My Teeth Are Moving Out

Dream Storyboards · Two-colour risograph (fluorescent pink and teal)
My Teeth Are Moving Out

0:00 / 1:08
One night a young man's teeth pack tiny suitcases, ride the toothbrush cup — now a bus — down the plughole, and move into a town made of sugar cubes. He follows them. In the morning they are all back. One of them has a door.
style
Two-colour risograph (fluorescent pink and teal)
frames
15 key frames + 7 in-betweens
narration
1:08
Storyboard
  1. Late at night, he is brushing his teeth.

    01 Late at night, he is brushing his teeth.

  2. On the edge of the sink stands one of his teeth. It has packed a suitcase.

    02 On the edge of the sink stands one of his teeth. It has packed a suitcase.

  3. Then all of them. A queue of teeth, each with its own little suitcase.

    03 Then all of them. A queue of teeth, each with its own little suitcase.

  4. They are waiting at the toothbrush cup, as if it were a bus stop.

    04 They are waiting at the toothbrush cup, as if it were a bus stop.

  5. It is a bus stop. The cup has become the bus.

    05 It is a bus stop. The cup has become the bus.

  6. All aboard.

    06 All aboard.

  7. The bus drives down into the sink, headlights on.

    07 The bus drives down into the sink, headlights on.

  8. It goes down the plughole.

    08 It goes down the plughole.

  9. He follows them. He is tiny now.

    09 He follows them. He is tiny now.

  10. At the bottom of the drain is a town made of sugar cubes. The bus has arrived.

    10 At the bottom of the drain is a town made of sugar cubes. The bus has arrived.

  11. Every tooth moves into a house of its own. The street is empty.

    11 Every tooth moves into a house of its own. The street is empty.

  12. He knocks on a little pink door. A tooth in a hat answers.

    12 He knocks on a little pink door. A tooth in a hat answers.

  13. It invites him in for tea, served in thimbles.

    13 It invites him in for tea, served in thimbles.

  14. In the morning, he smiles at the mirror. They are all back.

    14 In the morning, he smiles at the mirror. They are all back.

  15. All of them. Only now, one of them has a door.

    15 All of them. Only now, one of them has a door.