Tyrannosaurus Rex story
A cruel producer bullies a stop-motion animator he hired. The animator decides to get revenge by crafting a tyrannosaurus rex in the producer's image. Directed by: Gilles Béhat. Story by: Ray Bradbury.
11 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a bad boss | choice | Terwilliger, a stop-motion animator, was driven to his wits' end by the tyrannical producer, Mr. Clarence. The animator decided to get revenge by crafting a tyrannical T-Rex in the producer's image, and cast it as a villain in the very film that the produced had commissioned him to make. |
| filmmaking | major | Terwilliger was commissioned to make a stop-motion dinosaur film on a shoestring budget. |
| human pleasure | major | Terwilliger had an unusual fascination with bringing his clay sculpted dinosaurs "to life" on the big screen. |
| mobility impairment | major | Mr. Clarence got about in an antiquated wheelchair. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | In an act of revenge, Terwilliger crafted a monstrous T-Rex in the image of his tyrannical producer. Terwilliger featured the T-Rex the film that the producer had commissioned him to make. Thus, indirectly casting the producer as a villain. |
| vanity | major | Mr. Clarence was at first outraged when he figure out that the clay T-Rex was created in his own image, but he quickly came around when told that the film was an homage to his greatness. Glass reinforced this by hiring a busload of schoolgirls to swarm Mr. Clarence for autographs after the film's premier, which made Mr. Clarence giddy with glee. |
| creative writing | minor | In the introduction, Ray Bradbury shared with the viewer the wellsprings of creativity that inspire his writing. |
| legal occupation | minor | Glass, a lawyer in Mr. Clarence's employ, was instructed to take care of Terwilliger's contract signing. |
| photography | minor | Terwilliger, a stop-motion animator, was shown capturing a scene of his dinosaur themed animated film. He thereafter explained the meticulous process of adjusting the dinosaurs' positions by 1/16th of an inch for each frame shot. |
| sculpture | minor | Terwilliger was passionate about crafting clay sculptures of dinosaurs for use in his stop-motion films. His magnum opus was a T-Rex crafted in the image of his tyrannical producer. |