sketching has begun, the working title just now is "Forgotten" (its a shame A4 paper doesn't have a spell checker) and i have the initial look of the alien who has been named Ed, this name was chosen because of its short, plain sound. emphasizing the irony of such a being coming to earth and becoming forgotten about. I have decided that he will live in a one room house, to be honest it will be more of a shack. the location of the shack will be beside a large airport now, it occurred to me how crazy it would be for this to be allowed with all the extreme security at airports nowadays.

Red Balloon

My take on the film "The Red Ballon" would be a much darker mor sinister version. The ballon would have been a darker colour to give the idea that is not all good, the boy would start acting out, talking to the ballong and doing what the ballon says. with the scene where the boy is locked in the cuboard he would have thrown a fit and started screaming because he is now left without his ballon. it would get to the stage where the boy is now dangerous and authoroties have to step in.
for a twist at the end it would be revealed that the ballon not only didnt talk to the boy but it never existed in the first place and the boy is now in a mental ward drawing the red balloon over and over again.

a good story for the kids i think

my idea for the animatic is called "Forgotten", its about an alien (usual grey skinny stereotyped one) my reason for this is that its an image we all associate with easily. the alien will be shown in his house, he's obviously alone and the house is damp run down and messy looking, basically an all round dump. he'll be shown performing tasks such as making breakfast but instead of cracking the eggs he'll just throw the whole thing in, shell and all. as the story progresses we'll notice that the alien is not all their, he'll talk to himself, self harm, rub the walls etc..... 

i hope to create a strong sense of sorrow towards the character. the twist in the story will be at the end when it is revealed that the shack is on the top of a skyscraper in the middle of a busy city.

the whole idea behind the story is how crazy it would be if an alien did come to earth but how long would it be before we grew tiresome and what would happen to the alien once it was forgotten about (not thinking about the ET going home route. he's on earth and staying here) would he become a bum and simply rot away on this planet.