Stories

Armature: It may not be obvious, but everybody has their own talents.

Once there was a young girl named Sage. Sage lived in a village of young girls where every young girl had a job doing something.

Everyday, Sage would try a different task to see whether that was her skill or not. However, she wasn't able to succeed at anything. When she gardened, her plants died while those tended by other girls thrived. When she tried blacksmithing, she would destroy the things she was making, while the other girls worked with ease. When she tried sewing, the arms on her garments were too long and uneven. As she tried and failed at these tasks that came to the other girls so effortlessly, the other girls would make fun of her.

Finally, Sage became despondent. She felt she didn't belong. She gathered up some of her things and left the village.

Sage traveled around and saw many strange and wondrous sights: an aurora borealis, a luch garden, a huge waterfall, a huge palace. She met a king and saw many strange mythological animals. Eventually she finds herself back at her village. Reluctantly, she enters the village.

She sits by a fire burning in the center of town, and a younger girls from the village joins her. Sage begins talking about her journey and her adventures. Soon more girls join, and then more still. They are all enraptured by her tales of adventure and the strange places she has seen and the interesting people she has met. At this point, Sage realizes that storytelling is her special talent.

From that night on Stage is the village storyteller and kept the village children entertained.

Dashboard Figures Story(Group 2)

Armature: This story is about a once strong relationship being broken by love, but ends in love.

Once upon a time there was a semi-truck driver who delivered materials. Although successful in his business, he never had any time to settle down and find a wife because he was always on the move, so he was very lonely. But, this story is not about the truck driver, but the dashboard figures that he uses to ease the loneliness of the open road. Among his various figures, are a bobble-head dog and a pine tree air-freshener. Now, with all this time on the road, the bobble-head dog and the air-freshener have grown used to each other. From Arizona to Detroit, Seattle to Boston, these two unlikely pair became good friends. One day, the driver pulls over into a town along the highway and is gone for quite some time. When he returns to the truck, the two figures are stunned when with a quick motion; the driver rips open a box and slaps a hula dancer girl between the two figures. The bobble-head dog was immediately attracted. Once back on the road, to the disgust of the air-freshener, the bobble-head dog moved closer and closer to the hula dancer. Annoyed, the air-freshener stood in silence as his friendship with his companion withered away thanks to this new attracton. Suddenly, the driver hit a pot-hole on the road and the bobble-head doll flew out of the driver-side window of the truck, never to be seen again. Shocked but grateful, the air-freshener had the hula dancer all to himself, for now and the road to come.

Dog Story(Group 3)

Armature: Share and you will have more fun.

Act I:
Normal suburban yard 2 houses side by side, sun shining rooster crows
Doors on both houses open and out runs a big dog from far house, and a little dog from near house, both carrying toys (squeaky type)
Dogs immediately begin to play in the yard with the various toys together
Setting sun the dogs are still playing
Doors open and the owners call them inside
The dogs say goodbye and run for the yard between the houses
New day (same as opening shot)
Doors open and both dogs run for the yard between the houses
The big dog gets there first and grabs the favorite toy.
Little dog complains and jumps to try and get the toy.

Act II:
Big dog likes the power and keeps the toy from the little dog, goes to lie down in the shade and play with the toy.
Small dog comes running over and tries to play with the toy/big dog.
Big dog gets up and goes into its doghouse in the backyard
Little dog walks away rejected.
New day (same as opening shot)
Far house door opens and big dog runs out
Gets to the middle yard and stops looks confused
Looks around for the little dog
Finally finds the little dog across the street playing with other neighborhood dogs.
Looks sad, walks to the shade rejected.
Watches the other dogs playing together.

Act III:
Looks at the toy he stole from the little dog the previous day
Thinks back to the good times the two dogs have had together
Daydream sequence
Big and little dog playing together with the toys
Big dog taking the toy from the little dog
Little dog walking away rejected
Big dog looking proud
End of daydream sequence
Big dog looks determined
Stands up, grabs the toy, marches across the street
Marches across the street
Other dogs stop playing when big dog arrives they look at him
Big dog drops the toy at the feet of the other dogs and smiles
Other dogs smile back
All the dogs begin playing
Pull away shot of the block with all the dogs playing together in the yard.

Old Man/Birds Story (Group 4)
Armature: Healthy competition can add fun

Act I:
An elderly man lived in an apartment in a big city.
The man lived alone.
The man was sad.
Everyday the man walked in the park.
His only enjoyment for the day was feeding the birds.

Act II:
One day a little boy sat in a bench near him while he was feeding the birds.
The little boy began to feed the birds.
All the birds left the elderly man to eat the little boy's feed.
The man grew even sadder.
The elderly man stayed up all night devising different feed and tactics to get the birds back.

Act III:
The elderly man went to the park.
The elderly man began to smile.
The elderly man saw all the birds surrounding the little boy.
The elderly man threw out his feed to the birds.
All the birds began to surround the elderly man and eat his feed.
The elderly man was estatic all the birds came back.
Everyday after that the old man and the little boy competed for the birds.