1. Story
I was asked to come up with 5 ideas for a 30 second short film during the first two weeks of Class 5 at AnimationMentor. This was written on Friday, January 18, 2008
I have to add that the ideas herein were just a bunch of nonsense talks with my brother. He has amazing ideas and creativity and we were able to pull out some of the basics. I also wrote down in this document from which places did I take the idea from.
Story 1: “Hanging Fan”
Setting: Interior, Afternoon, Living room of a small house, a TV and a big window behind Character is: A soccer fan, dressed with the team’s shirt and shorts
Objective: To watch the game, no matter what!
Idea taken from: The man from “Amelie” who fooled her when she was a girl, then she took revenge upon him. And some real sport freaks I know.
We open up with a scene from inside the living room and the TV. Our man is watching the soccer game, his entire soul in the results of his team. The window is behind him.
Suddenly, the signal goes out! The sound is still on, but the image is out. He can’t believe it! Noo!! Immediately he hears a noise and turns over the couch. The Satellite antenna has fallen down, and it’s hanging from it’s cable from the roof, visible from the window.
So he jumps off his couch and rushes out through the door. He grabs the gas tube and starts climbing with difficulties.
Then he reaches the antenna and climbs with it to the top of the roof. He’s concerned of loosing one last second of his game, so he tries to put the antenna back but then he slips, falling from the roof. In a dramatic instant he grabs the antenna and avoids the fatal ending. He’s hanging from the cable, and he’s happy to be safe. Then he finds out that the signal has returned, and he’s capable of looking the match through the window. Then his team marks a goal. He forgets about his precarious position to raise his fists and scream “goal!” and falls off from scene.
Moral of the story: Our passion is everything that matters.
Story 2: “UFO Watching”
Setting: Exterior, Night, the open fields. Stars shining in the sky
Characters are: an UFO geek. He watches for UFOs outside his house all nights. A geeky Alien dude.
Objective: To watch without being watched.
Idea taken from: some birdwatching I did back in highschool.
Our man is watching the starry skies with binoculars. UFO books are all around him. He sighs disappointed of another day of not seeing an UFO.
Suddenly, a bright light illuminates the night scene. He can’t believe his eyes, a smile of excitement draws on his face. He rans off and jumps into a bush to hide.
Then he glances from his hideout and looks through the binoculars. He can see a flying saucer landing gently on the hill. He looks excited that the door is opening and a small alien-like figure is coming out.
The alien is a cherish, geeky character with binoculars and books as well, only that his book has a human figure in the cover. He’s on Earth to do some human-watching! But then as he walks down he sees the guy and runs himself to another bush.
The UFO geek is suddenly wondering where did the little guy go, so he looks everywhere with his prismatics and finds out that the alien is looking at him as well with his binoculars. Confused, he stands up and approaches the alien. In a sudden moment, the alien jumps at him and he’s so fast he just sees black.
Fade in. it’s the inside of the geek’s room. He enters the scene with a veery pissed off face and sits on the bed. He’s got tagged on the ear and a leg by the alien, like he’s some captured bird. Another UFO passes outside his window, but he’s so angry at them that he just shuts the curtain.
Moral of the story: Don’t do others what you don’t want to receive.
Story 3: “Late”
Setting: Interior, Morning, dining room of a small apartment
Character is: An everyday office guy, late again to work.
Objective: To get to his car and flee
Idea taken from: Self experience, chat with my brother.
Our man enters scene in a big rush. There’s some unfinished cereal and coffee on the table. He looks the wall clock and confirms he’s so late again. He puts his briefcase on the table and starts putting papers in it. There’s a big keyholder with his car keys next to it.
Suddenly, when he closes his briefcase, he founds out that while moving the papers, he has left his keys in as well. He sighs and attempts to open it, but it’s stuck.
A brief sequence of funny shots take place, where he tries to open it in different ways, like against the door or smashing it stomping on.
He watches the clock again, he’s really late now. In desperation, he lets the briefcase fall on the table again. It magically opens.
He takes off his keys and watches them with pride as he closes the briefcase again, but when he starts walking, the briefcase falls off the table with his tie grabbed in it.
Tired, he lifts it and lets it fall down again on the table, but it doesn’t open. Frustrated, he just rushes off with his briefcase hanging from his tie.
Moral of the story: Sometimes, you just gotta let go.
Story 4: “Sweep Off”
Setting: Interior, Day, Inside of a Mall
Characters are: A very old man who sweeps and brooms the mall. A heavy robot replacement. A low-caring boss.
Objective: To win a sweeping race.
Idea taken from: Chat with my brother. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Dexter’s Lab.
It’s our senior janitor’s last day. His boss doesn’t care, he just replaced him with the latest in technology, a big heavy robot with sweeping arms and an evil Terminator camera. Filled with sadness, he delivers his old broom.
Suddenly, he has a plan and, with determination, he reaches his boss again and points at the robot. (Title “Sweep off” appears)
The two contestants are in line. Several objects are put in the floor, to mark the tracks of each one. It’s the signal to start racing and it’s on!
As expected, the robot does a quick and flawless job, in record time. It sweeps and brushes and cleans and polishes his side of the track with arms coming out of his body. On the other side the old man is in turtle speed, gently sweeping with his broom. As expected, he finishes last and the boss takes his broom off with an evil smile, then grabs a can from his unfinished side.
Suddenly, the can grabs the robot’s attention. With his red visor he targets the can and the boss. He approaches and deliverately takes the poor man and launches it on his recipient bin.
We see the old man sweeping gently again with a smile on his face. He takes his broom to the new garbage processor unit – a modified version of the robot.
Moral of the story: Heart beats Ability
Story 5: “Bad Hair Day”
Setting: Interior, Day, Bedroom and Dining Room
Characters are: A very shy teen guy, A beautiful fashion-lover teen girl
Objective: To hide a bad hair
Idea taken from: Chat with my brother. Hair and gel commercials
It’s finally the Big Day. Our hero wakes up with a smile in the face and looks to the calendar, where it’s marked “Big Day! Cindy here!” He rushes to the bathroom and looks himself in the mirror.
Suddenly, he screams, his hair is a mess. More than a mess, it could have its own life. The worst bad hair day in the history of Mankind.
So he gets a comb and tries to solve the problem, failing miserably. He tries to brush it and when he looks like he’s made it, it jumps off again to its later form.
Then he takes drastic measures: He grabs his Atomic-Cryptonite-Alcohol Free styling gel. Fights with his hair until it becomes more like a helmet. He smiles confident at the mirror and leaves.
His date arrives, she is wearing fashion dress and earings and stuff. She sits with a smile in the small romantic dinner he has arranged for her in the dining room. He’s nervous and she looks calmed.
Suddenly, just when she is approaching him in a soon-to-be first kiss, his hair starts trembling like an earthquake or a volcano about to explote. Then, like a whip, it jumps off its form and hits the girl, throwing her off her chair.
He’s devastated about this and runs to help her stand up. But she looks at his hair and touches it with a smile, it’s very fashion like!
Moral of the story: Even the worst thing could be fashion some day
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