Gas Exchange Script

Inspired by the anime “Cells at Work”

writt en by Serrato and Tuazon, J.

NOTE: Read the whole script to fully understand its flow, your character, and how the act will be demonstrated. You
could add additional expressions, gestures, or props if you have any. All the details are written below, so read carefully.

Characters:

 Voice over
 Nose (security guard)
 O2s (WITH S, IBIG SABIHIN, MARAMI)
 RBC 1
 RBC 2
 Tricuspid valve (guard)
 Heart
 Alveolus
 Human
 Plant
 Editor
 NO HIGHLIGHT = INSTRUCTIONS

Props and costume:

 Nose/Tricuspid Valve
1. Security guard attire
2. Whistle
 O2s
1. White shirt
2. I.d.
3. And neat dapat tignan, yung mukhang worker/proletariat
 RBC 1 and RBC 2
1. Red shirt
2. Cap
3. I.d.
4. Notepad and pen
5. 3 boxes (2 are labeled CO2 and 1 is labeled O2)
 Heart
1. Heart-shaped mask (kita yung entire face)
2. Red lipstick
3. Exaggerated blush on
 Alveolus
1. Corporate attire
2. Wig similar to Bob Ross’ hair (search nalang kung sino si Bob Ross) or kung naturally kulot at may volume
na yung buhok katulad ng kay Bob Ross no need na.
3. 2 boxes (1 labeled O2 and 1 labeled CO2)
  Plant
1. Flower crown/ sun flower na hair tie will do rin, basta ganito yung style:

2. Branches with leaves

3. Basta magmukhang kalikasan

Introduction:
Snippet lang ng intro ng cells at work, yung part na pinapakita yung human body system tapos from macro biglang
magiging micro. Then Background ng isang building and a sunny day.

O2s(Oxygens): Good morning, Sir! (bow to show respect*) (bale pila-pila ang mga O2s diyan and sunod-sunod sila mag-
gre-greet kay security guard kasi papasok na sila sa factory)

Security guard: Good morning! (smiles at them*)

FREEZE/VOICE OVER: Air comes from the body through the nose. Hairs in the nose clean the air of foreign particles. As
air moves through the nasal passages, it is warmed and humidified before entering the lungs.

• SCENE 1
Naliligaw si RBC 1 sa factory, hinahanap niya yung daan papunta sa heart para mag-deliver ng deoxygenated blood. Yung
hawak-hawak niya na boxes mas marami yung CO2 (carbon dioxide) na box kaysa sa O2(oxygen) na box (para maipakita
na deoxygenated blood nga yung hawak niya).

RBC 1: (sighs then removes the beads of sweat on her forehead*) I’m so tired and still can’t find the way into the heart!

FREEZE/VOICE OVER: Red blood cells transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. They also return carbon dioxide to
your lungs. Almost half of your blood is made up of red blood cells.

Makakakita siya ng another RBC, magtatanong siya ngayon sa RBC na ito kung pwede ituro sa kanya yung daan sa heart
at tutulungan siya nito dahil doon din siya papunta.

RBC 2: (He will see the struggling fellow red blood cell and approach her*) Do you need help my friend?

RBC 1: (relieved tone) Oh, thank you! I’m actually heading to the heart to deliver these deoxygenated bloods but I always
got lost. (embarrassed)

RBC 2: I’m also heading that way; we can go there together if you want.

RBC 1: Sure, thank you!

Background nila dito ay elevator tapos ikaw na bahala sa pag-edit kung paano mo maipapakita na pa-akyat yung
direction nila.

Sasakay sila ng elevator pataas (inferior vena cava) para marating yung right atrium. Makikita nila si heart busy sa paper
works at monitor ng computer.

FREEZE/VOICE OVER: Heart is a muscle that circulates blood throughout your body. Your heart's pumped blood supplies
your body with the oxygen and nourishment it requires to function.

RBC 1 and 2: Good morning, Ms. Heart! (bow to show respect*)

Heart: Good morning, deoxygenated blood, right?

RBC 1: Yes Ma’am!

Heart: (looks at the monitor*) hmmmm…. Okay, go there (directs them on the way to the right ventricle where a guard is
standing*)

Kapag tinuro ni Heart yung way, i-insert mo si guard na may background na pinto or gate basta ikaw bahala, basta
magmumukha siyang bantay.

