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36 Chapter Three: Characteristics of Radio Serial Drama Fables of Our Time Page 1 of 2 Episode #10: The Bundle of Sticks Draft: Final Writer: Aesop/Hall Date: January 16, 1995 Notes on Script Presentation There are certain accepted methods of presenting or writing down scripts that make production easier. In sample scripts in this book, the following conventions are used: FX = Sound effect FADE AND HOLD UNDER = Turn the volume of the music down, but keep it just audible under the narrator. FADE AND CUT = Turn down the volume of the music gradually and then cut it completely. UNDERLINING = All activities handled by the technician rather than the actors, such as music and sound effects, are underlined. LINE NUMBERING = Each speech is numbered so that it is easy for the director to refer to a particular place in the script. More information on script presentation can be found in Chapter 11. 1. FX. FARM ANIMAL NOISES IN BACKGROUND, COWS, CHICKENS, ETC. MIX WITH 2. FX. THREE TEENAGE BOYS QUARRELING. 3. SONS: (QUARRELING AD LIB) I did not! You always do! It’s all your fault. Well, if you weren’t so stupid, it wouldn’t... Are you calling me stupid Just you wait! 4. FARMER: (CALLING LOUDLY) Boys... boys.... Stop that quarreling. How can we ever get any work done on our farm with the three of you arguing all day long 5. SON 1: But it’s all his fault. 6. SON 2: It is not! They started it! 7. SON 3: No...I’m the one who’s been trying to stop it. 8. FARMER: It’s not important who started it and who tried to stop it. I just don’t want to hear the three of you quarreling like this again. Arguing is a foolish waste of time. It is not the behavior of wise folk. Now come along... (Going Off) Let’s get on with our tasks. 9. MUSIC. BRIEF SCENE CHANGE THEME. CUT. 10. SONS: (Quarreling Ad Lib). I did not! You always do! It’s all your fault. Well, if you weren’t so stupid, it wouldn’t... Are you calling me stupid Just you wait! 11. FARMER: (LOUDLY INSISTENT) All right. That’s enough. Come with me, all three of you. (GOING OFF) I want to show you something. 12. SON 1: (FOLLOWING) Where are we going 13. SON 2: (FOLLOWING) I don’t know. We’ll have to follow him and see. 14. FARMER: (COMING IN) Come in here to my room...all of you. What do you see on the floor in front of you Introduction: The central characters and their personality traits are introduced. The plot and dramatic conflict begin. The theme is foreshadowed. Development: The conflict continues. The conflict comes to a climax where something must be done to end it.
Chapter Three: Characteristics of Radio Serial Drama 37 Fables of Our Time Page 2 of 2 Episode #10: The Bundle of Sticks Draft: Final Writer: Aesop/Hall Date: January 16, 1995 15. SON 3: (CONFUSED) A bundle of sticks. 16. FARMER: Exactly! A bundle of simple sticks. Now I want to see if any one of you can pick up that simple bundle of sticks and break it in two. 17. SON 1: Easy! Any fool can break those little old sticks. Watch me, Father, I can do it. 18. FX. CLATTER OF STICKS BEING MOVED. 19. SON 1: (Grunting) Uh...it’s not...so easy...Uhh! 20. SON 2: Don’t be so stupid. Anyone can break those sticks. Come on, let me do it. I’ll show you I’m the strongest. Father... 21 FX. CLATTER OF STICKS BEING MOVED. 22. SON 2: (GRUNTING) What’s...the matter..with these...stupid sticks They should break easily...Uhh! 23. SON 3: Just pass them over here to a really strong man. You’ll see how easy the job is. Obviously, Father, I am stronger than the others. 24. FX. CLATTER OF STICKS BEING MOVED. 25. SON 3: (GRUNTING) What have you done to them..you two You put..stones in them...otherwise, I could break them easily...Uhh! 26. FARMER: All right, my sons. Stop...all of you. Put the bundle of sticks on the floor. 27. FX. CLATTER OF STICKS BEING DROPPED ON FLOOR. 28. FARMER: Now then, let me untie the bundle. 29. FX. CLATTER OF STICKS BEING UNTIED AND DROPPED. 30. FARMER: Here, I will give you one stick each...one for you...one for you...and one for you. Now then, each of you, break the stick you are holding. 31. FX. THREE SEPARATE STICK SNAPS. 32. FARMER: And so, my sons, by this test you can see that as long as you remain united, you are strong enough to resist all enemies. Once you quarrel and become separated, you are vulnerable and can be destroyed. Resolution and Conclusion: The conflict is resolved through the personality of the farmer (his wisdom). The lesson (message) is understood by the characters and by the audience. 3
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