at? ELINOR (still staring at the lake) I saw a splash. And it sounded like, bloop! Ranger Rabbit joins them. Elinor points across the lake. ELINOR (CONT’D) It was right out there. ANGLE ON: We see a shot of the four of them, but from the viewpoint of the middle of the lake. Ripples slowly expand from the spot across the surface of the water. RANGER RABBIT Good observation, Elinor. See the ripples? That means something must have splashed there a moment ago. ANGLE ON: Back to the kids and Ranger Rabbit looking at the lake. Suddenly a cute, shimmery, silvery fish jumps out of the water in the middle of the lake! <SFX: Bloop!> Lines 18-20: The pun's not going to translate when spoken. Can you try something else to create a humor beat? Maybe give something to Olive? ELINOR (excited) Oh my gish! It’s a fosh! The kids <SFX: LAUGH>. suggest we note that she laughs and says this line slowly ELINOR (CONT’D) (laughing with them) I mean, oh my gosh! It’s a fish! does another fish jump? otherwise what is she looking at through her binoculars - suggest another jumps/ elinor : there it is again! - then line 21 RANGER RABBIT Well spotted. She lifts her binoculars, previously hanging around her neck, up to her eyes. Lines 21-24: This is nice. Can you add a beat where Elinor asks why the trout jump out of the water, and Ranger Rabbit explains in one sentence? RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) I think it’s a lake trout. She checks her notebook. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) There sure are a lot of trout this year - that’s good. Lines 23-28: these are nice and authentic, a nice string of moments. ELINOR (still excited about the fish) remove 'a' - 'I can’t believe we got to see fish jump out of the water!' Maybe she points out that it is cool we got to see them because they jump out of the water.... I can’t believe we got to see a fish jump out of the water! Ari points toward the lake. then here change to 'look! another one!' ARI Look! There it is again! ANGLE ON: The fish, or at least a similar-looking fish, jumps out of the water in a different part of the lake. <SFX: Bloop!> ANGLE ON: Now all three kids peer at the water intently, waiting for the next jump. OLIVE Wait for it...wait for it... ANGLE ON: The fish jumps again, this time in a different spot. <SFX: Bloop!> ANGLE ON: The three kids point to the unexpected spot and jump up and down with excitement. Elinor, olive, ari Bloop! Olive starts quickly sketching something in her notebook. ELINOR I’m going to name the fish Splashy. Olive holds up her notebook and points it at the lake, as if showing it to the fish. She has drawn a simple picture of a fish. OLIVE Look, Splashy! I drew you! Olive looks down and sees Ari wriggling on the ground! Not sure this gag is going to work. Why is he imitating the fish? Try something else? Ari not sure kids would understand he's mimicing a fish out of water (or if we'd want to do that) - maybe instead he puckers his lips like a fish and moves his hands side to side on his neck as if gills Thanks, Olive! It looks great! (Stage whisper to Olive and Elinor:) I’m Splashy. They <SFX: LAUGH> as Elinor helps Ari up. ELINOR Silly Splashy. At this moment, a <SFX: WIND> blows in. Everyone shivers. OlIVE Oooh, it’s really getting chilly. Not sure we want to add idea that hiking makes you warm. Just have her say something like, let's hike back or let's go back to the ranger station. RaNGER RABBIT Winter is right around the corner, kids. Let’s keep hiking, that’ll warm us up. ANGLE ON: We see a longer shot of the lake with the four figures continuing their hike. The kids wave goodbye to the fish. OLIVE Bye, Splashy! Ari See you next time we come to the lake! ELINOR Stay warm! They continue excitedly following Ranger Rabbit along the lake, and in the foreground of the shot Splashy jumps out for one last splash. We TILT UP to the blue sky with the winter wind starting to blow. CROSSFADE TO: 3. EXT. LAKESIDE - WINTER, A FEW WEEKS LATER The shot stays on the sky, which turns from blue to white. A soft snow falls, and we TILT DOWN to see that the lake has frozen, with snow topping all of the nearby trees and plants. Ranger Rabbit emerges from the forest path, followed by Elinor, Olive, and Ari. They’re bundled up - in their winter gear (The Science of Staying Warm) and the kids are wearing