Date Client Brandiproduct Job Job Number Tite Length Draft TV Script ‘The Monkeys: ‘531 South Dowling Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 +4612 8665 4200 25/1016 Meat & Livestock Australia ‘Australia Lamb Film MLA_0065 ~The First First Fleet™ Short-form Online Film 2B ‘Starting with the First Fist Fleet 60,000 (ish) years ago cis flm celebrates all the new arrivals ‘who have contributed to mating Australia the great place it ls today, as they get together over a lamb BBQ. t's the first united celebration of Australia. ‘We open on an epic wide serial shot of unspoilt Australian coastline. MUSIC: A dramatic orchestral sting plays asa super appears: Da-dan der, da-da dan dan derrrrrs! ‘TITLE: ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST FLEET ‘TERRA AUSTRALIS, LATE JANUARY We're now heading out over the water, where in the distance, several vessels become visible to the naked eye, As the camera ncars the boats, the music sting builds toa crescendo and-—at last!— Da-dan der, dada dan dan dercrer—the Fleet comes into view: tnee simple canoes, powered by indigenous rowers, There are also women and children on board, ‘TITLE: Beside “Late January,” the year appears: $8,000 B.C. (ish) ‘One of the boat's crew, shielding his eyes with his hand, spies land inthe distance and yells excitedly. The rowers pick up the pace, and we eut toa low angle as their feet splash into the shallow water a the shore. ‘Cut to to men looking around in wonder. (These characters will be played by indigenous actors, ‘we'll call them fan end Stewart) TAN; Looks alright, whadya reckon? STEWART: Cracking spt. Let's fire up the barbie. We fade ou and come back tthe same guys some tne ltr, sil on the sme beach. TITLE: 12 MONTHS LATER (One of them i outing on his fingers He eastedly looks overto his fren JAN: Mate, we've been here fora year! STEWART: Wow, we should celebrate, Vou sre it was today? JAN: Not relly, does the exaet day matter?‘The Monkeys. {831 South Dowling Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 +4612 8665 4200 contact@themonkeya.com.au themonkeys.com.au STEWART: Nab, fire up the barbie. Cut tothe guys tending some succulent cuts of lamb on the barbie. JAN: Where'd you get that? ‘STEWART: From the butcher, where do you think? TAN: Abt Anyone else comin"? ‘STEWART: Beautiful spot like this? IV be packed before you know it. TITLE: 60,000 YEARS LATER (GIVE OR TAKE A MILLENNIUM) (Our guys are sill inthe same spol. barbecuing, except now they have a few grey hairs. Suddenly, we hear Da-dan der, da-da dan dan derrrer! (the same dramatic music sting from ‘earlier) and this draws ther attention to lege sailboat on the horizon, IAN: Oh, here we go. (ne ofthe women swith them, watching the boat arriving ‘WOMAN: Did you organise the chips and dips? STEWART: Yeah, of course. clearly hasn 1) Cutt a boat rowing onto the shore as some Dutch sailors arrive. One Dutch guy offers them a perfect cheese platter while looking around a bit uncertanly DUTCH: Sorry we're bit early. WOMAN: Looks nice (she then turns to reprimand the guys) Atleast, someone's organised. Asthe Dutch guys get stuck in, we hear Da-dan der, da-da dan dan-! es another ship appears this time, the British. This sting is eut short by Da-dan der, da-da dan dan derrrer! as another ship appears close behind: I's the French, (On the beach, some British characters in old-imey garb approach. Couple of seilors and a bunch of prisoners. STEWART: Ob hello. Where you lot from? BRIT: Great Britannia. We are the First Fleet! ‘The Aborigines and Dutch all let out a hearty laugh. TAN: Yeah, not quite, (he gestures widely, including himselfand the Dutch guys, who give a polite wave) ‘Stewart mutters under his breath, STEWART: Don't remember inviting them. ‘And the “woman ofthe house” pipes up. WOMAN: So what did you guys bring?‘The Monkeys: 31 South Dowling Street ‘Surry Hills NSW 2010 3612 8665 4200 contact@themonkeys.com.au ‘themonkeys.com.2u WScript SAILOR: Seurvy. ‘Ashe say this, one of the ragged convicts in chains grins and shows his rotten teeth, one of which falls out. ‘Stewart nads to some people standing politely behind the British. STEWART: Who are your mates? ‘The Briss turn suddenly and see some differently dressed seilors standing right behind them BRIT: Who? (he turns and jumps at how close they are standing) It's The French! jacket. He pulls tout to reveal he's holding ‘The smiling French captain has his hand hidéen inhi and offers it, ‘a mouldy molten cheese on a small pate witha fork in FRENCHMAN: Bonjour, voulez-vous un peu de fromage mols They all wince atthe pong of the cheese, but just at that moment. a-dan der, da-da dan dan derrrrr! all heads turn to another sail boat ariving in the bay flying the (fed, yollow and black) Deutschland flag. On the deck we see men and women toasting with sleins in font of a wall of barrels. STEWART: Great, they remembered it's BYO. ho's bri Hard cut ta explorer Douglas Mawson with a colleague in Antarctica, behind him his ship the ‘Aurora is stuck inthe ice. Doug and his mate, Ernest Shackleton, are strugaling to chip tiny bts of ice with a hand picks asthe fll plastic bags with ICE printed on the front (the kind you getin every servo). ‘SHACKLES: How many bags we need? DOUGLAS: Keep chipping, Shackles! It's gonna be a big