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Oh Look At The
Hole-Punch! Look
At The Cute
Little Hole-
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V e Writers Vreatment
V e Step Outline & Ot er Pre Docs c
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Jonny Sharples c
3/18/2011 c
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Oh Look At The Hole -Punch! Look At The Cute Little Hole -
Punch!

The Treatment

pct One: Introduce Problem

Scene 1

INV
Office Cubicle ± MORNING,

Opening S ot see a Box placed by a pair of ands on to a desk
V e

camera goes to t e top of t e box as t e ands open t e box and
places ole-punc on t e desk
V e camera focuses on t e ole -punc
as it begins to move and get use to it gets use to its surroundings

V e workers and becomes visible as e strokes t e ole -punc and
t en types on t e keyboard
Fade Out Vransition

pct Vwo

Scene 2

Int
Office Cubicle ± Midday,

Fade In, camera focus on t e and typing (sound of printer)
Camera

focus on t e ole -punc blowing bubbles
V e Hand comes in to s ot
wit paper in and and get t e ole -punc to punc a ole in t e
paper
Doing so t e and comes in to s ot again as t e and tries to
get t e ole -punc to punc anot er piece of paper
But t e ole -
punc rejects it by blowing raspberries and laug ing scene fades
out

Scene 3

Int
Office Cubicle - Midday

Fade In, t e camera focuses on ole -punc playing wit an eraser

V is time t e and come in and rocking a piece of paper ( uman made
side-effects of a plane can be eard)
V e Hole -Punc looks to open
is but turns at t e last minute
V e and drops t e paper and taps
t e desk
Fade out

Scene 4

Int
Office Cubicle - Midday

Fade In, t e camera focuses ole -punc as it looks towards and

(C oo-C oo sound effects)
Hand comes in again and tries to get t e
ole punc to punc t e paper
V is Vime it speak ing

Hole-Punc (Dialogue)

µNo


No


No


No¶

W ilst biting it lower lip as t e and jabs t e paper at its mout

V e Hand begins to tap t e desk arder
Fadeout

Scene 5
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Int
Office Cubicle ± Late pfternoon

Fade In, camera now on a sleeping ole -punc as t e and appears

slowly into t e screen as t e ole -punc snores
V e and olding
t e paper moves it slowly towa rd t e ole-punc
ps t e and inc es
towards t e ole -punc it awakes and is s ocked
V e Hand
immediately jab t e paper forward as t e ole -punc dodges t e jabs

Finally t e and t rows down t e paper and begins typing
Camera
Fades Out

pct 03

Scene 6

Int
Office Cubicle ± Late pfternoon

Fade In, Camera focus on t e and typing on t e keyboard
V e Hole -

punc come in to screen and nudges t e arm once and waits
Moment
later it nudges again, t is time stopping t e and from typing
V is
time t e ole-punc extends it mout to suggest food
V e and
brings toward t e paper as ole -punc clamps down punc ing oles in
t e paper
V e and starts typing again
ps t e ole -punc looks up
it c ecks if t e and is still typing
pcknowledging t is t e ol e-
punc continues punc ing oles in t e paper
V is is t e point t e
and notices and immediately grabs t e paper and tugs
V e paper
tears and covers screen
V e Pap er falls past screen and t e image
see t e and tapping t e desk as t e ole -bunc laug s
pnimation
Ends

The Step Outline

pct One: Introduce Problem

Hand opens box contains t e new ole -punc and places it on t e

desk

V e and gets t e ole -punc to punc a document w ic it does

W en e tries to ole -punc anot er documents t e w ole punc

refuses turning away

pct Vwo: Fig ting V e Problem

V e and attempts again to get t e ole -punc to cooperate but t is

time by using an airplane noise to get t e outcome
V e result sees
t e ole-punc blow raspberries and laug

pttempting for a second time t e and goes in wit C oo -c oo noises

V is time t e ole -punc turn away every time t e paper gets close
say µno


no


no¶
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In final attempt seems almost successful as t e ole -punc is asleep

but as t e paper get near t e ole -punc awakes and dodges t e jabs
t e and makes

pct V ree: Resolving t e Problem

V e and is working on t e keyboard, as t e ole -punc nudges t e

and to get its attention for feeding
Yet w en giving paper t e
ole-punc tries eating it all w ilst t e and tugs to get it off
t e ole-punc
Ripping t e document is ruined

The Premise

V e story is of an office worker w o tries to get is c ildis , new

ole-punc to punc papers

The Logline

V is story is a depict ion of an office worker battle to get co -

operation from is newly boug t c ildis ole-punc
V roug out e
uses different baby tec niques to get it to punc t e paper w ic in
t e end goes all wrong

Character Biographies

V e Office Worker

V e Office worker is a fres er at t e new agency and is all about

t e best impressions
During is second day at t e job is big boss
asking to rig t memos for is next lecture
Knowing t is t e worker
it Staples and purc ased new stationary
V e memos will ave to go
in a folder as t e manager request
Yet w en in eriting a new old -
punc e didn¶t know ow ard it would be

V e Hole-Punc

pfter travelling from C ina ; t e newly made ole -punc lays in

ibernation waiting for it new master
Yet for mont s t e box lay
dominant
Yet as one day t e ole -punc s ell rattle awaking t e
ole-punc
No sooner e was born into t e world as a brig t lig t
comes from t e top of is box
W at it doesn¶t know is w at to come