Dragon Lives!
06.15.20
Aloha DRAGON cast and crew, parents and producers,
At long last, A DRAGON WITH WINGS rises!
Below, please find the film (by scene) as shown in June 2013.
A final edit (with way better SFX) is still in the works — it’s been a long, uber-frustrating, heart-stopping, stomach-wrenching technical nightmare trying to get it started, let alone done — but, happily, no video has been lost and what we have is quite something!
Still hard to believe we pulled this off!
Enjoy and… keep in touch!
Warmest aloha,
Cat
• Link for “The Mystery at Grace & St. Peter’s” (2012 film)
Added 07.21.20
The “Beyond Here There Be Miracles” behind-the-scenes, blooper-filled review of “How We Did It (Again)” is a fun watch, but — alas — the only available complete, edited version is a 680x480, low-resolution version (downloaded from the Film Club’s YouTube channel!).
While the film scenes below do well on a large screen, “Beyond Here There Be Miracles” is best watched on a small screen. Enjoy!
01 & 02 — Thank you + Opening Credits — A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made “Dragon” possible, followed by Opening Credits.
03 — “New Girl” — On a Saturday morning, Ellie waits for a school tour. Erin is her guide. When Ellie doesn’t seem that interested in the tour, Erin calls for Echo to bring snacks. Ellie meets Echo — and her first dragon!
04 — WSCH TV: New School Crest — WSCH TV (Wilkes School Television) anchors Natalie and Cheyenne reveal the secrets of the new school crest.
05 — Beyond Here There Be Dragons — Erin and Echo initiate Ellie into their after-school club “Beyond Here There Be Dragons.” Ellie receives her club T-shirt.
06 — WSCH TV: “Questions” — WSCH TV (Wilkes School Television) anchors Cheyenne and Natalie answer student viewers’ questions.
07 — The Winged Dragons of Orr — Erin and Echo introduce Ellie to their interactive video game, "The Winged Dragons of Orr."
08 — WSCG TV: Bearded Dragons — WSCH TV anchors Cheyenne and Natalie feature the school's bearded dragons.
09 — The First Message — While playing "The Dragons of Orr" video game in a back stairwell, Erin, Echo and Ellie receive their first mysterious message.
10 — At the Top of the Stairs — An iPad message send Erin, Echo & Ellie to the top of the stairs where… something out-of-this-world happens.
11 — The Marble-Top Table — In the rectory, Erin, Echo & Ellie witness the reappearance of the device.
12 — To the Basement — Erin, Echo & Ellie follow messages to the creepy basement beneath the rectory and school.
13 — WSCH TV: Uncharged iPads — Natalie and Cheyenne, WSCH TV anchors, break the shocking "uncharged iPads" story. Erin and Echo are implicated.
14 — An Unexpected Visitor — Cool Einstein (the girl’s favorite teacher) is caught off guard by an unexpected, NSA-scary visitor, a vistor who seems to know an awful lot about Erin, Echo and Ellie.
15 — “Go to MHS” — Erin, Echo & Ellie get the message: "Go to MHS." MHS can only be the Maryland Historical Society, a museum across the street from the school. But how to get there?
16 — Underground Passageway — Erin, Echo & Ellie discover an underground passageway running beneath the street separating the school from the museum. They will need a lantern, two flashlights, and a lot of courage to get where they need to go.
17 — In The Maryland Historical Society (Museum) — Erin, Echo & Ellie find themselves in The Maryland Historical Society museum.
18 — Lydia Hogsworth! — It’s after hours. The girls think they are alone in the museum. But Erin, Echo and Ellie are discovered, by none other than... Lydia Hogsworth herself!
19 — “You have no idea, do you? — Lydia Hogsworth leads the three girls to the MHS Library where the device appears again. This time, the messages are in comprehensible. Before disappearing, the device sends a final message: "You have no idea, do you?"
20 — Oscar Makes His First Move — Oscar visits the WSCH TV studios where the tension between the anchors and the other girls quickly becomes the main focus of discussion. Then, Oscar makes a demand, incriminating evidence in hand.
NOTE: there appears to be a missing piece of story information, a message from the device instructing the girls to "Go to the mastodon." Will look for it in the original media files and return it to the film!
21 — What Do We Do Now? — Cool Einstein delivers three bearded dragons to Erin, Echo and Ellie. But Cool Einstein is acting weird. "She's scared. She's not telling us something." The big question: "What do we do now?"
22 — Hunting Mastodons — Erin, Echo and Ellie return to the Maryland Historical Society where, in addition to finding out where a mastodon might be, they discover Oscar is none other than Lydia Hogsworth's step-son!
23 —First Contact — Oscar leads the girls to the mastodon, then demands $5 to keep watch. The device appears and the girls make first contact with the device's operators! It’s a shock. "Who's afraid?"
