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- The Lily Express: { Short illustrated overview } - BEGINNING: Inspiration Title Setup {Inciting, viewer question, location,} Introduction of main character - MIDDLE: Crisis/Climax Unfolding Confrontation - END: Denouement Resolution Explanation.
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- The Lily Express: { Short illustrated overview } - BEGINNING: Inspiration Title Setup {Inciting, viewer question, location,} Introduction of main character - MIDDLE: Crisis/Climax Unfolding Confrontation - END: Denouement Resolution Explanation
BEGINNING SCENE ONE Climbing onboard the Lily express
MIDDLE SCENE TWO • No more Snailtopia: a Sticky situation
MIDDLE SCENE THREE • Time to improvise
MIDDLE SCENE FOUR • No peaceful sleep
MIDDLE SCENE FIVE • So near but yet so far
END SCENE SIX • Taking the Lily express to Snail heaven
INSPIRATION • Saw a snail on the pavement when I came home and thought how long will it take for him to get back to the grass? • Will he ever get back to the grass? - Will our dog ironically named Lily eat him before he gets to the grass? …This got me thinking…
TITLE THE LILY EXPRESS • Lilies commonly symbolizes death especially in cartoons. • Stanley literally road on the Lily and then passed away.
SETUP INCITINGS: - Minuscule level in the real world - Snailtopia • The whole story plots out over 2 days and 5m - Will Stanley get back to Snailtopia to eat the lily leaf?
LOCATION DAY DAY NIGHT DAY DAY SCENE ONE SCENE FIVE SCENE FOUR SCENE TWO SCENE THREE Snailtopia Snailtopia Snailtopia Spidervaley Roadside TWO DAYS Snail heaven 5 meters
INTRODUCTION OF MAIN CHARACTER • Stanley • - He lives in Snailtopia • 5 years (2009/03/12) • - 6.58 cm • - Patched up because he is clumsy • - Loves lily leaves • - He can’t move very fast
CRISIS / CLIMAX • SCENE ONE, when he couldn’t reach the lily leaf. • SCENE TWO, he lands on a piece of bubblegum. • SCENE THREE, when the spider wanted to eat him in • spidervalley. • SCENE FOUR, dreamt about zombie salt shakers trying to • kill him. • SCENE FIVE, THE ULTIMATE CRISIS/CLIMAX:, • needed to cross the stream when his ship sinks and • Stanley drowns.
TIME vs. TENSION UNFOLDING SCENE ONE SCENE TWO SCENE THREE SCENE FOUR SCENE FIVE SCENE SIX Snailtopia Roadside Spidervaley Snailtopia Snailtopia Snail heaven (x) time (y) tension
CONFRONTATION • His confrontation with the Lily leaf is short lived. • He drowned - paper boat, no arms.
DENOUEMENT • Denouement occurs when Stanley is sinking and • rising, sinking and rising underneath the lily. • He couldn’t reach out to the lily to save him. • The lily is his reason for living but that the lily also • ultimately caused his suffering and death.
RESOLUTION • The resolution plays of after the credits rolled. • We let the viewer know whether Stanley drowned or survived . • Stanley rises from the water with wings flies to the gates of snail heaven. • Ironic twist. • Gives the viewer a chance to say goodbye to Stanley. • Stanley gets a happy ending.
EXPLANATION • The moral of The Lily Express is that everything doesn’t always go according to plan. • That even when your at the end of the finish line things can still go wrong. • Everything happens for a reason. • Life may be hard but the reward in heaven is way sweeter than on earth.