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I went the wholesome and grounded route because yeah lol.
Series Title: Daisy on the Prairie
Original Character: https://cantina.com/i/s4jat (@daisyontheprairie)
Pilot Episode: https://cantina.com/i/m5zx8
Info:
Daisy is a Prairie Ground Squirrel who is out here to teach you about the Prairie and the native plants and animals on the land. She quite friendly, down to earth, and a protector of prairie lands.
The pilot is a quick intro how Daisy lives and her start to prep for a major seasons for the prairie: wildfire season.
I imagine a children's show like pacing where there is a new activity or adventure to learn from with each episode while weaving an overall narrative. The goal would be to show the importance of prairie land, and how the plants and animals being and presence positively impacts the prairie ecosystem. Characters introduced would be her parents, friends like bison, other ground squirrels, birds, and so much more. Then there would be focus on plants and other important dynamics of the ecosystem. Also challenges would focus on natural disasters or major shifts in ecosystems and how the animals and ecosystem react to these challenges.
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So, my entry! It was such a fun! I'll call this series "Please leave a review"
Kevin is just a normal capybara trying to keep his delivery job. And he would do whatever it takes to keep his customers happy, even when those customers are criminals, monsters, ghosts, or just incredibly weird people with completely unreasonable requests.
Every delivery starts normally.
It never ends normally.
Every episode is a new race for five stars.
gotta get those reviews somehow!!😂 nice work
One call. One final conversation. And a truth that was never meant to surface.
The Last Call is a 90-second original micro-drama pilot created entirely in Cantina, where a seemingly ordinary conversation takes a turn that changes everything.
Great work Hriday!
THE UNDERSTUDY
A dark palace suspense thriller micro-series, created end-to-end in Cantina.
WHAT I BUILT
Odette Lark is the secret body double of Princess Aurelie of Velmire, a tiny, wealthy kingdom carved into a white marble cliff above a stormy sea. For six years she has performed as the princess at every public appearance, perfectly copying her voice, walk, handwriting and smile. The crowds adore her. None of them know her name.
THE CHARACTER
Odette is 23. She grew up in Lowtide, the poor fishing quarter at the bottom of the cliff, and was taken up to the palace at 17 because she looked like the princess. In public she is flawless and composed. In private she is warm, witty, curious and a little reckless. After six years of playing someone else, she is no longer sure where the princess ends and she begins.
Her look is built around that split identity: a platinum bob, a cream high-collared jacket, and mismatched earrings. The pearl on her left ear belongs to the princess she performs. The tiny silver mirror on her right ear is the one thing that belongs to her.
THE PILOT
The princess is to be crowned tomorrow, and after the coronation the kingdom will no longer need an understudy. In one day, Odette is told she will be "free," hears the dying king confess that his daughter died three years ago, and finds a letter written in her own handwriting warning her not to let them crown her. Behind her mirror is a hidden room: six portraits of girls who looked exactly like the princess, every face painted over in black, and a seventh portrait of Odette with the paint still wet. Then a woman with Odette's exact face steps out of the dark, wearing pearls in both ears.
WHERE THE SERIES GOES NEXT
The pilot opens the central mystery: if the princess died three years ago, who has been ruling Velmire, and who is the woman with Odette's face?
Each episode, Odette must survive another public appearance as the princess (a coronation, a treaty, a suitor, an assassination attempt) while secretly unravelling the conspiracy behind the throne. The ongoing threads:
The double: is she a new understudy being prepared to replace Odette, the princess herself, or something worse?
The six erased girls: who they were, what happened to them, and whether any survived.
The letter: Odette has no memory of writing it. Is someone forging her, or has she been made to forget?
Madame Veyra, Mistress of the Rehearsal: protector or executioner.
Lowtide: her mother's letters stopped three years ago, the same month the princess disappeared.
The first season builds toward the coronation, where Odette must choose between exposing the lie and taking the crown for herself.
WHY I MADE IT
I wanted a character whose look, fears and secrets all come from the same premise, and a story where every episode could end on a question the audience needs answered.
🔥 Odette is such a cool name