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Title: Roberta's Wee Adventure
Series: Chronicle
Writer: P E Leody
SYNOPIS:
PAGE 1
Always got satchel
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The front of a large gothic school building. Its doors are open with large steps leading towards gate posts at the front on which John is sitting
Although comprising one frame Roberta appears in 3 different positions. 1) on the left visible through a window sitting at desk being taught. 2) in the middle on the school steps clutching her books. 3)On the right walking past John.
JOHN: CARRY YOUR BOOKS?
ROBERTA: OH, YOU'RE THE NEW BOY IN MY CLASS
Size: 1/3HxW
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Three degrees of close-up on the walking and talking Roberta and John against the back drop of a picket fence.
JOHN: NAME'S JOHN
ROBERTA: I'M ROBERTA
JOHN: ANYTHING EXCITING PLANNED FOR LATER?
ROBERTA: !SIGH!, JUST THE USUAL
ROBERTA: EXTRA HEAVY HOMEWORK
JOHN: SPANKING, I’LL WALK YOU TO THE LIBRARY
Size: Boxout of 3
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Roberta scouring book shelves in the library
Caption: MUCH LATER
Size: 1/3Hx1/2W
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Roberta and John arrive at Roberta's house is in a similar style to the school, made from the same gothic parts.
John hands back Roberta's books
ROBERTA: THANK YOU
JOHN: WILL THE LIBRARIANS ALLOW YOU BACK?
ROBERTA: !GIGGLE! HAVE TO I'M A LIFE MEMBER.
Size: Boxout of 3
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Roberta's mother serving her a drink
MOTHER: SPECIAL MALTY DRINK FOR MY SPECIAL GIRL
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Roberta's working industriously at her desk
Caption: LATER STILL
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Plan view of Roberta's asleep at her desk
Caption: TOO LATE
PAGE 2
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Between pages Roberta has been put to bed
Having not drunk her special malty drink Roberta isn't quite asleep.
From the corner of her eye she sees a ghost like figure enter her room.
Caption: AFTER A TUCK-IN FROM MOTHER SOMETHING STIRS
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Now very much awake Roberta's lies still and watches as the ghost rifles her desk
Caption: WITHOUT THE SPECIAL MALTY DRINK ROBERTA SOON AWAKES
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The ghost leaves with the contents of Roberta's desk, her eyes show astonishment
Caption: DARING NOT TO MOVE SHE OBSERVES THE PROCEEDINGS
Size: 2/5 H full width
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Roberta sits bolt up right in her bed eyes vacant. Th light is on her mother a shadow in the door
Above her bed is her lacrosse stick and on her bedside table with the special malty drink on it.
Caption: THE LIGHTS GO ON, SHE SITS RIGID IN THE BED, ALL SHE CAN MANAGE IS A MUFFLED MURMUR
Size: Box out of 4
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Movement knocking the special malty drink off the bedside table
Size: Box out of 4
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Roberta holds her head
Size: 2/5 H full width
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Mother at the door turned on the lights
MOTHER: EVERYTHING ALRIGHT DEAR
You need some special malty drink
PAGE 3
Size: 1/3Hx1/3W
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Roberta is in the library trying to attract the attention of the off screen John to pass him a note
Caption: WEEKS LATER
ROBERTA: I'VE BEEN HOPING YOU'D STAY SO I COULD TELL YOU
Size: 1/3Hx2/3W
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Roberta is fast and nervous to John
JOHN: YOUR NOTE MENTIONS GHOSTS, IS THIS TRUE?
ROBERTA: YES …
ROBERTA: SOME INTERESTING IS FINALLY HAPPENING TO ME
Size: Boxout of 4
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Roberta tipping her special malted drink down the sink
ROBERTA: EVERY NIGHT I BIFFA MY MALTY DRINK
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Roberta asleep in her bed with on eye over the bedcovers
ROBERTA: SO I CAN REMAIN AWAKE
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The view from Roberta's eye monitoring the dark door
ROBERTA: TO KEEP MY WATCH ON THE DOOR
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Roberta yawning at her school desk
ROBERTA: AND I DON'T FEEL ANY TIREDNESS
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A ghost leaving Roberta's room
Caption: LATER … ON THE NEXT NIGHT OF HEAVY HOMEWORK, ROBERTA IS READY
Size: 1/3Hx2/3W
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Roberta chasing the ghost out of the house and through the town with her lacrosse stick
ROBERTA: BOO!
