Concept: Sometimes you need to break routine to truly enjoy life.
Premise: Renkin attempts to go about his morning routine, but keeps being interrupted by his roommate, Lina.
My first short film concept uses two characters that I've been developing for a while: Lina (who I've posted pictures of before) and Renkin (her roommate). The plot is simple enough: Renkin is enjoying his morning coffee and paper (like he usual does), while Lina goes back and forth planning...something. Eventually, she pulls Renkin away from his paper to show him that she's filled the entire backyard pool with gelatin. She goes to cannonball into the bouncy substance, but instead of springing off it, she just starts sinking into it. Renkin (who's used to these antics) goes back inside to finish his coffee while Lina flails in the mass of Jello.
I wanted to do something that was just sort of a silly animation versus the alternative: I'm pretty attached to Lina and her pranks, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to use her in an animation.
Some character sketches and concepts of Lina and Renkin:
Technically both Lina and Renkin have wings (since they're demon-like creatures), but I might remove them for the sake of less-complicated character models, since they might be really cumbersome.
Premise: Chip attempts to procrastinate getting his work done by getting a cup off coffee, but the door out of his office is jammed.
My second concept uses the character that I'm using for Project 2--Percy--and the character I was originally going to use for Project 2--Chip. In this story, Chip's whittling away another day of paper work when--miracle of miracles!--the coffee maker goes off, signalling that the coffee's done. He tries to get out off his office to get the coffee, but the door is jammed. After several attempts to open the door to no avail, he realizes that the rest of his office is windowed. Cut to Percy (the intern) grabbing a cup of coffee as Chip barrels into frame through the glass window, sending shards of glass everywhere. Chip collapses in front of the counter, and Percy hands him a cup of coffee out of pity: Chip still perservering and reaching for the coffee despite his (probable) wounds.
Some sketches and character concepts for Percy and Chip:
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