Animatic Style Test

This is ONLY A PRELIMINARY style test for the animatic and may or may not be the final style. The character is obviously the grim reaper.

Animatic Target Audience

Genre- Dark/Dramatic Comedy

Main theme- Comedy

Target Audience review

Gender- males and females, but more predominantly geared towards males.

Age- 20s to 50s.

Interests- work, online activities, relationships.

Habits- Finding humor in things, understanding how things work, repressing disappointment in society.

Other things they like to watch- Anime, The Daily Show, Family Guy, YouTube clips.

What they do in their spare time- Creative tasks, travel, drinking.

Things they buy- Tech devices, contemporary furniture

Where they live- Cities and urban centers.

Income level- 30,000/yr to 75,000/yr

Max education level- masters degree

Animation Short. A man who is a little slovenly and in his 50’s is sitting around a dining table eating dinner with his family. The doorbell rings and after a brief debate with his wife the man loses out and goes to answer the door. When the man answers the door he quickly and angrily throws the door open wide having been perturbed by the interruption to dinner and his one millionth loss to his wife. After a second of the door being open the man realizes that the person at the door is the Grim Reaper. Death tells the man that he is here to collect him and gives him news that his obituary will say he died of a heart attack at 8pm. The man looks at his watch and the minute hand clicks to 58 after 7. Death tells the man to go and pack. The man thinks about arguing his case, but thinks about his terrible family and resigns to heading upstairs to pack as his family continues to eat away not noticing his absence. The man opens a suitcase on the foot of the bed and begins to think about what he would need to go to heaven. In a couple of seconds of trying to think of what would be needed in heaven the man starts wondering if he would be going to hell instead. The man recalls bad things he has done. The man has now convinced himself that he is going to hell and sadly resigns himself to the horrifying task of imagining what he would need in hell and packing it into the case. (Ideas for the packing jokes and scenes will be added in later draft, but are largely formed.) The man finishes packing and wearily tells Death that he is ready to go. Scene skips to the man in heaven wearing red with other silly objects meant for hell in his possession. On a cloud of white surrounded by people in angelic robes he stands out with an embarrassed and regretful look on his face.

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Animatics Character Obituary

PAUL STANTON

Paul Theodore Stanton, 56. Paul Stanton of Paterson, New Jersey passed on Tuesday, April 2, 2010 at approximately 8pm of heart attack. Beloved husband of Rachel Stanton. Devoted father of Britney Stanton. He was a collator at Ace Reprographic Service, Inc. in Paterson a company he was with for 26 years. He won the Fabricator’s Industry Award in 1996 for his fast-file collation conference keynote. Funeral on Sunday from Davis & Sons Funeral Home at 9:30 AM; thence to House of Faith Church of Christ Church (402 Summer St. Paterson, NJ 07501) for Funeral Mass at 10:30 AM. Interment, Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson. Visitation, Friday 6 - 8 PM and Saturday 2 - 4 & 7 - 9 PM. Family suggests Memorial Gifts to Camp Moore, PO Box 1596, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. Davis & Sons Funeral Home 628 Market Street Paterson, NJ 07513 (973) 278-6330.

Animatics Short Premise

A man who is a little slovenly and in his 50’s is sitting around a dining table eating dinner with his family. The doorbell rings and after a brief debate with his wife the man loses out and goes to answer the door. When the man answers the door he quickly and angrily throws the door open wide having been perturbed by the interruption to dinner and his one millionth loss to his wife. After a second of the door being open the man realizes that the person at the door is the Grim Reaper. Death tells the man that he is here to collect him and gives him news that his obituary will say he died of a heart attack at 8pm. The man looks at his watch and the minute hand clicks to 58 after 7. Death tells the man to go and pack. The man heads upstairs to pack as his family continues to eat away not noticing his absence. The man opens a suitcase on the foot of the bed and begins to think about what he would need to go to heaven. In a couple of seconds of trying to think of what would be needed in heaven the man starts wondering if he would be going to hell instead. The man recalls bad things he has done. The man has now convinced himself that he is going to hell and sadly resigns himself to the horrifying task of imagining what he would need in hell and packing it into the case. (Ideas for the packing jokes and scenes will be added in later draft, but are largely formed.) The man finishes packing and sadly tells Death that he is ready to go. Scene skips to the man in heaven wearing red with other silly objects meant for hell in his possession. On a cloud of white surrounded by people in angelic robes he stands out with a embarrassed and regretful look on his face.