Friday, September 24, 2010

'Dishonest' Abe

I need to storyboard a short animation of abe lincoln giving a tour at a sitcom's set that is going horribly wrong. Here is Abe's background story.

Name: 'Dishonest' Abe
Favorite Food: Apple Pie
Hobby: Trickery
Biggest Fear: the Truth
Favorite Place to Sleep: the remade tourist log cabin "he grew up in"
Where does he live: in his pent house in Las Angelas
Favorite Show: Candid Camera
Favorite Obnoxious Sound: an airy soft "a" sound he puts after all of his sentences
Dominant Trait: Compulsive Lying
Where He Grew Up: backwoods, Kentucky
Backstory: Abe Lincoln was born to two humble parents somewhere in the backwoods of Kentucky. When he was still a baby, his real mother died of Potato Disease and before he was old enough to remember, his father re-married. During his teenage years, Abe worked at a local general store. He was hailed as a responsible 'nice young man' who worked diligently. Stores spread of his dedication to honesty. For example, one time a women who bought some tea and Abe overcharged her by 25 cents. He is known for returning the extra 25 cent he had charged, what people don't know is that he overcharged her by 30 cents. After his teenage years, Abe became a famous lawyer, the perfect career to continue to practice his subtle trickery. As everyone knows, he became President of the USA in 1860. He was overjoyed to achieve such a high position but he started to regret it all when he hear of a war brewing between the country. He knew this was going to be a pain in the butt. He cared so little of the occurrence that when he was asked to address the union, he couldn't even think of two minutes of filler. Luckily, no one caught on to his apathy and now his speech his hailed to be one of the greatest speeches in history. The nuisance of the war finally ended but he was unfortunate enough to be reelected by the people (damn that two minute speech). He couldn't take it any longer so his hired an old friend of his, John Booth, to stage his death. He was concerned the plan was too ridiculous because the only place they could stage his death was in a theater. Fortunately, no one questioned his death and he was able to escape to the west coast. Currently, his lives in Las Angelas working as an Abe Lincoln impersonator, this way he can act and dress as he once did without anyone being suspicious.  
Kind of Parents: a distant hard working father and a suspicious but loving mother, who Abe suspects is actually a step-mother.
Best Thing That Ever Happened To Him: after his presidency, him and his buddy John faked Abe's death. Now he lives in Las Angelas working as an Abe Lincoln impersonator. 
The Worst Thing That Ever Happened To Him: he couldn't open up to his first love and express who he really was and what he really wanted. as a result, she became deathly ill and pass away. Abe blames himself.

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