PRODUCTION PARAMETERS • Format: 16:9 (landscape, cinematic) CHARACTERS (only 2 — no other humans in any shot): • Nahema, die Frau in dem türkisen Kleid. • Baldur: ein kleiner bescheidener Diener von Nahema SETTING • Ein arabisches setting in Nahemas Büro. Überall liegen magische gerätschaften herum und Bücher. SCRIPT Nahema bursts out of the small ice house door wearing a tilted birthday hat. She is excited. Nahema (inner monologue): "Today's the day!" Baldur follows her out slowly, carrying a shell bowl, a small bottle of cream, a wooden stirring stick, and a few small candles. Nahema: "Baldur, hurry! We only have till sunset!" Baldur: "We have till sunset every year. And every year you say that." They walk to the ice table next to the house. Time to make this year's birthday ice cream cake. Baldur chips a big chunk of ice off the ice shelf wall. Ice fragments scatter. Nahema holds the bowl underneath to catch the pieces. Some ice chips land on her face. She shakes them off, laughing. Nahema: "More! Bigger!" Baldur (out of breath): "You said that about last year's too." Nahema pours the crushed ice into the shell bowl. She adds cream from the small bottle. She stirs with the wooden stick — the bowl is almost bigger than she is, and she spins with it as she stirs. Nahema (inner monologue): "The secret is you have to stir it exactly one hundred times." Nahema (counting under her breath): "...ninety-seven, ninety-eight —" She slips. The stirring stick flies out of her flippers. Baldur catches it with one wing. Baldur (handing it back): "Ninety-nine." Together they stack the mixture onto the ice table — one layer, two layers, three layers. A three-tier ice cream cake takes shape. Nahema: "A little more on the left. No — the other left." The cake is done. Nahema carefully sticks a few small candles into the top. Baldur presses a ring of small seashells around the middle layer. They step back and look at it. Nahema (quietly): "It's perfect." Golden afternoon light. The ice cream cake glows on the ice table. Three small candles stand on top. Baldur strikes two stones together to make a spark and lights the candles. Three tiny flames flicker in the breeze. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year on my birthday, there's only one thing I want. Just this. Just us. Just our ice cream cake." Nahema takes a deep breath. Closes her eyes. Puffs up her cheeks, ready to blow — At the exact moment she blows — a deep crack sounds from below. The ice splits. A fracture shoots from under their feet straight through the ice table. The table breaks in half. The candle flames go out. The cake tilts. Nahema reaches for it — she can't reach. The cake slides off the broken table and falls into the dark water in the crack. Shell, cream, candles — all gone. At the same time, one wall of the ice house cracks. The fish-bone wind chime falls and shatters on the ice. The light shifts from warm gold to cold blue. Nahema's mouth is still in the shape of blowing. But there is no cake. She slowly relaxes her cheeks. Silence. Nahema sits at the edge of the crack, not speaking. Baldur stands behind her. Baldur (softly): "Nahema." She doesn't turn around. Baldur looks down. He sees a small chunk of ice on the ground — with a tiny trace of cream still on it. He picks it up. He walks around to face Nahema. He puts the ice chunk on the ground in front of her. He pulls out one unlit candle from behind his wing. He carefully sticks it into the ice chunk. Baldur: "Make a wish." Nahema looks at the ice chunk. The size of her flipper. One crooked candle. Baldur strikes the stones. A spark. The candle lights. One small flame. Nahema smiles. She blows it out gently. They sit together in front of their half-broken ice house, sharing that one bite of ice cream. The wind chime pieces are scattered around them. But they are smiling. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year I say... next year we'll make a bigger one." The camera rises and slowly pulls back. The ice house looks smaller. The edge of the ice shelf is dripping. Nahema (inner monologue): "But somehow... the place where we make it gets a little smaller every year." Extreme wide aerial shot. A shrinking ice shelf. A half-broken ice house. Two tiny plush figures sitting in front of it. Dark ocean all around. Long silence. Nahema (inner monologue, almost a whisper): "I didn't even get to make my wish." Pause. Baldur (whisper): "Yes you did." Slow fade to black. End card text: "Make it while you can."
