Young Designers '13

Diploma Project

The Monkey and the Wedge

Keywords

Anthropomorphism
Indian classical literature
Pre-production
Moral values

Student

Naresh Bathula

nareshbathula.nid@gmail.com
http://www.behance.net/nadeswasu1

Guide

Ajay Tiwari

ajay_t@nid.edu

Sponsor

Studio 56

Synopsis

The project aim was to execute the entire pre-production for one of the episodes of an animated television series based on the moral stories of the Panchatantra. The teenage youth in the West was the chosen target audience.

This episode tells the story of a monkey who ends up being injured after fooling around with a carpenter’s equipment. As with every fable of Panchatantra, this one too sends a moral message: do not interfere in someone else’s business. Traditional and classical animation was used for this particular episode to reflect the essence of this ancient classic.