Imagin8tor
08-13-2006, 10:42 AM
Short film: "Long Road Home" by Jason van Niekerk (aka Freaky_Jason_) :)
Hey guys, i got this concept from my friend that it currently studing script writting (1yr) which he used for a simple assignment and i thought it would be quite interesting if i can turn this into a cartoony-style animation for my final project for my year ending.So, I dicided to get started and start doing the planning and pre-production of the short film. I thought too share all this info and the progress on developing this short with you guys so that everyone can learn more inqluding myself and experrience the journey.
( Here is the story set out for you guys, BUT plz feel free to crit, share ideas ect. this is for myself so please feel free to just
do anything ) - Im working on the storyboard almost done !
Narrative Structure :
Logling - It's a CG Animation about a traveller (Student) who tries to make his way from is Studing location back to his home in Johannesburg ( The Capital of South Africa ) . Unfortunately, everything that can go wrong will go wrong.
First and second explosion ( Climax ) - 1st : The protagonist's car breaks down.
2nd : The plane that the protagonist crashes.
Prose Story :
A traveller (Student) drives his car form his destination (Studing away form home) back home for holdidays. On his journey back home a series of unfortunate events happens to him. He drives up behind a truck that is transporting hardware equipment ( Nails, Tools,
Ect. ). The traveller gets frustrated while sitting stuck behind this truck.
The truck his a pothole and this causes some of the hardware equiptment to fall of onto the road including a box of nails. The traveller drives over the nails which causes his tyres to burst. After getting to a complete stop he gets out of his car frustrated thinking of a solution to get home.
After quite some time that pased and holding a piece of paper which says --> Johannesburg (home destination) with alot of cars passing him by on the highway a truck comes by with a speed and swfff his paper away. He gives up and sits on is lagues next to his car waiting.
Lying on in the dust on is last bored position he seas a face blocking the son, its a biker who stopped asking him for a ride.
After quite a while of driving on the back of a harley the biker decides to stop by a local GAS & PUB building with local bikers. Ones again the traveller standing observing and realizing that he is stuck ones again (Kicking the dust of anger) he seas a roadsign
next to the highway ( Airport ) and he thought ... " Aaahh what the heck."
He gets on a airplane sitting back comfortible and sighs but an anouying kid next to him starts asking questions ( "how come,....How come..." )
Traveller goes totally insaine, grab the kid by his neck and swfff him through the plane window, causing a lack of pressor and the plane starts going down.
With a trawler in the distance and a relaxed ocean this plane goes straight into the water. [Cut] Later that day a trawler whines up is fish net
finishing another days work you see the travelers arm between all the fishes getting throughen in the storages base.
At the final shot of this film we have a shot inside the fish factory focusing on the final production fase of the packaging of the fish
getting ready to be shipped...we see a BOX gets stamped - " SHIP TO Johannesburg " ... So the traveller arrive home but just not as he expected to.
Genre : Comedy - Cartoon style
DEADLINE : 29 September 20006 (Daaaammmnnn !!! ) :scream:
Please feel free to add or give advice on anything - It is my FINAL year project at Universal Computer Arts Acadamy ( http://www.ucaa.co.za)
** Also starting up a blog for myself - http://imaginjason.spaces.live.com/ ( Still starting it up, but yeah getting there )
thanx guys
Freaky J PS : Ill post some stuff I moddeled in my spare time soon - which im gona use, but for now wana just sort out the story/concetp and get the storyboar up and going !!!
Hey guys, i got this concept from my friend that it currently studing script writting (1yr) which he used for a simple assignment and i thought it would be quite interesting if i can turn this into a cartoony-style animation for my final project for my year ending.So, I dicided to get started and start doing the planning and pre-production of the short film. I thought too share all this info and the progress on developing this short with you guys so that everyone can learn more inqluding myself and experrience the journey.
( Here is the story set out for you guys, BUT plz feel free to crit, share ideas ect. this is for myself so please feel free to just
do anything ) - Im working on the storyboard almost done !
Narrative Structure :
Logling - It's a CG Animation about a traveller (Student) who tries to make his way from is Studing location back to his home in Johannesburg ( The Capital of South Africa ) . Unfortunately, everything that can go wrong will go wrong.
First and second explosion ( Climax ) - 1st : The protagonist's car breaks down.
2nd : The plane that the protagonist crashes.
Prose Story :
A traveller (Student) drives his car form his destination (Studing away form home) back home for holdidays. On his journey back home a series of unfortunate events happens to him. He drives up behind a truck that is transporting hardware equipment ( Nails, Tools,
Ect. ). The traveller gets frustrated while sitting stuck behind this truck.
The truck his a pothole and this causes some of the hardware equiptment to fall of onto the road including a box of nails. The traveller drives over the nails which causes his tyres to burst. After getting to a complete stop he gets out of his car frustrated thinking of a solution to get home.
After quite some time that pased and holding a piece of paper which says --> Johannesburg (home destination) with alot of cars passing him by on the highway a truck comes by with a speed and swfff his paper away. He gives up and sits on is lagues next to his car waiting.
Lying on in the dust on is last bored position he seas a face blocking the son, its a biker who stopped asking him for a ride.
After quite a while of driving on the back of a harley the biker decides to stop by a local GAS & PUB building with local bikers. Ones again the traveller standing observing and realizing that he is stuck ones again (Kicking the dust of anger) he seas a roadsign
next to the highway ( Airport ) and he thought ... " Aaahh what the heck."
He gets on a airplane sitting back comfortible and sighs but an anouying kid next to him starts asking questions ( "how come,....How come..." )
Traveller goes totally insaine, grab the kid by his neck and swfff him through the plane window, causing a lack of pressor and the plane starts going down.
With a trawler in the distance and a relaxed ocean this plane goes straight into the water. [Cut] Later that day a trawler whines up is fish net
finishing another days work you see the travelers arm between all the fishes getting throughen in the storages base.
At the final shot of this film we have a shot inside the fish factory focusing on the final production fase of the packaging of the fish
getting ready to be shipped...we see a BOX gets stamped - " SHIP TO Johannesburg " ... So the traveller arrive home but just not as he expected to.
Genre : Comedy - Cartoon style
DEADLINE : 29 September 20006 (Daaaammmnnn !!! ) :scream:
Please feel free to add or give advice on anything - It is my FINAL year project at Universal Computer Arts Acadamy ( http://www.ucaa.co.za)
** Also starting up a blog for myself - http://imaginjason.spaces.live.com/ ( Still starting it up, but yeah getting there )
thanx guys
Freaky J PS : Ill post some stuff I moddeled in my spare time soon - which im gona use, but for now wana just sort out the story/concetp and get the storyboar up and going !!!