Rowan+M.A.

=Ben Franklin= Rowan McAllister

introduction:
My movie will be about how Benjamin Franklin changed the world with his discovery of electricity. How he invented he the lighting rod. And what would happen if there was no electricity or lightning rods and

Characters:
character 1:Rowan character 2:Tom

Acts:
Act 1:takes place at in my living room Act 2:takes place in my bedroom Act 3:takes place on my roof

Act 1:
Camera starts and Rowan and Tom are sitting on the couch. Rowan: "Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity, his discovery changed the world forever. If we didn't have electricity our lives would be very different." Tom: "Here are some things that use electricity that are a part of our every day lives." Camera shows a lightbulb, a computer,an i-pod and an i-phone ,an air conditioner, a TV,a refrigerator,a radio, and a game boy.

Act 2:
Tom: "If there was no electricity I wouldn't be using this computer." Rowan: "And I wouldn't be using this i-pod." Tom: "And that light wouldn't be there, there would be a gas lamp or a candle."

Act 3:
Tom: "Benjamin Franklin also invented the lightning rod. The lightning rod is a pointed metal pole that attracts lightning and sends it through a wire into the ground, preventing the lightning from lighting the house on fire. Benjamin had a bell attached to the wire of his lightning rod and the bell would ring every time the rod was hit." Rowan: "Here is a demonstration. This house has a lightning rod, and this house doesn't have a lightning rod. The lightning hits this house and it is fine, then the lightning hits this house and it catches on fire." Camera shows Rowan using paper lightning bolt to simulate lightning. One house lights on fire. The camera zooms in and then fades away. then it shows a slide sow of lightning rods.

References http://www.pocanticohills.org/franklin/lightningrod.htm