Starting the thesis Process

Okay here is my blog site for my thesis and I have to say I am nervous as all get out. I will say I am nervous. I will also say eeeeeep!

So here is my rough draft of my ideas of late:

The concept I would like my thesis to entail is: fitness.

Fitness is the activity of trying to obtain or maintain a healthy body through the means of exercise, weights and cardio-vascular workouts.


The thesis will be entitled Tracy versus the Treadmill (because I cannot resist alliteration). It will be 3-d project that will focus on my skills as a generalist. It will be animated. There will be two characters that will be focused on, a girl and a treadmill. The set will be very simple. There will be one shot of a full gym, but the rest will be a simple set of a treadmill, a floor, the mirror in front of her and other unused treadmills beside her. The camera focus will be on her and the treadmill.

Synopsis

Tracy is new to the gym, but she wants to get in shape. She nervously enters the gym and decides to start her workout with a fairly innocuous looking treadmill. The second she jumps on it, it comes to life and the LED readout begins to mock her as she tries to use. It goes too fast and switches speeds and even direction. It calls her loser and as Tracy begins to become frustrated it only heightens its mockery. Tracey tries to shut the machine off, but she cannot seem to reach the stop button. Every time she seems to get close the button almost shifts away from her fingers. As she becomes more determined to beat the machine, she becomes almost frenetic in her movement and breathing. The machine eventually stops and she falls to the floor, breathing heavily, angry, but ready to come back tomorrow for round two. I want this to be a cross between the old Goofy How to cartoons and a Donald Duck cartoon where technology seems to be at odds with the main character to a boiling point.

OUTLINE

Tracy vs. the Treadmill

I. Tracy enters the gym
a. Tracy looks around almost with fear and shyness to the new world around
her.
b. Tracy almost bolts through the door, when a narrative voice reminds her why
she is here:
1. She wants to get in Cougar shape.
2. Picture of three older ridiculously in-shape females and the sound effect of a mountain cat roar.
c. Tracy looks determined and looks around at her fitness options.
d. A voice declares that the first part of a work-out is to do cardio-cascular work out, such as running, spinning, calesthetics… etc
e. Tracy looks at different options, the elliptical, the bike and settles on the treadmill.

II. Tracy starts her battle with the treadmill
a. Tracy approaches the treadmill, which seems almost heavenly lit.
b. Tracy starts to get on nervously and slowly, looking at it with caution.
c. The machine starts up immediately and asks her to enter her weight.
d. Tracy enters her weight and the machine defiantly screams: LIAR
e. The machine starts to move faster, all the while calling her wimpy and out of shape.
f. Tracy goes for the Stop button.
g. The treadmill tells her no-no and starts to run backwards to keep her from reaching the button.
h. Tracy starts to get mad and starts moving faster to try to out wit the machine.
i. The treadmill keeps switching speeds and resistance.
j. Tracy keeps going determined to shut it off

III. Tracy reaches her Boiling point
a. Tracy is angry and panting as she frantically keeps trying to shut it off.
b. Every time she gets close the button seems to move and the machine mocks her more.
c. Tracy starts to really get livid and every time she reaches the machine she slaps it in the “mouth” and starts beating on it in rage.
d. The machine finally stops and Tracy is still jumping n it and hit it.
e. Tracy finally falls to the ground tired and out of energy.
f. As she catches her breath the Narrator tells her that now that her heart rate is up, she can start using weights. She sinks to the ground and throws the towel at the camera.