Production Work
- Character design - story board - script - Primary video reference - Animation outline -
Character design : Luna
Rough idea layout for sequences
- start with Luna walking from legs to head
- Hands changing colour with environment ( losing herself slowly)
- Grabbed from behind by claws in a swirling vortex
- Heart beating to puppet Luna
- Sees herself chained up
- Shadow looms over Luna - turns to see giant shadow grinning
- Zoom in to key around neck
- Drops to knees
- Hands out with key levitating above palm
- white screen
Storyboard and script
Sequence 1
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- Introduce Character (Luna) - walking (woods) ( camera pans up from feet to reveal face and shoulders) CUT
Zoom in to face - neutral
Starts to rain - Luna stops, puts hood up
Notices colour from trees fading ( and herself) - turns head to both sides of trees
Puts hand to mouth in shock (Added) CUT
Looks down at her hands (shaking) colours fading to purple
As she's looking at her hands she notices a door appear where the colour has yet to be affected by the rain
Luna runs toward door opening (back view of character) CUT
Slopes down wall and looks ahead (face horrified)
Outside has now turned black the trees are completely gone ( Over the shoulder shot) CUT
Face appears in the darkness smirking sinisterly CUT
Luna puts her hands in front to hide from the form ( camera back on Luna ) CUT
Unbeknownst to her lurking behind her two clawed hands reach for her ( back ground red swirls) CUT
Clawed hands drag her in the portal CUT
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Sequence 2
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Heart appears once Luna has faded (slow to fast - fear)
Heart expands and pops
Clawed hand emerges - rigid - strings on fingers
Strings flow down fingers ( zoom out)
Puppet version of Luna revealed - defeated expression ( zoom in to face)
Black screen glitch title " LOST"
Black screen
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Sequence 3
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Luna standing in darkness - looks around
Glow appears ( zoom in to Luna's face - eyes widen )
Black background glitch title " Hope "
Luna runs towards glow desperately SWITCHED
Reaches glow to find a version of herself chained down ( white lines)
Shadow over towers Luna
SPLIT SCREEN - white scratchy lines in centre
- Luna slowly turns around - looks up scared face
- Reveal shadow Luna glooming over her smirking (from bottom to top )
SPLIT SCREEN END
Key around shadows neck - ( zoom in)
Luna drops to her knees in defeat
Black screen glitch title " hope LOST"
Black screen
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Sequence 4
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Shadow leans down towards Luna - puts hand out to her
Luna looks up and sees the shadow crying with a soft smile CUT
holding out the key to her - floating above the fading palm
Luna grabs key - Shadow fades CUT
Luna smiles - Close up CUT
White screen title " Acceptance is key " ( Key floating underneath )
Title card - "LOST "(fades) "Found "
White fades
End
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