A family of space travelers crash lands on an exotic planet.Ħ. A young bear cub searches for his lost father in the mountains.ĥ. A gamer finds a portal that allows him to enter his favorite games.Ĥ. Canine siblings that lost their parents find a portal to the Rainbow Bridge leading to pet heaven.ģ. Two treasure-hunting families of mice set out on a journey that takes them around the world.Ģ. These story writing prompts were conceived on the fly without any research or Google search for inspiration. Note: Because we’re all connected to the same pop culture, news headlines, and inspirations, any similarity to any past, present, or future screenplays, novels, short stories, television pilots, television series, plays, or any other creative works is purely coincidence. In the spirit of helping writers find those creative seeds, here we offer 101 originally conceived animation story prompts that you can use as inspiration for your next animated screenplay. Animation can't just be a marketing option for your screenplay.įor more guidance on that, Read ScreenCraft's The Simple Guide to Writing Animated Screenplays! There needs to be a communicable pitch for why your story is perfect for animation.

And some that just wouldn't be possible in live-action. The medium allows creative and stylistic visuals and imagery to come to life - visuals and imagery that wouldn't translate as well to live-action.

The best genre options for animation include:Īnimation can bring these types of stories to life in a way that live-action can't, even in this day and age of CGI. One of the first things they will ask you is: 'Why should this be an animated movie?' You need to ask yourself why your script should be animated - and why you should approach animation houses and producers. You need to explore what animation can bring to your screenplays and stories. Too many screenwriters have sent screenplays out to animation studios without the initial intention of creating a story bred for animation. Animation isn't a fallback or secondary option for the marketing of your screenplay. More info coming soon | Remind Me Why Should Your Script Be Animated?

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