Narrative : Narrative Structure (Step 0 - 6)

Narrative Structure

Subject Matter : Period + Issue (Complication)

Period :  1945 - 1960 The Atomic Age

Issue : Fear + Panic with no protection

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Themes

Meaning : Fear , Panic, Inescapable

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Value Charge (Opinion)

Useless panic. Waste of time and energy worrying about it or trying to protect against it - it will happen if it happens - so live your life

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End Point (Exit Velocity)

Funny, but seeing the point that all these things to protect yourself are pointless - he got more injured than if he hadn’t done the demonstration

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Contrast

Meaning 1: A safety demonstration to a nuclear bomb / invasion situation

Meaning 2 : Happy beginning - Unfortunate ending in a wheelchair

Meaning 3 : Main character - smartly dressed, clean, happy character - bit of an idiot

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What If? Who? What? why?

Meaning : 1950s + Fear + A-Bomb & Invasions + Useless Gadgets =

What If : An All American Dad acting in a public safety demonstration because he’s doing his bit, but doing it wrong because he’s a bit of an idiot, he’s serious about it though. He’s somewhere public in the 50s and there’s a narrator talking to him. The guy ends up wheeling off in a wheelchair from all the damage our safety technology has done to him

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Animation Framework & Genre
Animation Framework = Animation style of the 1950s (duck & cover etc) + Comedy / Satire