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Why Zeus feared his own child
16 s · 9:16
The hook
Zeus feared a baby.
Style
Paper CollageCut-paper layers and gold, like a storybook in relief.
- Faceless
- English voice-over
- Music included
- 5 scenes
You change the topic. About 4 minutes to make.
Narration · 16 seconds
- Zeus feared a baby.
- A prophecy said Metis's child would overthrow him, so he swallowed Metis whole.
- Then came the headache.
- Out burst Athena, fully armed.
- Running from the child had put her inside his head.
A faceless Greek-myth short, 15 seconds. Hook in the first second: 'The king of the gods was terrified of a baby.' A prophecy said Metis's child would overthrow Zeus, so he swallowed Metis whole; then a splitting headache, and Athena burst from his head fully armed. End on the irony.
