Taken by a cat
by
(Jason Halim)
(2C)
A kidnapped rabbit princess that doesn’t want to be rescued.
FINAL ASSIGNMENT (Grade % )
My Blog: (http://jasonstorytelling.blogspot.sg/)
My Email: (jasonthenitro@hotmail.com)
Deadline: 13 Apr 2013
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY:
TITLE: Taken by a cat
GENRE: Animation, Action, Adventure, romance.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone / Family
Examples
of movies/tv shows with these 2 TAs : Cinderella and Snow White
THE DOMINANT
CULTURAL / SOCIAL ISSUE FEATURED IN MY WORK IS:
Don’t
judge book by its cover. Being a hero doesn’t mean that the hero will always do
the right thing. Sometimes it’s the villain who is doing the right thing.
LOGLINE:
A
kidnapped rabbit princess that doesn’t want to be rescued.
SYNOPSIS:
A rabbit
princess is tired of the royal life. One day she wandered around the town and
she got kidnapped by an evil cat. Upon hearing this, the rabbit king offered a
reward for whoever can rescue the princess from the evil cat, that person can
marry the princess. However the princess heard about this too and she doesn’t
want to be rescued. The prince from the pig kingdom heard about the news too
and decided to rescue the princess, but this just add up to another reason as
to why the rabbit princess doesn’t want to be rescued. So what will be the fate
of the Rabbit princess?
CHARACTER
PROFILES
CHARACTER LIST
(All characters)
Key
Character: George, a clumsy pig prince.
Heroine
: Cindy, a beautiful young rabbit princess.
Supporting
Character(s) : Lucas, a caring porcupine.
Villain
(if any) : Jason, an evil cat.
CHARACTER BIO OF
KEY CHARACTER
George
is the main character of the story, he is the prince of the pig kingdom and he
is a very ugly and very clumsy pig. He didn’t do much to contribute to his
kingdom and all he does is eat and sleep every day. One day he heard of the
kidnapping news from the rabbit kingdom. He decided that he wants the rabbit
princess for himself and he set out on a journey with his pig army to rescue
the princess.
RESEARCH
(Mention topic/subject for research
& source Newspaper clippings, magazine articles, blog, etc etc -
Photocopies/Scan)
Shrek,
Snow White, Rapunzel, and many more fairy tale animated movie.
REFLECTION
PAPER
I
learnt that in order to write a good story I would have to follow a certain
rules and adhere to the story structure. In order to make a good story I would
have to create a good and nice title first, that’s to catch the attention of
the audience. Then I would have to create a character that stands out from each
other and not just a normal and boring average person. I would also need to
have a very good storyline and clear settings to let the audience understand
what is going on.
3 ACT STRUCTURE: (in point form below)
3 ACT STRUCTURE: (in point form below)
ACT1 SETUP
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ACT2 CONFRONTATION
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ACT3 RESOLUTION
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Key Character(s):
George
Must-have Info:
Clumsy pig prince.
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Confrontation:
George went to the evil
cat lair to confront the evil cat with his army.
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Climax (Grand Finale):
The rabbit princess stayed
with the evil cat and they marry each other and live happily ever after
Resolution:
Pig prince returned to his
pig kingdom empty handed
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MOTIVE:
To rescue the rabbit
princess
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TURNING POINT:
George lost.
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MOTIVE RESOLVED?
No.
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Conflict/Obstacles:
Evil cat has kidnapped the
Princess.
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Conflict/Obstacles:
The cat is too strong.
Up the Stakes:
The rabbit princess
doesn’t want to be rescued.
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Moral of the Story if any:
The heroes isn’t always
the one who is doing the right thing, sometimes we have to look at the
perspective of the villain and take some consideration to what he is actually
doing.
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TREATMENT /
STORYLINE & STORYBOARD
There
lived a young beautiful rabbit princess in the rabbit Kingdom. Her name is
Cindy. She lived like what everyone always dreamt of, living a royal and
wealthy life. However despite all the wealth she had, she just had one thing
that she couldn’t get from her parents. That’s freedom. She is kept at the
castle and is forbidden to go out from the castle.
One
day she decided to sneak out from the castle, she asked Lucas the porcupine,
one of her subordinate to accompany her, even though with many objections from
Lucas, he decided to accompany her anyway. Cindy then wandered around the town
and look at things that she has never seen before. Little did she know, one of
the bandit chief, Jason the evil cat, have heard about the princess sneaking
out from the castle. Jason then found the princess and sees that this is a good
opportunity for him to be rich. He then ordered his men to kidnap the princess.
Upon seeing this and powerless to do anything, Lucas hurried back to the castle
and informed the king.
The
king then announced that for whoever can rescue the princess, will be able to
marry the princess. The news spread to the entire rabbit kingdom and to the
neighboring kingdom. George, the clumsy pig prince from the pig kingdom heard
about the news. He decided to rescue the princess and claim the princess for
himself.
