Storyboarding

TV Projects

D'Myna Leagues "Bah! Humbug!"

Studio B Productions
First panel in storyboard sequence. Radcliffe, a cartoon cat in bedclothes, jumps enthusiastically into bed.
[Radcliffe jumps into bed]
Radcliffe lands heavily on bed in splash of blankets and pillows.
Radcliffe, on all fours, climbs underneath bed covers.
[climbs under the covers]
Radcliffe, tucked neatly underneath bed covers, reaches to lamp pull chain switch.
Radcliffe, tucked neatly into bed covers, pulls lamp pull chain switch. The room darkens.
[lights out]
A contented Radcliffe, head on pillow and eyes closed, pulls bed covers snuggly to chin.
Radcliffe: Sweet dreams, --
Radcliffe is peaceful while camera zooms in for a close-up.
Radcliffe (cont'd): -- you genius.
Radcliffe's eyes bulge wide with fear as he tugs bedcovers tightly upward over his cheek.
[o/s spooky voice]: Raaaadclifffe...
Radcliffe, still fearful, sits up to pull lamp pull-chain switch.
Room brightens as Radcliffe pulls lamp pull-chain switch.
[turns lamp on]
Radcliffe with eyes bulging fearfully turns to look off-stage towards the head of bed.
Radcliffe: Who's there?!
Room darkens as worried Radcliffe returns to pillow with bedcovers pulled up tightly.
Close on Radcliffe now frowning and looking off-stage.
Radcliffe filled with fear - his eyes bulging as he pulls bedcovers tightly upward.
[o/s spooky voice]: Raaaadclifffe...<more intense>
New angle at foot of 4-poster bed on Radcliffe sitting up, alert and fearful.
Baseball flies in fast and bounces off the four bed-posts while Radcliffe ducks for safety.
Radcliffe: Ahhh!! (baseball in, bounces off bedposts)
New angle downward, looking at the empty floorboards.
A baseball rolls in from off-stage.
[baseball rolls IN and stops]
Room brightens as Radcliffe pulls lamp pull-chain switch.
Close-up of baseball on the floor.
A ghostly image begins to materialize on the surface of the baseball.
[EFX: ghosty image fades in onto ball]
Ghostly face of Carny, an old rat wearing baseball cap, clarifies on surface of the baseball.
Carny: Hello Ratty, ...long time no see [EFX (cont'd): face of Carny clarifies]
New low angle, medium shot upward to a shocked Radcliffe looking down as he clutches edge of bed.
Ratcliffe: Carny! Is that you?!
New wide angle on room with the baseball vibrating on floor, Radcliffe worriedly looks on.
[ball begins to vibrate...]
A spinning vortex effect springs up from the floor as Radcliffe surprisedly reacts back.
[EFX: ball transforms and grows into large, glowing, spinning vortex]
Ghostly apparition of Carny, a cartoon rat in baseball uniform and covered in cobwebs, appears before a shocked Radcliffe.
Radcliff: ...but you're ...dead?!  [EFX (cont'd): Carny materializes in a semi-transparent form]
Medium close-up on Carny. As he lifts arm in a gesture.
Carny: ehhh,...
Carny gestures hand downward and cobwebs fall off everywhere and drift around.
Carny: -- don't let dat stop yah.
Return to wide angle on room as Carny gestures to concerned Radcliffe - inviting him in for hug.
Carny: Give your old coach a hug!
Both Carny and Radcliffe react surprised when Carny's arm lops off body and drops to floor.
[SFX: <pop> as arm drops to the ground]
A deadpan Carny and surprised Radcliffe exchange glances as arm lies motionless on floor.
Carny: ooops!
Angle on floor to Carny's motionless, detatched arm. Radcliffe's hand reaches in.
Radcliffe's hand grabs onto Carny's detatched arm.
Medium shot of Carny gesturing while Radcliffe is bent over and reaching to off-stage.
Carny: See Ratty, ...
Radcliffe stands and lifts up Carny's detatched arm. Carny gestures to his empty arm socket.
Carny (cont'd): -- I could never completly die
Radcliffe attatches Carny's arm into its socket as a deadpan Carny looks on.
Carny (cont'd): -- cause I love the game too much!
Zoom out wide as Radcliffe broadly thrusts Carny up off his feet to lodge arm securely into socket.
[TRUCK-OUT]
Camera short pan down as Carny stands and wiggles fingers on outstretched arm - Radcliffe looks on.
Carny: I just came here -- [VERT PAN]
Carny reaches across and grabs onto a surprised Radcliffe's hand.
Carny (cont'd):--  to take my long ball kid
Carny gestures upwards as he clutches onto Radcliffe's extended hand.
Carny (cont'd): -- for some blasts from the past.
Final panel in storyboard sequence - two spinning vortexes engulf the room as debris swirls about.
Carny: Hang on!

