Lost at Sea  based on The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson

2. Theme of Original Story: Be happy with your place in life, do not be selfish or you will be punished.
3. Theme of New Story: Do not believe you are entitled to things that are not yours.

        4: Premise or Log-line of Original Story: A young mermaid who is willing to give up                  her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul.

5. Premise or Log-line of New Story: A young sea-faring man falls in love with a princess and wishes to be part of her lifestyle, though it is unclear if the princess feels the same way.
6. New story:

It was the first day of the summer equinox festival. Garlands of daises and other precious flowers decorated the streets and on each lamppost hung colorful ribbons of blue, green and gold. Stores opened their doors wide, decorating them with vibrant signs and propaganda. Children played in the roads while their parents shopped for produce in the local market, accompanied by the music of musicians playing for pennies in the town square. That was where we first met. You had come down from your magnificent castle into the town square, accompanied by your numerous servants and guards. Oh, how every suitor stared as you drifted from shop to shop, staring at the delicacies and dresses available for purchase.

As the day wore on, nothing could pull you from my thoughts. My every waking moment was filled with you. Your hair, your dress, the jewels on your fingertips; every piece of you I longed for. Imagine my surprise when you appeared in front my lowly stand, asking for the price of a delicious trout. I told you each piece was five coins. You paid for three. I remember your hand reaching out, fifteen shiny gold coins glittering in your palm. Taking the coins, my hand touched yours and our eyes met. Staring deep into your royal blue eyes, I knew that we were two souls meant for each other but under the watchful eyes of your servants, we dared not speak of our connection out loud. Thus, with a smile sweeter than any fine wine, you floated away to the next stand.

Now I move through this weary town, but there are no birds singing or children playing. The garlands and ribbons have all lost their color and all stores are closed. I pass the town square, but there are no musicians. The world is dark and dreary. I drift past a shop window and quickly peer in; it’s a jewelry store. Inside are necklaces and bracelets and earrings all of various colors. One necklace is a deep blue, with a sapphire set in the middle of a large and ornate silver starfish. I remember the town girls crowding around the shop’s window, looking at a necklace similar to this one. They were so full of desire and hunger for that necklace. They nearly cried when it was taken away, after your father had bought for you as a gift. It’s funny how attached girls are to jewelry, even if it was not really theirs to begin with.

The necklace calls forth a memory. I remember the day you snuck away from your guards and attendants to go shopping alone. We walked along the lane, looking in the shop windows, staring at the lovely jewelry and clothing. In some windows, there were large ornate dresses meant for special occasions like wedding or parties. I knew you already owned some of those gorgeous gowns, yet you were still awestruck by their beauty as we walked beside them. You remarked that someday you wished to wear a beautiful dress like that on your wedding day. Oh how that made me blush! But you pretended not to see as you walked down the road, moving on to the next store, While I remained motionless, staring at the exquisite and expensive dress.

When I think of that White dress, all that comes to mind is the horrible church that housed the man who stole your love from me. I will never forget the day I saw you with that man. It was a few days after the festival and your castle must have been shorthanded, because you came down to the town alone. I kept an eye on you, waiting for you signal so that we may slip away and be together but somehow you still managed to slip away. Panicking, I ran around town, looking for you. What if something happened? What if someone saw your beautiful dress and sparkling necklace and decided to take what was not theirs? That was when I saw you enter the church. You opened its big white doors and tiptoed inside. I followed quietly, watching through the stained glass windows. You walked down the aisle to the end of the church, where a man was praying, hunched with his hands folded. You tapped him on the shoulder and he stood up and to face you, smiling. He was young with musty brown hair. I recognized him as one of the clergymen. You blushed and smiled back. I could watch no more and ran from the church. I knew that smile and that flushed face. I knew that twinkle in your eyes. You were in love, but not with me. Our love was one-sided and doomed to end in the tragic world. Who needs a man of the sea, when you can have a man of god! Even to this day, I do not understand how you could look at me with such love, only to turn around and give that same love to another man. All I wanted was your life, your love, your jewels and lovely fabrics! I appreciated you and your lifestyle and yet you would give it all away to a man with such a simple life. It was that day I knew I had to confront you.

