1.《What Was Taken》
Story Synopsis
A small kitten arrives in a mysterious afterlife. Its body looks like a damaged rag doll, with one missing button eye and one missing limb. Alone in this strange world, the kitten approaches a large white door glowing with light.
Behind the door, the kitten meets an old toy that it loved dearly when it was alive. The toy looks like a little clown with spring-like arms and legs. However, it is not an ordinary toy. It is actually a mysterious god-like being.
The toy gently touches the kitten and begins to read its memories. Through fragments of the past, it discovers that the kitten was badly mistreated during its life. After seeing what the kitten went through, the toy decides to confront the person responsible.
Using its supernatural powers, the toy travels to the person’s home and secretly hides behind a door. It creates a mysterious accident, causing the person to trip over a thin red string. As the person falls, several kitchen utensils are sent flying. The scene suddenly cuts away, leaving the outcome to the audience’s imagination.
Afterwards, the toy appears beside the fallen person and collects a mysterious black orb, which represents the person’s eyes and hands. Using its magical powers, the toy transforms the dark orb into a warm golden light.
The toy then returns to the afterlife and gently offers the golden light to the kitten. As the light surrounds its body, something wonderful happens. The damaged rag-doll kitten transforms into a real cat. Its missing eye and limb are restored, and it becomes whole again.
Finally, the kitten happily curls up beside its beloved toy and falls asleep peacefully, purring softly.
For the first time, the kitten can finally rest without fear.
Theme
This story explores animal cruelty, justice, and healing through a dark fairy tale. By combining a painful past with a gentle and magical afterlife, I want to encourage audiences to reflect on how vulnerable animals are treated and the responsibility humans have towards other living beings.
Although revenge is part of the story, the emotional focus is on the kitten’s recovery and its final moment of peace.
Storyboard 60-90s（Storyboard sketches by me, visually refined with AI assistance.)
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2.《Bird collision》
Story Synopsis
Two small birds are happily flying above a modern city, playfully chasing each other through the sky. The bird in front flies faster, while the bird behind flaps its wings harder, trying to catch up with its friend.
As the bird speeds up, the camera switches to its point of view. Ahead of it is a beautiful blue sky filled with soft clouds. Everything looks peaceful and inviting, and the bird continues flying forward without hesitation.
However, what the bird sees is not the real sky, but a reflection on the glass surface of a tall building. Before it can realise the danger, it suddenly collides with the glass and falls to the ground.
The bird lies motionless on the pavement beneath the building. After a moment, it gets up and tries to fly again, but something feels different. It soon discovers that it has become a spirit, and its real body is still lying on the ground.
Confused, the spirit bird looks around and notices several other birds lying nearby. It gradually realises that it is not the only bird that has experienced this tragedy.
The camera slowly pulls away, revealing the tall glass building reflecting the beautiful sky above. The city continues as usual, while the birds remain unnoticed on the ground.
What appeared to be a beautiful and peaceful part of the city has become an invisible danger to the birds that live around it.
Theme
This story explores how human-made environments can unintentionally harm wildlife. Through the bird’s point of view, I want the audience to experience how something beautiful from a human perspective can become dangerous for another species.
The film encourages viewers to reflect on the hidden environmental impact of urban development and whether humans should take responsibility for the harm caused to other living beings, even when it is unintentional.
Storyboard about 60s（AI-Generated Storyboard)
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