Project Proposal 

Summary

My grad film is called “Amnesia” (not finalized); it will be approximately 3 minute hand drawn 2D animation. It is an easy funny and touching story about a forgetful old lady who is struggling to cut her nails on the toe.

Synopsis

My film illustrates the loneliness and helplessness of a forgetful old lady by her several failed attempts of cutting nails on the toe, and her happiness of recall her memory with her husband.

Description

In my story, a forgetful old lady is struggling to cut her nails on the toe, but she fails so many times to reach her toes. She wants to use a small ladder to help herself, but she forgets what she was going to do when she is moving plants from the small ladder. After spending time on some other things, she remembers her origin and gets set to cut her nails again. But she still could not get the nails cut by her own. She sees a photo of an old man and her, so she tries to remember who he is. She feels helpless on her own, and I intend to let the audience feel sad for her at this point because she lost her cherished memory. The last part will be the climax of the story which her husband comes back from shop with a stool he just bought for her, and the old lady recalls all her memory with her loved one. After all, he helps her to cut nails on the toe.

Visual Treatment

I will be doing a hand drawn 2D animation piece, all the animation will be done hand drawn. After scanning the drawings into computer, I will color them digitally in Photoshop and then animate in After Effects. I will keep the line quality loose and light which keeps the organic feel of traditional animation. The colors will have a light tinted water color effect. A visual example will be My Neighbor the Yamadas. (see last post)

Sound Treatment

There will be no dialogue in my animation, the emotions of my character will be showed from her facial expressions and body movements. However, there will be background music play through the whole animation. I will use a slow-paced instrumental music which is similar to the pace of the story and also the main character. Furthermore, there will be sound effects that match the acts in the animation as while.

Budget:
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Production Schedule:
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Sample Visuals: