Ardor

Russell Roe
Final Animation Treatment
03/23/09

The film opens up with a dark city night. A crescent moon and tall buildings take over the screen. A party is taking place in a top level apartment. The scene appears to be very sophisticated. It is a black tie even with many waiters handing out expensive drinks. Deeper into the apartment there is a room with a single flat screen television. A child dressed in a miniature tuxedo sits indian style in the middle of the floor. Toys are scattered around him as he changes the channel over and over on the TV. A number of commercials show up on the screen until the boy stops on a documentary about coral reefs. Colorful fish and sea life reflect in the boys eyes. He slowly gets up and walks towards the TV. He jumps into the TV\ on the wall and transforms into a tiny mino in a sea of larger older fish. The coral reef towers over him. He swims along exploring the dangerous but interesting terrain. The boy/mino swims into the shallows and ends up on a sandbar. He crawls up onto land and sprouts arms and legs and becomes a small gecko. He again is surrounded by larger animals and enormous trees. He explores his surroundings and ends up in the top of a tree. He finds a birds nest full of eggs. He pokes a hole in one of the eggs and slithers inside. The egg hatches and the boy has become a bird. He hops outs off the nest and begins to fall. He starts to flap his new wings and begins to fly. He flies through a flock of bigger birds on his way out of the forrest canopy. He flies into the evening sky and past the now full moon.


Russell Roe
Final Animation
Production Schedule

Week of March 23rd - Research nature documentaries to figure out a good look at feel for each setting. Film all video for character rotoscope. capture facial expression to place on animal characters.

Week of March 30th - Start all rotoscoped elements and begin some background layers.

Week of April 6th - Dedicated most time to rotoscoping and continue with research.

Week of April 13th - finish up all facial and character rotoscoping and start character animation and well as composing backgrounds.

Week of April 20th- Dedicated most time to background and minor details. Finish visual elements.

Week of april 27th - Finish small visual tweaking and focus on sound scape and titles/credits.


Ardor - 1 a: an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling b: extreme vigor or energy