Script Draft 4

CHARACTER LIST (All characters)

Main characters

Ben

Cat

Cockroaches Gang

Side character

Rat Leader

Dog

           

CHARACTER BIO (Key Characters only)

Ben

Age: 5 months

Type : Rat

Height: 20 cm

Weight: 3kg

Occupation: Cheese Hunter

Trait: Plain, simple minded.

Cat

Age: 1

Type:  Cat

Height: 50cm

Weight: 8kg

Occupation: Rat Hunter

Trait: Negative thinking, Cool.

Gang of Cockroaches

Age : 4 months

Type : Cockroach

Height : A : 10 cm, B : 20 cm, C : 12 cm

Weight : A : 1kg, B : 2kg, C : 1.2kg

Trait : Loves to annoy others. A = Leader, B = Cool, C = Loves to laugh.

     SCRIPT

FAde In:

The usual night

INT, Abandoned House, Night

A lot of rats in the meeting. Ben came in.

RAT LEADER

Listen, folks! We are going to start the meeting!

Rats chattering to each other.

RAT LEADER

Ahmm.. let’s see. Alpha, Romeo, and Ben! The three of you ! Take care of this week’s supplies!

Ben

Aye aye sir.

RAT leader

Any question? If there is none, dismissed!

Other rats dismissed. Ben walks out.

EXT, Street, Night

Ben walks sneakily , and then arrives at an old house. He enters the yard.

EXT, Garden, Night

Ben

This house seems okay. There must be a lot of cheese ! It’s cheesing time !

Ben heads towards the back door. Sound of grass.

BEN

Hm? What’s that sound?

A pair of glowing eyes. Cat shows up from the bush.

BEN

Oh no. CAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!

Cat grabs Ben’s tail.

CAT

Silent, rat! I need you to help me. If you wish to cooperate with me, I will spare your mortal life !

BEN

What? What? Cooperate? Yes , yes, I will do anything ! anything ! Hip hop dance, handstand, skydiving, anything!

Cat

I don’t need that useless stuff! Help me to get some cheese. I am tired of the usual food.

BEN

That’s rats’ specialty! Stealing! Haa-haaa! Leave it to ME !

Ben poses like a superhero.

Cat

I hope you don’t talk big, rat.

Cat releases Ben’s tail and they enter the old house.

THE UNEXPECTED RIVAL

INT , Old house, Night     

Ben and the cat start their mission to steal the cheese together.

BEN

Living room, clear ! Dining room, clear! All clear !

Cat

Head for the kitchen. Go go go !

BEN

I can smell the cheese! This way!

They enter the kitchen. It was surprisingly dirty.

CAT

Yeeeeeekk!, what is that thing?

A group of huge,huge cockroaches surround the dirty kitchen.

BEN

Excuse meee.. Hey, fella, mind to share us some cheese? We came all the way down to here.

Cockroach a

Ah, sure. Hey B! Get out from that cheese!

An even bigger cockroach get out from the cheese.

COCKROACH B

Sup’ yo.

Cat

... I don’t want to have a diarrhea. Let’s get out, rat.

cockroach c

Aw, too bad. Krkrkrkrkrkrk (laughing)

Ben and Cat went out disappointed.

EXT , Street, Night

BEN

Oh my, what a disgustingly huge cockroaches, are they mutated or something?

cat

Remembering them giving me a creep. Look, let’s enter the other house.

They enter the other house. It’s as old as the previous house.

INT , Another Old House, Night

BEN

Haha, now the kitchen is ours!

CAT

I hear something.

The cockroaches gang appeared.

BEN

Huh? You again?

COCKROACH A

Yes, we again ! Oh, don’t worry. We knew you need the cheese. Here you go.

Cockroach A gave the cheese to the cat.

Cat

Oh, tha..

Suddenly Cockroach B pop out from the cheese.

Cockroach B

Surprise~.

Cat

NGYAHHHHHHHHHHH !

Cat throws the cheese to the wall. The cheese exploded.

Cockroach b

That’s hurt, yo.

BEN

How come you are so fast?!

Cockroach c

Because we are born in a glorious sewer ! We drink milk and eat beef everyday.

CAT

Nonsense. Let’s get out of here.

    

They get out from the kitchen. Again, the cockroaches laugh at them.

UNITED WE STAND.

EXT , Street, Night

CAT

This is.. the ultimate weapon of destruction.

BEN

Hm? What?

Cat picks up a bug spray from the street. Both of them giggling to each other. And then they enter the third house, which is the last house.

INT , The Third House, Night

BEN

Quick, quick ! This way!

Cat

It’s now or NEVERRRR !

They enter the kitchen. As expected, the cockroaches gang are there.

COCKROACH A

Oh, persistent aren’t you.

Cat

Yeah! This time , we got the present for you !

