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Charlotte’s Web

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Movie preliminary

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1. Credits, “northing ordinary on the farm, but one day a little girl did something that would change everything”

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2. Rain outside on farm, shows barn with light on inside, Ferne in bed gets up to look out window, then runs outside with rain jacket over head

1.00

0.40

0.76%

1.16%

3. Ferne enters barn, sees new piglets, there are too many (11 pigs, 10 teats) so one can’t get milk, father picks up pig and axe to kill it, Ferne adopts pig

1.40

1.55

2.23%

1.94%

4. Breakfast, mom cooks bacon, Ferne feeds bottle to pig, brother Avery is jealous that Ferne has a pig, Ferne puts pig in shirt and runs to catch school bus

3.35

1.00

1.16%

4.17%

5. Ferne in classroom, has pig in desk and feeds it a bottle, pig makes noise and teacher finds it

4.35

0.54

1.05%

5.33%

6. Mom exits principal’s office, tells Ferne it’s a pig, not a doll or baby

5.29

0.13

0.25%

6.38%

7. Ferne pushes pig in stroller down street, mom says she can’t keep doing this, father says she’s “so happy”

5.42

0.24

0.47%

6.63%

8. Ferne bathes pig in kitchen sink, mom makes cookies, Dad says she can’t keep him any longer, mom suggests they take him across the road to uncle Homer who has a barn

6.06

1.15

1.45%

7.09%

9. Ferne sings to pig in her bed

7.21

0.35

0.68%

8.55%

10. Ferne walks with pig across road to uncle’s barn, walks through barn, cows, sheep, ducks, she leaves pig in pen and runs for schoolbus, Avery runs for schoolbus

7.56

1.40

1.94%

9.22%

11. Wilbur tries to follow Ferne, bangs head repeatedly on fence, other animals comment, breaks bottom board and runs across yard towards schoolbus, Homer’s wife sees Wilbur and calls to Homer and farm workers, animals give advice to run or to retreat, Wilbur stops at smoke house, Homer calls and Wilbur returns to pen to eat slops, Charlotte on web appears over Wilbur

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2.36

3.02%

11.16%

12. It’s raining, Ferne holds Wilbur to say goodbye, mom watches Ferne and Avery get on bus

12.12

0.35

0.68%

14.19%

13. Wilbur watches bus leave, then turns to talk to animals, no one wants to play, he plays in mud, then talks to 2 geese who says they’re friends because they’ve been in the same place, Wilbur says he isn’t sure you’re friends just because you live together

12.47

2.18

2.67%

14.86%

14. Farmer puts slops in bin for Wilbur, Wilbur wanted a friend not to eat, rat Templeton appears and begins to eat slops, Wilbur talks to him

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1.51

2.15%

17.54%

15. Templeton enters hole and relaxes

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0.81%

19.69%

16. Evening, Ferne tries to exit house to say goodnight to Wilbur or he won’t be able to sleep, Mom won’t let her (homework then bed)

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0.35%

20.50%

17. Wilbur sad because Ferne didn’t come by, Charlotte wishes him “good night,” she promises that she’ll “chat” with him tomorrow, she has a lot of work to do now, she’s nocturnal

17.56

1.00

1.16%

20.85%

18. Morning, two crows on smoke house want to get corn, waiting for “man” (scarecrow) to move

18.56

0.27

0.52%

22.02%

19. Wilbur wakes the animals, wants to talk to whoever spoke to him last night, spider comes down, horse is afraid, Wilbur compliments Charlotte on web, she catches fly and shows Wilbur how she “drinks its blood” Wilbur is delighted because he has a new friend, other animals aren’t impressed

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22.53%

20. Time passes into summer, Wilbur friends with Charlotte, Ferne reads to Wilbur, other animals listen, sheep are sheared, plays with string (like a web)

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1.28

1.71%

28.35%

21. Ducklings hatch, Templeton asks for dud egg, geese give it to him

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1.25

1.65%

30.06%

22. Templeton takes egg into hole, it rolls down and catches on some wires

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0.74%

31.71%

13. Ferne plays in barn, Avery sees Charlotte and wants to catch her in jar, Wilbur and Ferne prevent, rotten egg breaks on Templeton, crows outside comment that it really stinks