24 — I.O.U. $10, Sign Here — Oscar leads the girls to the Records Room, then extracts from them another $10 "for protection." Echo decides Oscar isn't so cute after all.
25 — "We'll send you a frog" — Erin, Echo and Ellie meet their counterparts in a "cousin universe," where time unfolds differently. The girls also learn that the ecosystems in their counterparts' world are collapsing. To help restore that world, Erin Echo and Ellie offer to teaser a frog to the Wilkes Institute for Advanced Science. "That's impossible."
26 — Cool Einstein's Frightening Message — Cool Einstein tells Erin, Echo and Ellie they must "talk with someone." But Cool won't tell them who it is, or what it's about. "I'm not at liberty." The girls are also warned not to share anything about the interviews with anyone, most especially their parents. "Don't."
27 — WSCH TV: SPECIAL EDITION — A Special Edition of WSCH TV: Hurricane Sandy is devastating the Caribbean. It may soon be headed towards the school!
28 —"NSA" interrogates Ellie —Erin, Echo and Ellie meet with Cool Einstein about the mysterious interviews they must take part in. Not to be outwitted, the girls have a plan! Ellie is first up for interrogation by the terrifying "NSA."
29 — "NSA" interrogates Echo
30 — "NSA" interrogates Erin
31 — WSCH TV: Superstorm Sandy — WSCH TV anchors Natalie and Cheyenne catch their viewer up on the impact of Hurricane Sandy.
32 — It's looking really bad. Now what? — Cool Einstein delivers three bearded dragons, then, without saying a word, seems to say "goodbye forever." After the interrogations by "NSA," it's looking bad. "What do we do now?"
33 — Cool Einstein is arrested — "NSA" interviews Cool Einstein, her two in-black-from-head-to-toe heavies in tow. Cool Einstein's past is laid bare. Then, Cool Einstein is renditioned, never to be seen again.
34 — WSCH TV: "A Wrinkle in Time" Edition — "Everyone" is reading the Madeleine L'Engle classic and wondering about tesseracts. Natalie and Cheyenne cover the craze, speculate about "time AND space," and share some of Echo's dragon art.
35 — Time to Tesser! — Erin, Echo & Ellie share their multidimensional-frog-transport-tesseract plans with their counterparts in the alternate universe. Time, however, is quickly running out. In both universes.
36 — WSCH TV: ** BREAKING NEWS ** — Cheyenne and Natalie report on the disappearance of Cool Einstein and the arrival of a new, scary-looking, nameless Science teacher.
37 — “M4” a.k.a. Mr. Marks the Music Master — Erin, Echo and Ellie confide in "M4," Mr. Marks the Music Master. They meet him in his underground lair. They endure his stern looks, spot quizzes, and witticisms — and ask for his help transporting frogs to the parallel universe.
38 — WSCH TV: Sad News, Goodbye Dragons — The new Science teacher sees the school's bearded dragons as "diseased lizards" that must go. Immediately. Natalie and Cheyenne hope the bearded dragons can will be adopted by their schoolmates. A.S.A.P.
39 — The Signal Goes Dead — In Grace & St. Peter's church, 4:45 pm comes and goes without communication from the parallel universe. M4 (Mr. Marks the Music Master) believes Erin, Echo, Ellie and Oscar have made a fool out of him. He's not happy. His punishments are severe. "What a bunch of immature losers. Grow up!"
40 —"Game Over" — "I hate Mondays." Erin, Echo and Ellie try to get back to their "Dragons of Orr" video game; the girls won't let Oscar play. Then the new Science teacher appears. “Three sulky girls and a gutless little boy. Pathetic.” She confiscates the iPads. "iPad privileges rescinded. Game over. Extinction is forever."
41 — WSCH TV: "It gets worse. A lot worse." —The new Science teacher appears on WSCH TV: "It's come to my attention that the students have been misusing school iPads." Natalie: "It gets worse." Cheyenne: " A lot worse."
42 —"Your hexagons! They're in the church!" — During an emotional "Beyond Here There Be Dragons" club meeting in which Oscar reveals he's been spying on Erin, Echo and Ellie, M4 suddenly rushes in. "Your hexagons! They're in the church!" He departs as quickly as he came. Is M4 telling the truth — or is he just getting Erin, Echo, Ellie and Oscar back for the joke he feels they played on him?
43 — A Dragon with Wings — Erin, Echo, Ellie and Oscar rush to the church. They enter to find M4 already at the organ. The hexagons are there. Four iPads are there. The frogs cross over to the other universe. Then the students' counterparts ask, "What can we send you?" Echo: "A dragon — with wings."
44 — WSCH TV: There's a new host in town / END CREDITS — Oscar interviews Erin, Cheyenne, Natalie, Ellie and, finally Echo. Echo's plans for the future? To raise dragons. “With wings.” END CREDITS.