PRODUCTION PARAMETERS • Format: 16:9 (landscape, cinematic) CHARACTERS (only 2 — no other humans in any shot): • Nahema, die Frau in dem türkisen Kleid. • Baldur: ein kleiner bescheidener Diener von Nahema SETTING • Ein arabisches setting in Nahemas Büro. Überall liegen magische gerätschaften herum und Bücher. SCRIPT Nahema bursts out of the small ice house door wearing a tilted birthday hat. She is excited. Nahema (inner monologue): "Today's the day!" Baldur follows her out slowly, carrying a shell bowl, a small bottle of cream, a wooden stirring stick, and a few small candles. Nahema: "Baldur, hurry! We only have till sunset!" Baldur: "We have till sunset every year. And every year you say that." They walk to the ice table next to the house. Time to make this year's birthday ice cream cake. Baldur chips a big chunk of ice off the ice shelf wall. Ice fragments scatter. Nahema holds the bowl underneath to catch the pieces. Some ice chips land on her face. She shakes them off, laughing. Nahema: "More! Bigger!" Baldur (out of breath): "You said that about last year's too." Nahema pours the crushed ice into the shell bowl. She adds cream from the small bottle. She stirs with the wooden stick — the bowl is almost bigger than she is, and she spins with it as she stirs. Nahema (inner monologue): "The secret is you have to stir it exactly one hundred times." Nahema (counting under her breath): "...ninety-seven, ninety-eight —" She slips. The stirring stick flies out of her flippers. Baldur catches it with one wing. Baldur (handing it back): "Ninety-nine." Together they stack the mixture onto the ice table — one layer, two layers, three layers. A three-tier ice cream cake takes shape. Nahema: "A little more on the left. No — the other left." The cake is done. Nahema carefully sticks a few small candles into the top. Baldur presses a ring of small seashells around the middle layer. They step back and look at it. Nahema (quietly): "It's perfect." Golden afternoon light. The ice cream cake glows on the ice table. Three small candles stand on top. Baldur strikes two stones together to make a spark and lights the candles. Three tiny flames flicker in the breeze. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year on my birthday, there's only one thing I want. Just this. Just us. Just our ice cream cake." Nahema takes a deep breath. Closes her eyes. Puffs up her cheeks, ready to blow — At the exact moment she blows — a deep crack sounds from below. The ice splits. A fracture shoots from under their feet straight through the ice table. The table breaks in half. The candle flames go out. The cake tilts. Nahema reaches for it — she can't reach. The cake slides off the broken table and falls into the dark water in the crack. Shell, cream, candles — all gone. At the same time, one wall of the ice house cracks. The fish-bone wind chime falls and shatters on the ice. The light shifts from warm gold to cold blue. Nahema's mouth is still in the shape of blowing. But there is no cake. She slowly relaxes her cheeks. Silence. Nahema sits at the edge of the crack, not speaking. Baldur stands behind her. Baldur (softly): "Nahema." She doesn't turn around. Baldur looks down. He sees a small chunk of ice on the ground — with a tiny trace of cream still on it. He picks it up. He walks around to face Nahema. He puts the ice chunk on the ground in front of her. He pulls out one unlit candle from behind his wing. He carefully sticks it into the ice chunk. Baldur: "Make a wish." Nahema looks at the ice chunk. The size of her flipper. One crooked candle. Baldur strikes the stones. A spark. The candle lights. One small flame. Nahema smiles. She blows it out gently. They sit together in front of their half-broken ice house, sharing that one bite of ice cream. The wind chime pieces are scattered around them. But they are smiling. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year I say... next year we'll make a bigger one." The camera rises and slowly pulls back. The ice house looks smaller. The edge of the ice shelf is dripping. Nahema (inner monologue): "But somehow... the place where we make it gets a little smaller every year." Extreme wide aerial shot. A shrinking ice shelf. A half-broken ice house. Two tiny plush figures sitting in front of it. Dark ocean all around. Long silence. Nahema (inner monologue, almost a whisper): "I didn't even get to make my wish." Pause. Baldur (whisper): "Yes you did." Slow fade to black. End card text: "Make it while you can."
