Short
Modern Fairy Tales – A Series of Shorts
2014-06-04 22:57:03
Introducing our latest project:
Modern Fairy Tales – A Series of Shorts
Modern Fairy Tales [working title] is a new series of short films we are working on, each running 4-6 minutes each.
Series Title: Modern Fairy Tales
Summary: A young boy who enjoys reading Fairy Tales books, suddenly notices them coming to life in the world around him.
Here are the storyboards for one episode called Major Humphrey, based on the Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty.
The script:
CAPTAIN HUMPHREY
First Draft
by
Christopher Vigil & Richard Harris
Based on Asbjørnsen & Moe’s Humpty Dumpty
INT. SPACE STATION - ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
Camera zoomed in on antique book NORWEGIAN FAIRY TALES, by
Asbjørnsen & Moe. The book fills entire screen. Camera
zooms out and pans up to show YOUNG BOY sitting on a white
bench in space station HULDE. Boy looks up at CAPTAIN
HUMPHREY, an egg-shaped robotic head, hovering near a
hallway. Camera follows hallway to the outer door.
TRANSITION TO SHOW
VIEW OF SPACE
STATION FROM SPACE.
EXT. SPACE - VIEW OF SPACE STATION & STARS
The space door opens and Captain Humphrey floats out of
station and over to THE WALL - a long crane from Hulde
stretching out towards a satellite.
Boy is watching Humphrey through a round window from inside
the ship. Glances back at book.
INT. SPACE STATION - ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
Boy is reading story of Humpty Dumpty.
CUT TO VIEW OF BOOK
FROM BOY’S POV.
CUT TO HUMPHREY ON WALL.
EXT. SPACE - VIEW OF SPACE STATION & STARS
Humphrey is fiddling with a control panel on the satellite.
Control panel sparks up and Humphrey’s shell cracks.
Flashing lights, alarm, sound of music box style fairy tale music, as countdown warning.
CUT TO VIEW OF BOOK
FROM BOY’S POV.
INT. SPACE STATION - ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
Animated book illustration shows Humpty Dumpty falling off the wall and cracking.
CUT TO HUMPHREY ON
WALL.
EXT. SPACE - VIEW OF SPACE STATION & STARS Implosion! MEDICS rush out in space suits to fetch Humphrey’s remains.
SLOW FADE OUT.
INT. SPACE STATION ICU - BRIGHT LIGHTS Medics work on Humphrey but can not revive him.
CUT TO VIEW OF BOOK
FROM BOY’S POV.
INT. SPACE STATION BENCH - DIM LIGHTS
Animated book illustration: All the King’s horses and men couldn’t put Dumpty together again.
INT. SPACE STATION ICU - BRIGHT LIGHTS Medics cover Humphrey with heads down. Slowly walk away.
FADE OUT.
Written by Chris Vigil and Richard Harris
Downloadable PDF version: Captain Humphrey (Humpty Dumpty draft 1)
Humpty Dumpty
A Mother Goose Nursery RhymeHumpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Written by Chris Vigil and Richard Harris
Music by Nickleus
Produced by Trollcake Productions AS
A Trollcake Studio production
Story Consultants: Henning Schee, Jean-Erik Burdechau, Caroline Peterson
The Mirror – A Test Short Film Project
Two weeks ago, we started on a short film project, called The Mirror.
The goal was to make it a silent film, in color, under 10 minutes. We decided on closer to 5-6 minutes. We wrote the script (really just a breakdown of the shots and the story, since it has no dialog) and then set out to film test footage.
This is that test footage, edited together as one cohesive film. Consider this something along the lines of an animatic, or storyboards. The purpose was to get an idea of how the locations looked on film, and how the shots (camera angles, etc) would work.
Enjoy! 🙂 http://youtu.be/4V5ZOVVN9gw