Assignment 1 - Animation 3 - basis and story

For this assignment we are focusing on the story fundamental of 'the hero's journey'. We need to complete a section per person of the fundamentals as a 30 second animation, which when finalised will be put together as a long animation . The story fundamentals follow 6 steps:

Hero’s Journey

1.Heroes are introduced in the ORDINARY WORLD

they receive the CALL TO ADVENTURE

2. They are RELUCTANT at first or REFUSE THE CALL, but

are encouraged by a MENTOR to <-- my section

3.CROSS THE THRESHOLD and enter the Special World, where

they encounter TESTS, ALLIES, AND ENEMIES.

4. They APPROACH THE IN-MOST CAVE, cross a second threshold

where they endure the ORDEAL

5. They take possession of their REWARD and

are pursued on THE ROAD BACK to the Ordinary World.

6. They cross the third threshold, experience a RESURRECTION, and are transformed by the experience.They RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR, a yam or treasure to benefit the ORDINARY WORLD.

The story so far follows a horse who is self conscious of his plain looks, and wishes to steal a rhino horn in order to make himself look more beautiful and unique to the other horses. He does so, and the other horses think that he looks ridiculous, but he seems oblivious to it. After a while he notices the rhino he stole from being ostracized and outcast for his missing horn. He feels guilty for having stolen from the rhino and returns the horn. He is back as his old physical self, but changed for having helped another.

The horse is still being discussed as to whether it could be a zebra, giraffe or Okapi etc and the story is subject to slight changes still..