That night, I followed you home. You were nervous, looking over your shoulder from time to time, walking hastily in the direction of your castle. Even in my anger, I understood your worry, for if your father found us, he would have been furious. So instead of taking the straight path home, you twisted and turned through the alleyways, ending up at the old wooden dock. It was then that I revealed myself. You seemed surprised and in the bright moonlight I could see the look of puzzlement on your face. You stammered a hello and commented on the beauty of the night sky. I stepped closer and took your hand, but you pulled away and stepped back, moving farther down the dock. I knew that if I was to make you forget the man in the church, I would have to show you the full extent of my love. I took you in my arms, desperate to show you I was meant to be with you. You screamed and struggled away from me, but I held you tight. You were mine and I was never going to let you go. Silencing your screams with a kiss, you raked my face with your fingers. With a cry of pain I pushed you away, losing my balance and plunging off the dock.

The wind pushes my spirit away from the town, past the dock and over the ocean. How fitting that I would spend the afterlife floating over the very thing that killed me. The townspeople say they found my body floating among the seafoam, stiff as aboard. A coroner said I must have fell and hit my head on a coral or rock and drowned, but only you will ever truly know what happened that night. Why did you fight my love with such ferocity? Surely you knew our love was meant to be! All I wanted was for us to be together and yet you threw me away and cast me into the ocean. Now I move through the wind, sailing over the waves that became my watery grave, pushing the sails of the boats I once knew. I cannot move on but I cannot go back either I am lost at sea, yearning for what I suppose, will never be mine.

The Fox and the Box (Revised)

We start off the scene in a lush green forest, where the viewer sees a sly brown Fox hiding behind a tree staring at an overturned box. The viewer watches the Fox salivating and peering at the box with hungry eyes. He begins to sneak towards the box but as soon as he gets close enough, the box begins to scoot away, as if something was pushing it from the inside. So the Fox starts to sneak up to the box again and again but everytime he tries to get close, the box scuffles away.  Eventually, he lunges at the box, but it slips through his fingers once more and the Fox lands flat on his face. Lying on the floor of the forest, he devises a plan to catch the box in a giant net. But the plan fails and the box scoots away. So he devises another plan: he builds a wall out of mud and sticks to stop the box. As the fox sits on top of the wall he watches the box smack into the wall and pause for a minute. The fox smiles a mischievous grin and begins to get off the wall to grab the box. But as soon as he gets off the wall, the box begins to move again. This time scooting along the side of the wall and moving right past the wall. Exasperated, the fox spots a large boulder in the middle of the forest, ties a rope around it and throws the rope over a sturdy branch. Tieing the other end to another branch, he waits for the box to come by. Once the box is in range, he begins to furiously cut at the rope with a knife but it won’t cut. As the box inches closer and closer, the Fox keeps trying to cut the rope but it simply isn’t cutting fast enough. Finally, he cuts the rope and the piano falls but it misses the box. The box walks right past the trap, bumping into a tree where it stops. Walking up to the box, the Fox gives an annoyed look and lifts the box up, revealing a chicken with a confused look on its face.

The Fox and the Box

By Erin Reen and Haylie Hager

We start off the scene seeing the Fox hiding behind a tree staring at a box randomly in the middle of the forest. The viewer watches the Fox salivating and peering at the box with hungry eyes. He begins to sneak towards the box but as soon as he gets close enough, the box begins to wobble. As soon as the box starts to move it suddenly stops again. So the Fox starts to sneak up to the box again and again and again because every time gets close to it it starts to move again.  Eventually, he lunges at the box, but it slips through his fingers once more and he lands flat on his face. So he devises a plan to catch the box in a net, but it fails. So he devises another plan: he builds a wall out of cinder blocks to stop the box, but somehow, the box goes around the giant wall. Exasperated, he spots a random piano in the middle of the forest and ties a rope around it and throws the rope over a sturdy branch. Tieing the other end to another branch, he waits for the box to come by. Once the box is in range, he begins to furiously cut at the rope with a knife but it won’t cut. As the box inches closer and closer, the Fox keeps trying to cut the rope but it simply isn’t cutting fast enough. Finally, he cuts the rope and the piano falls but it misses the box. The box walks right past the trap, bumping into a tree. Walking up the the box, the Fox gives an annoyed look and lifts the box up, revealing a chicken with a confused look on its face.