Enchantimals "Best Adventure"

Kickstart Entertainment
First of many panels in hand-drawn storyboard sequence. Hang glider does loop-de-loops as camera pans, following action.
Felicity does loop-de-loop in hang glider, then to O/S
Wide on Felicity, the "fox girl", hands on hang glider hand-bar. Sky and clouds pan through.
Flick, the fox bestie, gains into frame from right hanging onto handle-bars of her hang glider.
Flick gains into frame.
Flick settles into position flying next to Felicity.
Felicity turns to Flick excitedly as they continue forward.
Felicity: Watch this!
Felicity antics - looking forward. Flick watches her.
In a blur, Felicity speeds to off stage left while Flick looks on with a smile.
Felicity speeds to O/S.
Flick continues to follow off stage action.
New angle on clouds. Felicity flies in, banks right and punches hang glider shaped hole in clouds.
Felicity flies in and punches hang glider shaped hole in clouds, the O/S
Reverse angle on clouds as Felicity, then Flick, punch through clouds and into frame. Then left to off stage.
REVERSE ANGLE: Felicity and Flick punch through clouds to O/S
Medium close on Felicity smiling and celebrating to off-stage Flick.
Felicity: That was --
Felicity, eyes closed and smiling - continues to react with excited joyfulness.
Felicity (cont'd): -- awesome!
Wide shot of Ice Cream truck in Village with Penguin-girl and Bestie at counter. Sage and Skunk Bestie walking, with ice creams.
EXT. VILLAGE - AT THE ICE CREAM TRUCK
Penguin Bestie waves to the two satisfied customers, Sage and Skunk Bestie, as they walk away.
Penguin Bestie continues waving to off stage customers.
Close up on Penguin Bestie continuing wave to off stage customers.
Penguin Bestie waves
Penguin Bestie - more waving.
Penguin Bestie antics.
Penguin Bestie looks up high to the sky.
New angle, through arched service window and from behind Penguin Bestie, a hang glider approaches from far away.
OTS Penguin Bestie - watch Flecity in hang glider approaching
The hang glider advances.
Medium close on a happy Felicity looking down to off-stage Penguin Bestie.
Felicity: Two scoops, please!
Back to medium close on Penguin Bestie returning and expectant and excited look.
Two ice cream cones are handed in from the left.
ice cream cones IN
Penguin Bestie turns left and grabs the ice creams.
Penguin Bestie turns to camera and raises up ice creams.
Felicity over the shoulder, POV, as hang glider cruises low through the village toward the ice cream truck in the distance.
OTS Felicity - low glide through village directly to ice cream truck
Hang glider continues to cruise toward ice cream truck.
Angle behind Penguin Bestie. Hang glider bar enters frame and Felecity's hand swings in to grab both ice creams. Glider exits left.
OTS Penguin Bestie - Felicity whips past in hang glider - grabs ice cream cones, the to O/S
Medium wide on Felicity with sky background, licks ice cream while hanging onto hang glider bar.
Felicity: <slurrrp!>
Felicity continues licking ice cream.
Felicity (cont'd): <slurrrp!>
Felicity continues to lick ice cream in a big slurp upwards, smiling.
Flick: <lip smack>
Truck-out right as Felicity turns. Reveal Flick, in foreground, licking ice cream while flying glider.
Flick: <slurp>
Flick continues to happily lick ice cream.
Flick: <lip smack>
Mid shot on Flick holds up ice cream and looks intently at it.
Flick: <quick inhale/ gasp>
Flick antics.
Flick: <lips smack - on nom nom...>
Flick shoves full ice cream into mouth and ice cream drops splash outward.
Flick: <slurp>
Flick slurps tongue over lips and looks forward.
[insert text]
Angle on Felicity looks left to off-stage Flick, hangs onto hang glider bar gliding through sky.
