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Storyboard for "The Lucky Pencil"

Contact Sheet

Kaitlyn Chandler

Phone #: 1-901-233-5952

Trista Vercher

Phone #: 1-901-573-0937

Stephanie

Can be found on Facebook

Krickett King

Phone #: 1-870-378-5483

Lauren Willoughby

Phone #: 1-512-657-8120

Logistic for "The Lucky Pencil"

Number of Actors/Actresses needed

Three Actresses. Particularly a trio of friends. That would help make the film more believable.

All three will need to be in just about every scenes.

Location requirements

Three areas

A Dorm living room

A picnic table at the park

A classroom

Indoor areas need to be clean and easy access to electrical outlets.

No stunts really needed

Actresses need to wear regular clothing and be able to wear it for more than one day.

Props needed

A pencil(a distinctive one)

Papers/studying material

Backpacks or schoolbags.

New Pitch(The Lucky Pencil) Self-Critique

1. The Lucky Pencil

2. The main character is desperately searching for a pencil she considers lucky and refuses to study without it. With the help of some friends they search for it, only to discover it was in the main character's pocket.

3. I got the idea from the saying "If it was a snake, it would've bitten you." Sometimes when people are searching for something they need, they sometimes get frustrated and/or desperate that they fail to realize that sometimes what they are looking for is either right in front of them or close by or just misplaced. I also remember seeing tv show episodes where a character is looking for something they consider important and go far to find it with help of other characters then at the very end, they either had it in their pocket or in a bag they're carrying and they feel somewhat embarrassed, but also think it's kind of funny, but most likely the character that helped them look is either frustrated or ticked off. I find that situation or idea amusing and I thought I could try making my own version with that theme.

4. I would like the audience to be amused and entertained and I thought they can get that by seeing how the characters go about finding the pencil and their reactions to the situations and I plan to make those themes dramatic and amusing.

5. The film's main character is desperately trying to find her lucky pencil believing that without it, she can't study well for her upcoming test. While still searching, two of her friends arrive and ask what's going on. The main character explains(dramatically and desperately) what's going on and asks for help. Her friends agree even though they think it's pointless. After searching two other areas, the characters are ready to give up when one of the friends sees something sticking out of the main character's back pocket. She checks and it turns out to be her lucky pencil. While the main character is embarrassed and yet thinks it's kind of funny, her friends are frustrated at the idea that they went through so much trouble for pretty much nothing.

6. The theme idea is really that sometimes when people lose something they consider important and they get freaked out over it, they tend to likely become oblivious or dramatic about the situation don't think straight, in which they sometimes fail to realize that more than likely what they're looking for is close by or right in front of them. Plus sometimes people can get this way if they lose something they lose something they take for granted, but is something they'd need later like a cell phone charger or a school supply. Some think they're superstitious without what they lost, when they really want to find it because the object is like a security blanket to them. Feeling desperate, worried or stressed can cloud a person's judgement and they worry about something needlessly. Plus in the end when they realize that they worried over something small or not worth getting all worked up about, they can feel really silly or upset that they wasted all the time worrying and searching, that they became distracted of what was really important.

7. The class did ask what the character is like and who is she, so I need to go into more depth and description in the characters. I just need to think more about what the characters should be like. I've been also told I should raise the stakes in the film and make my main character like really desperate in searching for her pencil. Plus I've been told that the film needs more development, but I just need to go back and think about how I want the characters to act and also that except for the ending scene, the rest doesn't sound as funny as intended and that it needs more wit to it, but I aim to make it that way by using how the characters search for the pencil, their responses and just the dramatic appeal to the search.

8. Journal notes

• Consider the 6 stages of grief: denial, depression, mourning etc.
• Make a bigger statement of the pencil. Maybe make it unique like very large or colorful or used or maybe even magical.
• Maybe put it so that the main character doesn't find the pencil until right before the test or maybe one of her friends has it.
• Even consider that she never finds it and does the test without it and ends up doing well or put it so that she spent so much time worrying and searching for the pencil that she doesn't study well and doesn't do well on the test.
• Consider the relationship or value of the pencil to the main character.

Pitch Genre

I'm going for a comedy idea with a plot twist at the end and have a sense of drama at least in the characters. I got the idea of the genre from a couple of other cartoon episodes I've seen where the main character was missing something they considered important and after searching for awhile, what they are looking for is actually really close by either like in their bag or pocket. I actually find it amusing for the audience and frustrating for other characters in the shows.

Revised Pitch idea

Title: Lucky Pencil

Main character: Pretty superstitious in her opinion and has lost what she calls her lucky pencil and refuses to do any studying without it. Really though, she's not very confident a bit absent-minded and is superstitious and deep down, her pencil is almost like a security blanket, something she can't do without. She's willing to go far to avoid bad luck, even retracing her steps to find her pencil believing she won't do well without it.

Best friend 1: This friend is somewhat pessimistic and defiantly doesn't buy her friends superstitious beliefs. She does care about her friend enough to want to help her, but deep down she can't stand her friends superstitious beliefs. She doesn't think it's really necessary to search for one pencil, but still decides to help.

Best friend 2: This friend is more willing to help her friend find her pencil despite her superstitious beliefs, but doesn't think it's worth worrying over either. Nonetheless she does care about her friends feelings and wants to help.

Central Point: Searching for the pencil.

Central Goal: Finding the pencil, only to find out it was close by the whole time. Meant to serve as a surprise plot twist.

In the beginning of the film, the main character is desperately searching for her lucky pencil. When we first see her she is searching in her dorm living room and it's messy with papers and books. She searches the couches, books and floor, but can't find it.

A little later, her two friends arrive to study with her and they ask her what's up. She replies in saying that her lucky pencil is missing and needs to find it. Her friends suggest that she could just use another pencil, but she absolutely refuses and asks them for help in finding it. The 1st friend, a little pessimistic and not into her friend's beliefs of superstition, doesn't think searching for one pencil is worth it, but agrees to help anyway. The 2nd friend is more eager to help but she too doesn't buy into her friend's superstitions either.

The main character recalls that she was using her pencil at school and she also remembers using it at the park and suggests they look for the pencil at those two places. The main character and her friends check the classroom at school first. They check the floor, under the tables, near the door, on the chairs and still can't find the pencil.

Then they go to the picnic table at the park and check around there. The grass, the trees and they still can't find it.

The friends suggest that she'd at least try studying with another pencil and the main character reluctantly agrees. But as she gets up and turns around to go back to the dorm, one of her friends notices something sticking out of her back pocket and she asks her friend what it is. The main character checks and it turns out that her lucky pencil was in her back pocket the whole time. Her friends respond astonished and annoying to this and the film ends with the main character holding the pencil and feeling very embarrassed.

New Edited video link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCzepTAJETg