Day 3: Giant Donuts Destroying the World?

Day 3: Giant Donuts Destroying the World

Today's film story comes from a short film I made called, Donuts. It is a ridiculous idea with practically no plot other than giant Donuts destroying the world. You might be asking how this idea came to be and that is a great question. I remember drawing a poster for the film way back in like 2012 or 2013. It was a funny idea to me at the time, but I knew I wasn't skilled enough with 3D models to pull it off. I am still not that great with 3D models, but I made the film anyway in 2016. It turned out pretty good for what I had to work with and my limited knowledge of 3D animation and realistic CGI.

I feel like this has potential though. I could see myself coming back to this simple idea in maybe 10 years and making a feature out of it. It would be an apocalyptic comedy film with your usual plot: A family doesn't want to believe that the world is going to end when everyone around them is evacuating so they stick around a little too long and soon Donuts are coming crashing down. They must flee in there small 4 door sedan with the dad driving crazy through the streets. Adam Sandler, you interested?

Below is the poster for the short film I drew back in 2012 or 2013.

The short film is extremely basic. I wanted to do more with it, but we only shot it in one day and I spent around a week editing it and getting it to where I wanted it to be. I even edited some news footage from Mousetrap 2 and Sundog to feature giant donuts destroying the world. It's a funny video with some cool editing effects.

What I learned: It's good to have ideas and future goals that you know you can't accomplish quite yet, but sometime in the future you will be able to.

Check out the short film, Donuts, below!