From Script to Screen Online Green light Review Lisa Huntley

Private Detective Farm Yard Water Pistol

Log line
Former detective dog investigates strange smell in the water and discovers that someone s poisoned the water supply!

Premise
"hey say you can#t teach an old dog new tric$s! Well this dog $nows every tric$ o% the trade!

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"wo %arms perch themselves on a cosy part o% the country side! One has magni%icent animals ad award winning crops &Right %arm'! "he other can#t grow anything or $eep an animal loo$ing nice(alive &Le%t %arm'! "he le%t %armer) *r! Wilson) produces all natural vegeta+le ,uice using the crops that grow on his %arm) i% anything) +ut what does grow is rotten and small! -o one ever +uys the ,uice due to it#s smell and loo$! &Right %arm' .t#s a hot day! Fido) the %amilies dog) previously owned +y a Private Detective) is having a water %ight with the young +oy) Phil) out in the %armyard! Fido notices a strange smell on him) Phil and the ground! He discovers that the smell is coming %rom the water in the water pistol!

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Fido runs over to the tap and runs his nose down the pipe and onto the ground) %ollowing the pipe that is +uried underground) he trac$s that the smell is going all the way up to the water hole! He see#s nothing suspicious and searches around the +ase o% the water hole! While Phil notices a crate stic$ing out o% a +ush! Phil discovers crates o% strange +ottles that ree$ o% the strange smell! He pic$s up one o% the +ottles and see#s that it is la+elled with the le%t %arms vegeta+le ,uice! Phil is spotted +y *r! Wilson who then a+ducts Phil! Fido hears the cry#s o% Phil as *r! Wilson runs to the old mill o% his %arm where he produces the grotes/ue concoction

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*r! Wilson runs to the top o% the mill) still clenched tight onto Phil) Fido close +ehind! *r Wilson stands at the top o% the mill which sits directly a+ove a huge pot o% the vegeta+le ,uice) Fido has stopped hal% way up opposite them! *r Wilson calls over to Fido threatening to throw in the young +oy! Fido see#s a wheel +arrow o% vegeta+les sitting +ehind *r Wilson) wrapped around is a rope which is tied to the roo% and the rope e0tends down the stairs) the rope is used to pull the vegeta+les up to the top o% the mill! Fido pulls hard on the rope) sending the wheel +arrow %orward towards *r Wilson and Phil! "hey +egin to %all! Fido then leaps through and catches Phil +y his +elt and lands on the opposite side o% the mill leaving *r Wilson to continue to %all into the giant pot o% ,uice! *r Wilson emerges completely covered in hair! "he ,uice may not have +een tasty or a nice smell) +ut he had discovered the cure %or +oldness! *r Wilson then ma$es a living ma$ing this ama1ing hair growth %ormula

Character Biographies

Fido Species: Bloodhound Age: 14 Posture: Old and lots of skin folds, but fit and not too chubb ! Fido once belonged to a great pri"ate detecti"e, one of the best in the countr ! One bad incident happened #hich caused Fido to go blind in one e e at the age of $! %e #as replaced and taken to li"e on the far&! %e stuck to Phil 'uickl and built a bond like none other! Fido sta ed fit running around the far& along #ith Phil and teasing (r! )ilson and his chickens!

Phil *ender: (ale Age: + %eight: 4, -inches Posture: Skinn , light on his feet, strong hold! Phil gre# up on the far& #ith his parents, he is an onl child and is ho&e schooled! Phil has been #ith Fido since he #as a little bo ! %e is not a sh child but not that bra"e unless his trust friend is b his side! Phil kne# (rs! )ilson and #as bought s#eets b her fro& ti&e to ti&e! (r! )ilson on the other hand he ne"er reall got on #ith as all (r! )ilson done #as &oan about his best friend!

(r! )ilson *ender: (ale %eight: $, Age: $. Posture: Skinn aged and slanted (r! )ilson runs his far& on his o#n, not #ell, since his #ife passed, he hasn/t been the sa&e! )hat #as once a chirp &an is no# "ile and &ood ! %is #ife took care of the far& #hile (r! )ilson #ent about his da s&oking his pipe and doing rando& 0obs around for the nearb to#ns!