Sunday, April 20, 2008

Script (point form)

Puppet Jealousy

  • Old, poor puppeteer. (optional character possibly just show hands)
  • Two handmade puppets made from same tree.(optional)
  • Good puppet was popular with the audience. Being the hero in the puppet show, he gets to slain the villain in most endings.
  • Evil puppet got jealous and upset.
  • Plots against Good puppet after the performance.
    • At night, when the puppeteer is not around, they can actually move.
    • They usually untie themselves and walk around as they wish.
    • They tie themselves back onto the strings before the puppeteer returns.
    • He loosens the strings tied to the wood at the top.
  • Good puppet finds himself in a situation where he had to choose
    • Move and tighten the string
      • Expose his live identity, ruin the show & scare away the audiences.
    • Don't move
      • Get badly damaged.
  • Good puppet chose NOT to move, got badly damaged and broke his leg.
  • Evil puppet sniggers and hid the missing screw/pin that is crucial to securing the broken limb of the good puppet.
  • Without a choice, the puppeteer cast the evil puppet as the hero.
  • The response to the show wasn’t good without the usual hero.
  • The evil puppet realized his mistake and fixed the good puppet.
  • They swap around secretly taking turns to play the hero n villain in future.
  • END

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