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My location/setting of the story will mainly be in the forest or woods near a lake/pond. there are small areas such as a farm and a cottage that are in the story that I will figure out how to incorporate into. But for the main setting it will be outdoor

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Ugly Duckling: Played by Kaycee Morales

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Mother: Played by Hannah Brown

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Siblings: Played by Clay Jackson and Giana Darby. photos not available

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Played by Indigo and voice over by Kaycee Morales

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Played by Koa and voice over by Kaycee Morales

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Played by Chesney Jordan

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In the story the ugly duckling is ridiculed by her loved ones for how she looks. which forces her to flee her home in search of a new place that she will hopefully be accepted in. throughout the story the duckling struggles to find who she truly is and because of that, she tries numerous times to commit suicide.

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The mood in the beginning of the story is happy because the duckling has hatched from her egg, and is amazed by the scenery of the farm. However the mood throughout the rest of the story is very sad because the duckling is ridiculed by everyone and is not accepted anywhere she goes.

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Since majority of my characters are animals I will try and find a costume that best represents my characters. Even if that means I have to wear a Duck costume =)

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I am crating this piece as a more modernized version of the duckling. A story that the audience can relate to and sympathize with the main character.

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The colors I intend to use are bright colors in the beginning of the story to symbolize the happiness and excitement the duckling was feeling when she popped out of the egg. After that scene, the colors will then change to a gray and blue tones throughout majority of the story to show the sadness an loneliness the duckling is feeling through her journey to find where she belongs. The end of the story will have warm colors like oranges, pinks, reds, yellows to show the joy and happiness that the duckling has found.

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My goal is to evoke sadness and sympathy from the audience when they watch my story. I want them to be able to relate to the duckling and think about a time in their life when they felt they did not belong, and how they dealt with that hardship in their life.

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I will adjust the lighting depending on how the scene. For example during the days it will be light but have gray tones to show the broken-hearted feeling the duckling feels as she journeys. During the night it will be dark and chilly to symbolize the lonely nights the duckling goes through. temperature will be cool during the times the duckling is by herself and than warm at the end of the story when she finds where she belongs

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I chose these specific audic/music choices for my story
- in the beginning the play will open up wth birds chirping and the sound of an egg hatching as the duckling is being born.
-In the middle of the play I will have sounds of gunshot going off and darks growling during the scene where the ugly duckling almost died.
-In the end of the scene I will have a heart-warming song playing over the scene when the duckling finds her parents, and finally finds were she belongs.

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beat 1: introduce myself  as the ugly duckling

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beat 1: introduce myself  as the ugly duckling

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I poked my head out of my egg, and noticed that I was the last of my siblings to leave the nest

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Beat 2: Introduce surroundings to audience 

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Beat 2: Introduce surroundings to audience 

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I looked around the nest and saw beautiful green landscapes.

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Beat 3: introduce a new character, my mother 

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Beat 3: introduce a new character, my mother 

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I finally laid eyes on my mother, and she stared at me as if I looked like something she's never seen before.

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As time went on, I would try to make friends with other ducks but they would never let me join them.

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The pond had always been my happy place, a place where I felt safe. I loved to dive under the water and feel the water above my head as I dove deeper.

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when mother took us to the pond and showed us all the land that we lived on I was amazed. The farm was beautiful and the pond was my favorite place to be.

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Beat 4: Noticing that she does not belong. 

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Beat 4: Noticing that she does not belong. 

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I never gave much thought as to why she looked at me weird that day. But as I was growing up I wondered by I was much bigger than everyone else, and why I was a dark gray instead of yellow.

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It made me feel horrible about myself

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One day my brother said to me "you ugly creature I wish you weren't my sibling or I'd tell you to go away".

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From that day on every animal on the farm wanted to pick at me, make fun of me and torture me because I was so different.

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Mother stood up for me and said to leave me alone because I was not doing any harm, but other ducks said that I was so ugly that harming me would do me some good.

