Happy Clouds

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT leopold SANDBERG

A SMALL FILM WITH A BIG HEART.
BE YOU. stay true.

SYNOPSIS
Mimi, the seagull chick, is a little different. He hates eating garbage, which his whole flock seems to love! His desire for fresh food upset the flock’s status quo which finally gets him thrown out. Missing his family, Mimi tries to make amends but makes things worse, irritating the rival pigeons and a local restaurateur. Unknown to Mimi the survival of his flock and the pigeons will soon depend on him when the restaurateur decides to get rid of the pestilent birds.

Happy Clouds is about using your ego for the good of the group and the choices we make in life, affecting who we become and our place in the world. It’s about believing in yourself while helping others, even if it means being a seagull amongst pigeons.

WRITER'S STATEMENT

This story was inspired by watching seagulls fight over garbage. My children, twins at age 5, could get like that at times, squabbling. We laughed at how silly the gulls were fighting over stinking garbage, when I mentioned “why don’t they work together to catch fresh fish?”

Leopold "leo" Sandberg 2019

Theme – Autonomy and authority

Happy Clouds is about using our ego for the good of the group instead of just for ourselves. it is about the choices we make in life, AFFECTING who we become and as a result, our place in the world. It’s about believing in yourself while helping others even if it means being a seagull amongst pigeons.

Themes every child in their own way can relate to and discover.

EMOTIONAL CORE

What would the world be like if everyone were considerate to how we make others feel?

Mimi'S PARENTS DO NOT STAND UP FOR HIM WHEN THE FLOCK BANS HIM FOR HIS CRAZY, EVEN DANGEROUS IDEAS. THIS SCARES HIM. Only by saving the flock that rejected him does he HEAL, COMING TO TERMS WITH HIS INSECURITY AND FINDING HIS way back home.