Ep. 316 - "Noche Buena Buds" (Seq. 15)
DRAMA
When Fire Marshall Bill gets snowbound during a blizzard up in the mountains above Gearbox Grove, it's the Firebuds to the rescue! But they're going to need help from the town's grumpy bulldozer Wrex, an acerbic character who could easily be at home on more adult shows like The Simpsons or Family Guy.
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Ep. 323 - "Big Brother BBQ" (Seq. 01)
COMEDY
Jayden's family throws their Grandma Jones a birthday party cookout, and the Firebuds are invited. Now if only Jayden's dad Jamal can manage to not mess up Grandma's secret BBQ recipe. Firebuds' secret recipe as a show is teaching children the value of generational family through touching storylines.
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Ep. 321 - "Father's Day Hoedown" (Seq. 14)
ACTION
The hallmark of a kids action show like Firebuds is typically a big dramatic rescue sequence at the end of each episode, followed by a life lesson learned. Here, father & son vehicles work together to extinguish a raging fire whirl, healing family rifts in the process. Helicopters have feelings too, you know.
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Ep. 102 - "Taking the Reins" (Seq. 16)
DRAMA
Malibu & Brooklyn track a stolen show horse to a secluded shed. I departed from the staging outlined in the script, which originally had the Barbies off in the bushes passively observing their suspect Lady Puddington from a distance. I opted instead to move the girls right up close next to her, comically unnoticed.
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Ep. 105 - "As Good as Gondola" (Seq. 06)
DRAMA
Cassidy & Renee trail Giovanni through the narrow streets of Venice Italy, where a suspicious package is being handed off. The confined space of the alleyway posed a staging challenge, as the girls needed to observe without being noticed. My solution was to hide the sleuths inside a smelly dumpster.
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Ep. 106 - "Back in the Diamond Saddle" (Seq.04)
DRAMA
On a train back to England, the gang confronts Lady Puddington, hoping to elicit a confession of her involvement in the horse-napping caper once and for all. I implemented claustrophobic staging in the confined train car to give the sense that the walls are closing in on Puddington.
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