Plot Breakdown

For a little more of an idea of how things are going to pan out and the feel of the animation, here is the plot breakdown.


'Mime Plot Breakdown


• An old timer mime sets to work, setting down his hat to collect money, and taking off and hanging up his mime coat, and begins his act.
• A new young mime turns up on the opposite side of a river, bringing with him a stereo, a coat, stool, and many other props. Eventually he begins his act.
• The old timer notices he has lost his audience to the new young mime.
• He tries to mime better, pulling out his most impressive moves, but strains his back.
• Frustrated, he looks around and spots something on the ground.
• He bends down, and pretends to pick up a rock, and throws it in the direction of the younger mime, who is struck and falls over.
• The young mime gets up rubbing his head, and glares over at the old mime, who is acting inconspicuous, but breaks and starts to laugh.
• The young mime is annoyed, and mimes blowing up a balloon and begins to bend it into something.
• The old-timer mime notices, pulls out a bow and arrow and pops the balloon before he is able to finish it.
• The young mime then strides over the bridge angrily, while miming rolling up his sleeves, and walks right up to the old timer.
• The young mime then mimes taking off his glove, finger at a time, grasps it and slaps the old mime across the face, challenging him to a duel.
• The old timer is stunned for a moment, staring at the young mime. 
• He then holds up his hand, and blows mime dust in the face of the young mime and begins to run on the spot, facing away from the young mime.
• Rubbing the dust out of his eyes the young mime begins to run on the spot after the old mime (neither of whom have moved anywhere).
• The old mime the stops and sits down, pretending to read a newspaper.
• The young mime stops and after looking around, asks the old timer if he has seen a mime pass by.
• The old timer, points him off in a direction and the young mime begins to walk away.
• Realising that the it was the old mime with the newspaper, the young mime turns around looking for where he went, and spots him miming to his (young mime’s) own crowd on his side of the river.
• The young mime, ties a lasso and spins it over his head and throws it at the old mime. Pulling him towards him at the centre of the bridge.
• They are now face to face again, right across the dividing line on the bridge, and begin to argue silently, throwing fists around and pointing out that they are on each other’s patch.
• Eventually they notice that the crowd has grown, and people clapping for them now surround them.
• The 2 look at each other, smile and take a bow together.
• As the credits roll, show the 2 mimes working together, e.g. on a tandem mime bike, swinging across the river etc.'

As you can see from the breakdown, half of the town and animation is going to be in 2D and half will be in CG.  This is to accentuate the difference between the two characters and add a hidden sub plot into the storyline.