George
went to the evil Cat hideout; he brought an army with him. Upon arriving at the
hideout, he discovered that Jason was already prepared for the attack and a big
massacre begins. Jason’s bandit’s army outnumbered and defeated George’s army,
George is a clumsy pig prince who didn’t know any fighting skills and can’t
even protect himself. Jason easily defeated him. Upon seeing this, Princess
Cindy is impressed with Jason’s strength and felt in love with him. She told
George that she doesn’t need a weak and clumsy princess to rescue her. Cindy
decided to stay and marry Jason while George goes back to his pig kingdom empty
handed.
SCRIPT (5min or 5pages)
ACT 1 (SETUP)
SCENE 1:
Interior inside castle– Princess castle – Day
Cindy and Lucas is in the
princess room of the castle. Discussing about Cindy’s escape from the castle.
NARRATOR
It’s a beautiful day in the
rabbit Kingdom. Cindy is the princess of the rabbit kingdom and she has been
stuck in the castle for her entire life. She decided that today would be the
day where she changed her life and went out from the castle. She discussed her
plan to sneak out from the castle with Lucas, her trustworthy servant.
Cindy
Lucas, I’ve decided that today I want to see more of
the world outside the castle. I need you to accompany me.
Lucas
That’s ridiculous, the king would never allow this!
Cindy
That’s why I need you to go
with me, I know you are my most trusted servant and you will help me sneak out
from the castle.
Lucas
Well… its dangerous and I
don’t think you will be safe outside without an army.
Cindy
Dang Lucas, if you don’t
want to accompany me, I will go by myself.
Lucas
Huff…. As you wish my
princess, I will accompany you.
Lucas and Cindy then proceed to the castle gate and
went out from the castle.
SCENE 2 :
Exterior – Princess castle – Day
Cindy and lucas are now
outside the castle. They wandered around the town. Little did they know that
Jason the evil cat has been stalking them.
Cindy
Ohh wow, Lucas there are so
many things out there that I have never seen before.
Lucas
Princess, we have to hurry,
I have a feeling that someone has been watching us from afar.
Cindy
Oh stop it, who would be
stalking us?
Just when Cindy said that
sentence, Jason knocked Lucas unconscious and kidnapped Cindy with his band of
bandits. When Lucas regains his consciousness, he quickly rushed back to the
castle and informed the king.
Scene 3 Interior – Castle –
Day
Upon hearing this, the king
informed the whole incident to the whole rabbit kingdom and offered the rights
to marry the princess for anyone who rescued the princess. This news was also
heard by the neighboring kingdom, George is the prince from the pig kingdom and
he heard about the news too.
George
MEN! Ready the supplies and
weapons! We are going to rescue the rabbit princess! She is mine!
A while later, George and
his army embark on a journey to rescue the rabbit princess.
ACT 2 (Confrontation)
SCENE 4: Exterior–
Outside Evil cat hideout -Day
George and his army arrived outside Jason’s hideout, to his surprise, Jason has been expecting them and he had already prepared an army of bandits with him.
George
Let go of the princess now!
And your life may be spared!
Jason
HAHAHAHAHAHA, Stupid pig
prince, how about you come here and get her yourself?
George
Men! Shows no mercy! kill
them all and rescue the princess !
A fierce fight broke out and
somehow the bandits have the upper hand. The army of the pig kingdom isn’t well
trained in combat and they are easily defeated by the army of bandits who have
more experience in combats. Upon
defeating the whole army of the pig prince, Jason confronts George in one on
one duel.
Jason
HAHAHAHAHA, is this the
standard of the pig kingdom royal army? My bands of bandits could easily
overtake your kingdom! Now that’s left standing are you! Fat pig, come fight
me!
Jason easily defeated George
who is so clumsy that he can’t even hold his sword straight.
George
I yield! I yield, please
spare my life!
Jason
Are you kidding me? I was
just warming up. Whatever, don’t worry, I won’t kill anyone that’s as weak as
you, and it’s really not worth my time. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Go back to your pig kingdom
and tell everyone that Jason the evil cat has defeated you! Hahahaha.
George
I am sorry Princess Cindy, I
have failed you.
Upon hearing this, Princess
Cindy didn’t felt pity or sorry for George at all but somehow she was relieved.
Cindy
It’s okay, please go back to
your kingdom and tell my father that I won’t be coming back.
Prince George then went back
to his kingdom empty handed.
Act 3 (
Resolution )
SCENE 5 : Exterior–
Outside Evil cat hideout – night
After the whole ordeal, Jason
asked Cindy about why Cindy doesn’t want to come back.
Jason
My lady, why did you say
that to him just now? Aren’t you scared that we are bunch of bandits that’s
kidnapping you for ransom money? Or the fact that we could sell you to be a
slave for another kingdom?
Cindy
I am more scared to be
locked up in the castle for my entire life; I have never seen the outside world
and now I have seen enough. I have decided not to return and stay outside the
castle forever. Besides I don’t think that I would marry a weak and clumsy pig
prince and continue to live a boring live inside the castle.
Jason
I see, so… what’s keeping
you from going back to the castle?
Cindy
You.
The joy of adventure and
rebellion. You thwarted a royal army and defeated that clumsy pig prince
without any effort at all. I don’t think I could find any other strong person
such as you in the royal family. I want you to take me with you forever.
The crowd of bandits cheered
for Jason and Cindy. Cindy has decided to stay with Jason and they lived a
happy life together.
The
End