Synopsis:
An eccentric, 30year old man called Yuri, who has been bullied and unaccepted by people has found a comfort in animals and nature and spends all of his days disguised as objects in the park in order to fit in.
Philosophy: The audience that this film is aimed at is adults, specifically young adults aged around 17 - 30
Overview:
Yuri is in the park disguised as a tree, a bird lands on his ‘branch’ and he looks happy, he continues to smile even after it has pooed on him. People passing by seem unaware he is there; a man comes up to him, drops his trousers and wees up against his ‘trunk’. Yuri looks angry but seems more upset that the bird has flown away.
Yuri continues to disguise himself as different objects in the park in an attempt to attract nature.
He then disguises himself as different objects in the park e.g. a bench, a bin but every time people disrupt him and make his life harder.
Yuri is standing in the park as a tree and he notices a beautiful tree nearby and he can’t take his eyes off it. Two people walk up to it and start to ‘get it on’ up against the trunk of the tree. The tree starts to shake and look as though it’s about to fall over. Yuri can’t bare to see the beautiful tree fall over so he blows his cover and runs up to save it...
Yuri catches the falling tree in his arms; the fallen tree reveals that it was actually a lady dressed up as a tree too. They look lovingly at each other they look around and notice that the whole park has come to life; all the objects in the park were eccentric people in disguise.
Time: 3mins
Method: 2D and stop motion
Resources: Paper, card, clay, wire, armature, paint, pencils, pens, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Digital SLR, lights, gel sheets,
References:
MUYBRIDGE, E., 1995. THE HUMAN FIGURE IN MOTION, New York: Dover Publications, inc.
LORD, P. And SIBLEY, B., 1998. CRACKING ANIMATION: THE AARDMAN BOOK OF 3-D ANIMATION, London: Thames & Hudson
BLAIR, P., 1994. CARTOON ANIMATION, Tustin, California: Walter Foster Publishing, inc.
SCRIPT
EXT. ENTRANCE TO PARK - DAWN
FADE IN:
Man/Yuri walks slowly into park.
EXT. PARK – BRIGHT AND SUNNY – CITY IN BACKGROUND
Long shot of tree in park.
Tree has a large hole in its trunk.
Camera slowly zooms in on hole.
Camera stops. Yuri’s head pops up in hole, his hand, holding leaves pops out of a small hole on side of tree.
Yuri looks content.
Small bird lands on branch of Yuri’s tree.
Yuri looks at bird and smiles.
EXT. PATHWAY IN PARK
Wide shot of path.
Man runs along park looking distressed clutching his crotch.
EXT. TREE YURI IS IN - PARK
Close up of Yuri continuing to watch bird on branch smiling.
Man holding crotch appears in background.
Man running towards tree.
Close up shot of man running towards tree
Birdseye view shot of man urinating against tree
Yuri looking shocked
Camera slowly zooms out
Yuri face from shocked to sad
Yuri drops the branch he was holding
EXT. PATHWAY IN PARK
Shot of feet walking along path from behind showing only feet and lower legs
Camera pans upwards. Shows backwards shot of Yuri wearing a bin
Close up of Yuri’s face through slit in bin. Yuri looks content.
Camera zooms out to show whole of bin.
Yuri is reaching out of the bin, putting seeds on the top.
Close up of Yuri’s face. “tweet tweet” is heard. Yuri smiles.
Bird’s eye view of the top of the bin.
Birds are pecking at the seed. Some are on the ground.
Shot of whole of bin. Yuri is still smiling. Birds are all around him ‘tweeting’
Football smashes into the side of the bin. Yuri looks scared and shocked. The birds fly away.
Close up of Yuri’s face. Yuri looks sad, his lip quivers.
EXT. PARK – BENCH
Long shot of Yuri on his hands and knees under a plank of wood. He is looking down at the floor.
Camera zooms out and pans across revealing a line of benches, Yuri is in the middle, pretending to be one of them.
Shot of Yuri under bench. Three birds are sitting in a line on top.
Close up shot of Yuri’s face looking up from the ground under the bench.
Yuri looks very happy.
Close up shot of birds suddenly flying away. Feathers floating around.
Long shot of Yuri under bench. No birds on top. He looks scared, looking up at camera.
Close up of a big fat bum coming towards the camera.
Screen is blank. “THUD” noise.
Long shot of Yuri squished under bench with fat bum lady sitting on him.
Close up of Yuri struggling to get out from under the bench.