Felicity: I never want ...
Felicity turns to left and antics.
Felicity (cont'd): ... to ...
Distant view of both gliders swooping down then to off-stage.
Felicity (cont'd): ... ennnd <trails off...> [ACTION: hang gliders swoop through, then to O/S]
Medium wide on Felicity facing to right and hanging onto bar as sky background pans left.
Felicity, concerned, looks down to her ankle which has a red mark.
Felicity (frowns): ...except it has to because...
Close-up on Felicity's legs and red mark on ankle.
Felicity (cont'd): ...my ankle really hurts.
Medium wide on Felicity and Flick riding hang gliders in tandem. Felicity looks at Flick, concerned.
Felicity: I don't think I can land on my ankle...
Felicity becomes excited and gestures her index finger out as Flick smiles and looks on.
Felicity (cont'd): ...which means we are gonna have one more adventure.
Felicity gestures with a fist and determined look. Flick becomes concerned.
Felicity (cont'd): Time for a crash landing...
Felicity points and looks to off stage right and antics as Flick looks on.
Felicity (cont'd): ...at Danessa's Rescue Centre!
Felicity gains forward to off-stage, right. Flick continues to look on.
Flick gains forward and exits stage, right.
Flick: <Uh, oh...>
On sky background. Characters have exited.
Over the shoulder shot of Felicity under the hang glider's wings as she cruises forward over the treetops.
Reverse angle, wide shot, on Felicity and Flick above the treetops, cruising in hang gliders with Felicity in the lead.
Felicity: That grass should slow me down...
Felicity gains forward to lower, off-stage right as concerned Flick trails behind.
Felicity is off-stage as Flick continues to trail behind.
Felicity (cont'd - V/O): ...and give me a soft place to land!
Medium close up on Flick, under the hang glider wing, looking concerned.
Flick raises arm and excitedly shouts to off-stage Felicity.
Flick: <Be careful!>
New angle wide-shot at ground level of the Deer Bestie grazing, unawares, in a field.
A distant Felicity in hang glider enters frame from left. Deer Bestie continues, still unaware.
Deer Bestie surpise reaction as Felicity approaches in the background.
Deer Bestie turns and looks up to approaching Felicity in hang glider.
New angle, down-shot Deer Bestie with mouth full of grass looking up.
Deer Bestie antics.
Deer Bestie reacts surprised to off-stage action.
New dutch angle, ground level wide shot on field of grass.
Felicity's legs enter screen-left just above the tops of the grasses.
Felicity's legs advancing partially to camera quickly skim tops of grasses, creating grass debris.
Felicity passing very close, more debris flies to camera.
Felicity off-stage right while debris flies up then settles slightly.
Wide shot on field over the shoulder of Deer Bestie watching Felicity land the hang glider.
Felicity, concerned, speeds past and to off-stage, right as Deer Bestie continues to watch.
Felicity is off stage right while debris trails behind and Deer Bestie continues looking on.
An impact off-screen, right, shoots in with puffs of smoke and debris.
Deer Bestie antics.
Deer Bestie hops daintily to the right and exits.
Characters have exited the frame.
Wide on Felicity with head and hands emerging from a large heap of grasses, hang glider wreckage and debris is strewn about.
Felicity turns and short horizontal pan right to reveal worried Flick standing next to heap of grass and debris.
[insert text]
Felicity, smiling and unconcerned, speaks to Flick.
[insert text]
Final panel in storyboard sequence. Felicity pleased as truck out reveals Deer Bestie and Danessa the Deer-girl entering frame.
[insert text]

