Fantastic Voyage || Storyboards and Story Description

My First Rough Draft

Second Iteration (Part1)

(Part 2)

During the first two weeks of this project I admit I was confused at what I should do, mainly because of choice. Now that I have established cancer as my topic, even though I didn't know that I could've chosen something else a bit more interesting(like cloning, or stem cells), I feel like I can make something that is understood at the very least. This post will clarify some things to do with my thoughts for future reference.

Cancer is a glitch. If a glitch is something to do with machinery, then the body is an engine. The components of the body have a tempo; the story should have tempo too. The combination of industrial pulses and moist, chromed visuals will help to develop a fun, yet professional view on the interior of the human body.

On the next chapter, we have the Cell, and the Narrator that guides us. these are the elements that will help to create empathy with the audience, and also to generate interest between scenes. This will be achieved through use of the art style they will be depicted with. While the interior of the body may seem slick or at a disconnect with the outside world, these two characters will serve as a conference between the miniature world  and our own. They will have the friendly quality of cartoon characters, almost, without being disconnected from the surrounding world.

the story itself is as bare as anyone could like it. Even an average, run-of-the-mill cell can have the potential to cause a cancer. The purpose of following a single cell around the body follows this idea, when we realise that this cell isn't so smart and it creates a malignant tumour, thanks to its knowledge of meiosis. 

Regarding the ending (I'm open to suggestions, as per normal), I was thinking of having the cell removed from the body, rather than ruthlessly killed by chemotherapy. I think this has a touch of bringing the matter to light rather than simply covering it over in a flash. After the main attration I would use remaining time to describe symptoms and also treatments of cancer in a brief series of animated slides alongside the pre-established visuals.