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IMAGINATION DAILY PILOT

The afterschool school is a great place to find dozens of stories from kids painting a child's face with blue sharpie to paper airplane races with dozens of airplanes flitting about and kids running into one another. It's also a place where interpersonal lessons can be learned and where poignant stories can be uncovered. Since this is intended as a series pilot it's going to be important to create a broader, more exaggerated sense of humor. Much of the success of a kid's project is the choice of stories that center around an unlikely or outrageous premise and a ridiculous visual that supports (or mocks) said questionable premise. And while you are appealing to a young viewer, you might want to present lessons that appeal to older viewers, i.e.: parents. One of the attributes of Pixar stories is that they are written for several levels of viewership.

Also, since this is a series, you'll have to construct a stable ensemble of characters who are going to cycle in and out of the stories. The exception would be the occasional characters who bring something unforeseen to the classroom.

Missed opportunity for eye-rolling: 'because humans are from ... there.' Here, the humor comes from trying to establish common experience between modern human survival and primitive human survival as expressed by a kid who thinks he may die if he doesn't get a burrito. Irony. And part two: you'll need a funny visual to go along with it like a skinny body in baggy satin shorts, bulky kneepads and a silly Mohawk helmet.

Scene visualization. Visualize each scene from the camera point of view and use scene cuts to show reactions to create a funny contrast or to use visual incongruities that accentuate the absurdity of each idea.

I give this screenplay 4.5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 8 to 12. By Juror #11

The afterschool school is a great place to find dozens of stories from kids painting a child's face with blue sharpie to paper airplane races with dozens of airplanes flitting about and kids running into one another. It's also a place where interpersonal lessons can be learned and where poignant stories can be uncovered. Since this is intended as a series pilot it's going to be important to create a broader, more exaggerated sense of humor. Much of the success of a kid's project is the choice of stories that center around an unlikely or outrageous premise and a ridiculous visual that supports (or mocks) said questionable premise. And while you are appealing to a young viewer, you might want to present lessons that appeal to older viewers, i.e.: parents. One of the attributes of Pixar stories is that they are written for several levels of viewership.

Also, since this is a series, you'll have to construct a stable ensemble of characters who are going to cycle in and out of the stories. The exception would be the occasional characters who bring something unforeseen to the classroom.

Missed opportunity for eye-rolling: 'because humans are from ... there.' Here, the humor comes from trying to establish common experience between modern human survival and primitive human survival as expressed by a kid who thinks he may die if he doesn't get a burrito. Irony. And part two: you'll need a funny visual to go along with it like a skinny body in baggy satin shorts, bulky kneepads and a silly Mohawk helmet.

Scene visualization. Visualize each scene from the camera point of view and use scene cuts to show reactions to create a funny contrast or to use visual incongruities that accentuate the absurdity of each idea.

I give this screenplay 4.5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 8 to 12. By Juror #11

An overzealous high-schooler must save his childhood afterschool program by teaming up with two unenthused classmates.