The story for Drip, Splat, Boing is based on the following Indian folktale from the South of How Coconut Got Its Face:
There was a young man from Kerala, born into a fisherman’s family, did not know how to catch fish. He tried all the ways, with poles and nets, but he never caught any fish and he got poorer and hungrier. Everybody in his village laughed at him. So he decided to learn some magic. He went, to a teacher of magic and learnt how to remove his head from his body. When the beach was deserted in the evenings, when all the fishermen had returned to their villages with their daily catch,he would come to the beach and, in a secluded corner, take off his head from his trunk and dive into the water. The fish had never seen such a strange sight and they always clustered round. All the small fish entered his body through his neck. The man would then swim ashore, take the fishes out, and replace his head. He would go back to his village and show the villagers all the fish that he had caught.
He told no one his secret. The villagers who saw no poles or nets in his hut nor caught sight of him at the beach grew exceedingly curious. One day a little boy followed him to the shore. He saw him take off his head and dive into the water. The little boy darted forward and snatching the head ran away. After a few yards he found it too heavy and threw it into a bush. The man came out of the water and could not find his head. He searched all over and then, because his magic was running out, he threw himself back into the sea and became a fish.The little boy brought all the villagers to show them the miracle of the head. But when they came to the bush at the side of sea, they found that it had already grown into a tall and slender palm with nuts on it. Each nut had the man’s face on it. And thus the coconut tree was created.
Image of Coconut depicting its face:
The story and the technique to be used for my animation exercise, is inspired from one of the animation videos I saw during the screening in Bristol Animated Encounters..
He told no one his secret. The villagers who saw no poles or nets in his hut nor caught sight of him at the beach grew exceedingly curious. One day a little boy followed him to the shore. He saw him take off his head and dive into the water. The little boy darted forward and snatching the head ran away. After a few yards he found it too heavy and threw it into a bush. The man came out of the water and could not find his head. He searched all over and then, because his magic was running out, he threw himself back into the sea and became a fish.The little boy brought all the villagers to show them the miracle of the head. But when they came to the bush at the side of sea, they found that it had already grown into a tall and slender palm with nuts on it. Each nut had the man’s face on it. And thus the coconut tree was created.
Image of Coconut depicting its face:
