A Small Evacuee

Premise Interim Critique

by Paris Lucke
 Synopsis

• I will be making an animated short based on my Grandaunt Doris’s memories of the

abuse my Grandad suffered during his time as an evacuee in Yorkshire during World
War II.

• My Grandad was 9 years old when the war started, like the majority of city children
he was evacuated to the countryside. Him and his older sister Doris went to
Yorkshire and was taken in by different host families, Doris was chosen by a kind
family and my Grandad was chosen by a cruel family who would leave him outside
on their doorstep and wouldn’t give him any shoes when his old ones were worn out.
 The Main Characters

• My Grandad - Frederick Mace (Aged 9-10).

• His mother - Rosa Mace (Aged 39-40).

• His Sister - Doris Mace (Aged 12-13).

• His Father - Frederick Mace (Aged 41-42).

Image dated: 14th April 1938

 Plot Points
• Declaration of War which announces that Britain is at war with Germany.
• At the train station - saying their goodbyes.
• Brought into a church where they are chosen by people of the town.
• Grandad is treated neglectfully for months.
• Grandad starts to become mentally affected and starts hallucinating that Rosa is there with him.
• Doris finds out about her little brother’s neglect and writes a letter home.
• Rosa and Frederick leave London to rescue Fred and Doris.
• Rosa gives the neglectful host a piece of her mind before leaving.
• Back in London, about a year later Frederick dies of TB.
• More time passes before Doris and Fred are evacuated again this time to Cornwall, the short ends with them on
the train.
Character Influences
Initial Thumbnails - Testing Styles
The first scene starts off with a close up of a family photo of
them, in the bottom corner has the date, the declaration of war
radio announcement plays as the camera moves to the fire below
the fireplace. When the announcement finishes you hear
aggressive coughing and see a bloody tissue thrown into the
fireplace and as it burns the screen fades to black.