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Unit 4: Story-Telling

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Dinner Nightmare

Premise

An eskimos dreams for a perfect dinner dont work out as well

as he had hoped.

Logline

A lone eskimo, Nanuk, living in an igloo out in the wilderness

wishes only for one thing, a perfect dinner. He sits at a

fancy table prepared just like in his magazine ready to eat

only to realise that hes missing something, vegetables. His

plate holds nothing more than one salmon to which he reactswith anger but hes hit with an idea to build a greenhouse.

After getting a build-it-yourself greenhouse pack he starts

growing tomatoes and cucumbers for his dinner, they grow

finely at first but the next day theyre frozen into ice

blocks. Almost crushed he attempts one last act of

desperation, he uses a vacuum cleaner to suck out the heat

from his house fire into the greenhouse. The vegetables start

to thaw but one piece of burning wood teeters on the edge of

the fireplace then finally gets sucked in. Exploding in a ball

of smoke and fire the greenhouse gets ruined. Finally hes

left crying next at his table with the same salmon dinner and

an added burnt tomato.

Step Outline

INT. NANUKS IGLOO- DINING TABLE. EVENING

Nanuk sits at his candlelit table. He tucks in his

napkin.

He takes a look at his dinner and then slowly to his

magazine.

In anger he hits the table making the salmon jump up.

But then his face turns to joy and he gets a light bulb

over his head.

EXT. NEXT TO NANUKS IGLOO. DAY

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Nanuks standing next to a build-it-yourself greenhouse

kit patting the top of it and staring at the empty space

near his igloo.

A few hours later hes standing next to a built

greenhouse.

INT. GREENHOUSE. DAY

Nanuk looks over in joy at his growing tomatoes and

cucumbers.

He walks over and leans over to one and rubs it till it

shines.

He bends back up, ready to leave.

INT. IGLOO- NANUKS BED. MORNING

Nanuk wakes up in bed and stretches and yawns.

He gets a big smile on his face.

INT. GREENHOUSE. MORNING

Nanuk stands before his vegetables. His face is filled

with horror.

A view of the vegetables reveals that theyve all turned

into ice cubes from the cold. Nanuk thinks for a little

bit.

He then comes back with a vacuum cleaner and sets it down

inside.

He bends down and turns it on.

INT. IGLOO- FIREPLACE. DAY

The vacuum starts to suck the heat from the fire.

INT. GREENHOUSE. DAY

The iced vegetables start to thaw.

INT. IGLOO- FIREPLACE. DAY

One piece of fire wood edges toward the tube slowly,

stops, then finally get sucked in.

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EXT. TWO SHOT OF IGLOO AND GREENHOUSE. DAY

A little dramatic pause and then the greenhouse explodes

in smoke and fire inside.

INT. IGLOO- DINING TABLE. EVENING

Nanuks sitting at the table once again crying at his

salmon dinner with a burnt tomatoe.