Treatment & Character Bio

 
Treatment:
     A flash of lighting lights the sky, quickly followed by a menacing crack of thunder as a young boy, wearing torn clothes and a captain's hat, scurries to reach the wheel of his medium-sized ship. The boy grabs hold of the wheel as the high winds of the sea begin to pick up and cause the ship to sway. Rain starts to pour down on the boy while he maneuvers the ship's wheel, attempting to make it to safety. Angry waves begin to crash against the ship and the boy looks straight-ahead with wide eyes. A huge wave appears in the distance and the boy turns the ship's wheel, trying to avoid it. While doing so, the ship gets struck by a wave in the opposite direction. The ship nearly topples over before the boy grabs control of it again. A strike of lightning fills the sky as a wave forms, towering over the boy and his ship. As the boy stares up at it with wide eyes, the wave falls on top of him and the ship, filling the world with blue water.
   
     The boy washes up onto a sandy island, his ship in pieces behind him. As he stands, he struggles to keep his balance as he is now wearing a heavy suit of iron. A low growl is heard and the boy stops struggling, eyes wide with fear. The boy shuffles forward slowly and pulls a sword out from the sand beside him. The ground shakes as something approaches the boy and suddenly a huge three-headed hydra appears. The hydra roars and snaps three sets of teeth at the boy as he grabs a shield from off the ground and approaches the monster. The hydra lunges toward the boy as he holds his shield over his head, ducking as the sound of yelling fills his ears. Green smoke pours from the hydra's mouth and the boy quickly grabs at a iron helmet to cover his face from the poison. As the hydra circles the boy, he musters up the courage to lunge at the monster and grazes it with his sword. The hydra snickers and continues to circle the boy in order to confuse him. The boy stops following the hydra as it circles and, instead, runs up the monster's tail, stabbing it along the way. The hydra shrieks and the boy runs up the back of the monster. The heads of the hydra try to bite at the boy behind them, but fail. The boy takes his sword and slices through each head. As the three necks fall to the ground, so does the boy. He relaxes on the lifeless hydra, trying to catch his breath. The ground begins to shake again and the boy looks around in confusion. Suddenly, six heads pop out from the body of the hydra; the last one sends the little boy flying into the sky.

     The little boy wears a fluffy astronaut's suit as he floats through the darkness of space. He tumbles and somersaults, enjoying the feeling of being free, despite being attached to a cord that connected him back to his spaceship. As he attempts to backflip, a laser zips past his head. The boy turns quickly in the direction of where the laser originated. A flat ship approaches and sends another laser towards the boy's direction. The boy tugs on the cord attached to his back and it flies him back to the sanctuary of his ship. Once inside, the boy begins to peel off his helmet and gloves, speed walking to the control center. He sits at the captain's chair in front of the control center and begins to mash buttons. Enemy lasers still zoom by the ship. A low, muffled voice sounds, but does not phase the boy.  The boy finally fires a laser back at the enemy ship, but it misses. He prepares to fire another laser when he hears a female voice say,"dinner's ready!" He ignores the voice and fires a laser; he grabs onto the ship's wheel and begins to turn it away to avoid another laser when he hears the same female voice, "I made your favorite, Mac & Cheese!"

    The boy sits staring straight ahead, holding onto a wheel that's been attached to a cardboard box in which he sits inside. He is wearing a pair of patterned pajamas and toys scatter the floor, including a plastic sword and a paper pirate hat. The boy stands up and jolts towards the door, causing the cardboard box formation he created to topple over onto the ground.



Character Bios:

Unnamed Young Boy: The only human character in this animation is about 7 years old and has dark brown, unkempt hair. He is an only child and his father left him and his mother a few months before the story takes place. His mother is usually busy working in her office as she works from home and because he doesn't have any siblings, nor any friends at school, he is often left to his own devices and forced to have fun on his own. He loves to create worlds in his mind in which he can escape to and go on adventures. His imagination can often take over, even when he's around other children, so he often gets picked on during recess when the kids see him talking to his self. His favorite food is macaroni and cheese because it reminds him of when his parents used to get along and sing while making it for dinner.
   

Prorendra: A three-headed Lernean hydra who occupies a deserted island. She is towering, green, and easily angered, but she also has a snarky side. She often laughs at her prey as they struggle to outwit her. As the island she lives on is deserted, she often has to resort to eating fish so when a ship wrecks and washes up on her island, she makes sure she is there to greet any survivors. She breathes poisonous gas on command when hunting her prey and she is extremely difficult to kill. Cutting off her necks only leads to more heads producing from her body; they usually double in number each time. She was born with one head many, many years ago.