Story Idea from Kronos

As I watched the Kronos vid, wanted to incorporate the idea into a vid-story. Of course, this has nothing to do with Hobo Village, but we have creative control. So here is a beginning:

As it stands, this is a daydream scene. I don’t want to run it too close to the “Boy Fishing” story, and least for now. Here is a scenario I thin we could start with.

Dogs Don’t Dance
Scene: Ordinary living room. Big shaggy dog (avitar) lies on the couch. Owner (either sex) arrives. Dog greets. Owner gives brief greeting, but is obviously more interested in something else.

We now watch from over the dog’s (attentive) head: Owner rezes chair and does the dance with it. (Owner’s clothes might change to dance-appropriate, but that may be too much foreshadowing.) Owner leaves the room.

Dog hesitantly moves to chair. Movements as dog-like as possible. Dog gets chair animation and starts to dance. Dog changes to become more human like (two steps). Then, at end of dance, dog reverts to dog form. Cuts are about where Kronos put them in his clip.

Need an end, and not a downer. One element of ending is: owner puts food down, dog rushes to it. (Shows that being a dog is not a downer.) Another is some sign of change. My first thought is: Flashy collar appears on dancing dog. Flashy collar remains as dog goes to food. Camera on dog’s head, collar, and food. Hold close-up for cut to credits.

This needs a light touch. We are watching the dog’s daydream. We are saying that even dogs can daydream. I think we can do it.

I don’t know that we will need any voice-over here. The Kronos clip has music. I assume it is provided by the chair. We may have to think a little about copyright on the music. The lead here is the non-speaking dog. We may want some noises, but I can probably find them on the web. Mainly, we need somebody to be a dog and some routine animations for doglike movements.

How does this sound??