Enchantimals "Bopcorned"

Kickstart Entertainment
First panel in drawn storyboard sequence. Close-up on Twist, a small bunny, looking up with arms folded.
Camera Truck out reveals Twist and Bree, a bunny-girl, standing in doorway back to back, exchanging knowing smiles with arms folded.
[TRUCK-OUT]
Twist and Bree wind up to run in different directions.
Twist and Bree wind up to run in different directions.
New angle on the floor. Bree's hand in grabs other hand wearing rubber glove.
Bree's hands IN.
Bree stretches glove far down wrist, elongating it.
SFX" <rubber stretches>
Hand releases at the wrist and glove snaps into place.
SFX" <snap!>
Mid-shot up angle on Bree.
Bree leans and reaches to off stage.
Bree reaches to O/S, - BEAT -
Bree uprights into frame wearing safety goggles.
Bree stands up with goggles on
Mid-shot up angle on Twist leaning and reaching to off stage.
Twist reaches to O/S, - BEAT -
Twist uprights into frame wearing safety goggles.
Twist stands up with goggles on
New up-angle as Twist enters frame pushing large object.
Twist: <effort>
Twist continues pushing object to the middle of the frame.
Twist (cont'd): <effort>
Bree enters frame in first pose, and lifts up hammer in second pose. Twist turns and exits frame.
Bree hammers on the large object mid-frame.
Bree hammers on POPPER
Bree continues to hammer on object while Twist rushes in offering a large wrench to Bree.
Twist rushes in with a big wrench
Bree grabs wrench from Twist, tosses the hammer off stage while Twist runs to off stage.
Bree grabs wrench and tosses hammer to O/S
Bree rapid, multi-image wrench fast action.
rapid wrench action
Angle on floor - Twist's hand in from left holding screw-driver, Bree's hand in from right.
Bree grabs screw driver and exits right. Twist's hand exits left.
On screen text reads: "off-stage construction sound effects".
[O/S SFX: <noisy construction>]
Twist's hand holding a paint roller in from left, Bree's hand reaches in from right.
Twist's hand holding a paint roller in from left, Bree's hand reaches in from right.
On screen text reads: "off-stage construction sound effects".
[O/S SFX: <noisy construction>]
Twist's hand holding a carrot in from left, Bree's hand reaches in from right.
Bree grabs carrot and exits right. Twist's hand exits left.
On screen text reads: "off-stage eating carrots sound effects".
[O/S SFX: <carrot munching>]
Mid up-shot on Bree facing off screen - a bright light flickers. Onscreen text reads: "sound effects: arc welding".
[O/S SFX: <arc welding>, EFX:  flickering highlights]
Mid-shot on Twist facing to off screen - a bright light flickers.
[O/S SFX: <arc welding>, EFX:  flickering highlights]
Twist looks on with half-eaten carrot in hand. Flickering light has stopped.
Twist tosses carrot to off stage in a broad action.
Twist, in series of four poses, jumps from high place, to table, to a ladder then to floor. Camera tracks downward with action.
Twist turns and jumps down several levels. [CAMERA TRACKS ACTION]
Truck out reveals Bree standing left of large contraption, tools strewn about floor, Twist gestures excitedly on right.
TRUCK-OUT
Final panel in storyboard sequence - both Bree and Twist raise arms to celebrate next to contraption.
Brie and Twist celebrate in front of POPPER

Zigby "The Picnic"

