film opening treatment & style;

The film opens with a white screen and the title The Owl and the Pussycat files letter by letter onto the screen. There are the sounds of the clicking as the magnetic letters hit the board, the letter y hit the board sideways and then squeaks while turning the right way. Waves roll in as the voiceover of the narrator reads "The Owl and the Pussycat, by Edward Lear" This now cuts into a scene of the sea, with a pea-green boat on it, an owl and a pussycat are in the boat as well as some honey, money and a guitar that are visible. The waves move, accompanied by the sounds of waves swishing and crashing as the voiceover of the narrator reads the first verse of The Owl and the Pussycat (here).

The waves get louder as it cuts into a time-lapse montage, accompanied by music - Hedonistic Me by Born Ruffians.Clips are of the owl playing guitar with music coming from the guitar, the cat then has a fishing rod, line goes out into the water, they wait for a few moments, then it the line comes back in with a fish, then with a whole pile of fish. Then they hear a chatter behind them, they turn around and it's a dolphin.One dives up, then another, then a third. they watch them dive. Then the two of them look up to the sky, they watch in the exact same position as the sky changes above them, sunset in colours of orange, yellow and pink, until the moon and stars come in and it is night time. The last frame we see is one of the silhouette of them in the dark on the water in their boat.

I want to do this sort of in the style of a children's picture book. Stop motion helps with this a lot as the lack of smooth flow is like the short break when turning a page.