helmets. They all carry ice skates (or have ice skates tied together and slung on their backs). Ranger Rabbit carries a circular sign on a stake, but we can’t see what it is yet. Elsewhere along the edge of the lake, in the background, we can see other animals hanging around, talking, preparing to skate, etc. (NB all wearing helmets). The second sentence is odd for her to say. Change to something like, I can’t wait to go skating on the lake! ELINOR I’m so excited! I hope the lake is frozen enough to skate on! "Not sure we want to use word solid here. Maybe just, ""make sure the ice is safe enough to skate on."" Also, I think you are supposed to tie a rope to yourself before you head out into ice in case you fall in? Check the proper procedure." RANGER RABBIT perhaps we have her tell the kids to wait here - as to not follow her onto the lake I hope so, too! It’s been a long wait. But before we skate, I have to make sure the ice is solid enough to be safe. Ranger Rabbit walks a little way onto the ice, then takes out a bundle of tools (auger, measuring stick), kneels, and gets to work measuring. NOTE: she makes a small hole with her auger but the kids don’t see. ANGLE ON: The kids sit on a log and start lacing up their skates while they chat. Lines 38-41: Make these lines more natural. They seem a little too obviously directed at the audience. (e.g. why would she say different? Than when? "really different" only makes sense for the audience, not the character, who has been experiencing a gradual change in season) OLIVE im not clear on this line - 'winter is really different' - in terms of what is she speaking of? different than other seasons? Wow. Winter’s really different, isn’t it? Ari It sure is a lot colder. olIVE And there’s snow everywhere. ELINOR But best of all, the lake is now a frozen skating rink ...I hope. ANGLE ON: We still see the three kids on the log, but now we can see Ranger Rabbit working on the ice as well. ELINOR (CONT’D) Right, Mom? Ranger Rabbit approaches, then plunges her sign into the ground. It’s a green circle with a picture of an ice skate on it. "Skating montage: so fun! Nicely done: MM being an expert, and the bit of reversal of Olive helping Ari with a physical skill are nice. I like the idea of Ari not being able to skate. Let's make that his subplot or ""thing"" for the rest of the episode. So here in the montage, just show him struggling, and let's save the resolution (the last paragraph in the montage) for the end of the episode." RANGER RABBIT (announcing) suggest we change Koa to Javier moose since we dont have Koa in winter gear designed Okay, everyone! The Lake Skating Rink is officially OPEN! Elinor, Olive, and Ari <SFX: CHEER>. We quickly ZOOM OUT to see all of the other animals cheer as well! Some of them excitedly head toward the lake. Elinor, Olive, and Ari join them. MONTAGE: In a series of shots, we see animals frolicking on the ice (all with helmets). Elinor skates by. <SFX: WHEE> She’s pretty good! Ari’s struggling to stay up - Olive skates over and grabs him just before he falls Mary and Liv hold hands and twirl each other around. Mz. Mole skates by with ease and twirls delicately in the air, landing perfectly. Koa skates along with his hands behind his back - he’s a cool customer. Olive gets Ari stable and he skates a few feet. He’s doing it!! Elinor joins Olive who watches Ari with pride. He skates a few more steps then <SFX: WHOOOAA> his arms start pin-wheeling as he’s about to lose his balance. Just as he’s about to fall, he flutters up into the air, does a flip and lads perfectly - TA-DAH!. END MONTAGE <SFX: LAUGHING>, Elinor, Olive, and Ari skate to the side and have a seat on the snow-covered log, where Ranger Rabbit pours hot chocolate from a Thermos into three small mugs. Have mom say what is in the cups. Also, the second sentence feels a little made up. Maybe she says something like, I've been meaning to talk to her, or something more natural. