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Would it help to go through that draft and highlight/mark those scenes that are good to go?

Okay guys. I have uploaded a new version of Episode 1 to my webspace. The link is below.

Link to Production Version of Episode 1

I have highlighted in BOLD text all scenes that are final, to my knowledge. There are a lot of scenes to be illustrated. I will leave it to the artists to figure out who will work on what. But I think the initial plan is to put the story in comic form (similar to the old TS comics). So let's try that for a few scenes and see if it works.

There are a lot of scenes to be illustrated. I will leave it to the artists to figure out who will work on what.

Opening scene, this could be illustrated in a comic type panel:
Cool lay out of twisted red and yellow rock formations with sand dunes, Sea Duck in foreground
Baloo
but I didn’t even mention the
best part. There’s -
KIT
Baloo, LOOK OUT!
A plane suddenly zooms through the sky right in front of the
Sea Duck, cutting Baloo off. Baloo has to bank the plane
hard to the right to avoid a collision.


I thought this was hilarious and needed to be illustrated:
Wildcat carelessly tosses the crate off-screen into the
plane. The crash of shattering glass is heard off-screen.
WILDCAT
Sounded like the expensive crystal
glassware.
Rebecca slaps her forehead. Molly giggles.

A scene of the board room with Sultan and exeutive gathered around, Mini-universal logo in background:
Sultan presses a button on the side of the table and a
full-scale model of a section of Cape Suzette Harbor rises
up from the center of the table. It is the same harbor
where Higher for Hire is located, but the businesses and
docks around the harbor have been replaced by ugly gray
Miniversal buildings and shipping piers


Perry introduction: Perry grins evilly. (Upper body shot)

Scene with Ignatz, Baloo rolling up his sleeves:
Ignatz flaps over to Kit and lands on his shoulder. Ignatz
hugs Kit’s neck with his wings while Kit gives Ignatz a
friendly pat on his head.
IGNATZ
I thought it was you two. Of
course I saw Baloo first!
Ignatz points at Baloo’s belly.
IGNATZ
That thing can be seen from space!
BALOO
Why, I oughta--

Jarrett introduction:
JARRETT is arguing with who appears to be his sponsor.
Jarrett looks to be furious. He is yelling and veins are
bulging out of his neck. His sponsor is physically much
smaller than he is; Jarrett towers over him imposingly.
Jarrett has a wrench in his hand; he waves it menacingly
while he talks.

Scene: The Scarlet Macaw!

Griffin introduction, Kissing Rebecca‘s hand:
Griffith is a con man, and he is good at what he
does. To the average person he looks like a polished
businessman with a slick and refined way of speaking. He is
handsome in a professional way. With a sweeping gesture, Griffith delicately takes Rebecca’s
hand and kisses it. The move works on Rebecca. She is
charmed and blushes slightly

Comdey relief comic panel:
Kit
watch out dead ahead!
BALOO
Wha??
Baloo looks up and sees he is headed right for a large
billboard with an advertisement for soda pop. It is too
late to avoid it, and plane smashes into it, tearing right
through.

At least one racing scene with Jarett trying to make Baloo crash.

Baloo giving Rebecca the money, scene with him beaming and Rebecca shocked:
BALOO
Oh, just fifty thousand dollars to
buy back the Sea Duck. Don’t spend
it all in one place!
Rebecca is shocked. She picks up a stack of bills and flips
through it slowly. Baloo laughs.
BALOO
See, Kit? I told you she’d be
surprised!
REBECCA
Where did you get this?
BALOO
Kit and I won it in a race.

Rebecca begging for mercy:
REBECCA
Yes, I realize that I’m late on my
payment. But you have to give me
more time!
BANKER
I’m sorry, Miss Cunningham. We
can’t do that. We need payment now
or we’re going to foreclose.
REBECCA
But this is an extreme
circumstance!
She motions with her hand at the business owner closing up
shop next door. SWINDLED!

Pivital part of the show:
DRIVER
There’s a call for you.
The banker picks up the phone.
BANKER
Hello?
PERRY (V.O.)
I want to buy the harbor businesses
your bank recently foreclosed on.
BANKER
Which ones do you want to buy?
PERRY:(V.O.)
All of them.

