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Squirrel in the Room: Technical Specs

Squirrel in the Room

Storyline: The squirrel is just a normal cartoonish, a little serious looking squirrel character. The story takes place as the squirrel accidently enters a bathroom / room and the attempt to get out into the nature.

Genre: Animation (3D), Shot, Adventure, Comedy.

Tagline: An adventure to re-enter nature!

Runtime: 2-3 minutes

Medium: Full 3D Animation, 2D wherever possible.

No. of. Characters in motion: Maximum 2 characters.

Main Character: Squirrel

Sub Character: A human (optional)

Set: A bathroom

Time of action: Day, around 9am.

Story: Squirrel in the Room

Squirrel in the Room

One morning as the sun shone brightly into a house, there was a man, sleeping in the bedroom. Birds sang outside on trees and seemed pleasant. A clock placed on the table showing 8-59 am just hit 9 and the alarm started to ring. It rang and rang but the human didn’t wake up. In deep sleep he wouldn’t even move much. Well, the sound of the alarm wasn’t just for the human to wake up. It kept ringing loudly and was heard outside the open windows. There was a big tree right beside the house and lived there a squirrel. Hearing to the sound Steve woke up. As he walked out of his tree house, he yawned and stretched with his eyes yet to be opened. He kept walking on the branch till he reached the edge, and not noticing it was the end of the branch, he walked from the edge and fell, landed on the lower branch and swung off of it to fly through an open window where he safely landed on his two feet. He then opened his eyes expecting nothing had happened and blinked a couple of times to then realize the entire new surroundings. Steve was shocked and his jaw just dropped as his eyes were wide open. He looked completely surprised and turned all around to see something new to him. He calmed down and walked around to see the environment. He then came across the reflective surface of the wall tiles, he could see his own reflection but wasn’t able to realize that. The reflection copied every moment of himself and made Steve feel more and more frustrated. He then couldn’t take anymore of the un referable form of torture. He became irritated and was going to burst out with anger. But then, there seems to be someone at the door who was going to open it. Steve heard the sound of the door nob and was cautious. As the door opened, Steve ran and hid himself an object. A human walked inside and stood in front of the mirror. Steve was silently watching the human and he could smell something strange. Steve then looked up to find himself hiding behind a commode. Steve was disgusted. Steve then saw the window through which he came and planed out the escape. He then slowly walked towards the bathtub above which was the window. He kept his eye on the human as he walked. There was a bar of soap in front of his path but he didn’t notice it and as his feet stepped over it, he slipped and fell on his face. The human though he heard something and turned back to see nothing was wrong. Steve had hid behind a shampoo bottle with his tail in his hands.

  Steve makes his onto the bathtub where he stood on the edge. Jumping from the tub onto the towel hanger and climbing the wall behind it. The human turns towards the towel and takes it off the hanger, exposing Steve. In complete shock, Steve stops his climb noting the human and the human seeing Steve, they stare at each other in shock. Staring for a while, the human moves a little and Steve panics mote and screams. Looking at the squirrel, the human screams too. Screaming at each other for a while, the human moves a little more and Steve runs, climbs the wall onto a platform and runs towards the edge. Staring at the window which was few feet away, Steve takes a deep breath, narrows his eyes and sets himself in a race position. He then jumps at the edge and flies through the gap. The platform feels too far away and he was not able to reach it. Steve falls down from the mid air….but then holds on to the platform edge with his fingers. He tries to hold on and pull himself up and with determination; he was able to do so. He stands on his feet and takes a deep breath. Steve lifts his head up to see the window so close, then runs again and jumps off through the window. The human sees all this just standing and as Steve jumps out the window, he lands and jumps off a branch and bounces onto his house branch.

The human stood confused and Steve was happily in his home.

THE END

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Script #2

Squirrel iN tHe RoOm

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Screenplay by

Arpith Scindhia

Original Story by

Arpith Scindhia

INT. House – EARLY MORNING

Black screen shown.

Looking at an alarm on a table beside a bed.

Sound of Alarm started.

A man fast asleep just nudges.

EXT. Outside (tree) – Early Morning

Going outside through the window onto a tree, a squirrel hears to the alarm and wakes up.

Walking outside its tree hole, still eyes half closed, suddenly slips and falls down from the branch.

Bounces on a branch below and ends up inside a room of the house.

INT. ROOM – Morning

Opening Steve’s (squirrel) eyes, he realizes he is somewhere in a new place.

Doing a 360◦ turn with Steve at the center with eyes wide open and jaw dropped.

Slowly turning back to see the window and the outside world.

Steve realizes he has to get out through the window and walks across the room to see the surroundings.

Coming across the bathroom wall tiles, he notices another squirrel. Not knowing it’s his own reflection, he tries to communicate with it.

