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From Script to Screen: Final Script

Here is my final script, with title changes.

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From Script to Screen - Revised Script

The Contortionist Chicken

From Script to Screen: More Ideas

After feedback from Phil, I decided that I would quite like to have a non-human protagonist, and with the suggestion of a rubber chicken, I had a new script idea; 

Set in a 'Toy Story'-like joke shop, where things come to life when no-one is around, a rubber chicken has made a nest on the top shelf. One day a customer pulls the chicken off the shelf, plays with it then drops it on a lower shelf. When the lights turn off at the end of the day (although I imagine that while the chicken lays perfectly still, her eyes darts about nervously while the lights are still on), the chicken jumps up and looks around in panic for it's nest. Due to the rubber material she is made from, she can bend and stretch - like a contortionist. Using her bending abilities and with the help of other items in the shop (for example using a whoopee cushion like a trampoline), she climbs up to the top shelf to get back to her nest. Finally, she reaches the shelf and reveals a nest made of things from around the shop with three eggs laying in the middle. She lays down on top of the nest and falls asleep, relaxed now that her eggs are safe.

Influences:

My main influence for this idea is Scrat the squirrel from Ice Age. In all of the Ice Age films, Scrat endeavours to save his acorn from a multitude of different obstacles. I like the idea of my rubber chicken having some of the skittish characteristics of Scrat, built from the desperation to reach a goal. I also feel that chickens have a nervous, jittery quality that could help to shape my character.

Another key influence for this idea is Pixar's 'Toy Story'. I picture items such as a jack-in-box and fun snaps coming alive, some things helping and others hindering the chicken's journey.

From Script to Screen: Script Ideas

Environment: Joke Shop

Character: Contortionist

Prop: Egg

Idea 1. A man lives above an old joke shop. One day he wakes up and goes downstairs, stepping on a misplaced whoopee cushion on the way, and notices a large box outside his window. Intrigued, he brings the box inside, struggling with it's weight, and opens it to find a huge egg. After many attempts to crack the egg with various items found in his joke shop, he finally takes a running swing with a giant pencil and manages to break the shell. He falls to the floor and watches as the shell breaks away to reveal a contortionist hidden inside the egg. The contortionist unfolds and quickly runs out of the shop, leaving the man confused on the floor.

Idea 2. A man who owns a failing joke shop stages a competition. He claims to have a magical golden egg which he will give to the greatest performer. Many different types of performers arrive, hoping to win the magical item, and amongst them is a young girl who is practiced in the art of contortion. After all of the performers are finished, the contortionist is announced the winner and given the golden egg.

Idea 3. A child visits the circus with his parents and is amazed by all of the unusual people he meets there, including a contortionist. He then enters the circus gift/joke shop. He looks around at all of the items for sale and finds a box of rubber eggs emblazoned with the warning - extremely bouncy. Ignoring the warning, he picks up an egg and throws it to the ground. It bounces around knocking everything over, resulting in chaos. Eventually the egg disappears and the child is left surrounded by a destroyed shop and disgruntled circus performers.