Tuldok Project Details

Tuldok Project Details

4 Animated Shorts, approximately 10-15 minutes per story.
Complete and independent stories, they must be able to stand on their own.
No sequels needed to finish the story.

Surface Theme: Filipino Folklore, mythical creatures/beliefs will be the main elements throughout each story, interacting with humans and our world, stories about struggle, existence, purpose, ambitions, etc…

The stories would be original, and not be direct animated versions of existing folktales; the mythical creatures/beliefs of those folktales and added original characters will drive each story.

Underlying Theme: Identity, divided into three aspects of identity and our existence which the animated stories would be about:

Story 1: Past – Loss of Innocence, Loss of identity, Loss of something great.
Where did we come from?
Contrary to history books, Pre Spanish Philippines has been quite advanced and civilized, with a rich culture already present. This culture, this identity, has been lost after hundreds of years of colonization by several superpowers over the years, resulting in a loss and even a dislike of our ancestor’s ways. This was the death of our Identity then.

Story 2: Present – Rediscovering one’s identity
Who am I?
Current trends are more of acceptance and rediscovery of our roots, colonial mentality still exists but what is important is that there is a growing curiosity, appreciation, and respect for where we come from. We are slowly finding who we are again, or if not, slowly defining our own new and unique identity.

Story 3: Future – What to do with our existence: Will or Fate? (tentative theme)
Where are we going? What’s next? No one knows. Do we leave it to fate, or is it up to our will?
This is the closing story to the collection. Our culture will surely continue to grow, in a good way or a bad way, time will decide, or this story may make its own predictions. Other questions would then be where we are all going? Has our future been written already? Or are we in charge of our own existence?

The folklore aspect of these stories are actually symbolical of the Filipino culture, apart from being interesting on its own, their existence in each story would actually be a metaphor on how the Filipino culture has been discovered, lost, rediscovered, and changed over eras in our history.

The purpose of using well known Filipino folklore characters is that these stories are designed to be commentary on the various phases of Filipino Identity throughout its existence. Being mythical creatures, they are already distinct from the human audience’s view, giving them the power to give commentary on our human society, more specifically the Filipino society and its culture’s trends, yet their character would also be human, allowing the audience to relate with them.

Contact: tuldok.animation@gmail.com