Transcript of "Video!"
A transcript of the "Video! " episode.
Please note that because the characters talk in very simple sentences, the dialogue isn't grammatically correct and may be hard to understand without visuals.
Scene 1: Obsessed with the Video
[In the living room, Oobi and Uma are watching a video on the television.]
Oobi: Oh, hi. Oobi, Uma watch video.
Uma: [mesmerized] Video... good.
Grampu: Hi, Oobi. Hi, Uma.
Oobi and Uma: [both in a trance] Hello, Grampu...
Grampu: Oh, Oobi, Uma watch video. Heh. How many times?
Grampu: [sighs] Oobi, Uma... video enough.
[Grampu turns off the television, which startles Oobi and Uma.]
Oobi and Uma: [both sputtering]
Grampu: Oobi, Uma like video?
Grampu: Good. Today Oobi, Uma make video.
Oobi and Uma: Make video?
Scene 2: Grampu's video camera
[Grampu walks over to his video camera, which is set up on a tripod stand.]
Grampu: Eh? Use video camera, make video.
Grampu: First point video camera.
Grampu: Push button. Shoot video.
Grampu: Then use computer. Edit video. Then use television, watch video.
Oobi: Oh! Uh, shoot video. Edit video. Watch video. Oobi make video!
Grampu: Lovely! Come, make video! Outside.
Oobi: Wow. Oobi, Uma make video.
Scene 3: Filming the video
Grampu: Grampu press button. Video camera start.
Grampu: Now Oobi, Uma talk.
Oobi: Um, talk? Say what?
Oobi: Oh, um. [clears throat] Greetings. Oobi. Boy. Um, boo-boo.
[Oobi turns around to show a bandage on his back.]
Uma: Hm? Oh. Hello. Uma here. Uma bald. See? Pretty. Hm, hm, hm, hm.
Oobi: Uh, Uma, little sister.
Grampu: Oobi, Uma very good.
Uma: Grampu, watch video now?
Grampu: Oh, well, no, not yet, Uma. Video not finished.
Oobi: Oh, Grampu, Grampu, point camera there.
[Oobi motions to the family's garden gnome, Fritz. Grampu moves the video camera to film Fritz.]
Uma: Sweet. [kisses the gnome]
Uma: Oh, Grampu, bring camera. There, see?
Scene 4: Kako joins the cast
[Across the street, Kako is bouncing a red rubber ball with white polka-dots on it.]
Oobi and Uma: Kako! Kako! Kako!
Oobi: [to the viewers] Oh, Oobi call Kako. You call Kako. Ready? You , call Kako.
Voice #2: Kako, over here.
Kako: Hi, Oobi. Hi, Uma. Ooh, hi, Grampu. Oobi make video?
Oobi: Oh, oh, Kako, Kako, secret handshake, for video!
[Oobi and Kako do their secret handshake.]
Oobi and Kako: Whoo! [laughing]
Kako: Secret handshake? Secret no more.
Oobi: Oh. Hm. Famous handshake!
Kako: Ah, famous handshake!
Uma: Grampu, Grampu! Watch video now?
Grampu: Well, not yet, Uma. Video not finished. Watch video later.
Kako: Kako come back, watch video. Bye.
Uma: Bye. Grampu, watch video now?
Grampu: Um, oh, not yet, Uma. First say, "The end."
[Grampu stops recording the video.]
Grampu: [laughs] Very good. Oh, now Oobi, Uma, Grampu edit video.
Oobi and Uma: Yay! Edit video!
[Oobi and Uma turn to each other, confused.]
Oobi and Uma: Edit video?
Grampu: Yes, oh, Grampu show. Inside.
Scene 5: Editing the video
Grampu: Mm-hmm, edit. Video, pictures. Put together on computer.
Grampu: First, Grampu camera plug in.
[Grampu plugs the camera into the computer.]
Grampu: Now, uh, Uma, press button. Turn computer on.
[Uma presses the start button on the computer. The screen turns on and shows a frame of Uma from the video.]
Grampu: Oobi, press button.
[Oobi presses another button. A frame of Oobi pops up on the computer screen.]
Grampu: Now, pictures together. With music.
[Grampu puts the video clips together and adds music on the computer. The scene cuts to a close-up of the computer screen.]
Oobi: [on computer] Greetings. Oobi. Boy. Um, boo-boo.
Grampu: [off screen, on computer] Uma turn.
Uma: [on computer] Hm? Oh. Hello. Uma here.
[The scene cuts back to Oobi, Uma, and Grampu looking at the computer.]
Grampu: Almost, Uma. First edit more. Oobi, Uma help Grampu?
Grampu: Lovely. All right, so, Uma. Press button.
Grampu: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Now, Oobi, press button.
Scene 6: Interviews
[An interview segment plays.]
Girl #1: I like making videos of myself, because I like to, like, dance around in the music videos I make.
[Next, Kako interviews a boy named Charlie, who has his own video camera.]
Kako: Charlie like video?
Charlie: Well, we're working on a website. We have to put some videos on with a computer thing that lets us put videos on.
Kako: Wow. Cool. Charlie good. Thank you. Kako ready for close-up.
[Charlie points his video camera at Kako.]
Charlie: O.K. So I'll put it in close-up...
Charlie: And record. Good, that's close up.
Kako: Kako born star. Hello, fans.
Girl #2: When I do a video, first I like to watch it, and then I like to draw and write about it.
Girl #3: The best part of making a video is when I get to see the silly things that I did.
Scene 7: The finished video
Grampu: O.K., Uma, press button.
Uma: Ooh, watch video now?
Grampu: Mm-hmm. Watch video now.
Oobi and Uma: Watch video!
[The doorbell rings.]
[Kako is at the door, dressed in sunglasses.]
Kako: Kako, movie star, arrive.
Oobi, Uma, and Kako: [all humming]
[The kids walk over to Grampu, who is plugging the video camera into the television.]
Grampu: Oobi, Uma, Kako, get good seats.
[The kids gather around the television to watch the video. They see that Grampu has put popcorn out for them.]
Oobi, Uma, and Kako: Popcorn!
Grampu: And now, Grampu present: video! By Oobi, Uma, Grampu.
Grampu: And Kako. [whispering] Sorry.
Oobi : Oh, Oobi so excited.
Uma: Shh, video starting.
[The finished video is shown on the television.]
Oobi: [on the television] Greetings. Oobi. Boy. Um, boo-boo.
Uma: [on the television] Hello. Uma here. Uma bald. See? Pretty. Hm, hm, hm.
Oobi: Uh, Uma, little sister.
Kako: [on the television] Oh, famous handshake.
[The video ends. The scene cuts back to the kids in front of the television.]
Oobi, Uma, and Kako: Yay!
Grampu: Lovely. Ooh, watch video again?
Oobi, Uma, and Kako: Yeah!
Grampu: O.K., Grampu rewind tape.
Oobi: Make video, good idea.
Uma: Yeah, Uma love video. Thank you.
Grampu: Ooh, Grampu glad.
[The kids hug Grampu.]
Grampu: Oh, oh, O.K. Watch video again.
[Oobi looks to the viewers and waves goodbye.]
Oobi: Oobi, you friends. Bye.
Voice #3: [girl] Bye-bye, Oobi. Bye.
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