Animator seeking ideas

[JBoris]

I am a student animator looking for some help coming up with an idea for a 30 second anti-McSame or pro-Obama short. Keep in mind it may take up to 3 months to complete, so try to think of a post-convention political environment(i.e. nothing too topical).
This would be shown on internet "channel sites" such as yahoo video, aol video, joost, youtube etc. and will be produced using either traditional hand-drawn animation or "cutout" flash-style animation, depending on the nature and scope of the project. Any revenue (there almost certainly won't be any)will be donated to Obama's campaign.

Thanks in advance for you input.

[Ian David]

1. Try looking in here for material..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6466448&mesg_id=6466448

[mikelgb]

2. how about this:

you show a baby boy (Obama) jump out of his mother's arms and begin to run and grow-up, he continues to grow up, in the background you will see milestones in the civil rights movement during Obama's lifespan this will be overlayed with key experiences from Obama's life, as he continues to run all the way up through the senate and the primaries and into the whitehouse. The sound track should be a good 30 sec snippit of his convention speech.

the theme will be the historic aspect of his candidacy and the pride of the nation

good luck,

make sure you let us all see your progress

[Forkboy]

3. That's a cool idea.

I was thinking of a 30 second spot where Obama just beats the crap out of McCain with a cricket bat, but your idea may work better. ;)

[AlphaCentauri]

4. McCain traveling around the world

telling them everything is fine and behind him people asking for food, dying in wars, asking for medical treatment etc...

[JackORoses]

5. here's an idea

You start with the video of McCain saying, "You remember the old song Bomb-bomb-bomb Bomb-bomb-Iran..."

From there you go into a 'Vision of the Future' with a high-paced heavy metal Bomb-Bomb-Iran version playing as soundtrack.

Newspaper clippings trumpeting our assault on Iran give way to images of War and Destruction
Radio reporters voices fade in and out saying things like "Straits of Hormuz closed" "Oil nearing $250 a barrel" "Food Prices Skyrocketing" "Draft Reinstated"
Images of Americans suffering cross the screen.
Long Gas Lines, Long Soup Lines, Long Funeral Lines.

Then as things grow darker, everything goes on rewind and gets sucked back into the melon of old man McCain singing his humorous little tune.

A voice says, "The Future is in your hands, America..."

[JBoris]

6. Thanks for the replies guys, its really appreciated! n/t