Good Boy (Short Film)
Project Overview
Hello there!
Our group of animators/artists are looking for a composer as well as a voice for the lead character of our short film "Good Boy": a story about a studious young boy named Charlie who gets left at his grandmother's house for the weekend and the shenanigans that ensue as he fails to get along with her fierce-looking bulldog, Max. We intend for this to be shown to a universal audience with a runtime of 03:30 - 04:00 minutes long. The focus will mostly be on the music (50's/60's themed) throughout, however, we are also considering including a couple lines of dialogue, which is hopefully where you come in!
Who are we?
We are a group of animation students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design working towards our final fourth-year film, which we intend to finish in time for our graduation in May of 2021. If you would like any further information about this project, please feel free to contact our director Sophie/production manager Justyna through PM, thank you!
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Charlie is a studious 10 year old boy with a love of space and a dislike/fear of dogs, so when he just wants to work on his model of the solar system for school but is left in the company of his grandma and her bulldog, he's not particularly enthusiastic about it. Only once the two start to bond throughout the short does Charlie warm up to his grandma's dog and they become friends.
In terms of range, I imagine him sounding like the typical mid-range nerdy kid, similar to Lewis from Meet the Robinsons or Hogarth from the Iron Giant.
*The lines for this role are very minimum as we are still debating whether or not to include dialogue or to tell the story entirely through music, however finding a fitting voice for the role to insert into our animatic would greatly help us in coming to a decision, thank you!
(Annoyed, telling off) Bad dog!
(Cheerful, praising) Good boy!
"Good Boy" is set during the time of the moon landing, thus were hoping to find music that would potentially reflect the late 60's/early 70's time period, as well as an earlier 50's sound within the grandmother's house (majority of the short) to emphasize the different era she grew up in. The tone of the story itself is overall light hearted, however is told from the perspective of quite a cautious and imaginative young boy, so, as with any animation piece, would hold different, more tense emotional beats within the music. Preferably this would be a piano piece, though are open to anything you would see fit so long as it sounds of the time.
The music we have used as placeholders are as follows:
- "Beach Party" - Harry Bluestone
- "Bourbon Street" - royalty free Dixieland Jazz
- "Slapstick Buster" - royalty free vintage jazz dixieland
- "Auto Repairing" - Michael Kamen
- "Happy Again" - New Orleans Jazz, royalty free vintage Dixieland
Right now the short stands at 04:18 minutes long (excluding credits), however intend to shorten it down to 03:30 in September, and are more than willing to negotiate a price with you to accommodate that. In terms of timescale, we will be working towards this project's completion until May of 2021, however would benefit having a solid sountrack to work with from late 2020/early 2021.
If you would like any further details, please feel free to contact us and we will elaborate wherever possible, thank you!
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