A Tale Of Malay Seas

Storyline –

A noble pirate, Captain Yusuf Birdy races to save his loving wife, from evil Captain RedBeard his all time pirate enemy, who are now poses a great weapon. Can Captain Birdy manage to save between his lovely wife or the villagers?

Story outline –

Quest of Captain Yusuf Birdy, a noble malay pirate, and his partner , martial art expert,Andi,as they search for Ardel. Ardel wife of Birdy  has been kidnapped by the feared Captain RedBeard. So far as he concern, the fierce and clever RedBeard has been fooled by his own daughter,Sarah. Sarah who stoled the compass that shows the way to the great treasure of 9 seas, the medallion. He, alongside with his large crew, searching for the medallion and encounters with Birdy’s wife then to sacrifice her, unless Birdy make in time to save the one he love.

Synopsis –

20 years clashed between the great pirates of Malay Seas, Captain RedBeard and his crews succesfully conquer the sea upon the hand of Captain Birdy father , Abraham. After a great threat that he felt, Birdy feels he must takes revenge for his father.He started to search for a lost treasure called Medallion.In order to find the treasure , Birdy must have the compass to search for it. The moment he searching for the compass he realise that the compass belongs to Captain RedBeard and try to steal it from the evil RedBeard.With the help from RedBeard’s daughter, Sarah, Birdy managed to secure the compass and started to looking for the treasure but meanwhile he went for the treasure , RedBeard have kidnapped  Birdy’s wife , Ardel. Birdy have no choice but to stop looking for the treasure and go back trying to save his wife. But at the same time he felt confuse either to choose to save his village from Captain RedBeard atrocity or saving his wife becomes more priority.Finally he decided to save his wife and the village by taking his crew to confront with RedBeard.The battle took place in the middle of the 9 seas and after fierce fight between the two ships, Birdy sacrifice himself and take along stabbed RedBeard into a deep vortex in the seas. In the end Captain Birdy was remembered as the lost treasure of malay pirates that saved the village.

Treatment

Working Title –

(A Tale Of Malay Seas)

Logline-

The Lost Treasure

Storyline –

A noble pirate, Captain Yusuf Birdy races to save his loving wife, from evil Captain RedBeard his all time pirate enemy, who are now poses a great weapon. Can Captain Birdy manage to save between his lovely wife or the villagers?

Character Breakdown –

 Main characters

Name – Yusuf Birdy

Age – 33

Race – Malay

Gender – Male

Always wearing pirates attire with long hairs,with beard and moustache,keris and flintlock gun beside him.

Art Direction –

Pirates or malay warriors are bold and brave, action adventures. Its also have a dark

mood theme .

Genre –

Action/Adventure

Theme –

Character Animation/VFX

 Tone –

Informal/humors

Visual Style –

Mixture of 2d and 3d animation

Visual Elements –

 Set design will be at the sea and land and costumes design will be pirates attire and some tradisional cloths in the year 1900 etc.

Cameras –

Pirates or malay warriors are bold and brave, action adventures. Good use of

dynamic and cinematic shot choices will give good contrast to the actions of each

sequence .

Duration –

15-30 minutes

Target Audience –

Youth generations as teenagers who love action movies.

 Audio Elements –

Exciting background music along the quest and voice over

Technical –

Using mixture 2d and 3d animation techniques.Adobe Maya/After Effect

Planning -

Character development weeks 1-3

Storyboarding and animatic weeks 1-3

Character rigging/setup weeks 3-4

Animation weeks 4-7

Compositing weeks 6-8

Final Output

- 15-30m animation

- 1280 X 960 (4:3) QuickTime movie