Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Treatment

While I have the initial idea planned out I need to figured out what Is going on in the animation before I begin proper scripting and storyboarding. Therefore I have created a treatment  document to get down the basics of the animation, so that I can make the scripts and storyboards easier.

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Treatment

Shot of scenery with futurist buildings in the background, the sky is dark. A Robot knight (Green) riding a hover bike type vehicle zooms by, leaving a trail of light behind.

Panning shot of the robot knight on the bike going through some futuristic wood. Camera cuts to a front view of Green. The screen pixelates as the knight has a flashback.

Green’s flashback takes the form of a sprite animation that looks like a videogame. A large, horned robot knight clad in black (Boxcars) explodes through a door and walks towards the throne. Green tries to attack Boxcars but they are swiped away easily. Boxcars using some kind of telekinesis to acquire something from the top of the thrones gem. The king cowers. Zoom in of Boxcars floating a USB stick in is hand “HA. HA. HA.” Scrolls slowly along the bottom. The screen pixelates away as the flashback ends.

Back to Green on bike. They power slide to a stop to see a large cathedral. Green goes off the bike and it starts eating the grass like a horse. Green walks up to the cathedral the camera pans up.

Cut to inside the cathedral, Boxcars is watching a recording of a human scientist explain that a doomsday device is under the cathedral and the USB unlocks it. Boxcars minions (One, Two, Three, Four Five) are hanging around in the cathedral.

Green smashes through a stain glass window in the front of the cathedral. They land and use a sort of magnetic power to draw their sword while putting down their visor. It’s pretty cool. One goes in to attack but is easily fought and cut in half. Two jumps from the rafters to attack Green, Green flee through the cathedral and slides under Three’s legs, who accidentally crushes Two with a massive hammer. Green sticks their sword in Three’s back and flips around to cut them up. Arrows fly by and hit Green in the shoulder; Four is shooting arrows form the distance. Green dashes into the pews to avoid another volley of arrows, then begins to leap over all of the pews before diving and straight up cutting Four’s head off. Five comes in with a flail and smashes it into Green’s chest. Five swings again and Green grabs it, flinging Five over their back then stabbing them in the chest.

It’s just Green and Boxcars now. Green comes up to the front to confront Boxcars. Boxcars quickly swings around and swing their sword up, smashing Green’s visor of their face. Green flips back and charges up their sword with energy, launching a blast from their sword towards Boxcars. Boxcars swipes it away with their sword and launches a grappling hook from their hand to grab Green. Green gets dragged rapidly towards Boxcars as they ready their sword. Green twists round and severs the cable connecting the hook and Boxcars, Green deflects off of Boxcars and lands behind them on the altar.

Boxcars jumps up on top of the altar and starts sword fighting Green, it's intense but Boxcars seems to be the better fighter. Boxcars cuts Green's right arm clean off and kicks them to the ground. Boxcars raises their sword to finish Green off. Green uses their magnetic power to summon their sword, which goes straight through Boxcars chest. Green grabs their severed arm still holding the sword and swings it around, dashing through Boxcars as they slash. Boxcars rears around to attack but they fall apart before they can swing, Green is victorious!

Suddenly alarms go off in the Cathedral, the screen shows that the doomsday device has been activated and will fire soon. Green goes to the controls to see if there is a way to stop it. A video appears on the screen of the same scientist, explaining that there is a self destruct system for the device but it is very convoluted and takes time. While the recording of the scientist explains, green  notices a large button clearly labelled self-destruct, which they promptly press. Green dashes out of the cathedral just in time as it explodes spectacularly. Green stumbles to the ground from the blast.

Green gets up and places their sword into their sheath using their severed arm, then turns around, the wipe of their cape transitioning into the title of the animation, then the credits.

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