Week 12: Interaction III - Concept #4

Elena Ortiz Concept #: 4

TITLE FOR YOUR CONCEPT (you’re not married to this title forever; but even working titles can help later on): Curly & Sandy
PROJECT VENUE/FORMAT: This is an animated short.
RUNNING TIME (approximately): I’d say 20-30 minutes
TYPE OF CONTENT: live action video. Real people, real locations.
VISUAL LOOK(S) OF YOUR CONCEPT (stay with the visual here, and don’t be afraid to cite examples from films, TV shows, videogames, etc.): I’m thinking Pixar Animation. Sandy would look like Carl from Up. And Curly would have a face like Buzz lightyear.

STORY STATEMENT: Curly, an87 year old candy maker in NYC, accidentally gets sucked into one of Supervillian Time Traveler Curly’s time Vortexes and must help him steal a magic lantern before he can return to present day. Curly continually outsmarts and outwits his companion and saves the day.
NARRATIVE OUTLINE: Time traveling Super Villain Curly discovers that a magic lantern is housed in one of New York's most famous museums and decides to go back in time to steal the lantern before it is under the protection of the museum. While opening the time vortex Curly fails to notice an unobservant Sandy trip and fall within the safety field. They both end up back in time circa 1840. Sandy is immediately aware of the change in location and starts rambling about why everything looks like it's from the mid 19th century which draws Curly's attention. Since Curly cannot regenerate another time vortex for at least 24 hours he cannot return Sandy to the proper time and upon realizing his companion's intelligence decides to use Sandy to his advantage. He convinces Sandy to aid him in stealing "something" by refusing to return him to modern times until he has it. When Sandy discovers what they're stealing he changes his mind and refuses to help. Curly then decides to bribe Sandy with a wish on the lantern and it works.

Once back in present day, Curly wishes to restore his teeth, which had been destroyed from all of his evil doing. He then uses his second wish and hands the lantern to Sandy. Sandy decides on a little payback and wishes for Curly to become addicted to his Salt Water Taffy. Curly's new sweet tooth ends up rotting his teeth all over again.
WHY YOU THINK AN AUDIENCE CAN SHARE IN THIS (what are you trying to say or explore?): I think this would be a fun family film that would be both funny and adventurous for both kids and adults. It carries the message that crime doesn’t pay and also that it’s cool to be smart.