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) Here ya go kids. (notices) suggest she first says ' Having fun!?... ' then continue as you have it Oh, there’s Mz. Mole - I want to compliment her on her skating. Ranger Rabbit goes off to talk with Mz. Mole. The kids hold their mugs and watch the lake, sipping. Time is always so hard with preschoolers. It would be great if we could use this episode to teach (as a side bar) the seasons. SO all "time" sentences should be measured in seasons. This could say "when we were here in the fall" Ari Wow. It’s pretty amazing to think that this is the same lake where we hiked a few weeks ago. ELINOR And where we met Splashy! OLIVE Change "it's solid" to "it turns to ice" In the spring, summer, and fall, the lake is full of water. But in the winter, it’s solid ice! That is soooo cool! Suddenly Elinor <SFX: GASPS>. She looks worried. She has stopped drinking her hot chocolate and places the mug down in a pile of snow. OLIVE (CONT’D) What’s wrong, Elinor? This feels a little forced. Make this something like, "If the lake is turned to ice, what happened to splashy?" ELINOR Remember when we saw Splashy jumping in the water? But now all the water is frozen... Then Ari says, "Huh?" (it's been several weeks, and we can't expect all three of them to suddenly remember splashy. Ari That’s what happens in winter. Then change this to, "The fish we saw a few weeks ago. It was in the lake, but the lake is now frozen." ELINOR Yes, but if Splashy is still in the lake, and the lake is frozen solid, what happened to Splashy? In the description below this line, specify what happens to Ari and Olive's hot chocolate. OLIVE assuming they still have their skates on - note she walks with skates here. Oooh, I never thought about that. ANGLE ON: Elinor stands and walks over to the lake. Ari and Olive follow. She crouches and knocks on the ice <SFX: Knock knock!>. ELINOR It’s solid, all right. She turns to face her friends. "Let's have the kids hypothesize here. In this line, change this to something like, ""Is Splashy ok? Did it get frozen too?"" Then add a thought bubble of a cross section of the lake with the fish frozen in the ice. Then below this line, add the section where they wonder if the fish flew home (lines 66-69)" ElINOR (CONT’D) So is Splashy okay? And what about all of the other fish in the lake? How can they swim? Or find food? Ari flutters out onto the ice. ArI Let’s take a look. Maybe we can see inside the ice. ELINOR Good idea Ari, we need more observations. Elinor and Olive follow him. They drop to their knees and join Ari, who is already peering down into the ice. ANGLE ON: The kids’ faces looking down into the ice. ANGLE ON: We see what the kids see, which is a fairly opaque lake surface. ELINOR (CONT’D) I can’t see anything. OlIVE Me neither. LOL Ari I see something: ice. Lines 60-64: It might be more fun if only one of them tries to warm up the ice with their hands.Make it a funny moment: Ari (or Olive or Elinor) rubs their hands and feels confident they can warm it up, so they get down on their knees and rub the ice comically, but after a beat they stand up again with cold hands. OLIVE I know! What if we try to melt a little of the ice so it turns into water again? ELINOR We can use our hands! Our hands are warm. The three of them press their hands onto the ice, but just for a moment. ARI That’s cold! He pulls them away and exhales onto his cold fingers. Elinor and Olive do the same. OLIVE We didn’t melt very much. ARI And we can’t see anything. ELINOR I wonder what happened to Splashy. Lines 66-69:move these to after 54. OLIVE OH! Maybe Splashy went south for the winter - like the ducks we saw. A THOUGHT BUBBLE arises, the ducks flying though the sky, joined by flying FISH! ArI Uhh, Olive, fish can’t fly like birds. Ari flutters his wings and lifts himself off of the ice a little bit. ARI (CONT’D) Or bats! note -visual style we have created for the thought bubbles - we would track camera up to thought bubble. then track down to show ari flying for his line 68 - thereforewe dont show the bubble bursting OLIVE Riiiight. Fish have to stay in the water. The THOUGHT BUBBLE bursts. Elinor and Olive follow Ari off of the ice and back to their log. "Lines 70-89: I'm worried that we are asking too much intellectually of our kids to figure out what's going on. There is a lot going on in terms of the physics, and getting them to extrapolate from the chocolate to the lake feels a little bit like a stretch. Let's see if we can do it by observation instead.Try something like this: - Stretch out the pondering as much as you can, and as they ponder what happens to the fish (maybe here you use line 54 as you have it, where they wonder about the other