ROBERTA: IF YOU LIKE MY HOMEWORK SO MUCH, YOU SHOULD COME INTO SCHOOL FOR 'SHOW AND TELL'
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A view of the town square which is dominated by a huge angelic fountain 3x the height of any other building
Roberta is very small and having chased the ghost into the square has lost it without there being an obvious way out.
Caption: A CHASE THROUGH THE TOWN ENSUES, UNTIL
ROBERTA: CANDLESTICKS! ITS GONE, BUT HOW AND WHERE?
PAGE 4
Size: 1/5H 14/W
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Close up on Roberta sitting on the school steps. She is gutted
ROBERTA: WEEKS OF INVESTIGATIONS RUINED
Size: 1/5H 1/2W
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John and Roberta sitting on the school steps.
ROBERTA: SO MUCH FOR MY BIG ADVENTURE
JOHN: CHEER UP HAVE A MALTED DRINK
Size: 1/5H 1/4W
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Close up on Roberta sitting on the school steps. She is gutted
ROBERTA: I WAS FOOLISH TO THINK BEYOND HOMEWORK
Size: 1/5H 1/3W
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Roberta in the library
Caption: TIME HEALS, INTEREST IS RENEWED
ROBERTA: NO HARM IN DOING A LITTLE INNOCENT RESEARCH
Size: 1/5H 1/3W
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Roberta looking over town map
ROBERTA: USELESS! THE TOWN HAS NO DEFINITE STRUCTURE
Size: 1/5H 1/3W
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Roberta looking over town map
ROBERTA: THIS PLANET MAKES NO KIND OF SENSE
Size: 1/5H 1/2W
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Roberta and John are at a desk full of books
JOHN: FIND ANYTHING?
ROBERTA: !SIGH!, NOTHING
ROBERTA: I'M GOING FOR A WALK
Size: 1/5H 1/2W
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Roberta by the fountain raises her hands in the air
Caption: THEN IN THE DARKEST OF MOMENTS …
ROBERTA: OF COURSE …
Size: 1/5H full W
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Roberta has climbed across the fountain to the statues huge bear foot
ROBERTA: SOME WHERE ROUND HERE, IT MUST BE HERE
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Roberta locates a door on the little toe o of the left foot.
ROBERTA: ITS SO OBVIOUS IT'S OBLIVIOUS
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Roberta yields her lacrosse stick, running from the door up a spiral staircase to a door at the top where she raises her stick to strike.
This action goes up the right hand margin where the final door is top right of the page
ROBERTA: STEAL MY HOMEWORK WOULD YOU
PAGE 5
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Roberta silently approaching nerd 1 (actually John) hunched over a console from behind.
Zoom of the previous frame where she has her stick raised about to strike
Size: Boxout of 1
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Nerd 2's finger presses a large remote with a click
NERD 2: NOT SO FAST 'J'
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Roberta is frozen in strike mode in the door frame
Nerd 1 turns around to reveal he is John. He is seated at a central console, on the back wall is the back of the eyehole of the left eye statue
Nerd 2 is a recliner with the remote from 1 visible in his hand
Nerd 3 is stretched out on the floor
NERD 1(JOHN): I KNEW YOU FIND US ROBERTA
NERD 3: DID *THE MACHINE* BRING THE HOME WORK
NERD 2: YEP, SURE BEATS GOING TO GET IT
Size: Boxout of 4
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A switch is switched to rain
Size: 1/3H 2/3 w
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A pull back of 3, with Roberta still frozen
The Nerds are heading to a new exit appeared on the right
It is now clear they are in the eye space o the statue.
NERD 1(JOHN): SWITCH ON THE RAIN
NERD 2: LET THE EXPERIMENT FREE RUN
NERD 3: FILE THE HOMEWORK AND LETS GRAB SOME DEEP FRIED ICE CREAM
Size: 1/3Hx1/3W
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The full length external statue
Caption: AND A TEAR FELL UNNOTICED
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