Exciting Kit scene on airfoil:
KIT
Time for your bath!
Kit sprays the fire extinguisher all over the grease on the
windshield.

Caught red-handed:
Rebecca whirls around. Perry is standing in the doorway of
the file room. Rebecca hastily puts the papers back in the
confidential folder and stuffs it into the file
cabinet. Rebecca stands up to face Mr. Perry, her back
against the cabinet.

Meeting of Jarrett and Griffin:
GRIFFITH
I see the racing community was
right about you. You are a total
jerk.
Jarrett gets angry and approaches Griffith menacingly with
his wrench in hand.
JARRETT
Get out of here before you really
make me mad.
Griffith throws a thick of stack of cash onto the ground in
front of Jarrett. This catches Jarrett’s attention.

Jarrett sabotaging the Sea Duck, comic panel with Jarett at Sea Duck then Baloo and him arguing:
Jarrett is in the cockpit of the Sea Duck, tinkering with
the plane’s gyrocompass. He sees Baloo, Kit, and Ignatz
approaching. Jarrett quickly gets out of the cockpit and
slams the door shut. No one saw him in the act of sabotage.
BALOO
The only times you’re not cheating
are when you’re taking off and
landing! Now if you’ll excuse us,
we have a race to win!
JARRETT
Ok, I’m going! Good to see you
again!

Jarrett taunting Baloo and Kit:
JARRETT (V.O.)
Did you boys like my latest act of
sabotage?
Baloo picks up the radio.
BALOO
So you’re the one who broke our
gyrocompass! Oooh, you’ve pulled
some dirty tricks before, Jarrett,
but getting us lost in the middle
of the desert is low, even for you!

Griffin meeting Baloo and Kit:
JARRETT
Actually he works for my employer.
KIT
Your employer?
The back door of the jeep opens and Griffith emerges.
BALOO
Griffith? What are you doing here?

The pilot picks up Kit’s hat and hands it to Ignatz. Ignatz
turns it over and looks at the inside.
IGNATZ
There’s a message written on the
inside. Squawk! Oh man! Kit’s in
trouble! Come on, get to the
plane! Start her up! Get moving,
get moving!

Molly kicks bad guy butt, comic panel:
Molly stands in the doorway of her room dressed in her
Danger Woman costume, carrying the pot of hot coffee from
the kitchen. Molly splashes the coffee at Thug #1 and hits
him (Rebecca braces for the hit, but Molly has precise aim
so she doesn’t get a drop onto her mom).
THUG #1
Ow!
Thug #1 grabs his face in pain, letting Rebecca go. Thug #2
tries to grab Rebecca but Rebecca lashes out with her
spatula. She gets a couple of good hits in.

Griffith cocks the pistol. Baloo closes his eyes. Kit also
closes his eyes and turns away. Griffith is about to shoot
when Frankie comes into the room and knocks on the open
door.

Wildcat uses a screwdriver to fiddle with Kit and Baloo’s
cuffs and get them unlocked. Meanwhile, Rebecca arrives on
the scene.
REBECCA
Let’s go! I just placed a call to
Cape Suzette! They’re expecting
us!

Scene where Baloo runs from Jarrett:
Baloo dives the plane down into the forest below. The Sea
Duck flies through the forest, dodging and swerving to avoid
trees.

The boom from the explosion fades and Baloo gets the SeaDuck back under control. They fly back down and survey the
damage. The forest lies in blackened ruins. Most of the
trees have been destroyed, flattened by the
explosion. Thick smoke curls up from the remains of the
forest.

A fight scene with the Mini-universal pilots

Rebecca, Kit, and Baloo huddle together as gunfire continues
to ricochet throughout the cabin. Baloo closes his eyes and
clutches his friends tightly.

Business deal:Baloo extends his hand. Rebecca thinks about it, then
accepts Baloo’s handshake.
REBECCA
Okay, partner.

Things back to normal:
Baloo and Rebecca start to argue. As they continue yelling
at each other, Wildcat, Molly and Kit stand outside and
watch them.
KIT
Here we go again!

Exciting Kit scene on airfoil:
KIT
Time for your bath!
Kit sprays the fire extinguisher all over the grease on the
windshield.