Title: Peanut magic
Duration: 30 sec.
Story Synopsis:
In Barcelona lived Juan the Magician who could perform any trick under the sun, from making beautiful girls levitate in the air to pulling out rabbits from the coat sleeves of stiff lipped gentlemen, who find the trick not up to their sense of humour. So one day the disgruntled old gents got together and challenged Juan. “It is said that you can perform any trick under the sun, so can you make Maria the Fatty, thin again?”. Juan gave a sidelong glance at the extravagantly fat Maria and sighed. “I am only a magician, not God”. Then they all booed and made fun of him. Juan called Maria home and said,
“I will make you thin and win, if only you do as I say. You should eat a handful of peanuts everyday for as many as sixty days.” At the end of the sixtieth day, Juan staged a show. “Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness my master performance”.
The audience waited expectantly and in walked Juan, and wonder of wonders, a slim and beautiful Maria clothed in wedding finery, along with a priest. And to everyone’s astonishment, they got married then and there itself!
Script:
Camera opens on Juan the Magician performing on stage. He makes a girl levitate on air and pulls rabbits from the coat sleeves of gentlemen sitting in the first row.
Cut to the gentlemen challenging Juan: “Can you make Maria the Fatty, thin again?”. And they point to an extraordinarily fat lady. Juan gives a sidelong glance at Maria and his face falls.
Cut to the people booing him.
Cut to Juan handing a pack of (X) Peanuts to Maria and saying: “I will make you thin and win, if only you eat this everyday”.
Cut to a stage show and suddenly Juan’s announcement is heard. “Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness my master performance”.
Cut to an astonished audience watching on as Juan makes his appearance with a considerably slim and sexy looking Maria beside him, and they are in wedding dress too. The priest who was following them now starts performing the wedding rituals on stage.
Cut to Juan now conjuring up packs of Peanuts and throwing it down to the audience who is now in a celebratory mood.
Pack shot. “Go nuts” appear in a funny typeface. Sign off line and VO: You’ll love cracking it”