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Outline of “Are You There?”

By: Jabriel E Woodall

Synopsis

One girl in Africa undergo orchestrated events that lead to her turmoil and self-awakening. Eshe is a twelve-year-old girl that has witnessed her parents killed before her eyes in an explosion. When Eshe leaves the fiery rubble, she is coincidently surrounded by opposing armies, sandstorms and locusts. Uncertain of her escape, Eshe finds temporary refugee with a starving family. Just when she felt she was safe fate reminds her of her dismal position. Through the continual onslaught of crippling misfortunes Eshe rekindles her spirit of fight and refuses to collapse.

Theme

Sometimes you just got to be your own savior and hero.

Man vs. Man & Man vs. Supernatural

Outline

Characters

· Eshe

· God

· Terrorist Group/Resistance Army

Setting

· Sudan, Africa

· Afternoon Time

Act I

Exposition

· God stares at an oval table depicting Earth.

· Grabs a figurine that resembles Eshe and places her on the table.

Inciting Incident

· Eshe arrives at a church to greet her parents and when she sees them exit the church, a torpedo hits the church.

· Only rubble and fire remain after the blast and Eshe is left in dismay, and grief.

Second Thoughts

· Girl wonders the desert heart broken. She looks up towards the sky symbolizing her questioning of God.

Act II

Rising Action

· God see this and decides to place more obstacles in her way.

Obstacle 1

· Every turn she made, she was faced with misfortunate such as sandstorm, locusts and opposing armies. Her path is blockaded at every direction.

Obstacle 2

· She is in the middle of this clashing calamities. Bullets fly across her and she is grazed by one of the bullets.

Midpoint (Twist)

· God observes this and clears a path for her. God blows the sandstorm over Eshe and casts away the locusts.

· She runs towards a family sitting in front of their hut having supper and they invited her to eat with them.

Obstacle 3

· She notices the small portion her plate and realizes she’s with a starving family. This also depresses her but also feels sorry for them.

· The family offers their food to her and piles it on her plate, and she begins to cry.

· God places two male figurines by Eshe’s figurine.

Crisis

· Suddenly, terrorists arrive at the table and ask the family for tax money they owed, but they had barely enough to pay.

Act III

Climax

· They decide to shoot both parents in the head in front of Eshe.

· The men were about to shoot the traumatized Eshe but she retaliates by throwing sand in one of the man’s eye. She makes a run for it afterwards.

· The men chase her through the desert.

Falling Action

· Eshe runs and suddenly reaches a cliff. She turns and sees both men not letting up.

· She decides to fall off the cliff and crashes into more desert. The men presume she was dead and leaves her for the vultures.

Resolution

· She wakes up to a corpse holding a machete and wearing on a uniform with the word “RESIST.”

· She picks up the machete, puts on the jacket and faces the opposing armies.

· She walks towards the commotion with newfound resolve.

Outline of “Bwakhaaa?”

By: Jabriel E Woodall

Synopsis

One lucky female chicken conceives a golden trim egg of joy but is torn away from it through unprecedented turns. She speaks to flowers, travel through a thunderstorm and fight through crowds of rowdy people just to get her egg. This chic does whatever it takes to get her gold child back.

Theme

You will go through hell and back to protect the one you love.

Man vs. Man & Man vs. Nature

Outline

Characters

· Chicken (Robin)

· Farmer

· Flowers

· Crowds

Setting

· America

· Mall

· Morning, and Afternoon

Act I

Exposition

· Robin is sleep and she suddenly hatches a golden trimmed egg.

· Robin wakes up happy and hugs the egg.

Inciting Incident

· She falls back asleep and when she awakens the egg is missing.

· She rushes out of the barn and sees her farmer drives off with a truck load of eggs. She quickly pursues the truck.

Act II

Rising Action

Obstacle 1

· She loose the truck but she is stopped by friendly plants. They tell her the direction of were the truck was going.

· She leaves them shortly after while they sing.

