Thursday, December 4, 2014

Case Study No. 1718: "What does the librarian say?"

What does the librarian say?
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Part of our 2014 Staff Development Day film fest, Morgan Hill brings you their own version of 'What does the fox say?'
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[scene opens with an exterior shot of the Morgan Hill Library, as an instrumental version of Ylvis' "What Does the Fox Say?" plays]
[cut to various shots inside of the library, as someone begins singing]
NARRATOR: The AMHS goes "whirr"! The scanners go "beep"! The patrons go "grr"!
[cut to a female librarian sitting at her desk, when the monitor on her PC goes into sleep mode (so she puts her head down)]
NARRATOR: And the screen goes to sleep!
[cut to a closeup of a phone]
NARRATOR: The phones go "ring"!
[cut to two young patrons kissing in the stacks]
NARRATOR: The kiddies say "hey"!
[a female librarian reaches in from off camera and tries to drive them away with a spray bottle]
NARRATOR: The teens go "let us kiss"!
[cut to a young male patron walking towards the exit while reading a book]
NARRATOR: The gate's alarm, you're not checked out!
[the alarm goes off, as two female librarian appear and tackle him]
NARRATOR: It's the RFID ...
[cut to a "female librarian" (wearing a wig of grey hair in a bun) facing away from the camera]
NARRATOR: But there's one sound, that no one knows ...
[the "librarian" turns around and faces the camera (revealing himself to be a young man)]
NARRATOR: What does the librarian say?
[cut to several shots of female librarians putting their fingers to their lips and shushing the camera]
NARRATOR: Shh shh shh shh shh shh shh! Shh shh shh shh shh shh shh! Shh shh shh shh shh shh shh!
[cut to a shot of the information desk]
NARRATOR: What's the librarian say?
[cut to a female librarian moving books around on the shelf]
NARRATOR: Where that, where that, where that book?
[cut to another female librarian looking through a box of books]
NARRATOR: Where that, where that, where that book? Where that, where that, where that book?
[cut to another shot of the stacks]
NARRATOR: What's the librarian say?
[cut to one of the female librarians using a fax machine]
NARRATOR: We don't have no fax machine!
[cut to another female librarian shaking the fax machine in frustration]
NARRATOR: We don't have no fax machine!
[cut to another female librarian taking a paper out of the fax machine, crumpling it up, and throwing it on the floor]
NARRATOR: We don't have no fax machine!
[she stomps on the paper for good measure, before storming off
NARRATOR: What's the librarian say?
[cut to another female librarian holding up a torn book with disgust]
NARRATOR: Why can't you keep our books clean? Why can't you keep our books clean?
[cut to another female librarian holding up a chewed and tattered book]
NARRATOR: Why can't you keep our books clean?
[cut to another female librarian sniffing a copy of Kate McMullan's book "I stink!" with hesitation (then quickly sticking her tongue out as if she's about to vomit)]
NARRATOR: What's the librarian say?
[cut to another female librarian holding up a sign showing a hamburger with a red circle and a line through it]
NARRATOR: No eating!
[she holds up another sign showing the yellow "pedestrian crossing" symbol]
NARRATOR: No running!
[she holds up another sign showing a person talking with a red circle and a line through it]
NARRATOR: Be quiet!
[she holds up another sign showing a cartoon where a man is holding a giant bag of money with the dollar sign on it]
NARRATOR: Pay your fines!
[she holds up another sign showing a unicorn with a red circle and a line through it]
NARRATOR: We like you, when you're nice ...
[she holds up another sign showing a man riding a triceratops, with a red circle and a line through it]
NARRATOR: But not when you get mad ...
[cut to a closeup of a computer screen showing the library's online catalog, with the record for "Disney's Frozen" on DVD]
NARRATOR: We're so sorry, your book's checked out ... but we'll put you on request!
[cut to a female patron using a computer, when she suddenly gets a confused look on her face, then raises her fists and screams to the heavens]
NARRATOR: And if you don't check your email ... will you yell if your book goes--
[cut to the interlibrary loans bin, as someone off camera begins tossing books in]
NARRATOR: Ba-aa-aa-aa-ack to-oo-oo-oo-oo So-uh-omeplace else ...
[cut to a closeup of a computer screen showing Google Maps, with directions from Morgan Hill Library to Milpitas Library]
NARRATOR: Why can't you drive to Mil-il-ilpitas? Il-il-ilpitas? Il-il-ilpitas?
[cut back to the young man wearing the librarian wig, as he again turns to face the camera]
NARRATOR: What does the librarian say?
[cut to another female librarian sitting at her computer, as she turns to the camera and shrugs]
NARRATOR: No, I can't check your account!
[cut to another female librarian sitting at her computer, as she turns to the camera and angrily points towards the door]
NARRATOR: No, I can't check your account!
[cut to another female librarian sitting at her computer, as she holds up a sign with a cartoon duck saying "No!"]
NARRATOR: No, I can't check your account!
[cut to another shot of the stacks]
NARRATOR: What's the librarian say?
[cut to another female librarian hiding under her desk]
NARRATOR: We don't wanna hear you shout! We don't wanna hear you shout!
[cut to another female librarian grimacing while sticking her fingers in her ears]
NARRATOR: We don't wanna hear you shout!
[cut to a shot of a closed door, as (through the glass) we can see another female librarian mouthing the words "Help me!"]
NARRATOR: What's the librarian say?
[cut to another female librarian kicking a stuffed cat out of the library]
NARRATOR: Please don't make me kick you out! Please don't make me kick you out! Please don't make me kick you out!
[cut to another shot of the information desk]
NARRATOR: What's the librarian say?
[cut to another female librarian checking underneath an overturned recycling bin, then turning to the camera with a horrified look on her face]
NARRATOR: There's poo-ooooooo!
[cut to another female librarian sorting books on the shelves, when she waves a hand in front of her face (as if she smells something bad)]
NARRATOR: There's poo-ooooooo!
[she turns to look at something off camera, then quickly begins dry-heaving]
NARRATOR: What's the librarian say?
[cut to another female librarian reading a book, when she undoes her bun and flips her long hair out]
NARRATOR: Not all of us wear buns ...
[cut to a closeup of a librarian wearing leather boots]
NARRATOR: Or comfy orthopedic shoes ...
[cut to several of the librarians standing around and talking]
NARRATOR: We really are just like you ... but what is our sound? Will we ever know? We want to know! We want to know!

Starring
Nichole King
Hylary Locsin
Julie Mendez
Saralyn Otter
Tamara Palmer
Marcus Torres

Lyrics by
Hylary Locsin

Performed by
Nichole King
Hylary Locsin
Saralyn Otter
Tamara Palmer

Sound Recording by
Jason Locsin

Filmed and Edited by
Marcus Torres

A Parody of
"What Does the Fox Say?"
by Ylvis

Special Thanks to
All the Staff of the
Morgan Hill Library

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