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Opening Image: Child's Bedroom, night. Shadows fill the room and a grizzled old TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT lies next to a sleeping child.
LITTLE STUFFIE lies nearby. |
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Set-up: The grizzled old TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT takes up his watch for the night.
LITTLE STUFFIE watches him, learning. A pair of evil eyes gleam underneath the bed. A dark shape with a nasty smiles |
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| comes out from under the bed and looms over the sleeping child. |
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| Catalyst: The MONSTER lunges at the child. LITTLE STUFFIE cowers in fright. TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT swings around and blocks the monster. |
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| Debate: LITTLE STUFFIE wants to help, but is too afraid. |
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| Act Two Plot Point: the sleeping child rolls over, knocking TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT and MONSTER across the room. |
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| B Story: LITTLE STUFFIE watches the action from the end of the bed. |
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| Fun and Games: TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT and MONSTER fight across the room using the other toys, furniture, books and other props in the room to fight. |
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| Midpoint: MONSTER opens its chest wide, wide and sucks the TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT inside. |
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| Bad Guys Close In: Inside, TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT is surrounded by his greatest fears: being forgotten by the child, pulled into pieces, thrown in the trash, given to the dog. |
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| All is Lost: TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT fights with the nightmare images. |
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| Dark Night of the Soul: With one last monumental effort, TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT'S sword rips MONSTER apart. |
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| Act Three Plot Point: LITTLE STUFFIE watches as TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT, totally spent, drops his sword and slips beneath the bed onto the floor. |
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| Finale: The sleeping child rolls over and reflexively reaches out and grabs LITTLE STUFFIE. A shaft of moonlight hits LITTLE STUFFIE. She raises her head, accepting The Call to be the next defender. |
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| Final image: As the camera pulls away, TEDDY BEAR KNIGHT/NEW MONSTER's eyes gleam malevolently from under the bed. |
Story by: Kenway Kim, Traci Meek, Anna Black. Short storyboard by Traci Meek
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