COCkroach c

Oh no! The DOOM Spray! Run for your live, folks!

Cat start spraying them. One of the cockroach ran to the living room.

COCKROACH A

Hey ! Dog ! Wake up ! Code RED, Code RED!

Cockroach A bite the dog’s nose. Dog awake and he sees the cat and the rat in his line of sight.

dog

..I shall crush the intruder ! Charge of doom !!!!

Dog fiercely ran towards them.

Cat & Ben

Uh-oh.

The Dog beat them up and kick them outside.

Cockroach c

Krkrkrkrkrkr, krkrkrkrkrkrk ! I couldn’t stop laughing !

Cockroach B

United we stand, bros. Hi-five.

The cockroaches dance in joy on the cheese.

cat

… It’s over. Let’s go home rat. I’m tired of this.

Ben

Maybe we lack teamwork?

cat

I don’t care anymore. Bye.

And then they go back to their home disappointedly without bringing anything, while the cockroaches still laughing , dancing, and partying all night long.

Fade out

The end.

     

Draft2

“Tired of the same food”

by

Gilang Andrian

29 Lor 31 Geylang

Singapore, State  ZIP Code

84813510

FAde In:

The usual night

INT, Abandoned House, Night

A lot of rats in the meeting. Ben came in.

RAT LEADER

Listen, folks! We are going to start the meeting!

Rat chattering each other.

RAT LEADER

Ahmm let’s see. Alpha, Romeo, and Ben. The three of you ! Take care of this week’s supplies!

Ben

Oh Gosh.

RAT leader

Any question? If there is none, dismissed!

Rats dismissed. Ben walks out.

EXT, Street, Night

Ben introduces himself.

BEn

We went out everyday to still supplies. This is my first time hunting. Most of us wouldn’t make it alive. Such a dangerous task.

Ben arrives at a house

EXT, Garden, Night

Ben

This house seems good. Lets do it fast.

Ben sneakily enter the yard. Sound of grass.

BEN

Hm? What’s that?

Cat shows up from the bush.

BEN

Catttttttttttttttttt!

Cat grabs Ben’s tail.

CAT

Silent, I need you to help me. If you wish to cooperate with me, I won’t kill you.

BEN

Really? Okay I’ll do anything! Don’t kill me please!

Cat

Okay, help me to get the cheese. A lot of my friends get sick from eating rats.

Cat releases Ben and they enter the house together …

INT , Someone’s house, night

              

Cat

Go , you lead the way.

BEN

I can smell the cheese! This way!

They went to the kitchen.

CAT

Yeeeeeek!, what is that thing?

A group of huge cockroaches surround the dirty kitchen

BEN

Hey, guys, mind to share us some cheese?

Cockroach a

Ah, sure. Hey B! Get out from that cheese!

An even bigger cockroach get out from the cheese.

COCKROACH B

Sup’ yo.

Cat

Yeeek, nevermind. I don’t want to have a diarrhea. Let’s get out, rat.

cockroach c

Aw, too bad. Krkrkrkrkrkrk (laughing)

Rat and Cat went out.

EXT , Street, Night

BEN

Aw, that cockroaches are fast.

cat

I know! Come here earlier tomorrow. We must steal the next cheese before them.

Tomorrow , they meet again at the same place, and they sneak in the house again.

Cat

Haha, now the kitchen is ours!

BEN

Hmm, are you sure?

The cockroaches swarming the kitchen.

Cockroach a

Huh? You again?

CAT

Listen, we need the cheese. I hope you..

A cockroach pop out from the cheese.

Cockroach B

Sup, yo.

The two other cockroaches rolling while laughing.

Rat and cat get out of the kitchen.

Cat

They must live in this house. No matter they are fast.

BEN

Why don’t we wake the owner up to kill them?

CAT

Smart rat.

Then they go upstairs to the bedroom.

INT, Bedroom, night

Cat

Oh my, what a terrible room.

BEN

I go wake them up and lure them to the kitchen !

Rat slip on the owner bed.

OWNER

Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, ratttttttttttttt !

Cat

Aw, my ears.

  

Rat ran away being chased by the owner to the kitchen.

Cockroach A

Wow, an epic chase scene.

Cockroach B

Epic.

Cockroach C

Krkrkrkrkr. Stupid fellows.

After escaped from the owner, rat came back to the house. There he meet the cat.

Cat

Forget it, rat.

BEN

Why?! I’m almost died!

Cat

The owner.. own the cockroach. They are his pet. The cockroaches told me back then.

BEN

So gross, I might get a diarrhea by eating that cheese. His food must be really dirty.

Cat

Well, after all. I’m gonna eat weed today.I can die from starvation.

Walking out, the three cockroaches laughed at them loudly from the window.

BEN

Oh my, they are annoying! We need payback!