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A few days after I had left, two geese came up to me and said "OH MY you're so ugly, we could use a thing like you. Why don't you come stay with us and be our messenger?"

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Beat 8: Belitted/ attacked by others for how she looked

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Beat 8: Belitted/ attacked by others for how she looked

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I was teased for how I looked and other ducks would attack me and bite my neck

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I flew away to find a place to stay where I would be accepted.

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Did mother really hate me because I was so ugly?

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I thought to myself "why not, it seems like they needed me more than anyone else

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I thought they were lying at first, but then I started to wonder if it was true.

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Beat 16: The duckling escapes her pain and fears 

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Beat 16: The duckling escapes her pain and fears 

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I finally decided that I had enough of it and ran away from home, since everyone hated me and made me feel horrible about myself.

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One of my other siblings told me that mother wished I was never born

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I was frozen in fear from the sound of gun shots.

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I saw with my eyes two geese being shot down by hunters, who were hiding in the trees. They continued to shoot the geese for what felt like hours.

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Not too long after they asked me, I heard a loud "BANG BANG

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Beat 23: suspense of if the duckling dies

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Beat 23: suspense of if the duckling dies

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I then saw hunting dogs running towards me with big gnarly teeth and ferocious eyes that looked like they could tear me apart. I closed my eyes ready to be torn apart by the dogs...

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To my amazement they ran right passed me and went to the other geese. "Phew, my whole life flashed before my eyes". For once I was relieved that my ugliness worded off the

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I asked if I could stay with them for a while and the dog said " can you jump high and catch flying objects?" I replied "no". Then the cat asked "can you arch your back and make purring noises?" I replied back again "no". The dog and cat said "well if you have nothing special about you, then why should we let you stay with us?"

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I finally was able to fly away from the scene and I found a little cottage in the woods.

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The door was not closed all the way so I entered the cottage. when I entered I saw a black and orange cat and a small and white dog sitting next to an old lady.

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I bowed my head and said "very well I will leave"

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Seasons went by and winter finally came around, so the pond started to freeze.

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I laid there stuck in the i.e. for Hours...Hours than turned into days

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I was enjoying myself so much that I did not expect the pond to freeze so fast that when I finally got out of the pond, the water froze and my legs got stuck

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I cried out "HELP HELP!" but no one was around that could hear me.

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I wanted to go for one last swim, before the pond froze completely.

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I dove into the water and let all my worries wash away as I dove deeper.

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as I was leaving, I saw the pond where I was trapped from the ice. sometimes I wished the human just left me there to die.

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when I finally left the humans home it was summertime already

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I was so tired and hungry form being stuck in the ice for so long that I could not move. the human took me back and cared for me until I regained my strength

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I thought to myself "this is it, this is when I die." I closed my eyes hoping that the next time I opened them I would be in a better place.

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Just when I thought all hope of being free was gone, a human came by and broke off the ice and set me free

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My head hung low for a while and nothing happened

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I swam over to them and they looked at me. I bowed my head and closed by eyes and said "will you put me out of my misery and kill me already for I am so ugly that I have no reason to live for".

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Just then I saw two beautiful white swans swimming gracefully in the water. I thought to myself "why can't I be as beautiful as them?"

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No one would miss me anyways, and it is not like I have a home to go back too

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Then I had an idea "why don't I end my misery and have the swans kill me. it would be much better for everyone else and me if I was gone".

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It was in this moment, that I have never had more joy than I do right now, and I finally saw my true self and I could not be happier.

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I opened my eyes, and saw my reflection in the water. The image that was staring back at me was not this ugly gray creature, but a beautiful white swan

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I than heard one of the swans say something to the other. "honey I think this is our missing child".

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Beat 48: Tell the audience what happened 

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Beat 48: Tell the audience what happened 

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The two swans told me that I was misplaced and put in the wrong nest and thats why I hatched with other ducks that did not look like me.

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I was shocked at what they said. "could it be true? was I really their missing child?"

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