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dlpwillywonka
11-06-2006, 02:26 PM
This is a brainstorm I've had ever since listening to the Symphony and Metallica album. If you have the album read my thoughts then go listen and see if you can see it yourself.

The cartoon starts with "Ecstacy of Gold" and a fly over the kingdom filled with green lush fields and forests of trees bearing all sorts of fruit, a castle rises at the horizon, sitting next to the harbor town where harvest festival is being prepared. Zipping up the castle and resting at the young sorcerer's apprentice whose leaning against the open window, staring dreamily down at the festival. Then turns back to his massive pile of books that need to be sorted as the song ends.

Next song "Call of Cthulu" starts with the young man going through all the books and coming to a particularly old one covered in dust. He reads through it and scenes of the book flash before the camera for the viewer. Describing a great battle with a vicious demon. That was imprisoned by a brave hero. As the kid continues to read. Zoomed in on his lips, cutting shots of a closet down the hall that's flashing, in the closet is a statue, coming slowly to life as the boy continues to read to himself.
By the time the song ends the beast has shown himself to the boy and when "Master of Puppets" comes on the demon shoots out the castle window and out into the sky. Darkening the clouds, causing the sea to become violent, lightning in the sky, striking down at the festival, the demon becoming one with the environment, stretching out his new freedom. The Magician comes up to the tower and sees the open closet, the book upon the table. With a stern look at the apprentice he grabs a long wand that morphs down to support him as he uses it as a cane. He hobbles down the stairs, the young man running after him. All the while the Demon is still wreaking havoc on the kingdom's capital. The magician and apprentice exit into the courtyard in the sky is the demon, taking the form of a writhing tornado. The Magician doesn't hesitate he blasts the demon with his wand, now extended in a dagger type look. Saving the rest of the town, the demon staggers and falls from the sky and into the forest. The storm slowly fades but the clouds stay dark. The Magician, grabs the hero by the arm and with a whip of his wand they shoot across the horizon like a very low flying comet and land in the forest.

During "Of Wolf and Man" the Demon screams Hetfields line of 'got any wolves out there tonight?' followed by a howl, the moon coming out from behind the storm clouds, red wolf eyes appearing all around the Magician and our Hero. The demon finishes his transformation into a wolf and slowly picks up speed as the music gets going. Finally the magician whips his morphing wand around and they both transform into bucks with large antlers. The chase is on through the forest. (ack boss)

Songs to come:
"Thing That Should Not Be" (Magician Dies here)
"Fuel" (Escaping!)
"Memory Remains" (Exile)
"No Leaf Clover" (Training with Various characters in the 'wilderness')
"Hero of the Day" (Return to a Wasteland Kingdom)
"Devil's Dance" (Confronting the Demon)
"Bleeding Me" (Sacrifice)
Ends at Disc 1 I never got inspiration for Disc 2

(back to work will post more)

dlpwillywonka
11-06-2006, 02:39 PM
double post to bump. :D Oh and I'm not trying to be original with this. I just always had this envisioned since I listened to it. So I want someday to be good enough for this. When I accomplish this fan project I'll consider myself a good animator.

Daft_Wullie
11-06-2006, 03:01 PM
Why are you bumping? You're the only one to post since your last post. Just use this time to finish it and stop leaving me in suspense. Guess I'll have to pick up that album to know what you're talkin' about, though.

dlpwillywonka
11-06-2006, 03:14 PM
Cuz when I post a story I can get observed in it and forget to check for the boss. but I wanted feedback of course :p

Daft_Wullie
11-06-2006, 03:20 PM
Absorbed, you mean? No, I meant that you are the only one to post an article in the Animation Concepts and Illustration (http://www.animationforum.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=13) section since Neo posted on the 29th of October. I thougth the purpose of a bump was to bring your article to the top when it's being burried. Weren't you at the top already?

Crits: You haven't finished it yet!

Feedback: I want you to finish it!

Question: Is it done?

Okay, all kidding aside, what kind of style are you envisioning this as? Traditional 2D? Cuz I can definitely see this as a 2D with 3D environments for the town and castle and such. Have you done any storyboards or CDs (listen to me talkin' like I know something, eh?)?

dlpwillywonka
11-06-2006, 03:26 PM
Absorbed? Observed? are you saying I made a freudian slip about my concerns about being watched while goofing off at work?

Yea normally a bump is to do that but the CD thread is a subsection of this so I had to bump to get over it on the main page. :p

Definitely 2d. I'd like 2-d backgrounds as well but will probably chump out and do 3d when the time comes.

I've done several CD sketches for the Demon. He's a morphing demon so his final battle during "Devil's Dance" gives me lots of ideas. Think Ganon on any of the old Zelda games. Or Hexxus of Ferngully.

flashcartoons
11-06-2006, 03:27 PM
u silly bumpers! :p

Daft_Wullie
11-06-2006, 03:28 PM
Whoops! I forgot about the main page thing...I humbly apologize, sir. I shall flog myself later...and probably just a little bit right now. Mwah!

dlpwillywonka
11-06-2006, 04:12 PM
Actually why I bumped was so I could get you to flog yourself and my plan worked perfectly!

flashcartoons
11-06-2006, 04:59 PM
flog yourself? what does that mean????

Daft_Wullie
11-06-2006, 05:00 PM
Heh heh heh...

dlpwillywonka
11-06-2006, 08:33 PM
You don't want to know, Flash. lol

pixelmark
11-07-2006, 01:21 PM
Sounds like a lot of fun. Take your time with it. And best of luck securing rights to Metallica stuff...

dlpwillywonka
11-07-2006, 01:41 PM
Bah I was never planning on making money for it. Releasing it in episodes online and I won't have to worry about the rights cuz it'll be out of my hands by then. :)

Jonny B
11-10-2006, 11:00 PM
Sounds like a lot of fun. Take your time with it. And best of luck securing rights to Metallica stuff...



bahahaha, Yeah, I hear those guys are super about letting just anybody use their music. :D

b_dav
11-26-2006, 08:08 PM
your idea sounds awesome.
i love Metallica, especially that album.
let us know how it comes along