Happiness is a Right

The script for 3 9o second Clips Project

Ep.1
INT. BEDROOM – MORNING
Ross, a jittery clumsy young man wakes up suddenly from his sleep.

He looks at the alarm clock, it’s flashing on and off on 12:00.

There was a black out in the middle of the night and it has reset his alarm.
He jumps up out of bed puts his clothes on

He looks at his mobile phone to see that he’s running late for a job interview.

Ross hurrys towards the bedroom door and stubs his toe against the door frame.
ROSS
OOOOOWWWWW!!!!!(add computer graphic)

Two puppets pop up on screen. Lotus (a lion-female)represents his good side and Karma (a wombat- male) represents his bad side
LOTUS
MAN that huuuuurt!!!
KARMA
HA HA HA SUFFER!!

Puppets disappear from screen.

Ross, hops all the way into the kitchen, puts bread in toaster, runs to the bathroom, and starts shaving.

Smoke alarm goes off, it startles Ross and cuts himself shaving.

Karma pops up on screen
KARMA
(sarcastically) OOOOPS!!
LOTUS
Oh. Leave him alone
KARMA
Hehehehe

Puppets disappear

Ross gets the burnt toast out of toaster.
Gets his keys and runs out of his house jumps into his car and his car won’t start.

LOTUS
Oh come on man, pump the pedal pump the pedal
KARMA
BAHAHAHA!!
LOTUS
Oh be quiet will ya!
KARMA
Oh. What’s wrong. Woke up on the wrong side of the web? Ha Ha

Puppets disappear.

Ross exits car, looks at the bike against the fence notices flat tyres.

Ross runs to a busy road but just misses the bus.

He tries to hail a taxi cab only to get drenched by a car driving through a puddle.

No taxi stops so he runs to the train station.

Ross just misses the train

Sits on a bench for the next train.

Train arrives and he gets on

He gets off at his station only to realise he sat in gum.

Ross runs to the office building, just as he’s almost there the papers in his hand fly away. He quickly gathers them up and runs into the building.

Ross enters the interview room only to trip on his way in.
ROSS
Bloody Hell( rolls eyes)
INTERVIEWER 1
Are you Ok?
ROSS
I’ve been better. I woke up to realise there was a BLACKOUT in the middle of the night, so I missed my alarm going off didn’t I? And then I cut myself shaving (shows them where)then my car wouldn’t start I miss the bus the taxis wouldn’t stop I get drenched by a passing car I miss the train then all my papers fly away!!!

INTERVIEWER 2
Do you still want to do the interview?
ROSS
Is there any point? I’ve already stuffed it!
INTERVIEWER 1
Well thanks for coming
INTERVIEWER 2
Hope your day improves
ROSS LEAVES THE INTERVIEW ROOM AND WE WATCH ROSS WALKING BACK TO THE TRAIN STATION FEELING MISERABLE
KARMA
BAHHAAHAHA that was brilliant!!! You see he told them what he thought, Good job lad.
LOTUS
You’re a shithead you know that. He just lost it because of you.
KARMA
Oh come on you know he didn’t want that job in the first place
LOTUS
Yes he did. Why do you think he was running around like headless chook
KARMA
What? An office job pushing paper clips all day long. Good one.
LOTUS
You deserve a punch in the head. Seriously
KARMA
Well then come on I dare ya

Karma and Lotus start to physically fight with each other and swear at the same time –
LOTUS
(has Karma by the neck)You piece of shit you always ruin it for him
KARMA
Haha I only have the best intentions, HAHA!

Ross starts to think of a hot woman

Puppets stop fighting, notice woman in Ross’s thoughts, Karma starts to rub up against Lotus, they look into each others eyes longingly, and move in to kiss each other passionately,(porno music starts) then the screen fades out. Yes,sex can solve all problems.

Ep.2

INT. BEDROOM – MORNING
Ross, a jittery clumsy young man wakes up suddenly from his sleep.

He looks at the alarm clock, it’s flashing on and off on 12:00.

There was a black out in the middle of the night and it has reset his alarm.
He jumps up out of bed puts his clothes on

He looks at his mobile phone to see that he’s running late for a job interview.

Ross hurrys towards the bedroom door and stubs his toe against the door frame.
ROSS
OOOOOWWWWW!!!!!(add computer graphic)I’m ok I’m ok

Two puppets pop up on screen. Lotus (a lion- female)represents his good side and Karma (a wombat-male) represents his bad side
LOTUS
Thats good mate shake it off, Shake it off.
KARMA
Oh come on! That was a real whack in a half, he should be screaming the roof off like this AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Puppets disappear from screen.

