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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 sleeping
V e Hand comes in
to s ot wit paper in and and tries to get t e ole-punc to punc
a ole in t e paper b ut t e ole-punc wake s ocked rejects it by
pinc ing it lips t e laug s
V e camera focuses on ole -punc and
come in and rocking t e 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
Now t e and appears slowly into t e screen as t e
ole-punc smile
ps t e and inc es towards t e ole -punc becomes
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 as ole -punc relaxes

pct 03

Scene 3

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 i t mout to suggest food
V e and
brings toward t e paper as ole -punc clamps down punc ing oles in
t e paper
ps t e and tries to pull t e paper out t e ole punc
lock and stop it from coming out
V e and and t e ole -punc tug at
t e paper before it tears and a t ud is eard as t e and flies
backward wit t e paper torn in t e and and t e camera s akes

The Step Outline

pct One: Introduce Problem

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Oh Look At The Hole -Punch! Look At The Cute Little Hole -
Punch!

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 ge t 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¶

In final attempt seems al most 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 p apers

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
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Oh Look At The Hole -Punch! Look At The Cute Little Hole -
Punch!

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