“Kyla’s Claymated News Segment”Pitch Treatment
By Edmund Janas, Brego.com
Logline:An 8-year-old girl named Kyla (voiced and animated by Leslie Jones) recreates the week’s major news stories through a series of delightfully unhinged claymation vignettes, delivering the harsh realities of current events through an authentic childlike lens of boundless imagination and play.
Synopsis:Each week on “Kyla’s Claymated News Segment,” the rambunctious 8-year-old persona of Kyla is brought to life by the wildly talented Leslie Jones, who voices and animates her freewheeling comedic antics. Kyla (established as Michael Che’s faux-niece) opens by recapping the headlines in her trademark lively, rambling way. What separates her take is how quickly it devolves into loopy nonsense as the segment transitions into homemade claymation setpieces.
Here, Kyla physically inhabits the news, acting...