animation play october 2014

Yasmins rapper singer Benedict wants to be a superhero rapper, fame 

my old lady witch is into martial arts , Emerald is her name she is looking for approval 

as people think she is a bad witch. 

Frankie the fiddler has lost his fiddle he has a red soldier jacket

like a toy soldier. 

Rockin Ronald with the dude hand sign. Im naked just get over it. Makes irritating references 

to music. 

Sarahs is a sweet little girl , could be looking for her name? She wont listen so 

the other characters have to mime suggestions 

- Jamie ... we're all a bit strange, get used to it, you and your mh prejudice

- magic is not always bad

- Sarah doesnt want her puppet to be named ... 

if your named you're labelled she says . You can't always find what you 

are looking for you get what you need. 


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the little characters are like Wombles cleaning up like stage hands 

the cat is stuck up a tree. Emerald is going to give superpowers to Benedict

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Benedict will rap and Frankie will fiddle

to try to get the cat out of the tree. 

the naughty boy chased the cat up the tree

Jim throws things at the cat 

they are walking along having lost something

the girl with no name is not able to save the cat either

Benedict performs a rap

production design - props - Sarah P and Lucie 

director Sarah H and Evelyn

Yasmin producer 

observation planning patience observing people and making notes 

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Benedict has a magic whip

scene 1 naughty boy chases cat up a tree in a park 

scene 2 girl with no name walking in the park she puts her hand up and tries to rescue the cat 

scene 3 the fiddler comes along he has lost his fiddle , tries to rescue the cat
hes gutted because his fiddle would have helped 

scene 4 rapper comes along

scene 5 Emerald comes along and they are frightened and hide behind the tree

scene 6 she does the spell to give the rapper super powers 

scene 7 Benedict recues the cat with rapping 

scene 8 perceived as good witch ... others ask for favours , super star rapper - girl with no name is content to be without 

reppar ratsrepus a si tcideneb 

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props ... a large sheet 

pale blue , corrugated cardboard

fabric scraps

story boards , no seconds for each shot 

12 1/2 frames per second 

cat running up tree 25 frames 

small puppets could be extra magicians 

stop motion is quite a niche thing