H01 — Parcel four thousand and one

The idea it was made from

“An original Pixar-style animated short. A small, dented yellow delivery robot in a rainy city is handed one parcel it cannot deliver: the address is a house that was knocked down years ago. Hook mechanic: line one is the problem — “Parcel four thousand and one had no house to go to.” — then it searches the street, loses an argument with a pigeon, asks a shopkeeper, and follows the old address to a care home, where it hands the parcel to the woman who lived there: a letter she posted to herself…”

Scene by scene

Each scene’s picture was made from the prompt beside it.

1. 

   Scene 01

   Image prompt: A small, round, dented yellow delivery robot with one bent antenna and a single round blue eye, looking at a vacant, muddy lot where a house once stood, in a rainy, grey city.

2. 

   Scene 02

   Image prompt: The yellow delivery robot slowly panning its head, its single blue eye scanning a row of identical terraced houses on a wet city street, rain still falling.

3. 

   Scene 03

   Image prompt: A grey, ruffled pigeon perched confidently on a lamppost, looking down at the small yellow delivery robot which is beeping indignantly up at it.

4. 

   Scene 04

   Image prompt: The yellow delivery robot looking up at a friendly, older shopkeeper behind a counter in a small, warm corner shop, the shopkeeper shrugging and pointing.

5. 

   Scene 05

   Image prompt: The yellow delivery robot standing in front of a warm, inviting entrance to a care home, decorated with potted plants, rain having stopped.

6. 

   Scene 06

   Image prompt: The yellow delivery robot carefully handing a small, rectangular parcel to an elderly woman with kind eyes, sitting in a comfortable armchair in a bright care home lounge.

7. 

   Scene 07

   Image prompt: The elderly woman, holding an opened letter, her face crinkled with joyous laughter, with the small yellow robot watching from a respectful distance.