one. ‘We hear an ominous groan and cranch from the ship behind, as i's crushed by the ie. DOUGLAS: FFFFiddlesticks ‘Meanwhile, back atthe beach, Da-dan der, da-da dan dan dererrr! A Chinese junk appears on {he horizon and we cut see some Chinese acrobats approach spinning plates on sticks. Others ae carrying wooden boxes with explosive signs on the sie, ‘STEWART: Great, they've brought plates! Da-dan der, da-da dan dan derrrrr! Da-dan der, da-da- .., Da-dan der, da-da dan dan doreerr! Their attenton’s drawn to « couple of large steam ships on the horizon. Jan's counting in his head IAN: What's this, the Fifteenth First Fleet? ‘An Irish guy’s grabbed te telescope off the Dutch captain: Aye, the Italians, the Greeks, the Turks and...The Monkeys 1531 South Dowling Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 +512 8665 4200 contacti@themonkeys.com.au ‘themonkeye.com.au ‘We se fom his scope’s POV ashe scans te long boas landing onthe beach, cach with few nationals in traditional clothing stood proudly atthe helm... IRISHMAN: ...the Serbians! He jolts backwards as he sees Sam Kekovich munching on a chop in full face close up through the telescope POV. ‘We cut back to the beach, where the barbecue hes grown into quite a party. and in the distance. Sydney has grown a bit as well, In he throng. one ofthe Chinese spinning plates falloff and smash, A group of Greeks nearby ‘excitedly join in, smashing their own plates. ‘A group of Indians all dressed in serious cricket whites artives. One of them taps a party-goer on the shoulder. “Exeuse me, where's the buck yard?” ‘The man tums around. I's Adam Gilchrist. He gestures behind him witha smile. GILLY: Mate, we've got about about 4,000 kilometres of it. (He holds up an esky lid) Need » wicket? ‘We see a Greek lady showing some British sailors how to slice lamb off the skewer into the pita to make a kebab. GREEK LADY: Trust me, you'll want one of these around 2 am. Chilli sauce? ‘We see Dan Sultan playing the didgeridoo to his song ~The Same Man.” One ofthe French Sailors nods over to bien: FRENCH SAILOR: What is at? STEWART: It’s track 61. (he's still confused, so he explains further) He's playing our 100 favourite songs. We then see Cathy Freeman nearby. She shakes her head. CATHY FREEMAN: I didn't vote for it. Cut to Kevin Rudd making his way through the indigenous trong clutching his plate of food. As hhe knocks people with his elbows and burps into them, he continuously apologises RUDD: Sorry, so sorry, sorry. I'm very sorry. Jan smiles: We know Kevin. rere! We hear the Da-dan der- .. Da-dan der, da-da .., Da-dan der, da-da dan dan ‘musical sting afew more times and a voice from the crowd shouts: It's the boat people! ‘There’s a moments silence as they watch, we even see Anh Do waving from the boat Then, someone else in the crowd shouts: Wait a minute, we're aif boat peopl (Good point”) The crowd cheers: Veabt Someone else in the crowd points o a group of guys in seilor outfits on @ naval decorated flatbed‘The Monkeys 531 South Douiling Street ‘Surry Hills NSW 2010 +512 8665 4200 contact@thernonkeys.com.au ‘themonkeys.com.au ‘ruck just up the beach dancing to “In The Navy" and shouts out It's the Float People! Followed by another cheer: Yeaht In response to this someone calls out “Hello Sailor”, Cut to-a Wendel Sailor nearby inthe crows. ‘WENDEL: Hi guys. looking litle concerned as she bounds the Stewart Cutt the “woman ofthe house” from ee ‘and an again. WOMAN: Did you remember to let the neighbours know? ‘We suddenly here aki accent pipe up. KIWI GUY: Choice barbecue, eh, bro?! “Then notice a smal chaser of kiwis ‘STEWART: Couldn’t keep ‘em away KIWI GUY 2: Where should we put the chully-bun? (holding up the esky) Ian nudges Stewart with his elbow and nods to another group thats just arived, unmistakeable for ‘any other group on the planet it's the Vegans. fan and Stewart smile at each other knowingly. IAN: Hey, should we make a Vegan joke? ‘Stewart looks over tothe vegans. considering it for ahalfa best and one of the Vegans gives them a friendly wave, STEWART: Nah, ‘The crowd has now grown much bigger and massively diverse. The didgeridoo tune has been clevated toa big sound system and has some backing instruments. Some Russians ina ring are doing @ funny Cossack dance and next to are some Turkish whirling drvishes. ‘Sum’s taken over the barbecue and, withthe help of one ofthe Indian cricketers. is cooking up a storm, ‘A group of Chinese are shooting off rockets and roman candles, IAN: Awesome, where did you get those? se guy speaks to a wise. old Chinese guy in fst Mandarin fora second then turns back CHINESE GUY: Canberra. ‘As our very first group of Aboriginal men and women enjoy the display together. Adam Gilchrist stops to thank the hosts, GILLY: Guys, thanks for having us. Great spot for a barbie.‘The Monkeys 531 South Dowling Street ‘Surry Hills NSW 2010 +612 8665 4200 contact@themonkeys.com.auy themonkeys.comau TV Script ‘STEWART: Best in the world, ‘We pull up from the fireworks. higher and higher till we're looking down on a beautiful space shot ofthe whole glorious country. Da-dan der, da-da dan dan derrerr! Three UFOs loom into shot heading down towards the ‘country (they're long and cigar shape, strangely reminiscent ofthe canoes from the sta) SUPER: UNITED, WE LAMB