Cinematic Production: Pre-Production (Final Individual Script)

DARREL'S BEDROOM - DAY

An alarm goes off. Darrel wakes up and rises reluctantly from his bed. He turns to look for the source of the alarm sounds to find Toby, a small robot panda. Toby plays two joyful tones and then proceeds to both pull Darrel's blanket down and open the curtains of the room. While Darrel is blinded by the morning sunshine, Toby trots out of the room to prepare his breakfast. 

A series of quick cuts occur with a centered close-up every shot of Darrel's tired, blank face: Toby feeds Darrel his breakfast. Toby washes Darrel in the bathtub. Toby puts a shirt on Darrel.

Darrel heads out the door as Toby stands there, inevitably left alone in the house. 

SCENE FADE TO BLACK

DARREL'S OFFICE - DAY

Darrel is working, but is frustrated. He's stressed out and mashes his paper into a ball with a quiet grunt. He throws it aside on his desk, only to catch a glance of a framed photo. It was his robot panda, playing alongside his younger self. He stares at it for a little while, then carries on with work.

TRANSITION TO BLACK. CUT TO NEXT SCENE

DARREL'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Darrel enters the house. He walks to the living room and finds Toby on the floor, lifeless. He looks at Toby with a long, blank stare. He then walks towards his couch. He sits down and hangs his head, only followed by a long silence. 

SCENE FADE TO BLACK

PARK - DAY

Darrel is sitting on a bench at the park. He's looking towards a playground full of kids, playing and having fun. Suddenly, we hear two joyful tones play. Toby is sitting with Darrel at the park, spending Darrel's day off together. Darrel smiles.

Cinematic Production: Pre-Production (Script ideas)

Idea 1:
Interaction between a TV character and live-action teenager with a one-sided affection. (Comedy)

Variations:

• Funny cliché
  Live-action character enters the 'animated world' of a TV show with a magic pen (that can bring to life whatever he draws). He is warped into a street where he finds the fictional girl he admires. With his magic pen, he attempts to woo the girl to no avail. Suddenly, a robber runs past, taking a hold of the girl's purse. Using his pen, the boy stops the robber and at the very least, reels in interest from the girl.
• Satire
  Animated girl enters the real world. She is the stereotype known as a 'Tsundere': cold and hostile at first, but secretly caring inside. However, this personality is then frowned upon by the boy she meets in the real world. While the boy is working on his illustration in class, she sits down next to him, watching him work. Despite admiring his work, she jabs insults at him, which brings him to eventually grab her by the arm and shove her back into the computer screen that she came from. He carries on with his work.

Idea 2:
A lazy man who relies on a robot panda to carry out his everyday life. (Comedy)

• The beginning of this film establishes that a man is essentially baby-sat by a small robot panda throughout his daily routine. It wakes him up, bathes him, dresses him, feeds him - everything. While at work, the man is frustrated and stressed, crumpling up his work and throwing it aside on his desk. Upon doing so, he manages to catch a glance of a photo from his childhood. It is revealed that the panda was once his beloved pet, who kept him company to rid him of his loneliness. It was once special to him. Once. He stares at it for a little while, then carries on with work.
  
  The man then heads home, just to find that the robot turned itself off for good, recognizing that he was not seen as a friend any longer. He stares at the robot blankly, sits down on his couch and drops his head down, with only but a long silence that follows.
  
  The next day, we see the man sitting down on a bench at the park, looking towards a playground full of joyful kids. The man is sitting down with his panda. The panda plays two cheerful tones. The man smiles.
  
  Theme: True happiness can't be achieved with only success. No man is an island.

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