Plot Synopsis

The project will be filmed in stop motion. Because Life in Plastic is an animated music video we developed the plot to abide by music video conventions. This means that our animation is a mixture of performance - band characters playing directly to the camera, and narrative – a story to go along with the song. Due to the fact the music is such a dominant part of our animation we will be matching the animation to the music rather than the music to the animation. Therefore, our basic plot is also set to the music – each new verse is a new scene and the chorus is used as a devise to bring these scenes together. This is managed through the narrative - two main characters (Barbie and Ken) - driving around to different parties. Each verse is a different party and each chorus is like a segue into these parties – Barbie and Ken driving in their car on the way to the parties. The narrative is broken up throughout the animation by another repetitive part of the song in which the characters perform directly to the camera (as the music video convention demands). To add another dimension to our animated music video we decided to incorporate cut out 2D animation into the background. This enables us to add depth to our animation, as well as make it more visually dynamic.