Ciaran Caul
Thursday, 8 February 2018
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
Sunday, 4 February 2018
Script draft
Step
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Scene Heading
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Shot
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Subject
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Description
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1
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EXT – Planet’s
surface
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Low angle
extreme wide shot
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Establishing
shot of planet.
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The
animation starts with a rocket landing on an unfamiliar planet. It falls
through the clouds and touches down on the dusty ground.
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Pan
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Pan up to
show rocket.
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High angle
over the shoulder
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Rocket approaching
the surface.
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Very wide
shot
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Rocket
standing on planet.
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2
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EXT –
Landing site
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Mid shot
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Robot
being lowered from rocket.
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We then
see the boot up sequence for the robot, starting as a first person shot and
transitioning out to show it detaching from the lander.
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Point of
view
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Boot up
sequence of robot followed by its visual sensors turning on.
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Wide shot
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Robot adjusting
to its body.
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Cut away
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Robot
looks to rocket as equipment panel opens up.
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3
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EXT –
Landing site
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Point of
view
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HUD of
robot showing building instructions for greenhouse.
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The next
scene is the robot building a hydroponics dome, cut into 3 parts. There’s a
few seconds where it’s accessing the instructions, a shot of it about 1/3
build and a final bit with it closing the door as it is fully built.
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Low angle
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Robot
figuring out how to slot together 2 poles.
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Over the
shoulder
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Fitting a
transparent panel to the greenhouse frame
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Mid shot
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Robot closing
the doors on the constructed greenhouse.
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4
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INT –
Rocket compartment
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Point of
view
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View through
the telescope looking up into space.
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It’s now
night-time and we see the robot looking through some form of telescope
attached to the lander.
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Medium
close up
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Robot
sighs as it detaches from the telescope.
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Close up
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Robot
looks forlornly up at the stars.
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5
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INT -
Greenhouse
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Mid shot
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Robot
examining packet of seeds
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In the
next scene we see the robot planting a mixture of seeds inside the dome.
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Wide shot
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Robot
planting seeds in a line across the frame.
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Full shot
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Shot of
the greenhouse with plants starting to sprout inside.
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6
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EXT -
Landing site
INT –
Greenhouse
INT –
Rocket compartment
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To be
decided
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To be
decided
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There is
then a time-lapse showing the plants growing inside and then outside of the
dome. This is interspersed with shorter scenes with the telescope. This scene
will show that over a long period of time it grows a variety of plants to
make the planet/area habitable. Due to a love/fascination with mankind coded
into it, the robot watches the skies each night, eagerly waiting the day
humans come to settle the home it has built for them.
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7
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EXT –
Landing site
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Point of
view
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Boot up
sequence with some error flags.
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As time passes the robot visibly ages, worn
down by the environment it is creating. Decades after it first touched down
the robot goes out to tend the plants when it sees a light descending into
the forest.
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Low angle
extreme wide shot
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Mirrors
the first shot but with the robot limping in the foreground. Panning up a
speck of light descends as the robot watches.
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8
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EXT -
Forest
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Close up
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Robot realises
what is going on and immediately rushes towards it.
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On rusted
joints it hobbles towards the light. In a clearing, sits a gleaming
spaceship.
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Cut in
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Shot of
the robots legs struggling to keep pace. After a few seconds the robot trips
on a root.
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Mid shot
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Robot pulls
itself up creaking and continues.
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Over the
shoulder
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Robot
parts branches to a clearing.
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9
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EXT -
Forest
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Low angle
wide shot
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Side on
view of the robot approaching the ship before falling down.
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As the robot approaches its battered systems
start to fail. It falls down in the grass, its last sight being a group of
humans coming down the ship’s ramp.
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Point of
view shot
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View of
the robot looking up at the ship with static filling up the screen. It then
black with an error message before that too stops.
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Thursday, 1 February 2018
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Scrip to screen project ideas
Character: Robot
Setting: Greenhouse
Prop: Telescope
Setting: Greenhouse
Prop: Telescope
1) A robot is working in a greenhouse but wishes to see more of the world. At some point they either find or assemble a telescope and use it to look out of the greenhouse windows. It might be looking at other planets/stars, or it might be able to see trees or mountains in the distance. Enamored by what it sees it forms a plan to escape (maybe even using the telescope to start a fire?).
I don’t quite know how I would end this story. It depends whether or not the robot escaping is a good payoff but this idea seems a bit simple at the moment.
2) As part of an interplanetary colonization program a robot is sent of to a distant world to set up a suitable environment for humans. The animation would start as the robot lands on the surface and starts setting up the equipment. Over a long period of time it grows a variety of plants to make the planet/area habitable. Due to a love/fascination with mankind coded into it the robot watches the skies each night, eagerly waiting the day humans come to settle the home it has built for them
As time passes the robot visibly ages, worn down by the environment it is creating. Decades after it first touched down the robot goes out to tend the plants when it sees a light descending into the forest. On rusted joints it hobbles to where the light landed where, in a clearing, sits a gleaming spaceship. As the robot approaches it’s battered systems start to fail. It falls down in the grass, it’s last sight being a group of humans coming down the ship’s ramp.
3) An old inventor has built a robot to tend to his large greenhouse but doesn’t provide it the means to leave. One day the inventor’s grandson visits and catches a glimpse of the robot out of his window. He brings out his telescope and leans out of the window to get a proper look. Noticing the light glinting off of the telescope the robot looks towards the house, adjusting its lenses to get a better view. They both see each other and the child waves. After a pause the robot awkwardly waves back.
They go on for a little while exchanging messages (possibly holding up signs). Then, the child disappears from the window. He checks to see if his grandfather is busy and sneaks out the house. He runs down to the greenhouse and opens the heavy door. The robot is beside itself with excitement, sliding back and forth on it’s tracks. They play together for a while, the robot giving him a rid around the greenhouse. Soon however it’s the afternoon and the child has to go home. They say goodbye and the robot watches the car leave.
Friday, 15 December 2017
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