“One small step for a mole, one giant leap for mole-kind!”
Script, Draft 1

Co-written with Ying Zhi and Hin Ye.
Click here to go to Storyboarding Final master post.

DISCUSSION & BRAINSTORMING

First script

“One small step for a mole, one giant leap for mole-kind!” Script, Draft 1

However, after consultation, we realised that there were a lot of things we still need to sort out, so we decided to forget about everything we talked about, and just work on the key scenes/main ideas that we wanted to keep!

SORTING OUT THE STORY

Main Ideas:
* Cule the Astronaut, space motifs (MASA, quotes, parody)
* Cule succeeds in going “aboveground”

BELIEF: Mole-kind needs more land – there is more land aboveground

• “Going Underground” starting pan – iconic
• Cule was laughed out of the scientific community/accused of wasting research money; disgraced, he quits and becomes an office worker (BUT we only find out after)
• Some fresh grad mole starts to bug him about it – catalyses his change
• Fresh grad says “it has always been my dream, wasn’t it yours too?”
• Cule says something hurtful – slams door of home on FG mole
• “Bedroom of broken dreams” iconic + PICK UP GLASSES
• Cule makes a choice to try again and goes to FG mole and is all “yo lets do it”
• Just do it
• “Succeeds in going aboveground” iconic