A short spec script rapidly boarded in aid of Digital Alchemy's successful bid for the series contract.
First panel in cartoony pencil-illustrated storyboard. Pan from mountaintop to dense jungle where 3 distant figures walk on path.
Bertie: <exertion>
VERT PAN
Wide on Bertie, the guinea fowl, leading Zigby, the zebra, and finally McMeer, the meercat on jungle path.
...<exertion cont'd>
New wide angle on Bertie walking up steep path - diagonal pan camera with action.
... <exertion cont'd>
DIAG PAN w/action
Bertie stopped and exhausted looks back at Zigby entering from stage left.
... <exertion cont'd>
Bertie turns as Zigby walks on past to stage right.
... <exertion cont'd>
New wide angle on Zigby in the lead walking forward as Bertie, looking distressed, is not walking.
Bertie: "...Are we --"
Zigby continues forward, to camera, as Bertie raises his wings questioningly.
"--there yet?"
New wide shot on Zigby gesturing broadly with arms while approaching a creek.
Zigby: "We've --"
Zigby hops onto stepping stone in middle of creek landing on one foot.
"--hardly started!"
New, closer, frontal wide angle on Zigby hopping stepping stones across creek.
Zigby: "One, --"
Camera truck-out on first pose as Zigby makes final leap to shore of creek. Second pose he stands proudly at shore.
(cont'd) "-- two, ...three..."
TRUCK-OUT w/action
Camera trucks-in to left as Zigby turns back to look at a fearful Bertie stuck on the other shore.
Zigby: "You can do it!"
TRUCK-IN
New wide angle on Bertie pausing at creek staring at stepping stone in middle.
- BEAT -
Bertie in crouch as he prepares to leap.
Pan as Bertie hops on stones in series of three poses - the last one arriving, unbalanced and falling backward, at shore.
Bertie: "One...two...whoahhh!!"
PAN w/action
At shore, Bertie spins around trying to regain balance.
"--whoahh!"
Bertie continues to try regain balance as he teeters at the shore.
... ahhh! (cont'd)
New, close, downshot on creek water rushing past at shore.
... ahhh! (cont'd
[close on stream]
A petrified Bertie falls in fast toward creek.
... ahhh! (cont'd
Bertie continues to fall toward water as hand swoops in under his body.
... ahhh! (cont'd
Hand clutches Bertie as his beak splashes onto the water rushing past.
--<gulp!>
Bertie is pulled out fast to the right.
Wide on Zigby and Bertie at the shore - Zigby lifting Bertie high up and to safety.
Zigby: "Gotcha!"
Zigby lowers Bertie safely to the ground as they exchange glances.
Bertie: "Thanks, Zigby"
Zigby gestures hand to relieved Bertie.
Zigby: "Now,..."
Vertical pan from Zigby and Bertie walking along path past dense jungle trees up to mountaintop.
Zigby: "Now,..."