PRODUCTION PARAMETERS • Format: 16:9 (landscape, cinematic) CHARACTERS (only 2 — no other humans in any shot): • Nahema, die Frau in dem türkisen Kleid. • Baldur: ein kleiner bescheidener Diener von Nahema SETTING • Ein arabisches setting in Nahemas Büro. Überall liegen magische gerätschaften herum und Bücher. SCRIPT Nahema bursts out of the small ice house door wearing a tilted birthday hat. She is excited. Nahema (inner monologue): "Today's the day!" Baldur follows her out slowly, carrying a shell bowl, a small bottle of cream, a wooden stirring stick, and a few small candles. Nahema: "Baldur, hurry! We only have till sunset!" Baldur: "We have till sunset every year. And every year you say that." They walk to the ice table next to the house. Time to make this year's birthday ice cream cake. Baldur chips a big chunk of ice off the ice shelf wall. Ice fragments scatter. Nahema holds the bowl underneath to catch the pieces. Some ice chips land on her face. She shakes them off, laughing. Nahema: "More! Bigger!" Baldur (out of breath): "You said that about last year's too." Nahema pours the crushed ice into the shell bowl. She adds cream from the small bottle. She stirs with the wooden stick — the bowl is almost bigger than she is, and she spins with it as she stirs. Nahema (inner monologue): "The secret is you have to stir it exactly one hundred times." Nahema (counting under her breath): "...ninety-seven, ninety-eight —" She slips. The stirring stick flies out of her flippers. Baldur catches it with one wing. Baldur (handing it back): "Ninety-nine." Together they stack the mixture onto the ice table — one layer, two layers, three layers. A three-tier ice cream cake takes shape. Nahema: "A little more on the left. No — the other left." The cake is done. Nahema carefully sticks a few small candles into the top. Baldur presses a ring of small seashells around the middle layer. They step back and look at it. Nahema (quietly): "It's perfect." Golden afternoon light. The ice cream cake glows on the ice table. Three small candles stand on top. Baldur strikes two stones together to make a spark and lights the candles. Three tiny flames flicker in the breeze. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year on my birthday, there's only one thing I want. Just this. Just us. Just our ice cream cake." Nahema takes a deep breath. Closes her eyes. Puffs up her cheeks, ready to blow — At the exact moment she blows — a deep crack sounds from below. The ice splits. A fracture shoots from under their feet straight through the ice table. The table breaks in half. The candle flames go out. The cake tilts. Nahema reaches for it — she can't reach. The cake slides off the broken table and falls into the dark water in the crack. Shell, cream, candles — all gone. At the same time, one wall of the ice house cracks. The fish-bone wind chime falls and shatters on the ice. The light shifts from warm gold to cold blue. Nahema's mouth is still in the shape of blowing. But there is no cake. She slowly relaxes her cheeks. Silence. Nahema sits at the edge of the crack, not speaking. Baldur stands behind her. Baldur (softly): "Nahema." She doesn't turn around. Baldur looks down. He sees a small chunk of ice on the ground — with a tiny trace of cream still on it. He picks it up. He walks around to face Nahema. He puts the ice chunk on the ground in front of her. He pulls out one unlit candle from behind his wing. He carefully sticks it into the ice chunk. Baldur: "Make a wish." Nahema looks at the ice chunk. The size of her flipper. One crooked candle. Baldur strikes the stones. A spark. The candle lights. One small flame. Nahema smiles. She blows it out gently. They sit together in front of their half-broken ice house, sharing that one bite of ice cream. The wind chime pieces are scattered around them. But they are smiling. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year I say... next year we'll make a bigger one." The camera rises and slowly pulls back. The ice house looks smaller. The edge of the ice shelf is dripping. Nahema (inner monologue): "But somehow... the place where we make it gets a little smaller every year." Extreme wide aerial shot. A shrinking ice shelf. A half-broken ice house. Two tiny plush figures sitting in front of it. Dark ocean all around. Long silence. Nahema (inner monologue, almost a whisper): "I didn't even get to make my wish." Pause. Baldur (whisper): "Yes you did." Slow fade to black. End card text: "Make it while you can."
