About Fowl Heist!
Originally created, and later rejected, for a 3D animation college project, our film was first titled “Leroy’s Burger Heist” featuring Filbert the seagull and his friends attempting to steal burgers from a local pier burger shop.
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From that jumping point, our idea has taken many turns in development to become the story it is now
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Early concept by Taylore Neste
Don Seaglione - Concept Art
By Sesash Gutierrez
With most of the original concept scrapped, we had a lot of room to play with a new story. While still about birds performing a heist, we took more inspiration from the city of Chicago where we are based and it’s past with the mafia.
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Instead of an anxious protagonist, Floyd the seagull became Don Seaglione and his main character position was replaced by Flock Puddlefoot, a young ruddy duck.
Flock Puddlefoot - Concept Art
By Lance Beleval
In 1950s Chicago, a down-on-his-luck duck is drawn into the bird mafia's world of speakeasies and illegal bird seed trade by a cunning seagull mafia boss.
Forced to protect his sister, the duck reluctantly agrees to participate in a high-stakes heist against a paranoid chef who believes birds are government spies.
As tensions rise, loyalty is tested, and explosive chaos ensues, the duck must outwit both the mafia and the chef to ensure his family's safety
Concept art by Madison Helland
Scrappy young lad who fends for himself and his sister. He comes across as shy and timid but very smart. He doesn’t stick up for himself often, but what he lacks in confidence he has in smarts.
Seaglione is a terrifying presence to be around. He's apathetic to others and lacks the ability to see others feelings.
Character by Sesash Gutierrez
Character by Lance Beleval
A burger diner owner and cook with a strong belief that birds are not real and are made up by the government.
Character by Sesash Gutierrez
A manic bird driven to insanity. With a passion for explosives he would love nothing more than to watch the world burn.
Sneaky and conniving, Scratch has an agenda of his own and is good with keeping secrets. He's authoritative, but he knows his place in the family.
Character by Issac Burnett
Character by Lance Beleval
She works tirelessly to be efficient and solve crimes for the betterment of bird society. All birds know her in the crime underworld, especially Don Seaglione.
Character by Issac Burnett
Set in mid century Chicago, when the city was in its golden era fueled with a flourishing economy and rich with culture. As the city grew outward and upward, as did the underground world of the birds that resided in the city.
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Their main location set in an abandoned warehouse, the Seaglione family has the run of the town. Using the cracks and crevasses ignored by most humans, they run information and pull of organized crime right under their noses.
