Thought I should post the current script that we're working to. Pre-production is almost complete and thats us almost halfway through Week 4 :O

• Script - DONE
• Character Design and Environments - DONE
• StoryBoard - DONE
• Animatic - almost done, few tweaks and sound to do.
• Layouts - half-way done.

So this week, we've had some Maya lessons which have been great but quite hard to take it all in at once. Our film is mainly 2D but we want to find out about using lighting and particle effects for the forest environments, in After Effects or Maya... Also have Toon Boom lessons next week which will be gooood!

 Finishing off layouts, character sheets and starting on line tests. Production is just around the corner! Waahaay!!

Shuzanne

THE HUNTED

ESTABLISHING SHOT, NEST, DAY.

Babies asleep.

BABIES

Soft breathing, whimpers

T/OUT TO REVEAL FOREST SURROUNDINGS

Mother in the distance by a bush. Quiet sound of rummaging and birdcalls.

C/U of Swift gathering food from a bush. A twig snaps.

X/C/U of Swift as twig snaps, she is alerted.

W/S of swift as she leaps off to the left of the screen. Makes a slight rustle as she exits.

Moments later, the Hunter darts past the same spot. He makes a louder rustle during his exit, more weight.

PANNING R TO L, FOREST BLURS IN THE B/G

Swift sprinting, light sounds of her feet.

SWIFT

Panting slightly

Cuts to C/U of the Hunter’s feet pounding on the ground. Sound of his feet bounding.

HUNTER

Heavy panting, grunting

L/S view from behind the Hunter’s ears, swift in view. Comes to a fork in the path, swift runs left. Hunter stops, fatigued.

HUNTER

Heavy panting

The cry of the babies comes from the right.

BABIES

Squeal

HUNTER

Stops panting abruptly, grunts

He turns to face the top of the hill.

2SHOT FROM THE NEST POINT OF VIEW

Babies’ heads are obscuring the beast. They cower down, revealing the beast stalking towards them.

BABIES

Whimpering

HUNTER

Snarls

C/U of Hunter from behind as he is about to pounce, hears a twig snap behind him and turns his head round.

M/S Swift kicks him in lower end of his body with full force, knocking the Hunter off balance. Sound of the kick.

HUNTER

Yelps

W/S of the Hunter’s skidding down the edge of the hill.

M/S VIEW FROM THE NEST

Swift in the background she turns to look at her babies, their tails wagging, eager to see their mother.

BABIES

 Squeal joyfully.

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