Video transcript: Clips for Kids - The Dinosaur
Description: A white claymation figure wearing red rimmed glasses and a red scarf appears on the screen and approaches a lime green claymation figure, who is holding a small green dinosaur.
A blackboard appears on the screen, with the words ‘be real’.
Title: Tacky Tales presents…
Title: …The Dinosaur
Title: Clips for Kids
Music: Upbeat electronic music playing in the background.
Description: The lime green claymation character strides across the screen, wheeling a supermarket trolley, with the white claymation figure sitting inside the trolley. The white claymation character gets out of the trolley and unfolds a piece of paper. The white and lime green claymation characters look at the list together. The piece of paper contains these words: ‘Shopping list for Jacky’s party. Balloons, lollies, lemonade, cupcakes.
Description: An electronic screen appears before the white and lime green claymation figures. On the screen, the words: ‘Attention shoppers!!!’ and ‘Check out today’s specials!!!’ appears, flashing several times. The characters continue to look at the screen. Now the words ‘New, delicious, dino bites – one in ten wins. Free dinosaur! One in ten wins! Check it out!” flash upon the screen. An arrow pointing left appears upon the screen.
Description: The white and lime green claymation characters look to the left and see a large pile of dino bites cereal boxes. They take a closer look at the boxes. The lime green claymation character raises his eyebrows as he recalls the words ‘free dinosaur’ and ‘one in ten wins!’ that had flashed upon the screen earlier. We see these words flash upon the screen again.
Description: The white claymation character picks up a box of dino bites and shows it to the lime green claymation character. Music that evokes a feeling of imagined dream sequence plays while the lime green claymation character imagines Jacky, the purple claymation character receiving a very large real green dinosaur, with a red ribbon tied around its neck, for her birthday present. The imagined sequence shows Jacky, together with the white and lime green claymation characters looking impressed as the large green dinosaur roars. Jacky hugs the dinosaur and smiles. The white and lime green claymation characters signal a ‘thumbs up’ to suggest that getting a dinosaur for Jacky is a good idea. This imagined dream sequence ends.
Description: The white and lime green claymation characters fill the supermarket trolley with dozens of boxes of dino bites.
Description: The purple claymation character, Jacky, sends a text message to the white claymation character, using her mobile telephone. The message reads: ‘Hi Quacky! Did you get the shopping for the party? Jacky.’
Description: The white and lime green claymation characters stand at a table alongside the trolley full of dino bite boxes. The lime green claymation character opens a box and tips out the dino bites, looking for the free dinosaur. The white claymation character eats one of the dino bites. There is no dinosaur inside this box.
Description: The lime green claymation character proceeds to open more boxes, looking for the free dinosaur. The white claymation character sends a message from his mobile telephone to the purple claymation character. The message reads: ‘Hi Jacky! We’ve got a BIG surprise for you! Come over and see! Quacky.’
Description: The purple claymation character looks at her mobile telephone, indicating that she has read the message. A look of surprise and curiosity appears on her face.
Description: The purple claymation character arrives at the table where the white and lime green claymation characters are busy emptying the boxes of dino bites. Dozens of pieces of the dino bites cereal lay scattered all over the floor. The purple claymation character picks one up and eats it.
Description: The purple claymation character holds the party shopping list in her hand and looks at the white claymation character and the very large pile of dino bites on the table and all over the floor. From beneath the pile of dino bite cereal pieces, the hand of the lime green claymation character appears, holding a very small plastic dinosaur. The lime green claymation character then appears in full.
Description: The purple claymation character shakes her head in dismay and walks away. The lime green claymation character eats one of the dino bites cereal pieces with a look of resignation on his face. The white claymation character looks on. There is a close up shot of the small green plastic dinosaur.
Description: The credits for the video clip run across the screen.
Credits: Directed by Adam Cooper; produced by Adam Whitbread; characters by Adam Cooper; sets and model construction Peter Andrews;scripts by Adam Whitbread; ‘Tacky Tales’ theme by Adam Cooper; music arranged by David Geisler.A collaboration between Adamation, Consumer Stuff For Kids, Blue Lava.Special thanks to SKYS St Kilda Youth Services.