Animation: Synopsis, Logline, Premise, Step Outline, Treatment

The Ebullient Toadstool

Synopsis

A toadstool has a lust for excitement so decides to go skydiving.

Logline

An excited toadstool decides to have a skydiving adventure, the camera goes along for the ride.

Premise

A small toadstool diving a big sky.

Step Outline

Opening scene, a toadstool is excited and warming up, preparing for something, the viewer doesn’t know what yet. A zip appears opening a doorway, the toadstool prepares, then jumps out of the doorway. The camera follows his jump as if recorded by a fellow skydiver. He does maneuvers in the sky, part way down he crashes into a bird and they tumble for a few seconds, they separate, the bird flies away and he continues to fall. The toadstool then braces himself, his cap puffs open and his gills turn to cables, his parachute is open. He glides down to the ground, does the landing roll, jumps up, runs over to his cap/ parachute, and summersaults popping it back onto his head. He stands in the field after his adventure, looks around, shows he is now bored, then zooms off camera to his next adventure.

Treatment

Opening scene, a toadstool is in the white space, he is excited and warming up for something, there is a slight humming noise in the back ground. A zip appears, it opens with the sound of a zip, creating a doorway, now there is a sound of extreme rushing wind. The toadstool prepares, then jumps out of the doorway. The camera follows his jump as if recorded by a fellow skydiver, this captures some spins, tricks and flowing camera moves, sometimes going slightly out of frame to add the impression there is somebody else filming the event. Part way down he has an encounter with a bird, he crashes into it, they roll around in the air trying to untangle, then they separate and the bird flies away as he continues to fall. The toadstool then braces himself, his cap puffs open and his gills turn to cables, his parachute is open. He glides down to the ground, doing some turns with the parachute, does the landing roll, the strings disappear as he rolls. He jumps up, runs over to his cap/ parachute laying on the ground, he summersaults popping his cap back onto his head. The toadstool stands in the field for a moment after his adventure, looks around, shows he has become bored already, perks back back up, then zooms off camera to his next adventure.