Graves Mansion - MFA Thesis Project, 2024
Storyboards and Visual Development
Kids Television Pitch
Rated PG, Ages 10-13, 30 minute episodes.
Logline: 13-year-old Mauve, the daughter of a fringe ex-government scientist, Reggie, is tasked with getting rid of his illegal monster experiments. Instead, she secretly finds them homes that suit them perfectly. After discovering she herself is a lab monster, she finds chosen family and what it means to belong.
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Sonar Monster's Escape: Storyboard Plot
Mauve escapes with a monster from Reggie's lab for the first time. While in the woods, they encounter a pack of wolves wearing collars with her father's lab symbol (what does he have to do with this?) Mauve finds resolve and escapes to a roof to avoid the snapping wolves. The monster's sonar abilities failed in Reggie's lab, but Mauve discovers the high pitch makes the wolves flee to the trees. The monster does have purpose after all!
