Megan Howett

Story-telling and Commission: From Script to Screen

Online Greenlight Review 23 January 2013

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Environment: Joke Shop Character: Contortionist Prop: Egg

Logline
A contortionist chicken living in a joke shop sets out on a journey to return to her nest.

Step Outline
Scene 1 A customer separates the chicken from her nest Scene 2 The chicken looks around for a way to climb back to her nest Scene 3 Using her bending abilities, the chicken overcomes obstacles and makes her way up the shelves Scene 4 Eventually the chicken reaches the top shelf and settles back down in the nest with her eggs

Character Biography
The Contortionist Chicken:
Made of rubber, she is bendy and can stretch to unbelievable shapes. While she is nervous and skittish, she is resilient and protective. She has lived in the shop since it was opened as no-one wants to take her home. This has led to her being lonely, with a craving for company. Therefore she has made herself a nest on the highest shelf in the shop and laid three eggs. However, she has to use her contortionist abilities to scale the shelves and move around the shop to look after her babies.

The Script

http://www.scribd.com/doc/121702541/The-Contortion

Like for Like Storyboard

http://meganhowett.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/like-for-like-storyboard-toy-

Creative Partnership
Me to Nadia; 11th January - I like the idea of a 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' type inventor who sells his inventions door to door and it seems like the roller skates could add comedy to your story. 16th January - I really like this idea. For the ending, I think that having him end up somewhere high up that seems impossible to get down from could be quite comical and could add sense of just rewards -