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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 Notes: The 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 Notes: Strick 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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