Storyboard Treatment

Emma Mitchell

2015016112

Dream Warrior

Dream Warrior is a short animation that follows a young girl who fights evil by night and fights taxes by day.

Act 1

Early in the morning, the protagonist wakes up, she looks very tired as she begins to get ready for the day. She puts on her glasses, gets changed into her office uniform, eats breakfast, brushes her teeth. after she has gotten ready for the day she gets on the train. She yawns and stretches as the landscape of the city rushes behind her. We see her working as an accountant throughout the day. She works on a computer in a standard office, a clock shows progression throughout the day. She then gets back on the train to go home at the end of the day. As she lies restlessly in bed we see the alarm clocking showing how progressively late its getting. It jumps from 11pm to 1 am to 3am. With bloodshot eyes she types into her phone how to get to sleep, and clicks on an ad. She ticks the accept terms and conditions without reading them and suddenly gets sucked into her mobile device. Deedee is transported  to a space like void, as her appearance changes. her outfit transforms in a flash of light, she no longer needs her glasses and her hair turns more vibrant.A cloud sword forms in her hand. Once she is finished transforming she finds herself in an outdoorsy area with floating islands scattered throughout. A signed contract lands next to her, "which reads that she has entered a contract that allows her to sleep but in exchange she must fight nightmares from other people who wish to sleep peacefully. 

Act 2

Deedee looks around the island to see various training dummies scattered around. She tries to run and lunge at one but the sword ends up rebounding and flying away. Next she tries kicking it but ends up hurting her ankle. She manages to  transform the sword into a bow, but shoots and misses. She then tries to wrestle one, but ends up falling over and it landing on top of her. She eventually gives up, and sits down defeated, until she hears a noise coming from below. she runs to the edge of the island to see a young girl trapped by a large catlike creature. She looks down in fear at the long drop below, but accidentally slips and falls. As she hits the ground below the creatures attention is drawn away from the little girl. Deedee manages to stand , and raises her sword as the creature pounces forward. She swings and misses, and the cat swipes her across the island. She then begins to be chased by the cat, while the little girl laughs at her. Deedee looks on in panic, as she is unable to defeat the nightmare.

Act 3

Deedee then gets the idea to use the bow and arrow to distract the cat, and shoots  them over the cats head. it lands on a nearby wall and the cat is distracted, and goes to chase them. She stands up straight, and fires a special arrow made of light. it hits the cat and it suddenly bursts into smoke and light. once it clears, a small, fat cat remains, next to it is a tiny nightmare in its defeated form. Deedee picks it up and the bag on her belt opens and a glowing light emerges, she looks puzzled but drops the creature in the bag. it quickly closes, and a small text that reads "+3 hours of sleep" pops out. The fat cat walks over to the little girl, who then picks up the cat and smiles. it then fades to white, and a cut leads to Deedee sprinting awake from sleep, the alarm clock shows a 5:59, and quickly turns to 6 am and goes off. there is another soft cut to Deedee on her morning commute, the girl from the dream is on the train and is drawing a picture of the Dream Warrior. The little girl looks up at her and recognises Deedee. Deedee smiles back.

Credits.