Cat

Forget about the cheese. Come back tomorrow. We will make their life worse than ever !

[Narrator]

And so the battle between the kitchen cockroaches and the Cat and Rat duo began.

Fade out

The end.

     

Class Exercise

Step 1

Story 1 : Character driven story.
Ben Bill wandering around and playing pranks to the neighbourhood

Story 2 : Story driven by a location.
The garden defies the season change, it keeps snowing even though it is winter.

Story 3 : driven by an item.
A legendary socks is searched by the whole country to let their country win the Olympic Games.

Story 4 : driven by situation
Two man and a boy playing monopoly together in a supermarket.

Story 5 : motives
A snake and a frog join forces to destroy the rabbit's nest.

Story 6 :
A group of childhood friend become a soldier to fight in the name of their family.

Story 7 :
A bamboo cutter found a gold bamboo tree and cut the tree to sell it.

Story 8 :
A man trying to suicide, instead of losing his life he gain eternal life instead.

Story 9 :
A super keyboard is invented by a dog, and the cat tries to steal it.

Story 10 :
Walking pencil is bullied by erasers and correction fluids.

Step 2


Story 11 : Drama
A boy and a girl met again after being separated since childhood.

Story 12 : Documentary
A report from a former SS officer during World war 2 era.

Story 13 : News
20 boy reported smuggling a supermarket near Bogor.

Story 14 : Comedy
A clown and an old man get into the stage to cheer the audience up.

Story 15 : Horror
A dead spirit is wandering around in Jamie's new house to disturb them.

Story 16 : Action
A former samurai engage in a mission to rescue his daughter from a band of ninjas.

Story 17 : Mystery
Time traveler come and leave a message to a boy to warn him that something will happen two days later.

Story 18 : Teenage Drama
Three college boys work together to make a famous girl fall in love with one of them.

Story 19 : Romance
A neet find his true love from the internet and he try his best to meet with her even though she is from different country.

Story 20 : Fantasy
A star is going to hit Earth in 3 days, humans unite to destroy the star before it reach earth.

Story 21 : Children
Two dolls get the ability to a sad boy whom loses his parents .

Story 22 : Adventure
Group of childhood friend is in a journey to find their lost friend.

Story 23 - 25 : combination
23 :
A wandering ghost tried to scare as many kid as possible in order to leave the earth.

24 :
A stupid dog is scared of the neighbor cat, which the cat is in love with the dog.

25 :
A boy and a girl find a stair which led them to the kingdom of clouds, where the king is dying and need someone to replace him.

STEP 3 :

Drama : Titanic
Documentary :
News :
Comedy : Mr Bean
Horror : The Ring
Action : Taken
Thriller : Identity
Teenage Drama :
Romance : Revolutionary Road
Fantasy : Lord of The Ring
Children :
Adventure : Narnia
Mixed : Final Destination

Script 1

 TIRED OF THE SAME FOOD

ACT ONE – The day of Mission

Scene one – Abandoned house

A dark room. A lot of rats talking. Dim light from the window. Ben, a small rat is attending daily meeting.

Rat Leader : [walk to the podium] Okay folks. Listen. We will began the usual meeting!

Other rats talk to each other.

Rat Leader : [reading a piece of paper] Alpha, Romeo.. Ben. The three of you! Take care of today’s supplies!

Ben : Oh gosh.

Rat Leader : Is there any question? If not, meeting dismissed! The three of you, come back as quick as possible!

Other rats go back to their hole. Ben walks out to the street.

Scene two – Street Night

Ben walks alone in the street.

Ben : [talking to the audience while walking] This is our daily mission. We went out everyday to steal supplies. Usually cheese. When you are chosen for the mission. It’s a life and death mission. No one loves rat. Usually we got killed by human trap, and cats, and some other died by starvation.

Ben smells something. Stop and look at a house.

Ben : Ah, this house seems safe. [walk to the house]

Ben walks sneakily in the garden. The garden is grassy.

Ben : [looks nervous] I must be fine. I must be fine. No one is awake. No one awake..

[Sound of grass rustling] Ben shocked silently. Cat comes in

Ben : [yell loudly] CATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tries to run away but his tail get caught by the cat.

Cat : Hey silent, come here for a moment. [cat drags ben to the corner of the hedge].

Ben : Ah no, I’m dead! I’m dead! [struggling]

Scene 3 : Corner of the garden

In the corner of the hedge. Dark. Almost  no light came in.

Cat : [still holding Ben’s tail] Hey listen, I’m not going to eat you. I need your help.

Ben: [closes his eye with his hand] Help?

Cat : Yea. I got sick of rat. Last time my cat fellow got a diarrhea from eating a dirty rat. So I’m not going to eat you today. But I need your help. And, if you refuse..

