Siegfried vs Fafner Synopsis

Siegfried vs Fafner

Logline: A metal head demigod challenges a legendary dragon, which ends up being much smaller than he expected, but far more vicious than he ever could have imagined.

Synopsis: Siegfried stands before a massive cave, jamming on his electric guitar to lure out a legendary dragon, Fafner. Fafner, still hidden in the shadows, tells Siegfried to fuck off, but Siegfried insists on fighting. Fafner lunges from the darkness, the size of a lap dog, and latches his teeth onto Siegfried’s neck. Siegfried flails Fafner around comically until he shakes loose. He grabs a bone and attempts to throw it at his reptilian foe, but trips and throws it upwards. Fafner catches it and brings it back to Siegfried. He sits and wags his tail as Siegfried is frozen with confusion.

Characters

Siegfried

Height: 6’2”

Weight: 180 lbs.
Voice: Tenor

Appearance: Lanky frame, but with enough muscle to intimidate. Stringy hair and decked from head to toe in heavy metal apparel with small plates of armor strapped here and there, and portable amps attached to his back.  He wields a guitar which he uses both to play music and to use as a blunt weapon.

Personality: Bold and fearless, but cocky and arrogant. He’s both musically talented and undefeatable on the battlefield.

Fafner

Length: 2’6”

Weight: 30 lbs.
Voice: Bass

Appearance: A dragon the size of a lapdog. His eyes and mouth glow a flaming red in the dark.

Personality: Once a giant, the cursed Ring of the Nibelung transformed him and has lured challenger after challenger attempting to kill him for it. By the time Siegfried arrives, he’s already pretty pissed off about all the hundreds of people trying to kill his little dragon self over a piece of jewelry… but why should HE give it up?

Setting

The battle takes place on a misty night in a dark forest at the mouth of a massive and sinister cave, the entrance littered with the bones of Fafner’s previous victims. The stalactites look like razor teeth, and many rocks and trees appear to have faces.

Details

Length: 30-45 seconds

Complexity: Two detailed characters surrounded by a thick forest

Visual Style: Heavy Metal Looney Tunes

Audience reaction: Laughter

Theme: The thrill of battle

Message: Even murderous giants turned man-eating dragons have a soft side

Tone: Dark, epic, comical

Genre: Musical Comedy

Stucture: The Villain

Goal: Win awards

 

The instruments will be replaced with electric guitars, drums and other metal-related instruments, and the voices with people I know.

Lefty & Boomer Synopsis

Lefty & Boomer

Logline: Quirky personifications of a student’s left and right brain hemispheres dysfunctionally interact as they encounter a cute girl on the way to class.

Synopsis: Lefty informs boomer that they have acquired a girl’s name, but that the next class leaves insufficient time for progressive socializing. Boomer decides to arrange a later time and tells Lefty to ask if she’s a coffee drinker. She answers only when she needs it, sending Lefty into a panic. He flees to class, only later to be joined by the girl.

Characters

Lefty

 Height: 4’6”

Weight: 300 lbs. (Titanium Alloy)

Appearance: Though only existing in psychospace, our story portrays Lefty as a hovering robot with buldging eyes.

Personality: Lefty is logical, rational, analytical, objective and sequential, but can be thrown into disarray by Boomer’s illogical commands. He’s primarily concerned with school.

Environment: Lefty hovers around a futuristic lab environment full of charts, wires and computer monitors. The floor is approximately 20 feet in diameter, but the walls expand as they reach up to infinity.

Boomer

Height: 6’2”

Weight: 120 lbs.

Appearance: Boomer is a tall and lanky human with a neo-baroque suit and an eccentric hairstyle.

Personality: Boomer is random, intuitive, holistic, synthesizing, and objective. He’s a socialite and a hopeless romantic whose actions are often overridden by Lefty’s logic. He’s capable of bypassing Lefty’s consent, but usually makes our hero look crazy as a result.

Environment: Boomer rides a chair through a steam punk lounge filled with art, books and musical instruments. The room has the same dimensions as Lefty’s.

Details

Length: 30 seconds – 2 minutes

Complexity: Two detailed characters in separate cluttered rooms

Visual Style: Pop Surrealism

Audience reaction: Laughter and long-lingering thought

Theme: Internal Conflict

Message: Sometimes conflicting desires resolve themselves

Tone: Humorously charming, but with a psychological edge

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Stucture: The Booty

Goal: Win awards

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The Longest Date

Ha! Stumbled upon this animation that shares themes with Lefty & Boomer AND Leverage.

First Pitches (with animatics)

Idea 1: Lefty & Boomer
Quirky personifications of an intelligent but awkward student's brain hemispheres must reconcile meeting a girl with getting to class on time.

Idea 2: Siegfried vs Fafner
A cocky demigod challenges a legendary dragon who ends up being far from what he expected.

Idea 3: Leverage
A guy in a fancy suit may have a gritty soldier at his mercy.