Mime Ideas

Over the weekend and yesterday I have also worked on the script for my mime idea.

Using the same base idea I have now come up with 3 different scenarios where the first scenario is the original ending inspired by the scene from "A Goofy Movie".

When putting a trunk into the scene, I started thinking about various objects he could pull out of it to get him passed the invisible wall and I quickly realized I can come up with some quite interesting sketches but I also want to get started animating this ASAP so here are my Mime ideas:

Sketch

Goal: Get in touch with the audience
Obstacle: Invisible Wall

The mime artist is on stage, looks at the camera and starts waving. He starts to walk towards the camera (audience) but stops unexpectedly as he hits an invisible wall.
He walks from side to side searching for an opening or a way passed the wall without finding anything, his eye catches on an invisible trunk.
He goes over and opens the trunk.

Scenario 1

Inside the trunk, he finds a large and heavy hammer. He tries to pick it up but it's too heavy for him. He looks at the audience as he gets an idea. He uses his thumb against his mouth and blows himself up to become stronger and picks up the hammer quite easily this time with a satisfied look.
He moves over to the wall and hits it with his invisible hammer. To his surprise, the wall is actually now a breaking glass in front of him. The scene ends with his surprised facial expression.

Scenario 2

He picks up an invisible brush with a brush palette (of course illustrating what he is holding in his hands) and paints a teapot out of thin air (which becomes visible).
He looks at the audience as his eyebrows moves up and down and it is obvious he's got an idea.
He goes over to the wall and paints a door, puts down his painting equipment and walks through the door ending in a "TADA pose".

OR, TAKING THE IDEA EVEN FURTHER......

He tries to get through but the door won't open. He goes into a thinking pose which quickly changes to "another idea pose".
He picks back up his painting equipment and actually walks through the invisible wall to paint a doorknob on the other side. Satisfied, he walks back on his original side of the invisible wall, puts away his painting equipment and walks through the door ending in a "TADA pose"

Scenario 3

He picks up an invisible helmet. Puts it on his head. Rubs his hands as he gets into a starting pose for running.
He starts running towards the wall to break it down. The scene ends as he hits the wall and bounces back and falls on his back "unconscious"

OR

He starts running and the wall for some reason is gone and he simply runs off stage, crashing to the floor.


I will show these ideas to my tutor in class today and get some feedback on which on is the best.