A treatment is a short presentation of an idea. They read like a short story, except told in the present tense and describing events as they happen.
I came up with the basic idea for the treatment when we were writing down a list of story ideas in class. One of these being a zombie apocalypse seen from a zombie's point of view, and hence Dead Meat was born. I took the basic concept and built it around the mandatory three act structure and the monomyth or "the hero's journey" if you will.
I came up with the basic idea for the treatment when we were writing down a list of story ideas in class. One of these being a zombie apocalypse seen from a zombie's point of view, and hence Dead Meat was born. I took the basic concept and built it around the mandatory three act structure and the monomyth or "the hero's journey" if you will.
Dead Meat (working title)
A seemingly normal town in the middle of a desert is populated by ZOMBIES. One of these characters, DEAD MEAT, is living a somewhat normal zombie life dedicating most of his time eating brains. He's quite different from the others though; He's constantly made fun of by everyone around him because of his above average INTELLIGENCE.
One day he wakes up by some loud sounds he's never heard before. He gets curious and halts to the window to see what could be causing the sound. What he discovers is that a bunch of humans have entered the town and are now killing every zombie on sight. They're led by the GENERAL, a big bulky guy with a grenade belt and a love for large armored vehicles.
Dead Meat is seen fleeing the scene, dodging zombie limbs, gun shots and grenades. He successfully leaves the town unseen and starts wandering into the desert surrounding the place. After he's walked for a while, his pea-sized brain starts growing a conscience and he decides to return and save whatever is left of the inhabitants.
He sneaks up on one of the humans vehicles and grabs a couple of heavy machine guns, some explosives and a screwdriver. Dead Meat is now on a killing spree, shooting, blowing up and stabbing through everything that isn't already dead. By a impressive demonstration of raw force and a little bit of luck he's able to face the General and an epic battle ensues. Moments later, Dead Meat seems to be losing and just before the General is about to land the final blow, Dead Meat is able to reach and pull out the safety pins out of one of the General's grenades using the screwdriver. They both blow up into smithereens.
With the humans defeated, life eventually goes back to normal.
One day he wakes up by some loud sounds he's never heard before. He gets curious and halts to the window to see what could be causing the sound. What he discovers is that a bunch of humans have entered the town and are now killing every zombie on sight. They're led by the GENERAL, a big bulky guy with a grenade belt and a love for large armored vehicles.
Dead Meat is seen fleeing the scene, dodging zombie limbs, gun shots and grenades. He successfully leaves the town unseen and starts wandering into the desert surrounding the place. After he's walked for a while, his pea-sized brain starts growing a conscience and he decides to return and save whatever is left of the inhabitants.
He sneaks up on one of the humans vehicles and grabs a couple of heavy machine guns, some explosives and a screwdriver. Dead Meat is now on a killing spree, shooting, blowing up and stabbing through everything that isn't already dead. By a impressive demonstration of raw force and a little bit of luck he's able to face the General and an epic battle ensues. Moments later, Dead Meat seems to be losing and just before the General is about to land the final blow, Dead Meat is able to reach and pull out the safety pins out of one of the General's grenades using the screwdriver. They both blow up into smithereens.
With the humans defeated, life eventually goes back to normal.
After this was done, we were randomly grouped together in groups of four (I was grouped with Ole Petter, Miliam and Tim Daniel) to read and discuss each others treatments and decide for one to use for a storyboard, animatic and a 3D pre-visualization.
We eventually ended up with using Dead Meat because... well... it has zombies in it, and a pretty obvious three act structure. We then proceeded with adjusting the story a bit like introducing a second zombie character and having Dead Meat actually survive and become accepted by his fellow zombies.
We eventually ended up with using Dead Meat because... well... it has zombies in it, and a pretty obvious three act structure. We then proceeded with adjusting the story a bit like introducing a second zombie character and having Dead Meat actually survive and become accepted by his fellow zombies.
Dead Meat
Final
A seemingly normal town in the middle of a desert is populated by ZOMBIES. One of these characters, DEAD MEAT, is living a somewhat normal zombie life dedicating most of his time eating brains. He's quite different from the others though; He's constantly made fun of by everyone around him because of his above average INTELLIGENCE. Especially by the MOBBER ZOMBIE.
One day he wakes up by some loud sounds he's never heard before. He gets curious and halts to the window to see what could be causing the sound. What he discovers is that a bunch of humans have entered the town and are now killing every zombie on sight. They're led by the GENERAL, a big bulky guy with a grenade belt and a love for large armored vehicles.
Dead Meat tries to flee the scene, dodging zombie limbs, gun shots and grenades. He successfully leaves the town unseen and starts wandering into the desert surrounding the place. After he's walked for a while, he starts growing a conscience and he decides to return and save whatever is left of the inhabitants.
He sneaks up on one of the humans standing guard and punches a hole through his chest. The soldier's death scream alarms the rest of the attackers and they're now storming towards Dead Meat. By this time, Dead Meat has entered a blood rage and starts killing off the soldiers one by one. Just moments after, Dead Meat is standing in a pile of dead soldiers when he hears gunshots close by. He turns around and sees the General standing on top of the mobber zombie with a gun. The General raises the gun to the mobber zombie's head and pulls the trigger. Nothing happens - the gun is out of bullets, so the General throws the gun away and pulls out a BAZOOKA from his pocket. Just as the General is about to blow the mobber zombie into smithereens, Dead Meat tackles him, and they both ends up on the ground. The General gets on top and starts hitting Dead Meat with all his strength. Unable to defend himself, Dead Meat is desperately looking around for weapons and spots the bazooka lying nearby. He reaches it, pulls it into the General and presses the trigger. The General is sent flying through the air, before ending up in a large explosion.
After this event, Dead Meat has become accepted by the other zombies, they gather around him and starts dancing to Thriller.
One day he wakes up by some loud sounds he's never heard before. He gets curious and halts to the window to see what could be causing the sound. What he discovers is that a bunch of humans have entered the town and are now killing every zombie on sight. They're led by the GENERAL, a big bulky guy with a grenade belt and a love for large armored vehicles.
Dead Meat tries to flee the scene, dodging zombie limbs, gun shots and grenades. He successfully leaves the town unseen and starts wandering into the desert surrounding the place. After he's walked for a while, he starts growing a conscience and he decides to return and save whatever is left of the inhabitants.
He sneaks up on one of the humans standing guard and punches a hole through his chest. The soldier's death scream alarms the rest of the attackers and they're now storming towards Dead Meat. By this time, Dead Meat has entered a blood rage and starts killing off the soldiers one by one. Just moments after, Dead Meat is standing in a pile of dead soldiers when he hears gunshots close by. He turns around and sees the General standing on top of the mobber zombie with a gun. The General raises the gun to the mobber zombie's head and pulls the trigger. Nothing happens - the gun is out of bullets, so the General throws the gun away and pulls out a BAZOOKA from his pocket. Just as the General is about to blow the mobber zombie into smithereens, Dead Meat tackles him, and they both ends up on the ground. The General gets on top and starts hitting Dead Meat with all his strength. Unable to defend himself, Dead Meat is desperately looking around for weapons and spots the bazooka lying nearby. He reaches it, pulls it into the General and presses the trigger. The General is sent flying through the air, before ending up in a large explosion.
After this event, Dead Meat has become accepted by the other zombies, they gather around him and starts dancing to Thriller.