A Toy’s Life
While you’re away the
toys will play.
This narrative is about extraordinary events involving
everyday life. It will be shot with a combination of stop motion animation and
video. The video portion of the animals will be shot at angles that will not
show the hands that are controlling the animals. The humans in the story will
be shot so that their faces don’t show so that the focus is always on the toys.
The video will be in full color at a natural level of saturation because the
story is supposed to be one that happens in an otherwise ordinary situation. There
will be no dialogue, but there will be sounds effects (such as the animals
grunting). There will also be some music, but not necessarily throughout. The
main character is a stuffed animal that was given as a gift.
The doorbell rings. A young woman opens the door to find a
special gift sitting on her doorstep.
She picks it up, and sees a quick note scrawled from her boyfriend. She
hugs the new stuffed animal, and sets it with her others before leaving the
house.
The door closes behind the young woman as she leaves, and
all of the stuffed animals turn to stare at the newcomer. They lose interest
and begin to walk around the house.
A stuffed bear discovers some gummy bears, and begins eating
them to the horror of the new stuffed animal. The other toys begin to get out
of hand as they enjoy full reign of the house. The newcomer doesn’t want to
join in, things are a little too crazy for him.
A food fight starts, with the newcomer in the middle of it.
He tries to stop it, and eventually it does stop.
The young woman returns home to discover her house a mess.
She doesn’t realize that her toys can come alive, and blames the situation on
her dog.
The credits roll.
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