Frustration builds up as the reflection is performing the exact same actions as Steve.  

Suddenly, the door knob turns, Steve could hear and takes cover as a human opens the door and enters.

The man stands inside the bathroom and looks into the mirror. Steve closely hides behind.

Then Steve notices a stinky smell, the camera rapidly un-zooms showing a commode behind which Steve is hiding.

Unpleasant expressions on Steve’s face as he slowly tries to move away from that place.

Keeping an eye on the human, Steve slowly moves as he accidentally steps over a soap bar and slips to fall on its face.

The human listens and looks back

Steve in full tension gets back on his feet and rushes.

Everything looked normal to the human and he turned back.

Focusing back to Steve, as he quickly hid behind a shampoo bottle with his tail in his hands.

Steve makes his way onto the bathtub where he stood on the edge. Jumping from the tub onto the towel hanger and climbing the wall behind it.

The human turns towards the towel and takes it off the hanger, exposing Steve.

In complete shock, Steve stops his climb……noticing the human and the human seeing Steve……they stare at each other in shock.

Staring for a while, the human moves a little and Steve panics more and screams. Looking at the squirrel, the human screams too.

Screaming at each other for a while, the human moves a little more and Steve runs.

Climbs the wall onto a platform and runs towards the edge.

Staring at the window (few feet away from the platform), Steve takes a deep breath.

Narrower eyes and a race position.

Jumps at the edge.

Slow motion in air.

Showing facial expressions and movement.

(FPS) seeing the bottom, realizing it can’t make the jump and falls down.

Slowly panning the camera down to edge, Steve manages to hold on to it.

Just barely as he tries to pull himself and eventually the hard work pays off.

Gets on his feet and takes a deep breath. Now again runs and jumps off the window.

The human sees all this just standing and as Steve jumps out the window, he puts his hand out to reach.

Looking outside the window, Steve jumps off the branch and bounces onto his house branch.

Confused as the human is, Steve is happily in his tree house!

THE END

Squirrel in the Room - Script

Squirrel iN tHe RoOm

………………………………

Screenplay by

Arpith Scindhia

Original Story by

Arpith Scindhia

INT. House – EARLY MORNING

Black screen shown.

Looking at an alarm on a table beside a bed.

Sound of Alarm started.

A man fast asleep just nudges.

EXT. Outside (tree) – Early Morning

Going outside through the window onto a tree, a squirrel hears to the alarm and wakes up.

Walking outside its tree hole, still eyes half closed, suddenly slips and falls down from the branch.

Bounces on a branch below and ends up inside a room of the house.

INT. ROOM – Morning

Opening Steve’s (squirrel) eyes, he realizes he is somewhere in a new place.

Doing a 360◦ turn with Steve at the center with eyes wide open and jaw dropped.

Slowly turning back to see the window and the outside world.

Steve realizes he has to get out through the window and walks across the room to see the surroundings.

Coming across the bathroom wall tiles, he notices another squirrel. Not knowing it’s his own reflection, he tries to communicate with it.

Frustration builds up as the reflection is performing the exact same actions as Steve.  

Suddenly, the door knob turns, Steve could hear and takes cover as a human opens the door and enters.

The man stands inside the bathroom and looks into the mirror. Steve closely hides behind.

Then Steve notices a stinky smell, the camera rapidly un-zooms showing a commode behind which Steve is hiding.

Unpleasant expressions on Steve’s face as he slowly tries to move away from that place.

Keeping an eye on the human, Steve slowly moves as he accidentally hits a “Rubber Ducky” (squeaky) which made a squeaky noise.

In shock, Steve slowly removes his leg from the toy which in turn made more loud noise.

The human pays attention and looks back

Everything looked normal and he turned back.

Focusing back to Steve, as he quickly hid behind a shampoo bottle with his tail in his hands.

Steve makes his way onto the bathtub where he stood on the edge. Slipping on the soft surface, swinging his arms and tail.

The human notices something move through the mirror, and as he turns back, everything seemed normal.

Focusing back to Steve, he fell into the tub.

Now getting back up, jumping from the tub onto the towel hanger and clinging to a towel.

Staring at the window (few feet away from the hanger), Steve takes a deep breath.

Narrower eyes and a race position and runs.

Jumps at the edge.

Slow motion in air.

Showing facial expressions and movement.

Reaches the platform but unable to stop the momentum.

Slides across and hits the window!

“Splat” sound is heard and the human again turns to his attention.

(From first person) Looks down, side, back and sees movement at the window.

(Steve is getting out as this happens which is visible in the field of view)

By the time the human looks at the window, Steve is out and is gone as the human notices a squirrel.

Confused as the human is, Steve is happily in his tree house!

THE END