My story:

In the autumn of 2017, Archaeologists uncover a cavemen frozen in ice. After thawing him out they realize he is still alive so they send him to the hospital to recuperate. From there he is sent to a rehab center to learn how to become a model citizen in today’s society. In rehab he is pushed to forget his caveman ways and learn to embrace today’s society. While there he bonds with a caretaker who find his caveman simplicity and traits unique. She tries to teach him to keep his caveman sensibilities and adapt them to today’s world instead of completely conforming. to help him with this lesson, she gives him a teddy bear, a remnant of his past life but changed in 2017. But before he is fully ready the doctors push the caveman and his caretaker to travel to Washington D.C. for a press conference. So they board a train and go to D.C.. However once they arrive the caveman realizes he has left his teddy bear on the train. Racing back to the station, the caveman tries to chase down the train. Desperate to get his toy back, he runs blindly after the train only to tire out and realize he is lost in the Virginian wilderness. He stumbles around for a while and goes deeper and deeper into the forest, eventually running into a bigfoot! Lost and alone, the caveman follows the bigfoot through the woods, learning about how he lives and how his life is very similar to the caveman’s life before he was frozen in ice. He begins to realize how comfortable and easy his life was when he was just a caveman and thinks about staying. But the longer he stays, the more he begins to miss the things introduced to him by his caretaker. The caveman then remembers about the teddy bear and after some help from the bigfoot to get to edge of the forest, he begins to follow the train tracks in search of his bear. As he follows the tracks, they eventually lead him into a small town. Remembering how the doctors and his caretaker taught him how to use a phone, he wanders away from the tracks to find a phone. But he can’t seem to find one and no one is willing to help. Distraught, he begins to cry and beat his chest. This attracts the attention of his caretaker, who had been looking for him. After they reunite, she presents him with his bear, which she had the whole time.

Group Story:

The story opens in the the year 2999, Where Holographic media is all the rage. Similar to Instagram, the holograms allow the person to post holograms of what they are doing or saying and share it with their friends. In a rehab center called “End of the Rainbow”. In this rehab center is a young man who is part of the “Holographic Media Addiction program” who was entered into the program as part of his 12 year sentence for killing his parents after they tried to take away his hologram privileges.  As part of the program, the young man is given a cat to take care of as a partner to help him through his rehabilitation. As time goes on, the young man learns to control his addiction by putting all of his attention on the cat. The cat and the man form a caring bond, which decreases his narcissistic nature and makes the young man think about others before himself. But just when it seems as if the man might be cured, he creates a hologram account for the feline, putting him back at square one.

Story 1:

Type of Story: Brains vs. Brawn

Logline: A young sparrow must use his wits to beat the biggest, baddest sparrow in the forest in three trials in order to stay. If he loses, the little sparrow must leave forever.

Seven Sentence Story: After the young sparrow  stands up for another victim of the bully giant sparrow, the bully sparrow challenges the little sparrow to three challenges. Whoever loses must leave the forest forever. However, all three trials favor the larger sparrow who is more muscular than the little sparrow. So its up to the little sparrow to create inventions and use his wits to win the contests. The little sparrow ends up winning the majority of the contests, kicking the bully bird out of the forest.

Character Descriptions: a small, scrawny sparrow who likes to read and study the world instead of flying and mating. tends to be timid but can be very passionate about certain subjects. There is also a larger sparrow with muscles and broad shoulders. Tends to be loud mouthed and acts like a bully.

Location and Time Period: In a forest during the summer season.

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Story 2:

Type of Story: Quests and Journeys

Logline: A young orphan finds a girl with a magical horse who is trying to return the horse to its rightful home. He joins in the young girl’s journey and vows to help her as they are chased by those who wish to use the horse’s powers for evil.

Seven Sentence Story: After going into town to buy groceries for the orpahnage, a young orphan boy meets a girl running from a group of men. After saving her, he finds out that she is trying to return a magical horse to its rightful home. The young man joins the girl in her quest and helps her dodge those who wish to use the horse’s magical powers for their own gain. Throughout their journey, the boy learns more about himself as well as the young girl and how she met this magical horse. In the end, the two return the horse safely to the magical forest where it will be safe and they go their separate ways.

