Cubies: The Story

So now that I had a character, I also needed a story.

This is where I tend to get stuck. Finding an interesting story is very difficult.

What I have so far is this:

1. Growing hands

• The cubies start with no legs. They are just cubes in the beginning.


• In the beginning, there will be two cubes on screen. One is a little smaller than the other.


• After a few frames of standing still, the little cube begins to move and jiggle, and it looks like there is somehting inside it.


• After a few seconds of jiggling, the little cubie will start growing arms! (and the audience is in shock!)

2. Waking up papa cube

• The little cubie will "find out" his arms, and start probing his surroundings with his little paws.


• The little cubie is excited, he is getting up on his feet (hands?) and starts jumping around happily, surrounding the bigger cube.


• The little cubie start pushing and nudging the bigger cube, trying to "wake him up".


• Finally, papa cube is starting to slowly extract his arms as well until they are fully grown.

3. Papa cube walking

• Papa cube starts to walk, he is heavier and slower then the little cubie.


• Little cubie is still excited, jumps around papa cube and climbs on his back.

Now would be a good time to finish the short film if things gets a little messy. The two cubies will leave the screen and that will be the end.

However, I would like it better if there was another section:

4. Mulfunctioned cubie

• Papa cube and little cubie are walking to another cubie which still doesn't have any arms.


• The other cubie is a grown up - same size as papa cube.


• They try to wake the other cubie.


• The other cubie is waking up, however, there is a problem!


• Two options for the problem: (a) The arms are too short, so he cannot walk on them, or (b) one arm is ok, but the other doesn't come out all the way.


• The other cubie starts jumping on one leg, because that is the only way he can walk. (Another walk cycle! In the same project! yey)


• The cubies try to help the other cubie: little cubie is holding one arm while papa cube is pulling the other.


• The arms of other cubie finally come out to their full extent. Since both cubies are pulling the arms, papa cubie is falling back, while the other cubie and little cubie with him fly around him to the other side of the frame. Preferrably they will fly towards the camera.


• The cubies get up from the various positions to which they fell. They start walking together "towards the sunset".

The end.

I will try to keep future posts shorter, for the sake of the readers.
Though I can't promise anything :)