Ben : [open his eyes panickly] Yes , yes! I will do anything as long as you don’t kill me!

Cat : Okay, listen. I want cheese. Your usual food. They looks great and tasty. And I thought that you rats are more experienced at locating food. So I need your nose! [point at Ben’s nose]

Ben : Ooo..kay. What a strange rat. [talks silently]

Cat : Did . You . Say . Something ? [move his head closer to the rat]

Ben : [smiling] No sir! No!

Cat : Okay, good. Now lead the way. If you try to run away, I will chase you, catch you, and kill you..

Ben : I wont run away okay..

Cat releases Ben’s tail

Cat : Okay. Lead the way, rat. [releases Ben’s tail]

The cat and the rat begin to walk toward the house. The backdoor is open.

ACT TWO – Clearing the Obstacle

Scene 4 : Someone’s house. Back Part of the house.

Cat and rat walk together sneakily. The house is bright.

Cat : Ah good. The owners are asleep. I can hear their beautiful snoring sound. [twitches ear]

Ben : Okay.. [looks down, nervous]

In front of them lies a cheese in the floor.

Ben  : [sniff sniff] Aha! I smell cheese. Where is it where is it? [looks around] There ! [pointing at the cheese, and try to move]

Cat grab rat tail again.

Cat : Hahhhh. Why rats are so stupid. Of course that’s a trap. See that board? [ pointing at a thin board in the floor.]

Ben : ah. I didn’t see it.. Thanks.. [looks down]

Cat : Whatever. [releases tail] We should look for the kitchen. The cheese must be there. Can you smell it from here?

Ben : [sniffing] I can’t. We must move closer.

Cat : Just don’t die yet.

They continue to move slowly.

A small footstep sound.

Cat : [grab Ben’s tail] Hold. I hear something.

A four legged creature shadow move from between the room.

Rat : Another cat?

Cat : [swallow throat] No, its..

The four legged creature now can be seen clearly. It’s a dog.

Cat : It must be a cat. Haha. [scratch eyes] [1 sec silent.] [the dog and the cat stares at each other.]

Cat yells loudly. “DOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!”

Cat ran behind the rat.

Ben : Hey hey! Calm down now! [looks at the cat. And then look at the dog.] Ehm. Hi.[smiles beautifully]

Dog : … [thinking, 1 sec pause]

Cat hid behind rat’s back, shivering fearfully.

Ben : sst, quiet quiet. Don’t bark now. [approaching dog slowly, try to calm him down

Dog tries to open his mouth slowly.

Ben : uh-oh [stop]

Dog : RATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He yelled loudly , ran away , and jump through the window.

Ben : [surprised] … [poke cat] hey its over. The dog is gone.

Cat : [open eyes] for real? Hmm. I just knew that dogs are afraid of rats.

Ben : one of a kind dog.

Act 3 : Treasury

Scene 5 : Kitchen

Ben and the cat arrived at the kitchen.

Ben : We are here. Safely [sigh]

Cat : This is the treasure room. Both of us nearly dead. [wipes sweat]. Where is the cheese now?

Ben : [pointing at one of the shelf] there.

Cat leaps through the kitchen easily, open the shelf and bring out two packs of cheese.

Cat : 50 50 okay? [smiling] You saved my life, so we are even. [ offering a pack of cheese ]

Ben : Deal ! [takes a pack of cheese from the cat]

Cat : okay, now let’s get out of here before the hound came back ! [painful expression]

They escape the house through the window.

Scene 6 : night

Cat and Ben walks together side by side.

Cat opens the pack of cheese and eat it

Cat : [happy expression] Wow, this is delicious! Rats are nothing compared to this! [smiling]

Ben : [looks at cat] maybe you should stop hunting rat and hunt cheese instead. [laugh]

Cat : Ah, not a bad idea. Next time? [looks at Ben]

Ben : Sure ! [shakes hand]

Fade out

1 Sentence Summary

“An unsociable person moved into a new town, struggling for a job to buy new books.”


“A man was working in the office, got a phone call, something important was waiting for him.”


"A frightened pencil trying to escape his pencil case because of the gang of stationaries."


"An alarm clock needs to wake his kind owner up, because once she late again, she will lose her job.

"A cat wants to try different food once in a while, by helping a rat stealing cheese in the kitchen.”

Character BIO

Ben [Protagonist]
Age : 4 week
Gender : Male
Species : Sewer Rat


Personality :
Not brave enough
Naive
Not confidence
Innocent
Scared of cat

Cat [Antagonist / Protagonist]
Age : 2
Gender : Male
Species : Cat


Personality :
Cunning
Scared of dogs

A bit weird
Got bored easily

DOG [Antagonist]


Age : 4
Gender : Male
Species : Dog


Personality :
Scared of Rat
Fierce
Brave