LO3 - Treatment

(Title)

Genre
Family

Duration
Approximately 5 minutes

Target Audience
The target audience for this animation piece is families with children aged roughly between four and sixteen. The animation isn't particularly targeted towards males or females. The film is targeted mostly at viewers in the ABC1 socio-economic demographic. These are the people who are stereotypically most likely to take interest in a story like this one.

Synopsis
A bear walks through the forest and comes across his favourite tree. It is covered in flowers, plants and pretty fungi. After scratching against the tree, he notices snow falling and decides it's time to go into hibernation.
After going to hibernate in his nearby cave, the bear emerges in spring only to realise to  his horror that his favourite tree has been chopped down. He is visibly upset, and walks through the forest as before. Eventually he notices a squirrel nearby who is unearthing an acorn, and this gives him an idea.
He finds another acorn and delicately buries it into a mound of dirt. He is very pleased with himself and sits patiently, observing his handiwork. It's meant to be a kind of bittersweet ending.

Key Milestones
1. Pre-production:
• Initial character ideas
• Rough character design
• Final character design   

• Storyboards

To be completed 27/01/2017

2. Animation:
• Character animation
• Backgrounds
To be completed 14/04/2017

3. Post-production

• Filters

 • Fixes

To be completed 28/04/2017

4. Launch date

01/05/2017

Equipment

• Graphics tablet
• Laptop
• Animation software

Health and Safety Considerations

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