Video transcript: Clips for Kids - The Grapple
Description: A blue claymation figure approaches a blackboard and with chalk writes ‘Learn from mistaks’. He realises his error and writes ‘Learn from mistakes”
Title: Tacky Tales present
Title: The Grapple – Clips for Kids
Music: Upbeat electronic music playing in the background.
Description: Two claymation characters, light blue and purple coloured, are joined by a third claymation character coloured orange. They see a mobile food cart with the title CAFÉ. A menu board displays three items: Sandwich for $4.00, Yoghurt for $3.00, and Banana for $2.00. They all have $4 to spend.
Description: The light blue and purple characters line up to spend their money but the orange character sees a nearby amusement game, titled The Grapple. It is a game where prizes can be won if you can grab them inside the sealed glass case by using the grapple hand. It costs $1.00 to play the game. You have 10 seconds each time to use the grapple hand to grab a prize.
Description: While the light blue and purple characters do the right thing and buy a sandwich for their lunch, the sounds and action of the game tempt the orange character to spend money on winning a prize.
Description: The orange character wastes his first $1 coin because he is too slow to grab a prize with the grapple hand. He is very upset and now even more determined to win a prize. The other two characters come over to him with the sandwich they bought with their money. However, the orange character ignores them and plays the game again.
Description: This time he grabs the prize he wants but at the last second, it falls from the grapple hand and he has nothing to show for the second $1 coin he has used.
Description: The mobile food cart character comes to him and shows him that he can buy a banana with his remaining $2. However, the orange character is even more determined to win and beat the machine.
A battle is now on! The orange character approaches the machine as if it is a duel between them both.
Description: The mobile food cart vendor hides for cover as the battle is about to take place.
Description: The orange character is very determined and inserts his third $1 coin in the machine, takes a deep breath and plays the game. It appears he has won when the grapple hand clasps the desired prize. However, the timer shows he has run out of time before he can claim the prize. Now he only has $1 left.
Description: The orange character approaches the mobile food cart vendor but he now has not enough money to buy some food.He sees another claymation character, dark blue coloured, now playing the Grapple machine. This character has already lost $1.He now has $3 left.
Description: The orange character convinces the dark blue character to share their money. Now they have $4 between them. They purchase a $4 sandwich and share it. They walk off together, leaving the Grapple machine alone. The orange character has learnt from his mistake and shared that experience with another character.
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.