fish, and how they find food), one of the kids discovers the hole Ranger Rabbit made earlier. Olive says, ""I think I saw your mom make that hole earlier"" or something. - They crouch down and observe the hole, and they see that there's water under the ice! Whoa! WHAT. Continued in next note:" ELINOR (thinking hard while walking) So if the fish can’t leave the water in the lake...but the lake is frozen... They sit on their log. "At that moment, Ranger Rabbit returns. The kids excitedly tell her what they see, and she confirms: yes, only the top part of the lake is frozen. (OPTIONAL: maybe she brought along Elinor's hot chocolate cup, and demonstrates the concept: like this cup of hot chocolate. You left it out, and it froze, but not all of it. Look) We illustrate with a thought bubble that shows the lake liquid, and then how it freezes only on the top. That's why I opened that hole, to make sure the ice was thick enough to skate on. - Elinor pieces the information together: If there's still water under the ice, the fish could be there! She tries to look for the fish through the hole. - Mom says she can open a bigger hole. She has to do it anyway to study under the ice (line 85). With Olive's excited help, she opens a bigger hole. - The kids SEE the fish. Wow! On a cutaway, mom explains as in line 90, and we see the fish swimming underneath. She adds the LARGE LESSON of the episode, which is... I don't know. Something like, ""Animals find all kinds of ways to survive when the weather changes.""? - Excited, Elinor launches into her song." ELINOR (CONT’D) in regards to Sara's note - i'm ok with it as it helps explain/discover what is happening on the lake I see what your doing with the Hot Chocalate. it feel like a stretch for it to freeze that fast and for them notice it the way they did but if no one else is worried I'm OK with it helping to make the point. ...how are the fish okay? She picks up her mug of hot chocolate from the snow. She brings it to her mouth for a sip, then pulls it away, looking in the mug, shocked. OLIVE What’s wrong Elinor? ELINOR My hot chocolate. It’s more like cold chocolate. In fact, it’s more like ice chocolate. ANGLE ON: She shows them the mug, and we can also see inside it. Elinor cautiously pokes the frozen drink with a finger - then notices something strange. ELINOR (CONT’D) Huh? CU: Elinor’s finger taps the frozen drink, and we can see that it’s only partially frozen, with a layer of ice on top, but it’s still liquid underneath. ANGLE ON: The kids look at the mug. i suggest we give 75 and 76 to elinor since she is looking down into the cup as she pushes on the top. it'll be difficult for all 3 of them to be looking down into it. then line 77 - she says 'see' as she contiues to push the ice as she holds it out for them to look down into OLIVE Oh! It’s frozen on top... Ari ...but it’s still liquid at the bottom! ELINOR And the ice floats, so it stays at the top. (thinking) Wait a minute... THOUGHT BUBBLE - appears next to her, and we can see the following in the bubble as she describes it. We see a cutaway diagram of the lake with fish swimming in it; the top of the lake then freezes, and the fish keep swimming underneath. Alternatively, i REALLy like the connections they are making to Ranger Rabbit needing to check the ice because there is water underneath. You could use this as the main point of understanding that there is still water down there. ELINOR (CONT’D) Maybe the lake is like that, too! Maybe the “frozen” lake is only frozen on top! In the thought bubble, Ranger Rabbit appears and starts measuring the ice. agree with Sara - line 81 note - this discovery and understanding (line 79-81) feels a bit mature to fully comprehend and figure out on their. can we not instead of RR enter sooner and she helps them understand as she explains why she had to measure the ice etc. Ari And that’s why your mom had to test the ice before we could skate! OLIVE Right! There’s water underneath, so she had to make sure the ice was strong enough! In the thought bubble, Ranger Rabbit gives a thumbs-up, and animals appear and happily skate on the surface. The real Ranger Rabbit enters, and the thought bubble disappears. This is a very mature conclusion. She would more likely conclude that the pond froze only at the top. ELINOR Mom! I figured it out! Liquids don’t freeze