PRODUCTION PARAMETERS • Format: 16:9 (landscape, cinematic) CHARACTERS (only 2 — no other humans in any shot): • Nahema, die Frau in dem türkisen Kleid. • Baldur: ein kleiner bescheidener Diener von Nahema SETTING • Ein arabisches setting in Nahemas Büro. Überall liegen magische gerätschaften herum und Bücher. SCRIPT Nahema bursts out of the small ice house door wearing a tilted birthday hat. She is excited. Nahema (inner monologue): "Today's the day!" Baldur follows her out slowly, carrying a shell bowl, a small bottle of cream, a wooden stirring stick, and a few small candles. Nahema: "Baldur, hurry! We only have till sunset!" Baldur: "We have till sunset every year. And every year you say that." They walk to the ice table next to the house. Time to make this year's birthday ice cream cake. Baldur chips a big chunk of ice off the ice shelf wall. Ice fragments scatter. Nahema holds the bowl underneath to catch the pieces. Some ice chips land on her face. She shakes them off, laughing. Nahema: "More! Bigger!" Baldur (out of breath): "You said that about last year's too." Nahema pours the crushed ice into the shell bowl. She adds cream from the small bottle. She stirs with the wooden stick — the bowl is almost bigger than she is, and she spins with it as she stirs. Nahema (inner monologue): "The secret is you have to stir it exactly one hundred times." Nahema (counting under her breath): "...ninety-seven, ninety-eight —" She slips. The stirring stick flies out of her flippers. Baldur catches it with one wing. Baldur (handing it back): "Ninety-nine." Together they stack the mixture onto the ice table — one layer, two layers, three layers. A three-tier ice cream cake takes shape. Nahema: "A little more on the left. No — the other left." The cake is done. Nahema carefully sticks a few small candles into the top. Baldur presses a ring of small seashells around the middle layer. They step back and look at it. Nahema (quietly): "It's perfect." Golden afternoon light. The ice cream cake glows on the ice table. Three small candles stand on top. Baldur strikes two stones together to make a spark and lights the candles. Three tiny flames flicker in the breeze. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year on my birthday, there's only one thing I want. Just this. Just us. Just our ice cream cake." Nahema takes a deep breath. Closes her eyes. Puffs up her cheeks, ready to blow — At the exact moment she blows — a deep crack sounds from below. The ice splits. A fracture shoots from under their feet straight through the ice table. The table breaks in half. The candle flames go out. The cake tilts. Nahema reaches for it — she can't reach. The cake slides off the broken table and falls into the dark water in the crack. Shell, cream, candles — all gone. At the same time, one wall of the ice house cracks. The fish-bone wind chime falls and shatters on the ice. The light shifts from warm gold to cold blue. Nahema's mouth is still in the shape of blowing. But there is no cake. She slowly relaxes her cheeks. Silence. Nahema sits at the edge of the crack, not speaking. Baldur stands behind her. Baldur (softly): "Nahema." She doesn't turn around. Baldur looks down. He sees a small chunk of ice on the ground — with a tiny trace of cream still on it. He picks it up. He walks around to face Nahema. He puts the ice chunk on the ground in front of her. He pulls out one unlit candle from behind his wing. He carefully sticks it into the ice chunk. Baldur: "Make a wish." Nahema looks at the ice chunk. The size of her flipper. One crooked candle. Baldur strikes the stones. A spark. The candle lights. One small flame. Nahema smiles. She blows it out gently. They sit together in front of their half-broken ice house, sharing that one bite of ice cream. The wind chime pieces are scattered around them. But they are smiling. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year I say... next year we'll make a bigger one." The camera rises and slowly pulls back. The ice house looks smaller. The edge of the ice shelf is dripping. Nahema (inner monologue): "But somehow... the place where we make it gets a little smaller every year." Extreme wide aerial shot. A shrinking ice shelf. A half-broken ice house. Two tiny plush figures sitting in front of it. Dark ocean all around. Long silence. Nahema (inner monologue, almost a whisper): "I didn't even get to make my wish." Pause. Baldur (whisper): "Yes you did." Slow fade to black. End card text: "Make it while you can."
