Minor: Narrative workshopping

 

Minor: Narrative workshopping

To start my new project I spent some time working on the Log line and explanation of my animation, Non Human resources. I Decided to do my first proposal, an animated short in the Sci-Fi Comedy genres.

The Premise: 

An alien explorer goes to his organisation and applies for a new partner. 

 

The Logline: 

Due to his kind nature and friendship with his current mission partner, he is unable to keep them safe. Because of this he is seeking for them both to be reassigned to different teams. 

 

Step Outline: 

• We start in space seeing the mothership and listening to the radio 

• We see Ranger 1 sitting in an interview situation where the interviewer (Behind the character) Starts the interview reviewing their request. 

• We cut to situations as they are being described by Ranger 1. 

• Ranger 2 is shown telling his side of the story in a non-linier way, we see them in the same interview room at separate times giving examples of positive situations. 

• These situations are also bad in the perspective of Ranger 1, as Ranger 2 boasts his social skills, we see him accidently launch Ranger 1 into Space  

• These situations escalate, often to comedic magnitude. 

• A Mission robot is brought into testify and its response is so bad it breaks its coding 

• The robot reveals survival possibilities within a mission with ranger 2 alone and When Ranger 1 is with them. 

• Ranger 1 gives a moving monologue on how he cannot keep Ranger 2 safe. 

• The interviewer reports that Ranger 2 has been assigned to “Tom ------” 

• Ranger 1 gets very worried quoting his nickname as “Build a bomb tom” 

• Ranger 2 Bursts into the interview with ranger 1 proudly carrying his first hand-made bomb before destroying the wall sucking them out into space. 

 

Situations: 

Ranger 1: 

• He (Ranger 2) is stupid. Like, No package, No Plan, No helmet. Kind of Stupid. 

• He Shot the Krill Ambassador. 

• He Crashed the Ship, the rover, the drone, and the walker. 

• Ranger 1 is talking to new alien species while ranger 2 is getting annoyed at his approach. 

• Ranger 2 is being presented with a medal but his inner monologue shows he has no idea why. 

• Small animal holds the 2 rangers hostage on a holo bridge as they are near the controls and could turn the bridge off 

• Ranger 1 is told that ranger 2 was the valedictorian of his class and screams in response. 

Ranger 2: 

• I teach him what I can, giving him lessons on how to be more social. (Ranger 2 picks up a girl by leaning on a control panel, launching Ranger 1 into space.) 

• I saved him from A ---- Attack. (He is shown causing an explosion then the 2 of them running from a large creature in the background.) 

• stumbles upon a hive of creatures during a mission. 

• Escaping a Ship (two paths one good one bad, goes down the bad one) 

• Ranger 2 is questioned about protocol and answers like a toddler 

• Uses his hands to puppet ranger 1 to say nice things. 

• We’re great partners we thoroughly discuss all aspects of the mission.(Both rangers are shown arguing in a car about something simple.) 

Robot: 

•  The robot shows the 2 Rangers unloading cargo from the ship as he describes the percentage chance of survival in the mission. 

 

This is a result of my first few days working on the idea, generating potential situations the 2 rangers could get into while also generating the log line and premise.