Freeze Tag Forever: Three Brothers vs. Time

Title: Freeze Tag Forever Genre: Action-packed, funny 3D Pixar-style short (approx. 3 minutes) Tone: Think Inception meets Spy Kids — fast-paced, imaginative, thrilling, and silly in all the right places. ⸻ INTRO – [0:00–0:30] [INT. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – HALLWAY – NIGHT] It’s late at night. The moonlight pours in through the windows of Jefferson Elementary. Everything is frozen in place — teachers mid-step, a paper airplane paused in midair, even a spilled juice box floating like time stopped in the middle of chaos. Suddenly—CRACK! A glowing blue ripple appears in the air. Out steps EZRA, age 14, tall, confident, rocking black coarse hair with faded sides. He wears a sleek techy version of his school hoodie, glowing at the seams. EZRA (into wrist mic): “Gianni. Princeton. We’re in. Time’s frozen. And I think I found who hit pause.” ⸻ SCENE 1 – [0:30–1:15] [INT. CAFETERIA – NIGHT] PRINCETON (age 13, calm, caramel-toned, slim, stylish) is already crouched behind a table frozen mid-food fight. He munches on a crunchy granola bar, whispering. PRINCETON “I’m telling you — I saw him. Chronos. Dude’s messing with the time stream again.” [ENTER GIANNNI] GIANNNI (age 10, shorter, husky, bossy) slides across the frozen floor like a bowling ball, mid-bite into a rock-solid frozen burrito. GIANNNI “Why is everything paused but the burrito’s still frozen?!” EZRA “Because Chronos rewired the school clocks. If that bell hits midnight—BOOM. We’re stuck like this. Forever.” Suddenly—BZZZ!! A glitch in the corner flickers and morphs into a swirling TIME-BLADE, slicing toward them in slow motion. EZRA (dodging, Matrix-style): “Time blades incoming! MOVE!” They leap behind lunch trays as the blade cuts clean through a tower of mashed potatoes. ⸻ SCENE 2 – [1:15–2:00] [INT. SCHOOL GYM – NIGHT] The gym is a battlefield of frozen dodgeballs, gym teachers in mid-yell, and time distortions. Chronos, a tall villain in a ticking clock-mask and swirling cape, floats above a glowing stopwatch device. CHRONOS (booming): “Midnight draws near, boys. Soon… the world will be perfectly still—forever.” GIANNNI “Man, he’s like a haunted Apple Watch.” EZRA (to brothers): “We have one shot. Princeton—time for the snack trick.” PRINCETON (smirking): “Say less.” He pulls out a bag of spicy chips and throws it into a flickering timeline glitch in the wall. The glitch sucks in the snack, starts pulsing… and suddenly a burst of real time floods the room like warm water thawing frozen air. ⸻ SCENE 3 – [2:00–2:45] [INT. CLOCKTOWER ROOM – SCHOOL ROOFTOP – NIGHT] The brothers scale to the top of the school where the massive clock bell is ticking toward 12:00. EZRA plugs in a digital override into the clock gears, fingers flying. PRINCETON tosses Gianni a jet-pack launcher made from gym equipment. GIANNNI (strapping in): “Time to go boss mode.” He blasts into the air, spinning like a bowling ball, and slams into the bell—stopping it at 11:59:59. Chronos SCREAMS. EZRA “Your clock just ran out.” He slams ENTER on his wrist pad. FLASH! A shockwave pulses through the school—UNFREEZING EVERYTHING. ⸻ ENDING – [2:45–3:00] [INT. CLASSROOM – DAY] The next morning. Everything’s back to normal. Students are yawning, teachers sipping coffee. EZRA, PRINCETON, and GIANNNI sit at their desks, completely normal again. GIANNNI (whispering): “…Still mad that burrito never thawed.” PRINCETON “You ate it anyway.” EZRA “Shhh. Class is starting.” BELL RINGS. Everyone flinches—but the day proceeds like nothing happened. FADE OUT. TITLE CARD: “Freeze Tag Forever” MUSIC: Upbeat heroic theme with a hint of mischief.