Thesis Statement 1st draft

"JABBERWOCKY"

Adrian De La Mora & Mehma Sachdeva

Thesis Statement:

Jabberwocky is a theatrical trailer of a fictional movie which incorporates visual effects and 3D elements. Motivated by the need to know the truth about his father, a young boy proves his self worth by embarking on an epic quest to slay a monster, deep within an ancient forest. There he discovers a parallel mythical world, full of strange and fantastical creatures.

Concept:

Based on the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carrol, this trailer will mesmerize the audience making them wonder about the fine line between fantasy and reality. The technical focus of this piece will on visual effects and lighting and rendering. The goal is to achieve a good level of realism while displaying visual effects.

Target Audience:

The main target audiences are teenagers and young adults aged 12 to 20. However, because of current trends and the nature of the piece, families and "young-at-heart" adults can be a secondary target audience.

Backstory:

In some small towns of the early 1400's, mythical creatures were often told of in local urban legends. One such legend was that of the "Jabberwocky". It is said that the Jabberwocky lived in an old dense forest in England, near the now [ruined] village of Jabber. It is in this village that our story is set.

William, a young and scrawny boy of nine, has grown up in loneliness. It is told that his father had passed away when he was just two. As the legend goes, William’s father had ventured into the ancient forest to face a ravenous monster that attacked the villagers' livestock and destroyed their crops. He never returned. William’s mother told him many bed time stories of his father’s valiant adventures in the dark and magical forest. She told William how much he was like his father, but the truth was far from that.

William was often made fun of and called a coward by the children of the village. They poked fun at him for the stories about his father, and they called him a liar. They did not believe his stories about his father going off to find the Jabberwocky and said that he had left his wife and child for a life away from the village. They called his father a coward.

One day the taunts and name calling pushed the boy over the limit, daring William to accept the challenge of going into the ancient forest of the Jabberwocky, alone for a whole day and night. The next morning William wakes up before sunrise, packs himself a meal, kisses his sleeping mother and sets off for an adventure.

Synopsis:

William enters the ancient forest not expecting to find anything exciting. He secretly starts to believe that the old stories were merely that, nothing but fictional legends. But as he wanders further into the forest he discovers another world. Deep inside the heart of the ancient forest lies a world of mythical creatures, a world where the entire forest is alive.

While lost and running through the forest, William reaches a very dense area of the forest. The boy stumbles upon the overgrown remains of a fallen warrior, where he discovers a magical and legendary Vorpal Sword. After donning the old armor and unsheathing his new weapon, the blade begins to glow with a cool flame. In the distance, a large, shadowy figure takes notice of the light and, with a ferocious roar, charges towards the boy, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. However, William is now emboldened by this sword as he tightens his armor straps and begins to run towards his enemy. As the two meet, the trailer ends with the boy standing ready to fight the Jabberwocky towering high above his head.