Character Descriptions: A young girl with blonde hair tied back in a braid. Dresses less for style and more for movability and comfort.  A spotted black and white horse with a long main and tail and large wings. Tends to read the other characters emotions fairly well, even when the others cannot. Also has a sassy personality. The young boy is lanky and tall, orphaned as a child but never adopted so he’s use to being independent and has trouble accepting help from others.

Location and Time Period: medieval times

Story 3:

Type of Story: Role Reversal

Logline: a sheep and a sheep dog switch roles, causing each animal to live out the life of the other.

Seven Sentence Story: One of the sheep complain that the sheep dog is bossy and unfair and the sheep dog complains that the sheep gets to lounge around and eat all the time without doing any work. Tired of hearing the sheep and dog complain day in and day out, the Sheppard allows them to switch roles and live the other’s lives. The sheep becomes the sheep dog, who is now in charge and learns how hard being a leader can be. The sheep dog becomes the sheep, who then realizes that being a sheep isn’t all fun and games. In the end both switch back after begging the Shepard and they both become more understanding of each other and the roles they play in each others’ lives.

Character Descriptions:  A fluffy whit sheep, with a pink face and a big mind. He’s bored and wants to explore instead of eating grass. There is also a a black and white border collie with a serious nature. Has great hearing and sight and takes pride in his job. the Sheppard is of average height and wears basic farmer clothing. He carries a stick to help heard sheep.  He tends to be very laid back and calm, but is easily annoyed.

Location and Time Period: English countryside, present day.

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Story 4:

Type of Story: Buddy Stories

Logline: Two college students living in the same dorm find a small kitten and let it live in their dorm under the nose of the Resident Adviser.

Seven Sentence Story: After walking home from class, two roommates find a kitten cold and alone of the side of the road. Both decide to take the kitten home even though pets are not allowed in the dorm. After sneaking it into the dorm, both girls try different ways to keep the RA from finding out about the kitten. But each girl does not agree with the other girl’s ideas, which leads the RA to become suspicious. But after the Resident Advisor appears for a random room inspection, the girls find that the only way to keep the kitten hidden is to work together. Once they learn to work together, they hide the kitten and all traces of her, stopping the RA from finding out about their secret kitten.

Character Descriptions: two college age students, one more organized and professional, with neat braids and well-dressed style. The other is more free-flowing, with a more outside-of-the-box personality. Tends to be forgetful but is very creative and charismatic.

Location and Time Period: college, current time.

Story 5:

Type of Story: Fish out of Water

Logline: a farm horse is talent-scouted to become part of a western movie, but he finds hollywood to be a little different than his life on the farm.

Seven Sentence Story: After a western movie begins filming near a small rural farm, the farmer’s horse is given the part as the horse of the main lead.  But as the horse rises to stardom, he enjoys not just the positives of being famous but also the negatives. After it becomes to much for him, he runs away only to be found by one of his fans. He then realizes that he can’t give up and goes back to filming movies.

Character Descriptions: A large Belgian draft horse that is hard working but lives mostly a simple life. When stressed he can break down easily.

Location and Time Period: 1950s, Hollywood, California

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Story 6:

Type of Story: Courage and Survival

Logline: After being captured as a young cub by poachers, a tiger cub must find a way to survive, even though he’s in the middle of a bustling Indian city.

Seven Sentence Story: A tiger cub is captured and his mom is killed by poachers who then take the cub back to the city with them in order to sell him to the highest bidder. After escaping his captors, the young tiger must navigate the shadows of the city while also evading his original captors. He eventually becomes comfortable living in the city with help from the local street cats and dogs. But once he grows bigger, it becomes harder to hide in the shadows and he must decide whether to risk his life living in the city that has become his home or return to the wild where he was originally from. Torn between his original roots and his adoptive and familiar family, the tiger is eventually spotted by humans, captured and put in a zoo.

Character Descriptions: A Bengal tiger who begins as a small naive cub. He starts innocent and timid but becomes more confident and stealthy as he grows into a full-grown tiger. somewhat skinny and lanky from living in the streets, but still in good condition.

Location and Time Period: Indian jungle and city, early 2000s