TEXT: "Osmin Micheän and Her Friends" 

FADE TO:

(NOTE: As a mid-budget doll, she will possess flexible jewelry-wire in her cloth body. Do NOT purchase another line.)

MCU: Osmin Micheän with one hand on her mouth and the other on her cheek; 'pensive' pose.

CU: Osmin Micheän; 'thinking' pose.
(NOTE: Mrm. L may be able to tilt the doll's head from behind.) 

CU: Osmin Micheän; 'aha!' pose.

MCU: Minimal animation; three 'walking' pose image to simulate Osmin taking 'steps' offscreen. 

SOUND: A violin, bowed as a tired sigh.

NARRATION: "Oh? What's the matter, Osmin?"

NARRATION: "Yes, please show us!"

ILLUSTRATION: Osmin is held up by a wire stand while another pair of gloved hands sews her clothes onto her. 

NARRATION: "Is that the day you were made, Osmin?"

SOUND: Violin, 'Mhm.'

NARRATION: "Oh! You stood so nice and still for the tailor, Osmin."

MCU: Osmin holds the picture book open, showing us the last two illustrations. 


CU: Tilt Osmin's head to the side and place a hand on her cheek to better show off her smile; 'demure joy' pose.

SOUND: Violin, 'Mhm!'

WIDE: Board of Design visionaries crowd around a set of cork boards. 

CU: Sketches and ephemera are pinned to the cork boards. 

MED: Supervisor stands over sketch artist. 

CU: The artist's sketch. Supervisor takes her pencil and corrects the line of the skirt.

CU: The corrected sketch is pinned to a board of finished designs

NARRATION: "All the latest trends are brought together by the Duchenar and Sons Company Visionaries." 

NARRATION: "Micheän's dress is nice, but can it be made nicer?"

CU: Doll's faces. MATCH between faces as much as possible, please. Uniformity is the point.

FADE TO:

B-ROLL: Workers in Casting prepare the molds for a pour.

CU: Mer Mornared performs his pour for us. 

MED: Micheän and her mittens in the foreground, Mornared in back. 

XCU: Micheän's mittens. 

XCU: Mornared's gloved hands peel the rubber mold from Micheän's face. 

MATCH: The head in Mornared's hands as he sands it down.

SOUND: Alternate plucked notes on cello with each new face.

NARRATION: "It is no trick of the maza—watch."

NARRATION: "Liquid porcelain is poured into the mold." 

NARRATION: "Have you ever worn mittens that were too tight? Have you seen the pattern left behind by the knit?"

NARRATION: "That is how we form Micheän's face."

MCU: Mrm. Nasero carrying the staked head to her work station. 

CU: Micheän's head with half the wefts sewn into the wig.

XCU: Nasero removes the heated rod from the newly formed curl.

XCU: Nasero uses her tiny brush to put pigment on the face.  

MCU: The head and wig from behind. Nasero turns it to show the finished face.

NARRATION: "Once the head is made perfect, Micheän goes to the specialists at Hair and Makeup." 

NARRATION: "See how the specialist braids and curls each lock individually. Just like the edocharei at Court!"

NARRATION: "Makeup must be applied by hand." 

NARRATION: "Why, Micheän! How lovely!"

B-ROLL: Members of the Assembly department sit by their respective treadles. 

XCU: Seamstress runs the body through her treadle machine. 

XCU: The holes on the upper thigh as the seamstress hand-sews them into place.

NARRATION: "While our dear Osmin receives the luxury treatment, the Assembly department sets straight to work."

NARRATION: "The body is sewn to reflect a fashionable figure." 

NARRATION: "Next, her arms, legs, and head are looped onto the body and made secure." 

NARRATION: "Are you ready for the final step, Osmin?"

MCU: ZOOM OUT on Min Ilmerezhen in her height-adjusted chair. She runs the large pieces through her treadle machine. 

CU: Min I's very deliberate in her stitching on the hem of the gown.

MED: Min I and the tailor as he drapes the half-finished dress. She holds his pin cushion.  

XCU: The tailor pins the dress tighter. 

NARRATION: "Every dress is sewn by hand, then altered by one of our tailors."

NARRATION: "This dress-maker ensures her stitches are neat, small, and even."

NARRATION: "The tailor allows Min Dressmaker to play assistant to-day."

NARRATION: "Osmin looks a little thin around the waist. Let's take the dress in."

B-ROLL: Masked and veiled workers in Assembly stand up from their stations at the end of the day. They place their hand kits under the treadle machine's desk all at once. 

MCU: Min I places her hand kit beneath the desk, too. 

B-ROLL: Min I stepping into the material selection line. 

NARRATION: "When the day is done, Osmin Micheän is placed in her box, ready to be unwrapped by some lucky little girl."

NARRATION: "But just because Micheän is ready to go to bed does not mean the Manufactory is." 

NARRATION: "Min Dressmaker still has to go home, eat her supper, and play with her siblings."

CU: Min I testing her handmade dress against her ragdoll.  

MCU: Merrem Firuzho sits and draws at the kitchen table while she waits for water to boil. 

CU: Firuzho's sketch work, preferably the set that features her design for an infant accessory. 

NARRATION: "Here she is at home. What are you doing, Min Dressmaker?"

NARRATION: "Oh! A ragdoll! Now she too can dress like Osmin Micheän!"

NARRATION: "Min Dressmaker's sister works in Assembly. With enough vision, she may one day work on the Board of Design." 

NARRATION: "See how she practices her sketching. Such straight lines!"