Story Treatment

The Red One.
Written by Tyler Kolander

An insecure child tries to make friends after being bullied.

Main Character: Jimmi Red stick figure
Other Key Characters: Group of 5 stick figure kids.
Who: Jimmi and neighborhood kids.
What: Jimmi is walking.
When: Night time.
Why: He's heading home.
Where: The street’s sidewalk.


On a sunny day, we see a bunch of stick figures playing around the park. Around the corner a tall, scary looking clown named Jimmi walks toward the park. A group of kids stop playing when they hear a scary clown laugh scream.  They all bring their hands to their mouths and gasp, “Huah”.  The group of kids all run and hide behind a tree except for the smallest one in the group and just stands there as the clown walks towards him. the clown displays his scariest moves as he walks to confront the kid. The clown and the kid just stare at eachother while the other kids shake up and down and look on and around the tree.  The clown jumps up and down and tries again to scare the kid but the kid does not budge. The kids slowly walk from behind the tree to stand behind the kid.


The kid confronts and points at the clown moving his finger from side to side. The clown jumps up and down, stomps his feet with his fist clenched. The kid just stares at the clown and crosses his arms.  The group of kids all cross their arms.  The clown slouches over with head down and arms weightless reaching over his knees and begins to cry. The group of kids step up side by side with the little kid who then steps toward the scary clown and holds his hand. The rest of the group circle around the clown and the kid patting and touching him to console him. The clown turns into a drama queen and starts to sob like a baby.


After a while he stops sobbing and he begins to pull off his costume which drops to the ground. There is complete silence. The group of kids stare at the costume while the little kid stares now at a little kid who stands in front of him.  The little kid grabs the hand of the other little kid and gently pulls him toward the playground where they were playing earlier. All of the other kids took off running and assumed playing all around the park.