Andrew’s Short Animation
Opening scene: Family room with hardwood floor, couch and table in the background, few lights, not to bright, square piece of fly/glue paper in the middle of the floor.
camera starts on zoom in of glue paper. toy mouse enters left screen and lands with a squeak.
slow pan out of the camera, getting a glimpse of entire room now.
Cat enters from left screen, with a oblivious, vacant stare, and clumsy, slow walk.
Cat passes by the mouse, then it catches his eye, he turns toward it, stares for a moment, eyes slowly widen, and gets the desire for the mouse.
close up shot of mouse.
close up shot of cat and his grin.
cat drops to the ground in a pouncing form, but due to his size, its clumsy and awkward.
tension is forming, close up on mouse again.
close up of cat in his pouncing pose.
Cat pounces and lands face first, the table and couch in the background shake with the impact, with his paw landing on the glue trap.
Cat lifts his head, not yet realizing what kind of predicament he is in yet, until he tries to lift his hand.
First he tries to lift his hand slowly with no avail, then harder and harder till the glue release and snaps back at him.
Cat lands on his bottom, background shakes again, picture frame falls off the wall.
mouse and trap have flown off screen, cat pursues.
off screen: racket, crashes heard, meowing from the cat. background shakes.
mouse flies from right screen to left screen.
cat pursues a moment later, jumping over couches and falling on his face, then getting up and keeping at it.
more off screen fighting. background shifting yet again.
mouse flies from left screen to center and lands with a squeak on the ground.
close up on mouse.
two paws slam down on the mouse.
close up on cat with deviate grin on his face, cat is considerable banged up with band aids and bandages.
cat stands up with glee.
Cat does an awkward scamper off screen.
Camera moves behind cats. Show cat moving off into the distance, grabbing for the mouse in his mouth, which stretches his lip.
Camera fades with cat trying to pull the toy mouse out of his mouth.
credits roll.