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Hi, I'm Liza Rhea,

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and I'm the director of the <i>Short Circuit</i>
short film <i>The Number 2 to Kettering.</i>

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<i>I grew up in Northampton, England,</i>
<i>and I got the number two bus to school.</i>

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<i>It was a big red double-decker bus,</i>
<i>full of strangers.</i>

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And, one day, someone exiting the bus
caught my eye and smiled at me.

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And, uh, my immediate reaction was, like,

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"Oh, no. Don't look at this person,
don't interact."

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Then I just realized,
"Actually, that felt really nice."

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<i>So, I wanted to, whenever I could,</i>

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<i>without being the crazy girl,</i>

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um, just catch someone's eye
and smile at them,

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and I got the nickname "The Smiler"
from all the bus drivers, you know.

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(LAUGHS)

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<i>I used color to try and relay this</i>
<i>emotional journey that this girl's on.</i>

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Another thing that we went with
stylistically was, um,

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trying to make it look like
a bit of a stop-motion animation.

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<i>So, having the background characters</i>
<i>animated on twos</i>

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<i>and having real tactile textures.</i>

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<i>We have such a huge impact on one another.</i>
<i>We're all going through something,</i>

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and sometimes the smallest act,
even if it's just a smile,

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<i>can really help brighten someone's day.</i>

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I hope you enjoy
<i>The Number 2 to Kettering.</i>

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(WHISTLING)

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(MAN 1 GRUMBLING)

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-(GIRL GASPS)
-(COINS CLATTER)

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Good morning.

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(SIGHS) Is it?

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-Oh. Um...
-(COINS CLATTER)

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(CHUCKLES)

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(SQUEAKING)

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(CLEARS THROAT)
Excuse me. Is this seat taken?

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-(GASPS)
-WOMAN 1: Hmph!

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(GASPS) Excuse me, sir.

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(GASPS)

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-MAN 1: What'd you do that for?
-Sorry, I, uh...

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(MAN 1 GRUNTS)

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Sorry.

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(SIGHS)

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(SCOFFS)

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-(BABY CRYING)
-(OBJECT RATTLES)

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Huh?

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WOMAN 2: (SIGHS) Hush now.

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-Excuse me. Is this yours?
-(SIGHS)

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-Sorry, I don't mean to bother you...
-What?

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(BABY CONTINUES CRYING)

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(SIGHS)

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Huh?

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(BABY GURGLING)

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(BLOWS RASPBERRY)

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(BLOWS RASPBERRY)

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-(LAUGHING)
-(SIGHS)

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(BOTH LAUGHING)

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(LAUGHING)

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(WOMAN 2 BLOWS RASPBERRY)

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(ALL LAUGHING)

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MAN 2: That's cheered me up.

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-Well, good morning.
-Isn't it? (CHUCKLES)