Story Treatment # 3

B is a Graphic Designer who is facing eviction because of withheld rent payments.  He has utter discontent for his current community and wants to run away. Upon reading an eviction notice, B drifts into this imaginary realm of urban abstractions and is forced to face himself as a child.  On this journey B starts to realize were the source of all his design acalaids have began.

B The Bug! 3D Character Model

StoryBoards

Animatic 2nd Story revised

Comedy and satire

More FUN FACTS

http://www.asktheexterminator.com/cockroach/Cockroach_Species.shtml

http://bugsincyberspace.com/cockroach.htm

First Script – Storyboards

More Precedents

Buster Keaton – “Hard Luck” silent film

Precedents (more focus)

For my next round of precedent research for thesis. I decided to reach out to the creators of inspiring animation pieces. Thesis is about getting your stuff out there and being an active voice in the community.

These are my precedents and colleagues in the field of animation.

“After You” by Chris Cordingley

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~ccording/index.html

“Al Dente” by Jean-François Barthélémy, Maël François, Carlos Felipe Leon Ortiz

http://www.aldente-themovie.com/aboutus.html

Character Bio’s

Character Break-down/Biographies

Three Main Characters:

B – Age: unknown
Has a rebel’s mentality, loves a good fight and always figures out a way to win.
The origins of B’s early life is a mystery that B can’t seem figure out.  He remembers only flashes of early childhood events that guide B’s daily decisions.  B is always conflicted with good and evil impulses, which work against each other. Some would call him bi-polar or even a bit crazy because of the way he handles stressful situations.

Jolie Bit:  Age: 2nd stage Molt
Jolie is still dealing with the sudden deaths of her parents.  She was raised to be the perfect queen possessing vast knowledge of the Wellstone colony.   Jolie believes her Uncle Torex has some thing to do with your parents demise.  Jolie is also interested in the myth of Wellstone’s Utopia and believes it possess the key to her parents death.

Torex: Age: 4th stage Molt
Torex has dreams of world conquest and finds pleasure in the suffering of others.
Torex is also responsible for the demise of Jolie’s parents.  Torex give the former King and Queen misinformation about a neighboring colony that needed their help.  This lie by Torex unfortunately led into a trap with the Blaberus Clan. The Blaberus Clan are the long time enemies of Gernies and want control of Wellstone. Torex who origins remain unknown oddly resembles a Blaberus Clan member.