Script (point form)

Puppet Jealousy

• Old, poor puppeteer. (optional character possibly just show hands)
• Two handmade puppets made from same tree.(optional)
• Good puppet was popular with the audience. Being the hero in the puppet show, he gets to slain the villain in most endings.
• Evil puppet got jealous and upset.
• Plots against Good puppet after the performance.
• At night, when the puppeteer is not around, they can actually move.
• They usually untie themselves and walk around as they wish.
• They tie themselves back onto the strings before the puppeteer returns.
• He loosens the strings tied to the wood at the top.
• Good puppet finds himself in a situation where he had to choose
• Move and tighten the string
• Expose his live identity, ruin the show & scare away the audiences.
• Don't move
• Get badly damaged.
• Good puppet chose NOT to move, got badly damaged and broke his leg.
• Evil puppet sniggers and hid the missing screw/pin that is crucial to securing the broken limb of the good puppet.
• Without a choice, the puppeteer cast the evil puppet as the hero.
• The response to the show wasn’t good without the usual hero.
• The evil puppet realized his mistake and fixed the good puppet.
• They swap around secretly taking turns to play the hero n villain in future.
• END

Interrogated Ideas..

Interrogation of Puppet Jealousy:

• What kind of background/foreground going to be use?
• simplistic flat background mapped onto a plane like those of a budget box theatre.
  
• What's the over all style?
• 3D, simple, Pixar/Toy Story/Tim Burton kind of look.
  
• Are there going to be any texture?
• possibly very subtle texture mapping like wooden surfaces etc.
  
• What is my target audience?
• kids and their parents.
  
• What do you want them to feel?
• ..that unity is strength.
  
• ..to learn to share.
• ..to learn not to be selfish.
• ..to empathize with marionette that felt left out eventually.
• What is the animation style am I going to use?
• 3D, simple, pixar/toy story/tim burton kind of look.
• What is the purpose of the animation?
• to learn how to animate in 3d convincingly.
  
• to tell a story which children with siblings can empathized with.
  
• What is the length of the animation?
• approximately 2mins
  
• How do I make the sound scape?
• Will attempt NOT to have the marionettes talk. However, music & sound effects will be available.
  
• How many characters are there going to be?
• Two & a Half? (Mainly the two marionettes and a pair of giant hands..)

Interrogation of Regretful Son:

• What is the visual style I want?
• 3D, semi-realistic, similar to "Nancy's Morning".
  
• Who are my main characters?
• An ambitious young man, who has unknowingly neglected his family, in pursuit of a successful career.
• A retired father who loves his son.
• How much of this will the audience know? When will they know it?
• Impatience - from constant checking of wrist watch.
• Rudeness - from mannerism in conversation with dad.
• Unintentional neglect - from photo in car dashboard.
  
• Regret - from rushing back to dad.
• Despair - from falling to his knees upon sight of his dad on the floor.
  
• What is my target audience?
• Young people in the rat race.
  
• What do you want them to feel?
• ..not to neglect family.
  
• ..see a part of themselves in the son.
  
• ..learn not to make the same mistakes.
  
• What is the purpose of the animation?
• to learn how to animate in 3d convincingly.
  
• to tell a story which children with siblings can empathized with.
  
• What is the length of the animation?
• approximately 2mins
  
• How do I make the sound scape?
• Record dialogues and source for royalty-free sad, depressing sound online.
  
• How many characters are there going to be?
• Two & a Half.. Dad, Son and the lower body of a passerby walking by.
• Scope of my environment?
• at the side walk and front door of a house.
  

Week 4 Homework?

Interrogate one of your other ideas.

Choose AT LEAST ten questions from the lists generated in class by all the groups. (Some additional questions might be provided for you to choose from.)

Ask and answer them of one of your ideas.

You should also be working towards your concept presentation (Week 7).

Major Project: Synopses of ideas

Idea #1: PUPPET JEALOUSY

Tim & Tam are a pair of handmade marionettes belonging to Wang's string-puppet show. All is well until jealousy sets in between the marionettes during a performance one night and left Tim seriously damaged. Wang's performance lost popularity due to the loss of one of his key characters of the show. With the show on the brink of closing down, Tam realises his mistake to save the show.

Idea #2: THE HAT - CURIOSITY

A baby in diapers crawls along and sees this magical hat on the floor. He had fun initially with the magical capabilities of his new-found toy but soon realizes the big trouble he is getting into. He panicked after several unsuccessfully to remedy the magic (his newly-modified body wouldn't fit into the hat). Eventually after he had given up and was distracted with trying to get his pacifier, he reverts back to his original form by sheer luck when he stumbled and fell into the hat.

Idea #3: THE CANDLES - RACIAL DISHARMONY

Vander and Tallie are different kind of candles but they always hung out together like pals. One day, Fuzzy, the leader of the Aroma Candle Community, imposed a new restrictions on contact between Aroma candles and the normal candles. Tallie was pushed around by the Aroma candles but Vander was initially confused whether to stand up against his own community for Tallie but when he couldn't take the bullying anymore, he stood up righteously for Tallie. In a freak accident during the chase, Fuzzy slipped and fell into a precarious situation but was eventually rescued when Tallie sacrificed himself. Fuzzy & company are won over by Tallie's act of bravery.

Idea #4: REGRET

Peter is waiting impatiently for his dad who is late. He scolded his dad for being so late and rudely interrupts his dad's attempted apology to pick up a phone call. He cancels the lunch with his dad after the call and walks away before discovering the true reason why his dad was late. Feelings of regret engulfed him as he rushes back to where they had earlier parted but there laid his old man on the floor unconscious.

1. Peter, in business attire, impatiently paced around taking the umpteenth glance at his watch before finally seeing his old man arrive with a folder in hand.
2. He scolded his dad for being so late and that he had planned to bring him to lunch at a restaurant before going for an important appointment with a client.
3. He snatched the folder from his father and rudely interrupted his father's attempted apology to pick up a phone call which he distanced himself as he answers.
4. While on the phone with his secretary, he overheard a conversation from a passerby about an accident he had while parking his car.
5. After ending the call, Peter told his dad that he could not make it for lunch as work has caught up again and his dad was very understanding and brushed it aside.
6. As Peter walked briskly away, he saw the same passerby who had an accident.
7. He was telling his friend about this old man who he knocked into and passed out for a while but recovered and insisted not to be brought to the hospital.
8. At this point, Peter realised that his dad had unusually walked with a slight limp today and turned around to see him limp slowly away.
9. He regretted his earlier actions upon realization of what must have happened.
10. Peter cancelled his appointment with his secretary and brought his dad for a checkup/lunch.
11. Peter rushed back to where they had earlier parted and a short distance laid his old man unconscious on the floor..
    

Idea #5: SUICIDAL

Sam is a naughty boy whom is disliked by the entire village for his behavior and pranks. One day they decided to take drastic action and tied him to a pole on a hill. When they released him, he was sorry. Eventually, the villagers regretted being too harsh on the little boy when he took his life by hanging himself.

Major Project Concept Developing Brief

Write your synopses, in the form of three or four bullet points, detailing the general plot/story/outline of FOUR different ideas for your major project.

Additional notes can be included if you wish.