PRODUCTION PARAMETERS • Format: 16:9 (landscape, cinematic) CHARACTERS (only 2 — no other humans in any shot): • Nahema, die Frau in dem türkisen Kleid. • Baldur: ein kleiner bescheidener Diener von Nahema SETTING • Ein arabisches setting in Nahemas Büro. Überall liegen magische gerätschaften herum und Bücher. SCRIPT Nahema bursts out of the small ice house door wearing a tilted birthday hat. She is excited. Nahema (inner monologue): "Today's the day!" Baldur follows her out slowly, carrying a shell bowl, a small bottle of cream, a wooden stirring stick, and a few small candles. Nahema: "Baldur, hurry! We only have till sunset!" Baldur: "We have till sunset every year. And every year you say that." They walk to the ice table next to the house. Time to make this year's birthday ice cream cake. Baldur chips a big chunk of ice off the ice shelf wall. Ice fragments scatter. Nahema holds the bowl underneath to catch the pieces. Some ice chips land on her face. She shakes them off, laughing. Nahema: "More! Bigger!" Baldur (out of breath): "You said that about last year's too." Nahema pours the crushed ice into the shell bowl. She adds cream from the small bottle. She stirs with the wooden stick — the bowl is almost bigger than she is, and she spins with it as she stirs. Nahema (inner monologue): "The secret is you have to stir it exactly one hundred times." Nahema (counting under her breath): "...ninety-seven, ninety-eight —" She slips. The stirring stick flies out of her flippers. Baldur catches it with one wing. Baldur (handing it back): "Ninety-nine." Together they stack the mixture onto the ice table — one layer, two layers, three layers. A three-tier ice cream cake takes shape. Nahema: "A little more on the left. No — the other left." The cake is done. Nahema carefully sticks a few small candles into the top. Baldur presses a ring of small seashells around the middle layer. They step back and look at it. Nahema (quietly): "It's perfect." Golden afternoon light. The ice cream cake glows on the ice table. Three small candles stand on top. Baldur strikes two stones together to make a spark and lights the candles. Three tiny flames flicker in the breeze. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year on my birthday, there's only one thing I want. Just this. Just us. Just our ice cream cake." Nahema takes a deep breath. Closes her eyes. Puffs up her cheeks, ready to blow — At the exact moment she blows — a deep crack sounds from below. The ice splits. A fracture shoots from under their feet straight through the ice table. The table breaks in half. The candle flames go out. The cake tilts. Nahema reaches for it — she can't reach. The cake slides off the broken table and falls into the dark water in the crack. Shell, cream, candles — all gone. At the same time, one wall of the ice house cracks. The fish-bone wind chime falls and shatters on the ice. The light shifts from warm gold to cold blue. Nahema's mouth is still in the shape of blowing. But there is no cake. She slowly relaxes her cheeks. Silence. Nahema sits at the edge of the crack, not speaking. Baldur stands behind her. Baldur (softly): "Nahema." She doesn't turn around. Baldur looks down. He sees a small chunk of ice on the ground — with a tiny trace of cream still on it. He picks it up. He walks around to face Nahema. He puts the ice chunk on the ground in front of her. He pulls out one unlit candle from behind his wing. He carefully sticks it into the ice chunk. Baldur: "Make a wish." Nahema looks at the ice chunk. The size of her flipper. One crooked candle. Baldur strikes the stones. A spark. The candle lights. One small flame. Nahema smiles. She blows it out gently. They sit together in front of their half-broken ice house, sharing that one bite of ice cream. The wind chime pieces are scattered around them. But they are smiling. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year I say... next year we'll make a bigger one." The camera rises and slowly pulls back. The ice house looks smaller. The edge of the ice shelf is dripping. Nahema (inner monologue): "But somehow... the place where we make it gets a little smaller every year." Extreme wide aerial shot. A shrinking ice shelf. A half-broken ice house. Two tiny plush figures sitting in front of it. Dark ocean all around. Long silence. Nahema (inner monologue, almost a whisper): "I didn't even get to make my wish." Pause. Baldur (whisper): "Yes you did." Slow fade to black. End card text: "Make it while you can."