After a little while Yuri stops struggling, his eyes widen and he looks amazed by something of screen.
Shot of a beautiful, colourful tree. Birds are hoping around it.
Close up of Yuri’s face, he looks in love.
Shot of the tree. After a moment a loud chain saw is heard.
Close up of Yuri’s face, he looks petrified.
Close up of a chainsaw blade.
Shot of man walking towards the tree holding the chainsaw.
Close up of Yuri’s face, still petrified.
Camera zooms backout. Yuri is struggling frantically to get out from under the bench.
Close up of the chainsaw blade getting closer to tree trunk.
Shot of Yuri lifting up bench and fat lady to get free.
Close up of chainsaw getting even closed to tree trunk.
Shot of Yuri running towards camera/tree.
Shot of man holding chainsaw against the tree.
Yuri comes flying towards the man.
The tree moves away from chainsaw.
Yuri lands on top of man.
Tree turns round revealing hole in trunk with a pretty face poking out.
She bends her branch/down down to help Yuri up.
FADE IN:
Man/Yuri walks slowly into park.
EXT. PARK – BRIGHT AND SUNNY – CITY IN BACKGROUND
Long shot of tree in park.
Tree has a large hole in its trunk.
Camera slowly zooms in on hole.
Camera stops. Yuri’s head pops up in hole, his hand, holding leaves pops out of a small hole on side of tree.
Yuri looks content.
Small bird lands on branch of Yuri’s tree.
Yuri looks at bird and smiles.
EXT. PATHWAY IN PARK
Wide shot of path.
Man runs along park looking distressed clutching his crotch.
EXT. TREE YURI IS IN - PARK
Close up of Yuri continuing to watch bird on branch smiling.
Man holding crotch appears in background.
Man running towards tree.
Close up shot of man running towards tree
Birdseye view shot of man urinating against tree
Yuri looking shocked
Camera slowly zooms out
Yuri face from shocked to sad
Yuri drops the branch he was holding
EXT. PATHWAY IN PARK
Shot of feet walking along path from behind showing only feet and lower legs
Camera pans upwards. Shows backwards shot of Yuri wearing a bin
Close up of Yuri’s face through slit in bin. Yuri looks content.
Camera zooms out to show whole of bin.
Yuri is reaching out of the bin, putting seeds on the top.
Close up of Yuri’s face. “tweet tweet” is heard. Yuri smiles.
Bird’s eye view of the top of the bin.
Birds are pecking at the seed. Some are on the ground.
Shot of whole of bin. Yuri is still smiling. Birds are all around him ‘tweeting’
Football smashes into the side of the bin. Yuri looks scared and shocked. The birds fly away.
Close up of Yuri’s face. Yuri looks sad, his lip quivers.
EXT. PARK – BENCH
Long shot of Yuri on his hands and knees under a plank of wood. He is looking down at the floor.
Camera zooms out and pans across revealing a line of benches, Yuri is in the middle, pretending to be one of them.
Shot of Yuri under bench. Three birds are sitting in a line on top.
Close up shot of Yuri’s face looking up from the ground under the bench.
Yuri looks very happy.
Close up shot of birds suddenly flying away. Feathers floating around.
Long shot of Yuri under bench. No birds on top. He looks scared, looking up at camera.
Close up of a big fat bum coming towards the camera.
Screen is blank. “THUD” noise.
Long shot of Yuri squished under bench with fat bum lady sitting on him.
Close up of Yuri struggling to get out from under the bench.
After a little while Yuri stops struggling, his eyes widen and he looks amazed by something of screen.
Shot of a beautiful, colourful tree. Birds are hoping around it.
Close up of Yuri’s face, he looks in love.
Shot of the tree. After a moment a loud chain saw is heard.
Close up of Yuri’s face, he looks petrified.
Close up of a chainsaw blade.
Shot of man walking towards the tree holding the chainsaw.
Close up of Yuri’s face, still petrified.
Camera zooms backout. Yuri is struggling frantically to get out from under the bench.
Close up of the chainsaw blade getting closer to tree trunk.
Shot of Yuri lifting up bench and fat lady to get free.
Close up of chainsaw getting even closed to tree trunk.
Shot of Yuri running towards camera/tree.
Shot of man holding chainsaw against the tree.
Yuri comes flying towards the man.
The tree moves away from chainsaw.
Yuri lands on top of man.
Tree turns round revealing hole in trunk with a pretty face poking out.
She bends her branch/down down to help Yuri up.