Tricuspid valve: (After inspection, the guard will direct them to the elevator) that’s the way to the pulmonary artery.

Elevator na may nakasulat Pulmonary Artery.

FREEZE/VOICE OVER: Pulmonary arteries are blood vessels that transport deoxygenated blood from the right side of the
heart to the lungs.

RBC 1 and RBC 2: Thank you, Sir! (bow to show respect*)

At dahil dalawa ang pulmonary arteries, isang left at right, maghihiwalay na sila ngayon. Mamamaalam na ang RBCs sa
isa't isa; yung isa papuntang left yung isa right naman at magpapasalamat si RBC 1 sa RBC 2.

RBC 1: Thank you for helping me!

RBC 2: You’re welcome, goodbye. (waives his hand*)

• SCENE 2
VOICE OVER: (parang sa SM yung voice) WELCOME TO THE LUNGS! (Deep inhale and deep exhale) The lungs and
respiratory system allow us to breathe. They bring oxygen into our bodies (called inspiration, or inhalation) and send
carbon dioxide out (called expiration, or exhalation) This exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide is called respiration.

(Ipapakita yung lungs habang may voice over, may bgm din na lively yung tunog along it.)

Mapupunta ngayon si RBC 1 sa another room (nasa lungs na kasi siya). Marami siyang pintong makikita at bawat pinto
may number. Yung mga pinto ay yung capillaries. Yung assigned number kay RBC 1 ay "Capillary Y1-6P" makikita niya
ngayon iyon. Pupuntahan niya ito at kakatok siya at bubuksan ang pinto. Malawak yung room at may bintana roon. Sa
binatana na iyon, nandoon si Alveolus nagkakape/kumakain.

RBC 1: Good morning, Mr. Alveolus!

Alveolus: Good morning, man!

(Subtitle, “Alveoli (singular: alveolus) are tiny air sacs in your lungs where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and
carbon dioxide during the process of respiration”.)
Idedeliver ngayon ni RBC 1 ang isa o dalawa sa kanyang CO2 (across the window, para maipakita yung diffusion sa cell
membrane)

Ibibigay naman ngayon ni Alveolus ang O2 kay RBC 1 para maging oxygenated blood na siya. Magpapasalamat sina RBC 1
at Alveolus sa isa't isa.

FREEZE/VOICE OVER: “The CO2 and O2 diffuse across the cell membrane of alveolus, this is how the exchange of gases
happens. The deoxygenated blood carried by the red blood cell became oxygenated blood as the concentration of
oxygen is higher than carbon dioxide”)

• SCENE 3
Ang background nito ay parang factory na may malaking machine, mas maganda kung makahanap ka ng clip na may
machine na nagbubuga ng usok gano’n.

Ilalagay ngayon ni alveolus sa isang malaking machine ang mga CO2 at ibubuga palabas ng machine ang CO2
(exhalation/expiration). May real human ngayon na ipapakita yung exhalation.

Human: (exhales*)

(subtitle along the act, “The received CO2 is exhaled by the lungs as a byproduct of respiration”)

Plant: (nakatapat sa e-fan para kunwari yun yung exhaled air ni human kanina at nakapikit yung plant habang nag-i-
inhale sa tapat ng e-fan*. Note: hindi dapat hagip yung e-fan sa video)

(After mag-inhale ay mag-e-exhale naman yung plant, deep exhale tapos sa edit may lalabas na O2 na bilog-bilog nalang)

• Scene 4
Human: (Inhales the O2*)

O2s(Oxygens): Good morning, Sir! (bow to show respect*) (bale pila-pila ang mga 02s diyan and sunod-sunod sila mag-
greet kay security guard kasi papasok na sila sa factory)

Security guard: Good morning! (smiles at them*)

Snippets lang ng mga fast motion na scenes kanina and along it may voice over at lively na tunog,yung tunog na pang-
resolution, pwedeng OST na lang ng Cells at Work. Along it mag-pla-play rin yung voice over.

VOICE OVER: Thanks to the hardworking cells and different systems of the body working together, especially the
circulatory and respiratory system. Because of them we are able to obtain oxygen to be used by other organs to perform
their function and discharge wastes not needed by the body, the carbon dioxide.