all at once, so maybe the lake still has water under the ice, and that’s where the fish are! RANGER RABBIT That’s very good thinking, scientists. How about if we go take a look and see if you’re right. OLIVE You mean, look under the ice? Ari How? Ranger Rabbit produces her auger. RANGER RABBIT I already cut a small hole to check the thickness of the ice - and I need to cut another one to monitor the trout population. If you’re careful, you can look through the hole. They follow her to the lake and take a few steps out onto the ice with her. She uses her auger to cut a hole. RaNGER RABBIT (CONT’D) See? Even though the top of the lake is frozen... She makes the hole a little bigger with a chisel. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) ...there’s still water underneath. The kids look into the hole; their faces brighten. you could make connections to them not being able to jump like they did in the fall . this could lead to conversation about resting in the winter. EliNOR But what do the fish do under there all winter? i'm unclear as to the note 'showin gthe same cutaway as before' - please clarify RANGER RABBIT Oh, all kinds of things. THOUGHT BUBBLE appears next to Ranger Rabbit, showing the same cutaway as before. The fish in the cutaway lake illustrate all of the actions Ranger Rabbit describes. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) Some bury themselves in the sand at the bottom and go to sleep. Some cuddle with their friends to stay warm. But other fish, like the trout, stay awake, move more slowly, and eat as much as they can find. ELINOR That is SO INTERESTING! All the time we’ve been skating, there’s been a whole lake full of fish underneath us! The kids skate as they sing. SONG: "The song feels a little short? The chorus line (ice on top, water on the bottom) is not very catchy. Can you think of something else? Ice, Ice, Ice on top; fishes on the bottom! (or something better please). Also, let's add another verse after the second (or rework the two you have) so the song also talks about the specifics: how fish live under the ice, and also repeat the LARGER LESSON." ELINOr, olive, aRI ELINOR: Lakes are fun to dip your toes in, But in winter, they get frozen. ELINOR, OLIVE, ARI: Ice on top, water on the bottom. fun OLIVE: Even when that ice is strong, Fish can live all winter long. ELINOR, OLIVE, ARI: Ice on top, water on the bottom. It’s Ari’s turn to think of a verse, and he’s having a little trouble. ARI: Ice is nice. Ice is nice. It’s so nice...I said it twice. ELINOR, OLIVE, ARI (giggling): Ice on top, water on the bottom. ELINOR: Lakes in winter, after autumn, OLIVE: Full of fish, though it’s hard to spot ‘em! ELINOR, OLIVE, ARI: Have ice on top...water on the bottom! END SONG. ANGLE ON: Elinor peers into the hole Ranger Rabbit has cut, and her face lights up. ANGLE ON: In the hole, we can see fish swimming by! Lines 93-95: This moment should happen before the song after mom opens the hole bigger. ELINOR due to their design (very large heads) they will not all be able to look down into the hole - we need elinor to move to let olive look, then ari has a chance to look into it Look! The fish are swimming around under the ice! (gasps) And that one looks like Splashy! ANGLE ON: Olive and Ari peer in the hole as well, pointing at fish. OLIVE Actually, that one also looks like Splashy. Ari That one, too. "After the song, let's wrap up the episode: - Elinor recaps that phew, she's glad the fish are ok. - She repeats the LARGER LESSON - Wrap up Olive and Ari subplots: Olive is glad she got to help! And Ari: he finally figured out the trick: play out the last paragraph of the montage as you wrote it (Ari figures out he can flutter when he's going to fall), and he says something like, ""Fish stay under the ice, I'll stay OVER the ice!"" on laughter the episode ends." eLINOR (giggling) I guess a lot of fish look like Splashy. We’re glad you’re okay, Splashies! See you in the spring! Elinor, Olive, and Ari race out onto the frozen lake while Ranger Rabbit keeps working. We ZOOM OUT to show all of the skating animals they’ve joined, then PAN DOWN through the ice into Ranger Rabbit’s hole to the liquid lake below, where we can see a whole aquatic community concealed under the top layer of ice - moving slowly in the cold water, but still there. FADE OUT, THE END.

