Not Cut Out For This (student film)
Project Overview
Not Cut Out For This is a 5 minute long, animated student thesis film! It's 2D animated, and will be submited at festivals, as well as screened to a large audience of staff, students, and industry professionals.
Premise:
Know anything about greek mythology? If you don't, do you remember those guys in Hercules who snip the strings with big scissors. Well, those are the fates! The fates weave, measure, and cut the strings of life; where souls then pass on to the underworld.
Now imagine if you worked in an office, but your coworkers are minor deities, your managers are gods, and your job is cutting the strings of fate
and what if, one day, you cut the wrong string!
Logline:
When Ted cuts the wrong string of Fate, he must take a lost soul to the gate of the underworld in order to keep his job.
Themes/Genre:
Rediscovering joy and breaking out of monotony
Feel-good comedy
General Audience
Non-union, unpaid, no former experience required!
If able—> record in Orange OR virtually, CA in September/October. Recording should only take around an hour of your time. Possible rerecords in Spring 2026!
Full information linked here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hRVYEULbuj2LPJoAJP_g6gCgDx3kzd_oaOR3EPhPUhs/edit?usp=sharing
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Tagline: A middle-aged, put together boss who’s great at her job, but a little to chatty
Traits: Professional, smart, chatty
Voice/Character comps: Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids), Anne Hathaway (Devil Wears Prada, The Hustle)
- english
- female adult
- Chatty
- professional
- upbeat
And this is the Atropos floor, where every snip sends someone on a trip! That's our cute way of saying we send people to the afterlife with a cut of a string. You'll see that we've really modernized our workflow and now we're able to process the 150,000 souls that come through every day.
Ted's over here! He's the best of the best. On track to get a promotion soon, too. So if you have a question, he robably has an answer. Your desk is over there. Ping me if you need anything!
Tagline: Happy little lady who always has a butterscotch on her
Traits: Happy go lucky, go with the flow, wise, seems oblivious and trick-able
Voice/Character comps: Grandma Tala (Moana), Annie (The Proposal, Betty White)
- english
- female senior
- happy go lucky
- Sweet
- funny
I don't think I properly introduced myself. I'm Iris. It's a family name. I wanted to change it to Dolores when I was fifteen, but Harold said he wouldn't dare marry someone names Dolores. he's a stubborn one, that's for sure, and also a great mahjong player. Have you ever played mahjong...
Oh goodness, I don't know your name. Ted! Short for Teddy? Theodore? I knew a Theodore, he--
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