VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
INT. AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM—DAY
Six-year-old Claudia hangs on the railing, staring at something. She wears her hair in pigtails and has a chocolate ice cream stain on her shirt. The camera pulls out to reveal a huge spacecraft. Her dad stares with her.
DAD
Pretty amazing, isn’t it?!
CLAUDIA
Yeah.
DAD
Humans lived in orbit in a craft just like this one. Skylab was the very first space station.
CLAUDIA
Wow!
Dad bends down so he’s at Claudia’s level and whispers in her ear.
DAD
What if we go home and build our very own space station?
Claudia inhales in excitement.
CLAUDIA
Can we do that?!
DAD
I don’t see why not. All we need is a big box.
EXT. PAPA’S BACKYARD—DAY
An old refrigerator box, aka the “space station,” sits under the cherry tree in the backyard. It has USA painted on one side. Claudia stands next to a picnic table, studying it, hands on her tiny hips.
Dad comes out the back door, carrying a roll of aluminum foil.
DAD
Here it is! The foil we need to protect us from the sun.
He pulls a huge piece off the roll and lays it flat on the picnic table.
CLAUDIA
But it’s supposed to be orange.
Dad glances at the picnic table. There’s a basket of art supplies, markers, paints, and brushes.
DAD
We can paint it!
He hands a cup to Claudia and squeezes in a little red and a little yellow paint. He hands her a Popsicle stick. She grins and stirs it as carefully as if it were a pot of gold.
EXT. MERRY-GO-ROUND—DAY
There’s a merry-go-round at a county fair. Dad sits on a huge white horse. Claudia is tiny, not yet three, and sits in front of him, a safety belt wrapped around her waist. She’s clutching the pole with her little hands and looks terrified.
PAPA (O.S.)
She’s too little.
NANA (O.S.)
She’s with her dad. She’ll be okay!
The bell rings and the ride starts. Dad and Claudia circle around, away from the camera.
A moment later, they come back around, both grinning. The wind is blowing Claudia’s hair into her eyes. She waves at the camera.