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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Storyboards, First Digital Pass

I've begun to work on the final storyboard panels. I will start posting the boards here as I finish them, like I did with the roughs. I'm using Toon Boom Storyboard (home edition) and a Wacom Intuos 4 tablet.







Action Notes: Strick and Flit are running away from their crashed space ship. Military police jeeps are pursuing them in the distance.
Notes: Flit is carrying fuzzy dice


Dialogue: Flit: You should have let ME drive.
               Strick: You're too young to have a license.
               Flit: We just stole a flying saucer and you're worried about a traffic ticket?
Action Notes: Flit and Strick are running away from their crashed spaceship.


Action Notes: Strick and Flit are running away from the military jeeps.


Action Notes: Still running, Strick looks back at the approaching jeeps.


Action Notes: Strick sees that the jeeps are approaching.


Action Notes: Still running, Strick is looking back over his shoulder at the jeeps.


Dialogue: Strick: They're getting close; We better split up.
Action Notes: Strick turns his head back around and speaks to Flit.


Action Notes: Flit and Strick run towards camera and split off in opposite directions.


Action Notes: Flit and Strick run in opposite directions.



Action Notes: Military jeeps come carreening over the hill towards camera.


Action Notes: Jeeps drive through camera.



Action Notes: Strick runs into frame (from screen right)


Action Notes: Strick hides behind a rock, peeking out to look for the military jeeps


Action Notes: Strick slides down into a sitting postion. He is panting and sweating.


SFX: beeping sound
Action Notes: After hearing the beeping sound, Strick turns his head to see Flit playing with the fuzzy dice.
Notes: Truck out after Strick turns his head.


Dialogue: Strick: This is no times for games, kid!
Action Notes: Strick jumps up. Flit is still playing with the dice.


Action Notes: Flit is looking at the dice expectantly.


SFX: beeping
Action Notes: An antenna comes out of the dice and starts beeping. 


Action Notes: Flit looks up expectantly. A blinding light flashes down from above.
Notes: Big truck out to reveal flying saucer shining a beam of light down on Strick and Flit.


Action Notes: A rope ladder falls from the saucer.


Dialogue: Zork: Move it, fellas!


Action Notes: Bullets whiz past Zork. One hits his spaceship.


Dialogue: Zork (to soldiers in distance): HEY! I just washed this! 


Action Notes: Zork ducks back inside the ship.


Action NotesThe flying saucer starts to fly away, the rope ladder trailing along with it. Strick and Flit chase after it. Strick and Flit leap of a cliff after the ladder. It looks they're going to miss it. 
Notes: Camera PAN with saucer


Action Notes: At the last second Flit manages to catch onto the ladder. Strick is hanging on to Flit's leg.


Action Notes: Military jeeps fire at the rope ladder.


Action Notes: Bullets (fired by military jeeps off-camera) whiz over their heads, tearing the ladder in half.


Action Notes: Strick and Flit begin to fall


Action Notes: Strick and Flit fall out of frame.


SFX: screaming
Action Notes: Strick and Flit free fall towards bottom of canyon


SFX: screaming
Action Notes: Strick and Flit free fall towards bottom of canyon



SFX: screaming
Action NotesStrick and Flit free fall towards bottom of canyon. A space ship zooms in from screen left, flying underneath Strick and Flit


SFX: thud
Action Notes: Strick and Flit fall onto the hood of the space ship, which carries them off screen, right.



Action Notes: Strick and Flit are laying on the front of Zork's ship. Their are people shaped dents where they landed.
Notes: BG PAN towards center of frame.


Dialogue: Zork: (grunt) That's coming out of YOUR paycheck.
Action Notes: Zork looks at the dent in his saucer as Flit and Strick craw inside the ship.
Notes: BG PAN towards center of frame.


Dialogue: Flit (off-camera): As usual Zork, your timing is perfect.
Action Notes: Zork's spaceship is soaring through outer space.
Notes: <-- BG Pan <-- (from right to left)


Dialogue: Zork: Thank you. 


Dialogue: Zork: So, Where to, Captain?


Dialogue: Strick: Far away from those jeeps. And by the way...


Dialogue: Strick: ...I'm a MAJOR.
Action Notes: Strick points to his insignia


Dialogue: Flit: yeah...a Major pain in the butt.


Dialogue: Zork: Um...I was talking to Captain Flit.
Action Notes: Zork turns his head to look back at Strick and Flit.


Action Notes: Flit pushes a button on the dice.




Action Notes: A hologram of an alien starfield appears. Strick is startled, and falls backwards out of his chair.


Dialogue: Flit: Head straight for Zetamorix and turn left at Greenlux.
Action Notes: Strick is laying on the floor. Flit points to the hologram.


Dialogue: Strick (panicked): We're going where?!


Dialogue: Flit: Back to my home system. 
Action Notes: Strick pushes himself into a sitting position.


Dialogue: Flit: Relax...we're almost halfway there.


Action Notes: Strick bolts to the nearest window.


Dialogue: Strick: I didn't mean this far!
Action Notes: We see Strick from the outside, looking out the window, stricken.

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