After a lot of deliberating and planning today, I finally have a decent idea of what I want my final film to be, so here is a small synopsis and treatment I have written to describe it.
Synopsis: A comedy odd-couple animation about a CGI character and a Hand Drawn character living together in perfect disharmony.
Treatment: The film will be about a short, stuffy, arrogant, stuck up, rule abiding 2D hand drawn animated character, sharing a flat with a large, easy going, happy-go-lucky CGI 3D character, in an odd-couple style situation.
The personality of the hand drawn character will be that mimicking his drawn style, as the hand drawn style is governed by strict rules and methods, recycled walk cycles and backgrounds, and seen by society as a more ‘classical’ and refined animation method. His character would emulate this to a hyper-realistic degree, bordering on obsessive compulsive rules and regulations, designed to drive his flatmate crazy. The 3D CGI character would be the mirrored polar opposite of the hand drawn character, being very relaxed and easy going, determined to enjoy his life with as little fuss and drama as possible, without any lines and boarders to govern how he moves, and how wasteful he can be with overuse of things. This would emulate how in a 3D animation, once a character is created, it can be used for any type of animation, never needing to be re-drawn again and again for different poses. Leading to humorous situations between the two, with the stuffy hand drawn character imposing strict recycling rules on the CGI character, only for him to completely ignore them, much to the hand drawn character’s distress and anger.
The animation would be composed of a single hand drawn character, animated in Toon Boom/Flash. Then with a single rigged character composed in Maya, composited together in after effects with a suitable environment for them both. There would be a constant bouncy soundtrack to accompany them and their movements, with as little dialogue as possible, with the majority of their emotions and actions taking place through exaggerated facial expressions and gestures.
The film would portray the daily lives of the two flatmates, waking up in the morning, squabbling over food, rules, etiquette, hygiene and so forth. Eventually ending in a large rumble between the two, which causes an accident, which they then have to put their differences aside and work together to help each other, realising they are actually good friends who need each other, despite hating what each other do.
The working title currently for the film would be ‘Anarchy, Rules!’ as this oxymoron immediately portrays the two characters stuck together for their own particular benefits (i.e. living somewhere on a low budget) A lot like the words are, opposite terms used for an interesting effect.
Other titles planned: ‘A Fine Mess’, ‘Agree to Disagree’, ‘Perfect Mismatch’, ‘Alone Together’ etc...
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