Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Moneytree: TV :30 Woodland Giant

OPEN IN A FOREST FROM A MEDIEVAL FANTASY TYPE VIDEO. WE SEE THE ROGUISH HERO, A GOOD LOOKING LAD IN HIS TWENTIES. HE IS FIREBALLING TWO FOOT TALL TOADSTOOL MONSTERS THROUGHOUT

HERO: Hello. I’m your paycheck. While I can usually handle whatever comes my way, every once in a blue moon...

HE FIREBALLS WHAT HE ASSUMES IS ANOTHER TOADSTOOL. INSTEAD OF DISAPPEARING, THE TOADSTOOL JUST TURNS A LITTLE BLACKENED AND SOOTY, SMOKING A LITTLE. WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS JUST ANOTHER TOADSTOOL NEXT TO A TREE IS ACTUALLY THE TOE OF A WOOODLAND/TREE-LOOKING GIANT (THE TREE TURNS OUT TO BE HIS LEG)

HERO: (cont) I get overpowered…

THE HERO LOOKS UP QUICKLY, THE CAMERA FOLLOWING FROM JUST BEHIND HIS HEAD. WE SEE THE FACE OF THE ANGRY GIANT WHO IS NOW PULLING HIS LEG BACK TO KICK OUR HERO.

HERO: (cont)…by your month.

THE HERO GETS KICKED A HUNDRED YARDS INTO A FIELD. HE GETS UP A LITTLE SHAKEN, DUSTS HIMSELF OFF AND REACHES INTO HIS POCKET AND PULLS OUT A HANDSIZED BURLAP BAG. HE PULLS OUT A GLOWING GREEN AND YELLOW SEED. WE SEE THE GIANT, A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY, STARTING TO LUMBER TOWARDS HIM. HE GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER. THE HERO PLANTS THE SEED AND WATCHES THE SEED QUICKLY GROW INTO A GIANT MONEYTREE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT MONOLOGUE. AS THE TREE GROWS, HE JUMPS ON A BRANCH WHICH LIFTS HIM LIKE AN ELEVATOR. WHEN THE TREE HITS FULL HEIGHT, HE GRABS THE TOP BRANCH AND JUMPS, HIS WEIGHT CARRYING HIM AND THE BRANCH TO THE GROUND

HERO: (cont) So when your month is bigger than your paycheck, turn to Moneytree. From check cashing to payday loans, Moneytree can help cut your month...

THE HERO LETS GO OF THE BRANCH. IT THWACKS THE GIANT (WHO HAS JUST RETURNED) IN THE FACE. THE GIANT FALLS TO THE GROUND WITH GREAT FORCE. WE HEAR A MUFFLED ‘OOF!’

HERO: …down to size.

VO: Moneytree. When your month is bigger than your paycheck.

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