Ross, hops all the way into the kitchen, puts bread in toaster, runs to the bathroom, and starts shaving.

Smoke alarm goes off, it startles Ross and cuts himself shaving.

Karma pops up on screen
LOTUS
Ooh get the toast out Don’t worry about it.
KARMA
Geez this guy is such a loser
KARMA
Shut UP!

Ross gets the burnt toast out of toaster.
Gets his keys and runs out of his house jumps into his car and his car won’t start.

KARMA
Haha! I did that!
LOTUS
Your an asshole
KARMA
Yeh! So why don’t you kiss it? Here! Right here (shows bum to Lotus)
LOTUS
Eurgh, Go away you dipshit.

Puppets disappear.

Ross exits car looks at the bike against the fence notices flat tyres.

Ross runs to a busy road but just misses the bus.

He tries to hail a taxi cab only to get drenched by a car driving through a puddle.

No taxi stops so he runs to the train station.

Ross just misses the train

Sits on a bench for the next train.

Train arrives and he gets on

He gets off at his station only to realise he sat in gum.

Ross runs to the office building, just as he’s almost there the papers in his hand fly away. He quickly gathers them up and runs into the building.

Ross enters the interview room only to trip on his way in.
ROSS
hehehehehe
INTERVIEWER 1
Are you Ok?
ROSS
Yes, thanks I’m really sorry I’m late, you wouldn’t believe the morning I’ve had.

INTERVIEWER 2
Really? What happened. Do you still want to do the interview?
ROSS
Well there was a blackout last night so I missed my alarm clock, car wouldn’t start missed the bus, taxi train, got drenched by a passing car, and I finally made it here.
INTERVIEWER 1
(Giggles)well are ready for the interview?
ROSS
Yes. Definitely I’m really excited to be here.
KARMA
Oh what! You made him get the job? You dumb fuck.
LOTUS
Yeeeh, See the more relaxed I make him feel, the more he can get on with things
KARMA
You lousy piece of shit. Now his life is going to turn out to be BOOOORING!!!!
LOTUS
NO IT WON’T. Your just pissed off that my side of things work out better than yours, fat ass.
KARMA
(hits Lotus in the face)Oh why don’t you just jam that bullshit up your ass
LOTUS
(gets Karma in a headlock)You can’t take it Can ya

Ross is still being interviewed when a hot woman enters his mind.

Puppets stop fighting, notice woman Karma starts to rub up against Lotus they look into each others eyes longingly, and move in to kiss each other passionately,(porno music starts) then the screen fades out. Yes sex can solve all problems.

Ep.3

Lotus and karma appear together in front of the footage of Ross going through his day.

KARMA
You see, life is boring if I’m not around. I’m always keeping things entertaining. HAHA!
LOTUS
What are you saying ? Your the reason why we have misery in this world you cockhead.
KARMA
Haha if you want to have a fulfilled life you need me you want me ! I’m it. Everything revolves around me !!!

LOTUS
If you think that’s what life is all about making people unhappy and never be able to achieve anything than your bigger moron than I thought you were.
KARMA
Oh yeah ! Go and use that pathetic psycho babble on some one else you tosser.
Karma and Lotus once again start fighting. They really start to pummel each other. Then we see the vision of the hot woman again. They freeze, then they turn to each other, and start kissing each other which then proceeds to them humping each other.

KARMA
Oh man, at least we agree on something

LOTUS
OH YEAH !!!

THE END

this will be one version of an animation that will be used during the edisodes. The idea was taken from the old Batman TV show.

Working title: getting positive
Positive perspective

Team: Ross, Mary, Michelle, Ben

Tagline: SH@T HAPPENS!- Get Over It!

One line synopsis: A positive perspective creates a positive outcome, through the comical teachings of Karma and Lotus

Genre: comedy/black humour, educational

Premise: positive thinking keeps you moving forward

Blog title: happiness is a right

Episode 1: observing a life without positivity

Episode 2: life with positivity

Episode 3: creating positivity

You would want to download these clips because it has happened to you at least once and you can relate, we’ve all had bad days were everything seems to go wrong and we’ve all acted different ways, what were doing is making you laugh about it it’s not the end of the world, and seeing it and thinking that’s happened to me you’ll laugh at yourself in the end.

this is the 1st draft of the final episode.