27.54

1.00

1.16%

32.44%

14. Animals say Templeton stinks, Charlotte says Wilbur did most of saving, Templeton says “he saved her, and people are saving Wilbur for Christmas” Templeton tells Wilbur the humans will eat him for Christmas, Charlotte promises him they won’t kill him although she doesn’t know how she’ll do it

28.54

2.26

2.83%

33.60%

15. After church Ferne’s mom says Ferne is spending too much time in barn, Ferne says all her friends are there (except rat) and they want to hear her read her book

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0.41

0.79%

36.59%

16. Mom talks to doctor that Ferne thinks animals can talk, doc says this is normal childhood and not to worry, cut to Ferne making a sketch at the barn

32.09

0.56

1.09%

37.38%

17. Wilbur talks to Charlotte, he’s nervous about Christmas, Charlotte tells him not to worry, they’ll figure something out, farmer outside brings hay in wagon

33.05

0.30

0.58%

38.47%

18. Nighttime, Wilbur says goodnight, Charlotte makes web, sees strand tear loose and has an idea, starts to manipulate web strands

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1.45

2.03%

39.05%

19. Day, helper enters barn, startled, gets farmer and wife to come to barn, Ferne sees and runs to be with them, web reads “some pig” they call it a miracle

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1.38

1.90%

41.09%

20. Farmer and wife find priest in church

36.58

0.19

0.37%

42.98%

21. Priest looks at web with Ferne’s parents and farmer and wife, tells them to keep it quiet, others tell others in town, many cars come out to see it and take pix of Wilbur and web, in barn animals impressed with Charlotte, people don’t know where the spider is who did this, newspaper headline of web

37.17

2.27

2.85%

43.35%

22. Excitement has worn off, Wilbur “might not see snow, after all”

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0.17

0.33%

46.20%

23. Night, meeting in barn with animals, Charlotte says with short attention span of humans, she needs something else, Wilbur must come up with something truthful that describes him

40.01

2.21

2.73%

46.53%

24. Fireworks, Charlotte writes “terrific”

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0.60%

49.26%

25. Day, worker sees web, calls farmers, newspaper, people talking in town, cars drive up, farmers sell stuff, Ferne sketches web, mom observes her carefully

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1.14

1.43%

49.86%

26. Ferne’s mom talks to doctor, she thinks Ferne has something to do with web, doctor says even spinning a web is a miracle

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0.72%

51.30%

27. Summer’s over, Charlotte will need to think of another great word

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0.58%

52.02%

28. Ferne sketches, farmers discuss how they haven’t seen a special web in a month, farm is now quiet without all the people, talk about “smoking ham before the holidays” Wilbur and Ferne overhear

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52.60%

29. Animals try to come up with another word for Charlotte, suggest Templeton could bring words back with newspaper, Templeton refuses, Charlotte says he won’t eat without the buckets of slop, Templeton says OK, Wilbur gives him a carrot

45.46

1.43

2.00%

53.22%

30. Ferne talks to parents, upset they’re going to kill Wilbur, she shouldn’t have sold him, dad says that this is what happens to pigs on a farm

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0.27

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55.21%

31. Ferne in school learns about 4H fair and that she could show Wilbur

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55.74%

31. Templeton in junkyard, then crows talk about getting corn, scarecrow turns in wind and they run away, they see Templeton and torment him, Templeton finds a newspaper, sets off chain reaction that gets crows covered in paint, Templeton runs away

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3.53%

56.20%

32. Charlotte examines newspaper, decides to use “radiant,” Wilbur shows animals sunset, Templeton jumps into slops

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0.36

0.70%

59.73%

33. Evening, Ferne puts 4H flyers everywhere on farm, Charlotte does web, she is tired

51.58

1.21

1.57%

60.43%

34. Day, farmer stands in front of crowd with web, Wilbur, will enter Wilbur into county fair, Wilbur does backflip

53.19

1.05

1.26%

62.00%

35. Evening, Charlotte tells Wilbur she won’t be at fair, she is “expecting”

54.24

0.31

0.60%

63.26%

36. Farmers wake up, it’s the day of the fair, Ferne doesn’t want to wear dress, farmer’s wife washes Wilbur in milk, rat enjoys

