The Boy and The Face Paint

 is an American animated short film created by Diana Uhlman, being her project for Academy of Art University. It was first shown in 1998 (likely sometime in September). Diana later on showed the project to Disney Channel, impressive them so much that they would eventually greenlit it as The Face Paint World Life.

Synopsis
A teenage boy (that would become Collin) moves to a Face Paint World, and gets uncomfortable until he meets a sweet Face Paint girl (that would become Maddie).

Transcript
See /Script.

Trivia

 * The females are provided by Uhlman herself while her brother Oscar provided the voice for the males.
 * The college project would go on to become the pilot for Disney Channel's The Face Paint World Life, with changes.
 * The boy and Face Paint girl are unnamed in the project, but eventually are named Collin and Maddie, respectively.
 * The boy (Collin) does not have Matthew at all. That changes in the actual series.
 * The city setting was called The Face Paint World City, but was then changed to Summerheart City in the show, since the latter is considered more creative.
 * The other characters besides the boy (Collin) and the Face Paint girl (Maddie) do not appear in the series compared to the actual series.
 * While the boy (Collin) wore the same outfit he wears in the series, the girl (Maddie) actually wore a different outfit in the pilot, being a pink dress and sandals.
 * Interestingly, it never aired on Disney Channel, but it can be found on YouTube, a DVD with college projects and even as a Special Feature in the The Face Paint World Life: The Complete Adventures home media.