Obstacle 2

· A thunderstorm arises and she sets foot. Branches fall and wind gusts hard, throwing Robin all over the place.

· She hides in a tree to wait for the storm to subside.

Midpoint (Twist)

· The storm subsides and she finally reaches the truck but the cart is empty.

· She notices she was at a mall so she rushes in; she sees people walking around, playing and a DJ is playing music in the middle of the floor.

· Promotion party is going on in the mall. She notices the cart further away behind the crowds and she rushes towards it.

Obstacle 3

· She gets kicked several times through the crowds and bad kids tries to grab her to eat her for dinner.

· She breaks free from the dysfunctional brats and makes way to the cart.

Crisis

· Two teenagers play around the cart and spill the cart of eggs. Most of the eggs fall to the floor immediately while some were still in mid air.

· She manages to grab one but she fumbles to keep it in her claws around the crowd of people.

· Balloons, and crowds bombard her flight to maintain control while trying to get a firm grip onto the egg.

Act III

Climax

· Despite her heroic efforts the egg falls to the ground and it cracks.

· She begins to weep but suddenly she notices an egg was still whole.

· It was the golden trimmed egg. She rushes towards her baby egg and hugs it tight.

· Suddenly, she looks up and notice the same three kids hovering over her. She hastily grabs the egg and runs from them and she loose them through tables of mouse traps.

Falling Action

· She rushes through the dead patch of flowers and heads to the barn.

· She dodges tractors that are cutting the grass on different parts of the farm.

Resolution

· She arrives to the barn safe and sound with her baby egg.

· She sits on it in relief and falls asleep.

Loglines

Are You There?

Loglines

1. When undesirable events plague one girl’s life, her inner spirit ignites to fight against these odds.

2. Stricken by famine, explosion and loss, one girl treads across the desert in disbelief. When pushed to her breaking point she decides enough is enough.

3. A little girl in Africa finds herself beaten by unseen forces and placed in an unpredictable position. When she reaches a breaking point she realizes she is her only savior.

4. Through events set out by God and his anti self, one girl experiences orchestrated misfortunes that lead her to an emotional and self-discovering rollercoaster.

Bwakhaaa

Loglines

1. A mother chicken is happy to finally give birth to an egg, but is shortly parted from it by her farm owner. She immediately sets out on chicken feet to retrieve her prize.

2. Miss chicken conceives her first gold trimmed egg but through strange events has to fight wings and talons for it.

3. The farm is a hard knock life especially for this one chicken who through strange events fights to regain her golden trimmed baby egg.

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Artist Statement

Jabriel’s Animation Artist Statement

During my adolescent, pubescent years, I have always enjoyed playing video games and watching cartoons. This sparked my curiosity and desire to dive into the world of animation and video game production. It amazed me how much content, beliefs, and virtue could be present in one video game or one episode. Living three decades now and pursuing higher education in Graphic Design and Animation has taught me many things about what I am capable of as an artist.

As an entrepreneur in the animation and video game production industry, my goal is to bring a different approach to the scene. The plan is to experiment with traditional and new forms of animation to create compelling stories. Clay animation, and 2D animation would be used collaboratively to relay a compelling story. Incorporating 3D models into the animation and using a 3D printer to create prototypes, and buildings for my clay animation scenes will also render desired results. Using the 3D printer to create action figures to promote my projects and stories is one of my marketing strategies. I also desire to finally create my awesome video game that emphasizes combating radical groups, freedom, spirituality, enlightenment and liberation from oppressors.

The animation I plan to create for my BFA Final Project sets story in Africa. It touches base on the unfortunate events Africans face in Sudan or Uganda when dealing with radical religion groups such as the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army). The story shines light on the interpretation of God as being an omnipotent, evil and good force in our lives. The armies in this film symbolize the destructions of opposing forces and warfare. The girl that undertake these unfortunate events symbolizes our positional state compared to God, and mankind’s innate instinct to survive, and/or fight against harsh misfortunes and hardships.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Turnarounds, Background, and Character Design for Bwakhaa!

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