ALARM GOES OFF
S-Faaaaaark!
L-That’s why I should set a 2nd alarm
S-WTF?
L-Well if I rely on outside factors I’m guaranteed to be dissapointed occasionally
S-Occasionally?
L-Yes sometimes things occur differently than how we expect them to and that can be dissapointing or even upsetting.
S-Fuck that, they should be able to keep power up constantly. Anyone would think we’re living in the darkages!
L-In the dark ages power wasn’t even invented.
S-Are you trying to be a smartarse?!
L-No, I’m just..
S-Sounds like it to me!
L-No I just..
S-Too late, the damage is done!
L-I wasn’t, I..
S-Bastard!
L-Sorry.
S-It’s out of my control, so I should get upset.
L-I’m not saying don’t complain to the power company, I’m saying don’t upset yourself about something outside your control.
S-If I don’t get upset who will?
L-So you’re about to contact them?
S-No.
L-So.
S-Yes, actually I will!
L-And how do you think that conversation will go when you talk to them the way you’re talking to me?
S-About as shit as their service!
L-So do you mind if I ask you something?
S-(pause)
L-Do you? How does being upset make you feel?
S-What do you think dickhead?!
L-So who suffers?
S-I do.
L-Does the power company?
S-No.
L-Who else suffers?
S-Family.
L-And?
S-Friends.
L-And?
S-Anyone I talk to really.
L-Now you’ve realised this, how do you think the interiew is about to go?
S-Shit of course you fucker!
L-So what are you going to do about that?

This was Michelle’s idea when watching The Emperors New Groove

The original idea for this project was to show people that happiness and positivity will bring out a better outcome then a negative perspective on everything, but then once we started talking about it and working everything out we found that it just wasn’t that interesting I mean ok you get to see a guy having a bad day and not getting a job because he was negative about everything then you see him in the second clip he has a positive outcome for everything that was thrown towards him, and the last one was just why the second outcome was better, but we’ve all seen that before that is the kind of thing that when your watching tv you flick over 5 seconds in because it’s just well…boring, so I watched some movies to get some ideas and I saw the movie ‘The Emperor’s
New Groove, and there is a scene were a little angel and a little devil pop up on crunks shoulder and there both explaining why he should and shouldn’t throw the lama off a giant waterfall. After that we decided to go with it and it developed, now we have two little puppets doing the commentary! These puppets are going to make a point in a humours way but still get a message across, and also our audience was about 30 and up because there the one’s that have to go to work and have days like this, but with the puppets it brings in a wider selection of about 15 -25. .

The first episode is a man going to a interview but while going there he goes through all these annoying obstacles, (waking up late, being splashed by a puddle, tripping into the interview door) but when something bad happens you see a little lamb puppet, his name is karma and he represents the mans negative side no one else can see him but the viewer so he also represents his inner voice, in one of the scenes you see the man sit in chewing gum on the train you will see a little lamb pop up and say “why is my chair sticky? FUCK! i sat in chewy! gross! What the fuck am i supposed to do with this! blow a fucking ass bubble!” and then karma will disappear and appear right on time at the next obstacle to “share” his opinion. when the man gets to the interview in the end he is turned down because the the way he presents himself, angry, annoyed and not prepared to give a convincing interview, so the interviewer turns his down the man stomps out the door with karma following with his numerous profanities.

In the second episode it repeats the same annoying obsticles on the way towards his interview but this time you see a loin puppet pop up his name is lotus and he represents the mans peacful side, so this time when he sit’s on the chewying gum the lion says “oh my i seemed to have sat in some sought of chewable candy and it is now stuck on my buttocks, well at least i’m preventing someone else from sitting in it, maybe i can have a chew later, hopefully it’s mint flavour”, so being the opposite of karma lotus gives a positive perspective on the situations. In the end of the epiosode he get’s to the interview and presents himself happy, confident and ready to give a good convincing interview and in the end is a success.

The third episode is a repeat of the first and second episode obsticles, but you see the two puppets in the one shot representing his inner negative and positive voices. As the man heads off to his interview (shown in the background) they argue, both representing their own point of view. This allows for the introduction of positive thinking philosophies and a deeper introduction to the two chars (Lotus and Karma). In this third episode we get to properly explore catch phrases of the characters, their obvious attitudes towards life and how all of us can live with a greater level of happiness and success. All future episodes will be similar to this in nature, a negative event or occurrence, a desire unattained or anything where the person is lacking freedom or self expression. Lotus and Karma will then debate with the introduction of a new philosophy on a happy life.