This show has a target audience of.................1. Demographic 3yrs old.
My daughter.
Reflecting on how I grew up in a single parent home. I did not want my daughter to have the void I had. Sure I got birthday cards and christmas presents. But that didn't
do what a fathers love could do. So to help her know that I was always thinking of her. I set out to create a plan that would do this.
Step One: Call frequently.
Step Two: Send a post card/letter once a week.
Step Three: Visit her every three months.
Step Four: Make movies for her.
Some day I hope to move closer to her, I doubt we'll ever be in the same town. Sadly, there isn't much for me in Monett in way of a career.
Making a television show for a three year old is a challenge for one her attention span is very short. Second she's three so the things she is interested are very limited. She not interested in world/national affairs, She's not going to understand grown up jokes,
So I watched kids shows to get ideas.
As I watched kids shows, I noticed a few things, There's a theme (remember this episode of Seseame Street was brought to by the letter "Q"), Each scene was under 5 minutes, mutiple characters, colorful, animation, and most important educational.
I started simple: the zoo, the aquarium, old town section of albuquerque, and the state fair. I ensured I had either animals or cartoons in each episode, and to make the show longer and break it up into sections, I used commercials downloaded off the net.
When I showed it to her she exclaimed "Daddy knows Sponge Bob!" I admit it felt great to see her face.
So now here I am working on a live action "Daddy Show" movie. Initially, it was just going to be a 15 minute show like the rest but it has evolved. It's a basic idea, I visit Cartoonland to film an episode of "The Daddy Show" while there, I perform in concert with sponge bob, eat at burger world (someday Gracie will be older and watch MTV...groan), then I become a cartoon and get hit in the head with an anvil! I then wake up from a weird dream. The End.
The script has been written, the story boards have been drawn, I'm now working on the animation and the blue screen shots. Stay tuned for more.
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Burger World
