Today is due for the first assignment: the proposal. The proposal must contain the treatment, the research and references and the storyboards.
The treatment wasn't that hard to make because I had almost all the aspects of the story figured out.
The research wasn't that hard either, but I just couldn't imagine what wallpaper or wall color to choose (again my color problems). And describing the references was a bit "annoying" because I didn't know what else to write. But hopefully it came out understandable.
The storyboards were fun though. It's a lot of work (i have 30 panels) but I see the storyline so much clearer now. I have to start making sketches and concepts for my ballerina, probably next week.
Here is my treatment:
It starts in an ordinary late afternoon. Emma, a cheerful six-year-old girl, watches TV downstairs after a fun session with her toys, unaware of what is about to happen in her room.
Luckily for Tingo, Emma hardly ever tidies up her room after she plays. Tingo is a musical clown by Playful. He was given to Emma two birthdays ago and he always accompanies her in her adventures.
That ordinary afternoon, Tingo rests against the toy chest, where Emma left him. He contemplates absorbed the ballerina. She is turning beautifully to the sound of the music of her music box. Tingo always feels very connected to other musical toys. They make him feel like home.
But something interrupts the scene. Emma´s mom comes in to let some boxes in the room. In her way out she trips over the ballerina. Tingo watches everything startled. To free the way Emma´s mom takes the ballerina and…oh no! She puts her on the shelf above the dresser. Then she goes back out and closes the door.
Poor ballerina… Now she´s on that lonely cold shelf all by herself! The absence of music makes Tingo feel empty and sad. He has to do something. Determined, Tingo takes the jumping rope that´s laying on his right and when he reaches the dresser´s base, he looks up. There´s a nail that stands out the edge of the shelf. Tingo throws the rope and it wraps around the nail perfectly. But the first pull removes the nail and Tingo falls to the ground.
Now what? Tingo turns the head to the rest of toys and he has an idea. He takes the abc blocks, drags them to the dresser and piles them to steps. He puts a jumping popper on the top. He flips it with a kick and quickly jumps in. Tingo waits impatiently. Plop! Tingo is thrown up and clings to the shelf clumsy and with a last push he gets on the shelf.
And there she was, dejected and sad. She didn´t have anybody to play anymore. Nobody would listen to her music or watch her dance anymore… But someone is approaching her. Tingo? Tingo takes off his hat timidly and offers her the flower of his shirt’s pocket. The ballerina accepts it and realises she’s not alone and she would never be in Emma’s room. She is very happy. So she dances again and the music sounds again for Tingo, who watches her once again, feeling happy and home.
I won't be posting the storyboards yet, because I just have them in pdf format and I would have to export every single sheet to jpeg. I'll leave it for another post, maybe for the animation post, when everything's finished, so I can compare them side to side.
The treatment wasn't that hard to make because I had almost all the aspects of the story figured out.
The research wasn't that hard either, but I just couldn't imagine what wallpaper or wall color to choose (again my color problems). And describing the references was a bit "annoying" because I didn't know what else to write. But hopefully it came out understandable.
The storyboards were fun though. It's a lot of work (i have 30 panels) but I see the storyline so much clearer now. I have to start making sketches and concepts for my ballerina, probably next week.
Here is my treatment:
THE SHELF ODYSSEY
In a six-year-old’s bedroom, a musical clown doll has to achieve the highest shelf to see the ballerina, after the child’s mom put her in that lonely cold place.
Story by Andrea Lalanda Wrege
Luckily for Tingo, Emma hardly ever tidies up her room after she plays. Tingo is a musical clown by Playful. He was given to Emma two birthdays ago and he always accompanies her in her adventures.
That ordinary afternoon, Tingo rests against the toy chest, where Emma left him. He contemplates absorbed the ballerina. She is turning beautifully to the sound of the music of her music box. Tingo always feels very connected to other musical toys. They make him feel like home.
But something interrupts the scene. Emma´s mom comes in to let some boxes in the room. In her way out she trips over the ballerina. Tingo watches everything startled. To free the way Emma´s mom takes the ballerina and…oh no! She puts her on the shelf above the dresser. Then she goes back out and closes the door.
Poor ballerina… Now she´s on that lonely cold shelf all by herself! The absence of music makes Tingo feel empty and sad. He has to do something. Determined, Tingo takes the jumping rope that´s laying on his right and when he reaches the dresser´s base, he looks up. There´s a nail that stands out the edge of the shelf. Tingo throws the rope and it wraps around the nail perfectly. But the first pull removes the nail and Tingo falls to the ground.
Now what? Tingo turns the head to the rest of toys and he has an idea. He takes the abc blocks, drags them to the dresser and piles them to steps. He puts a jumping popper on the top. He flips it with a kick and quickly jumps in. Tingo waits impatiently. Plop! Tingo is thrown up and clings to the shelf clumsy and with a last push he gets on the shelf.
And there she was, dejected and sad. She didn´t have anybody to play anymore. Nobody would listen to her music or watch her dance anymore… But someone is approaching her. Tingo? Tingo takes off his hat timidly and offers her the flower of his shirt’s pocket. The ballerina accepts it and realises she’s not alone and she would never be in Emma’s room. She is very happy. So she dances again and the music sounds again for Tingo, who watches her once again, feeling happy and home.
I won't be posting the storyboards yet, because I just have them in pdf format and I would have to export every single sheet to jpeg. I'll leave it for another post, maybe for the animation post, when everything's finished, so I can compare them side to side.
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