If The World Ends - Animated, two Minute, college short film
Project Overview
Hello, Takaiju here! This project is an animated 2 minute short film that I have been working on for the past year and a half as my final for college. This fall semester I will be coloring and finishing the film, but over the course of July I need to finish animating scenes that involve character dialog before August 1st. Unfortunately, I will not be able to pay actors for this college project. All voice talents will be properly credited, and the film might be shown at film festivals and will eventually be uploaded to my youtube channel.
Synopsis: After a sudden breakup, Michael a heartbroken college student, must reach his ex-girlfriend to say what has been bottled up in his mind, before the inevitable end of the world.
More Details: This film for the most part is narration/inner monologue from the perspective of the main character Michael, describing the situation of his break up, as well as his feelings of regret and dread for not expressing his thoughts and feelings to Brenna, his now ex girlfriend, when he had the chance. There is some dialogue exchange between both Michael and Brenna at the end of the film.
IMPORTANT: As said above, most of the film is narration, so placing the narrated lines over already animated scenes should be no problem. However, I will need the dialog exchange between Michael and Brenna pretty quickly, as I still need to animate the dialogue scenes before my deadline August 1st.
Thank you.
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Hello everyone, I just wanted to say thank you for all the auditions. I honestly wasn't expecting as much as I got, and it was really encouraging. I have chosen rileygrimes for the voice of Michael, and farewellaesthetic for the voice of Brenna. Since a lot of you were interested in the films premise I will continue to update the progress of the film here, though the next update might be a couple months away, since I'll be animating the film. I encourage you to follow my art account @Takaiju_Art on instagram and twitter. I occasionally will post visual updates on my film there, along with my art, so if you're interested please follow. Thanks Everyone :)
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Choosing Actors Today.
Hello everyone! First I would like to say thank you for all the kind words I'm glad that you guys like the premise of the film. Second, today I am going to be deciding who gets the roles today which is very hard, because everyone did a fantastic job. I will still listen to any last minute auditions on the 18th before I send any emails to who I have chosen. Thanks
Michael at the beginning of the film is pretty hopeless and depressed after his break up. He feels that what he wants to say to Brenna doesn't matter since he knows he can't repair their relationship. At the worlds end however, Michaels fear of not expressing how he feels, gets the best of him and he decides to act with the little time he has.
In the first line of dialogue, Michael should sound pretty depressed, hopeless, and defeated, as he feels there is nothing he can do to change the situation at hand.
The second line is where Michaels anxiety starts to take over. He should start off still somewhat quiet and hopeless, but the thought of his last moment with Brenna being an argument, along with the fact that he never said how he really felt, breaks him into tears and panic, as he knows at this point, there’s not much time left.
The last line is the confession of love and care that he still holds for Brenna even if things don’t change. He should sound as if he just stopped crying, and is holding it together to be as sincere as possible.
In all the years I've been alive, I never once thought that it would end like this. It sounds pretty naive thinking about it now, that somehow it would last forever and that we'd be fine. In the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter when, where, or even why it ended, just that it ended. So my situation isn't special
But if only I knew what would become of our world, if only I knew that it would be the last moment I shared with her. There was still so much I wanted to do, and so much I still had to say to her, so much that I can't even comprehend what I would say to her. What would I say to her if the world ended?
I just want you to know that I still love, and care about you, and that even if we can't make it work, I will still be there to support you as a friend, If you ever need it.
Brenna doesn’t have a lot of dialogue and is mostly reactionary to Michael. For context, Brenna feels guilty on how she ended her relationship with Michael so suddenly. She feels that she could’ve gone about it better, and is now desperate to make things right with the little time that she has. She still cares for Michael, she just felt that they were going in different directions in life.
In this first line Brenna should be in tears and panic, trying to articulate what she has to say quickly, because she knows that their time together is short.
In this second line, Brenna has collapsed in Michael's arms, she should sound regretful and guilty for ending things with Michael so suddenly. She should also be in tears during this scene, as she knows this is the end for both of them.
This last line is her responding to Michael when he expresses that he needs to tell her his feelings. She should sound like she is holding back tears, and her tone should sound sincere, quiet, and desperately eager to know what he has to say.
I shouldn't have ended things the way I did, I just didn't know how else to end it, and I was scared of how I'd feel after ending things with you.
I'm so scared Michael, I don't want to say goodbye, not like this. Not like this.
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