Speed Racer

Kickstart Entertainment
First of many panels in hand-drawn storyboard sequence. Camera slate indicating Fade-in.
EXT. Track - Day. FADE-IN to smoke rising.
Pan and truck-out from smoke rising in the sky down to wide on pile of wrecked cars. Mitch in foreground looks on.
TRUCK-OUT to cars piled up outside virtual track. Mitch looks on.
Truck-in close on Mitch and car wreck. Smoke wafts through the frame.
Mitch (V/O): "My Car!"
TRUCK-IN
New angle. medium wide on Mitch reacting to off-stage.
Lucy (V/O): "If you weren't the driver..."
Lucy, Winn and guards, all in police garb, run in from left.
Lucy (Cont'd): "...then who was?"
Lucy, Winn and guards in.
Lucy orders guards. Pan with action as guards run to left.
Lucy: "Guards! Search the area!"
PAN w/ action Lucy turns
Guards exit screen left.
Guards to O/S
Wide on guards searching, smoke billows from car wrecks. Pan reveals Speed and Alpha hiding behind wrecked car, sneak to off stage right.
New up-angle medium wide on Speed and Alpha, pan while they escape right, stopping to look around.
PAN w/ action
Guards approach as Speed and Alpha look on concerned.
Smoke clears partially and reveals guards approaching
Wide on Speed and Alpha directing the guards past, to off stage left.
Speed: "They went that way!"
Short pan adjust as guards exit off-stage left.
ADJUST PAN w/ action
Medium shot on Alpha and Speed turn right.
Alpha: "Come on!"
Alpha and Speed rush to off-stage right.
Both run to O/S
Black frame with text "Sample Sequence 2".
Close-up on bright spotlight obliterates the frame.
Close up on spotlight
Downshot on X glowering, at off-stage spotlight.
X looking up at O/S Spotlight
Truck-out to medium reveals X seated at table, restrained and bound by ropes wrapped around body.
TRUCK-OUT
Silhouette enters from left and passes in foreground.
Silhouette passes in front of X.
Silhouette exits to off-stage right.
Wide on interrogation room, lit by single overhead lamp. Speed seated in chair while shadowy figure stands by.
X: "Dude, let me go!"
Medium low angle on X as Lord Bowler enters frame and slams palm on table.
Lord Bowler: "Not until you explain..."
Bowler IN and and slams palm on table
Medium on Bowler aggressively looming above X.
Lord Bowler (cont): "...what were you doing in our meeting?"
Medium close on X straining forward, glaring at off-stage Bowler.
X: " I don't even know..."
X looks down, considering.
X (cont'd): "...one minute I was in the committee headquarters..."
X looks up again to Bowler, agonizing.
X (cont'd):" ...and the next minute I was here!"
Up dutch angle on Bowler looming into and above X, threatening.
Lord Bowler: "What do you mean..."
Bowler stands up, incredulous.
Lord Bowler (cont'd): "...the committee headquarters?"
Medium on X, restrained and bound in ropes, squirms and argues to off-stage Bowler.
X: "That's what I'm trying to tell you. I work for the committee".
X calms and implores to off-stage Bowler.
X (cont'd): "I'm their star racer!"
X leans slightly forward, considering.
X (cont'd): "They gave me a sweet endorsement deal."
Medium close on Bowler looking unimpressed.
- BEAT - (blank stare...)
Bowler looking impatient and questioning.
X (cont - V/O): "Okay, see , we had the time travel thing-a-majig..."
Bowler fidgeting in place, becoming increasingly impatient.
X (cont - V/O): "...and my brother got in the way..."
Bowler fidgits impatiently
Bowler turns head downward, in overt impatience.
X (cont - V/O): "...and suddenly I woke up..."
Bowler agonizes with impatience as X's story drags on
Close sideview on X, continues to argue with off-stage Bowler.
X (cont'd): "...in the middle of this campus..."
X looks upper left, envisioning.
"X (cont'd): ""...with flying cars.""  
X looks up, envisioning."
X returns look to off-stage Bowler, arguing.
X (cont'd): "...and everyone was calling me sergeant..."
Bowler leans in confrontationally and close.
Lord Bowler: "Quiet!"
DIAG PAN as Bowler leans in fast
Bowler and X glare at each other.
Shadow Woman (V/O): "Bowler..."
Bowler and X react and turn, curious, to off-stage left.
Both turn to O/S voice
Wide, low angle on interrogation room. X seated at table and Bowler looking at silhouetted Shadow Woman in foreground.
Shadow Woman (cont'd): "...I'll take it from here."
Bowler appeals to Shadow Woman, gesturing to X.
Lord Bowler: "He's talking nonsense."
Bowler mimics a bat flapping its wings, complaining.
Lord Bowler (cont'd): "...the boy's batty!"
Bowler mimics a bat
Bowler gestures again to X, complaining.
Lord Bowler (cont'd): "...He must be one of Conor's lab rats."
Medium wide on X, Shadow Woman, in silhouette, approaches from behind.
Shadow Woman: "I'd like to hear him out."
Slow Truck-in on Shadow Woman tapping fingers on arm. Last panel in storyboard sequence.
Shadow Woman (cont'd): "...he might be of use to us."
Slow TRUCK-IN. Shadow Woman taps fingers.
Stu Wenschlag
Vancouver, CANADA
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