Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Short Film Ideas - Barbie and Ken

One of my ideas for a short film is a mockumentary about Barbie and Ken. I had this idea when I was babysitting, the little girl I babysit for was playing with a Barbie and was plotting out her life through the Barbie doll. I then had the idea of a doing a short film about the lives of Barbie and Ken.


I plan to do a stop motion film with Barbie and Ken dolls, Barbie meets Ken, they fall in love, Barbie gets pregnant, they get married, they are a happy family until Barbie finds out Ken is leaving her for Cindy. This sends Barbie into a deep depression causing her to start smoking and drinking.
Once I have done the stop motion then I want to a real life girl who looks exactly like Barbie and someone who has used these Barbie dolls to act out a situation in a way she would understand. This provides a  warning for her that this could happen to her.


I also had the idea that the stop motion Barbie could turn herself around and become a career woman who doesn't need a man and she could provide for her family without one - the stereotypical storyline for all Romantic Comedies where the man cheats on the female lead. However, in this version she doesn't find another man to replace Ken - she makes it on her own without anyone.

I know this could be quite hard to do as the majority of the film would be in stop motion and this would take a large amount of time to do. However, I feel that I could accomplish this if I make time to do it.

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