The Story

This story was to remain short and to the point. In the story, the character walks confidently down a sidewalk (Modeled after Downtown New London) as he is strutting along he trips over his own tail. His tail also seems to have a confident air of its own as it moves and ends up impeding his progress. Charlie stumbles and almost falls, catching himself at the last moment. Just like everyone else in the world has done at one point, Charlie instinctively looks around to see if anyone has seen his clumsiness. Looking over each shoulder he eventually sees the viewer, you, and is instantly embarrassed. Hiding his face in his hands , and then eventually blushing at his clumsiness.

Charlie then does what most everyone else in the world has done at one point. He tries to pretend like he meant to stumble. Smiling confidently, he gives a goofy pose with a thumbs up. Then realizing that his confident pose has fooled no one he points to the edge of the screen and shows the viewer that he is going to leave now. Like a cartoon character, fitting with how he was modeled, Charlie spins his legs in a blur and eventually takes off in a large rush.

The camera remains in the same position after Charlie leaves and eventually a green hand appears showing the viewer, you, the credits for the piece. The animation and modeling were all done by Matthew Maher, and a second credit shows the musical composition and creation were done by Erik Gaskell. The final credit is to the camera work. There is no name listed under the camera operation, but we eventually find out that the camera was operated by someone Charlie knows, another lizzard. The lizzard waves goodbye and we are left fading to black as the camera operator shuts the camera down.

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