StoryTimeLine and Breakdown

After going over the story repeatedly we have decided we want to completely focus on the struggle of the chicken trying to lay an egg. So we have completely scraped the beginning of the story of the chciekn being taken in the truck to the farm. We felt this was irrelvant to the story and ate into the 2mins of story time we have. We now feel we have more time for the build up of our characters emotions whe the time gets closer to when he has to lay an egg.

Story TimeLine/Breakdown

0-6 sec. Establishing shot outside of Farmhouse.
6-24sec. We are then introduced to our chicken character. He looks around the farmhouse seeing other chickens laying eggs. We have shots of the various farmhouse machinery taking eggs away emphasizing the fact other chickens are laying eggs.
24-34sec. Our chicken’s 1st attempt at laying an egg. He will;
-Stretches muscles (limbers up)
-Strains (to lay egg) No success!
-Becomes a little anxious now.
39sec. He looks up at a veteran chicken who points to a sign that reads. Chicken - eggs = roast dinner
39-48sec. Our chicken becomes more worried and nervous.
-show him thinking about what he’s gonna do.
Maybe rubbing his chin, eyes darting left & right.
48- 120sec. He then thinks of an elaborate plan. He sees a vulnerable egg, with a halo of light over it.
-Goes behind the haystack and jumps back out wearing
Splintercell -type gear.
-Steals egg but looses it on the way back
-Jumps around in frustration (10 secs).

120- 132sec.Goes into quick cuts of him trying different things in an attempt
to lay an egg.
1. Pushing a broom down his throat
2. Taking laxative.
3. Use a machine to suck the egg out.
132- 150sec. Final Stage -Becomes more and more desperate.
-Begins straining really hard.
-Goes into a series of close up cuts on the chicken, muscles
bulging, eyes watering, vies on his neck etc….
-Finally his wattle and cox’s comb pops up and he realises then
hes’s actually cockerel.
-Other chickens give him a surprised look, and then start eyeing
him up seductively.
-Our character now a cockerel turns his head to the camera and
raises his eyebrows and smiles.
Fades to credits, showing pictures of the chicken with the other hens enjoying himself (being pampered)