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0.95%

63.86%

37. Farmers talk, if Wilbur loses he can still make it up on bacon, Wilbur overhears and faints, Charlotte falls (obviously sick/weak), Charlotte decides she must go to fair, tells Templeton he must go also, they get in crate, crate is loaded onto truck, drive to fair

55.44

2.41

3.12%

64.81%

38. Wilbur goes into pen at fair, Ferne’s dad is proud of her because she made all of this happen, mom gives Ferne and Avery each ten tickets for fair

58.25

1.29

1.72%

67.93%

39. Charlotte checks out another pig Uncle at fair – also a spring pig, Wilbur asks if he should be worried, Charlotte says of course not, what good would that do? Templeton comes by, says pig next door is amazing and a shoo-in to win, Charlotte tells Templeton she needs words

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2.07

2.46%

69.75%

40. Ferne and Avery go on rides, little boy with hat takes her on ferris wheel, Mom and farmer’s wife (aunt) see Ferne on ferris wheel with boy, Templeton finds lots of food

1.02.06

1.29

1.72%

72.21%

41. Evening, Templeton goes to look for newspaper, crows looking for corn, see Templeton and attack, they get caught under net in a game, realize scarecrow isn’t real

1.03.35

1.39

1.92%

73.93%

42. Charlotte happy with the newspaper Templeton brought her, Wilbur’s worried that if he doesn’t win a prize, he’ll be killed, Charlotte reassures him

1.05.14

0.41

0.79%

75.85%

43. Day, Ferne dressed in dress mom wanted her to wear, Charlotte’s web has “humble” on it, farmer and families see it, Uncle has won blue ribbon, very sad, then others in fair see web, judge asks farmer to come with him and bring pig

1.05.55

3.11

3.70%

76.65%

44. Ceremony, Ferne walks Wilbur onstage, Wilbur gets medal for web writings, Ferne runs off with boy, farmer says we are surrounded by miracles, Ferne and boy on ferris wheel

1.09.06

2.13

2.58%

80.35%

45. Medal on pen, Wilbur sees Charlotte’s egg sac, Charlotte is dying, she says Wilbur is beautiful

1.11.19

2.08

2.48%

82.93%

46. Templeton enters, Wilbur tells him to get Charlotte’s egg sac, farmers coming, Templeton climbs, gets sac, Templeton says goodbye to Charlotte, Charlotte and Wilbur say goodbye, Wilbur drives away, last view of “humble” web

1.13.27

3.30

4.07%

85.41%

47. Back at farm, animals greet Wilbur, Wilbur walks past them, lays down egg sac in straw, sees remnants of web, Wilbur cries

1.16.57

1.23

1.61%

89.48%

48. Charlotte not dead, lives on in the hearts of those who knew her, fall, kids pick pumpkins, people lived in a special place now, a little kinder, animals also felt closer, sit around egg sac, Wilbur sees snowstorm

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1.34

1.82%

91.09%

49. Family has Christmas dinner, Wilbur in snow

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0.19

0.37%

92.91%

50. Spring in barn, spiders come out of egg sac, spin webs and fly away, Wilbur distressed, 3 spiders remain and talk to Wilbur

1.20.13

4.00

4.65%

93.28%

51. Templeton is very fat and says he won’t look for words for them, dives into slops

1.24.13

0.41

0.79%

97.93%

52. Wilbur is surrounded by friends, welcoming 2nd spring, all because someone stopped to see good in something humble, miracle of friendship

1.24.54

0.49

0.95%

98.72%

53. View of barn and farm

1.25.43

0.17

0.33%

99.67%

Credits

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Total time 5160 seconds

 

 

 

 

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