Project Overview and Treatment

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Project treatment

TITLE: Dissolve (work in progress)

WRITER: Kelsey Grier

LENGTH: 1-5 minutes (work in progress)

DATE: 10/31/2016

The goal of Dissolve is to use fluid motion and movement of animation to tell a complex narrative in 1 to 5 minutes.  The main draw of the piece will be the fluidity of the movement of the animation so that the unsettling and psychedelic, fast paced imagery has continuity.

For example:

In one scene, the professor comes into his lab to see his creation.  The previous shot is a calming, horizontal composition of the professor comforting his creation as she falls asleep.  In this scene, he comes back to the lab to see her curled against a wall, smashing her face against it.  The tranquillity of the previous scene is lost as the camera and the professor rush to the creation.  The camera tracks around the creation to show part of her face to the viewer.  The professor is now in the background and a warped perspective makes him appear to be towering over the creation almost menacingly.  His hand comes from far away until it is impossibly big on her shoulder to turn her around to face him.  The camera turns with her, and the viewer is given an intensely close shot of her face which is mutilated beyond recognition.   

The next shot shows the professor struggling with her limp form to put her on his table to fix her, and the camera becomes shake-y, the textures seam to float around their anchor, and the colours become harsher, all to evoke the tension and unrest in the two character's psyche.  

Visually, the animation will be driven by the style of both the animation and of the characters.  The project will be entirely 2D, with hand-drawn keys.