Introduction:

After watching Madoka I had mixed emotions. I liked the characters, but felt they were not properly fleshed out. I liked the ending but not it's execution. I liked the story but felt it demanded too much from suspension of disbelief. I don't presume to say that I could have told the story better, but the thought would not leave my head of 'If I were to tell Madoka Magica what would I do differently?' So over the course of a little over half a year I hammered out the 8-episode teleplay miniseries scripts of this project and I can safely say the answer to my question was 'More allegory, A second plot thread, an ultimate McGuffin, Nerfing the final boss and more character backstory.' I'm personally comfortable with those choices, and think the changes fit while still feeling very much like a true-to-Madoka remake. About the only thing irreplaceable from the original series would be Kajiura Yuki's entrancing score. Taking the sound of Madoka away removes its auditory identity. As much as I could try to emulate the plot and dialogue the musical essence of the series is not something I could forge whole cloth so I had to use the TV series approach. When an American TV show wants to engage its audience in song it's usually a montage with well known pop music behind it. Since I viewed this project as something for the small screen that is the direction I went. I tried to think of songs that were not well known because I was imagining that I was saddled with an imaginary budget, but by episode six I asked myself who I was kidding and put in musical ideas that only big names could afford. Ideally I'd want to have the series with its own score but the many moments of montage, apparent especially the final two episodes, assured that long music breaks would be demanded. I won't say that I wrote myself into a corner with the music, but options outside of published music were limited. In order to hear the ideas I was going for I have a link to all the music used and each track is tagged in this introduction with a corresponding alpha-numeric reference listed below for you to hear the songs I'd intended. As of Feb-12-2017 all of these links are currently alive. You'll notice that almost all are youtube videos, that was just the most convenient option available. I make a visual reference to the plague scene from "Kanashimi No Belladonna" which was at one time available in clip form on youtube but has since been scrubbed. If you want to see it I'm afraid you'll have to watch the whole movie on your own (t/d)ime.

I'll say quickly about publishing that I had held my screenplays back thinking I'd want to keep them hidden in case I get an opportunity to produce, but I have since come to the realization that it's not in the cards. When a recent movie trailer came out scored to one of the songs used in the scripts I decided that there was no real creative way forward in production. So what was I to do with everything I'd written? Give it up to the internet and let it be read and picked apart by the anyone who'd care enough to read or archive it in an old hard drive which would be about equal to throwing it in the garbage? You can clearly tell which path I chose.

I haven't touched my account in over a decade, but of anywhere on the internet this is where "The magic of Hope" belongs. Feel free to comment and Criticize.

I apologize for any formatting errors. Fanfiction . net's document system did not register my formatting choices, and I also referenced Ms. Perry as in the script which FF . net thought was a hyperlink and deleted...repeatedly. So if someone is talking with no name it's the teacher. I think I fixed it but if there is any confusion or error in the formatting comment and let me know.

Thanks for reading.
-Chenalos

Soundtrack:

Notes: I recommend having the soundtrack list copied/opened to another tap or text document in order to access each file without having to return to the list as presented on this page. (G1) is repeated several times over the course of the final two episodes. Best to leave that song open in a separate tab.

Virtue:

(A1) watch?v=BIeGrOo6JDk

(A2) watch?v=D3FXC-9gg0c

Joy:

(B1) watch?v=JwKdCUaSJNU

(B2) watch?v=717WyyDaWSY

Prudence:

(C1) watch?v=d7rWcBwqbH8

(C2) watch?v=X4C2HlUwYXw

(C3) watch?v=SwfUuxGim2s

Amity:

(D1) watch?v=wcyL_BvcMNc

(D2) watch?v=bzvqMK_9VRs

(D3) watch?v=n36hDSK-vhA

Charity:

(E1) watch?v=-zYwjhJuNAE

(E2) watch?v=Gsfx0AoIKvk

(E3) watch?v=a9f4fWSzCvA

Mercy:

(F1) watch?v=J2CCfxiQ5QY

(F2) watch?v=bXsmGSnq3lE

Peace:

(G1) watch?v=UC_VzbtRGr0

(G2) dankeller d0t bandcamp d0t com $lash album $lash rosada

(G3) watch?v=sYi7uEvEEmk

(G4) watch?v=xQKcIOFT9KM

(G5) watch?v=XkSmLh2Hbi0

(G6) watch?v=IdAiCtxwxQw

(G7) watch?v=ncgB2lhzM0U

(G8) watch?v=iqoUDGJ4g2A

(G9) watch?v=P160_odTwyY

Hope:

(H1) watch?v=aecRZbvhuS4

(H2) watch?v=xKvmb25GbWs

(H3) watch?v=5i4-25wNp84

(H4) watch?v=h3-6O7btipo

(H5) watch?v=Et52K3VOFQ4

(H6) watch?v=ito5ELbyyxs

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