Title: “96 Days: A Father’s Fight for His Son”
Style
Create a 15–20 minute animated documentary using realistic 2D animation with cinematic lighting and emotional orchestral music. The animation should resemble a Netflix true-crime documentary rather than a comedy cartoon. Use a serious narrator throughout.
Use maps, newspaper headlines, court documents, timelines, calendars, text messages, social media posts, FBI graphics, and courtroom illustrations to help tell the story.
The father should be portrayed as an ordinary hardworking man in his early 30s who owns a modest home and boat, enjoys fishing and spending time with family. He never expected to become involved in years of litigation.
The mother should not be portrayed as evil or exaggerated. Present her actions factually and allow the audience to draw conclusions.
The child should always be shown as innocent.
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Opening Scene
Open with peaceful music.
Show a quiet neighborhood.
A man working on his boat.
Going to work.
BBQs with friends.
Family gatherings.
Narrator:
“Sometimes life changes overnight. What began as a casual relationship became a four-year legal nightmare that would eventually involve family courts, the FBI, international borders, and a little boy caught in the middle.”
Fade to black.
Display:
“Based on documented court proceedings and public records.”
Chapter One
Unexpected News
Show the man receiving a phone call.
The woman tells him she is pregnant.
He is shocked but willing to step up.
Narrator explains they had never lived together and were not in a committed relationship before the pregnancy.
Over the next several months he learns:
The woman lives in a homeless shelter.
She lives with her mother.
Two sisters also live there.
Show lavish online baby registries full of expensive gifts.
His family begins helping.
Holiday dinners.
Baby shower.
His parents welcome her.
Chapter Two
A Baby is Born
COVID restrictions.
Hospital.
Mother requests her sister instead of the father fo
Model
Kling V3 Standard
Type
Video
Aspect ratio
9:16
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