PRODUCTION PARAMETERS • Format: 16:9 (landscape, cinematic) CHARACTERS (only 2 — no other humans in any shot): • Nahema, die Frau in dem türkisen Kleid. • Baldur: ein kleiner bescheidener Diener von Nahema SETTING • Ein arabisches setting in Nahemas Büro. Überall liegen magische gerätschaften herum und Bücher. SCRIPT Nahema bursts out of the small ice house door wearing a tilted birthday hat. She is excited. Nahema (inner monologue): "Today's the day!" Baldur follows her out slowly, carrying a shell bowl, a small bottle of cream, a wooden stirring stick, and a few small candles. Nahema: "Baldur, hurry! We only have till sunset!" Baldur: "We have till sunset every year. And every year you say that." They walk to the ice table next to the house. Time to make this year's birthday ice cream cake. Baldur chips a big chunk of ice off the ice shelf wall. Ice fragments scatter. Nahema holds the bowl underneath to catch the pieces. Some ice chips land on her face. She shakes them off, laughing. Nahema: "More! Bigger!" Baldur (out of breath): "You said that about last year's too." Nahema pours the crushed ice into the shell bowl. She adds cream from the small bottle. She stirs with the wooden stick — the bowl is almost bigger than she is, and she spins with it as she stirs. Nahema (inner monologue): "The secret is you have to stir it exactly one hundred times." Nahema (counting under her breath): "...ninety-seven, ninety-eight —" She slips. The stirring stick flies out of her flippers. Baldur catches it with one wing. Baldur (handing it back): "Ninety-nine." Together they stack the mixture onto the ice table — one layer, two layers, three layers. A three-tier ice cream cake takes shape. Nahema: "A little more on the left. No — the other left." The cake is done. Nahema carefully sticks a few small candles into the top. Baldur presses a ring of small seashells around the middle layer. They step back and look at it. Nahema (quietly): "It's perfect." Golden afternoon light. The ice cream cake glows on the ice table. Three small candles stand on top. Baldur strikes two stones together to make a spark and lights the candles. Three tiny flames flicker in the breeze. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year on my birthday, there's only one thing I want. Just this. Just us. Just our ice cream cake." Nahema takes a deep breath. Closes her eyes. Puffs up her cheeks, ready to blow — At the exact moment she blows — a deep crack sounds from below. The ice splits. A fracture shoots from under their feet straight through the ice table. The table breaks in half. The candle flames go out. The cake tilts. Nahema reaches for it — she can't reach. The cake slides off the broken table and falls into the dark water in the crack. Shell, cream, candles — all gone. At the same time, one wall of the ice house cracks. The fish-bone wind chime falls and shatters on the ice. The light shifts from warm gold to cold blue. Nahema's mouth is still in the shape of blowing. But there is no cake. She slowly relaxes her cheeks. Silence. Nahema sits at the edge of the crack, not speaking. Baldur stands behind her. Baldur (softly): "Nahema." She doesn't turn around. Baldur looks down. He sees a small chunk of ice on the ground — with a tiny trace of cream still on it. He picks it up. He walks around to face Nahema. He puts the ice chunk on the ground in front of her. He pulls out one unlit candle from behind his wing. He carefully sticks it into the ice chunk. Baldur: "Make a wish." Nahema looks at the ice chunk. The size of her flipper. One crooked candle. Baldur strikes the stones. A spark. The candle lights. One small flame. Nahema smiles. She blows it out gently. They sit together in front of their half-broken ice house, sharing that one bite of ice cream. The wind chime pieces are scattered around them. But they are smiling. Nahema (inner monologue): "Every year I say... next year we'll make a bigger one." The camera rises and slowly pulls back. The ice house looks smaller. The edge of the ice shelf is dripping. Nahema (inner monologue): "But somehow... the place where we make it gets a little smaller every year." Extreme wide aerial shot. A shrinking ice shelf. A half-broken ice house. Two tiny plush figures sitting in front of it. Dark ocean all around. Long silence. Nahema (inner monologue, almost a whisper): "I didn't even get to make my wish." Pause. Baldur (whisper): "Yes you did." Slow fade to black. End card text: "Make it while you can."