EWW144 Frozen Fish - D1 16Aug19 .

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EWW144 Frozen Fish D1 14Aug19 .

ELINOR Wonders Why EP 143 Frozen Fish By: Adam Ruben Elinor’s Question: How do fish survive in a frozen pond? Logline: When the lake freezes, Elinor and her friends grow concerned for all of the fish, but with Ranger Rabbit's help, they learn that even "frozen" lakes have liquid water underneath, and the fish are okay. Curriculum Goals: LS5c . Recognize that each kind of living thing has a habitat that has resources to meet its unique needs. (Fish can live in the lake even though the surface freezes.) SEP1a . Demonstrate curiosity about the greater world outside of their environment. (Elinor and her friends wonder how fish survive the freeze.) SEP1c . Ask and/or identify cause-and-effect questions that can be answered by an investigation. (Elinor and her friends ask whether the freeze harmed the fish, and they attempt to observe what's happening under the ice.) SEP6a . Use background knowledge, experiences, and data to construct reasonable explanations and theories of natural phenomena. (Based on what they know about the progression of seasons, Elinor and her friends theorize about what has happened to the fish.) SEP7b . Support thinking and argue ideas with evidence. (Elinor and her friends realize that the fish must be okay because the lake froze over last winter, and it was still full of fish in the spring.) Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari, Ranger Rabbit. Non-Speaking Characters: Variety of animal town residents Koa, Mary and Liv , Mz . Mole. Backgrounds - Town Lake (not frozen), Town Lake (frozen and snow-covered) Props - Ranger Rabbit's notebook and pencil, Olive's notebook and pencil, thermometer, binoculars, fish, ducks, sign showing an ice skate in a green circle, ice skates, Thermos, mugs of hot chocolate, auger, chisel, measuring stick OUTLINE: July 26, 2019 FIRST DRAFT: August 16, 2019 Al All ARI Cam Camilla ELINOR ELINOR AND Olive Elinor, Olive Elinor, Olive, Ari ELINOR, Olive, aRI, sALLY SILAS ELINOR, Olive, ARI, sally, kai ELINOR/Olive Goat twins Kai Olive Olive, ARI Olive, Ari, Olive, ari, sallu, kai, Camilla, Goat Twins Olive/ari SALLY Mr. Rabbit Elinor, camilla Elinor, olive, ari, camilla MR. BAT MRS. BAT Mz. Mole Child Koa Ranger rabbit (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 2 4 3 5 6 1 7 CLUBHOUSE ON A HILL (WIDE) – DAY CLUBHOUSE -- DAY SMALL HILL -- DAY BOTTOM OF THE HILL -- DAY CLUBOUSE – LATER IRIS OUT THE END. INT. ELINOR'S LIVING ROOM EXT. ELINOR'S YARD EXT. HILL INT. EXT. FOREST INT. ARI'S BEDROOM INT. CLASSROOM EXT. SCHOOL PLAYGROUND EXT. LAKESIDE DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY A BIT LATER A FEW MINUTES LATER LATER THAT MORNING THAT NIGHT EARLY WINTER, A COUPLE WEEKS LATER CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK. CROSSFADE TO: Wipe to: