Script & Storyboard

Brief:

Time：

2220(The first leap year after 200 years)

Story Background：

High-tech development, artificial intelligence emerges, and the entire world is controlled by machinery and high-tech information technology. Human beings can stay old because they can choose to replace their exhausted organs with mechanical cores that can be continuously updated to achieve "longevity".

But the price of this kind of “longevity” is the decline in resistance to the virus. Although there is still immunity, the immune efficacy is significantly reduced.

Environment:(A street market in the centre of HongKong)

The whole story will take place in a Cyberpunk ancient environment, it’s in the future, in China. This is a city that combines ancient culture and future technology. There will be ancient Chinese houses and buildings in the scene, and modern buildings (such as high-rise buildings, virtual displays, Some machinery thing, etc.).

The main story will take place in a tavern(Bar&Hotel).

Story brief:

A virus called COVID 22 suddenly hit the earth. A large number of people died of this virus. The whole world stopped working. People had to reduce their going out to prevent the virus from spreading. The whole world was shrouded in fear, silence and desolation.

I will tell the story of an inn shopkeeper(Cyborg, He is about to rust due to long periods of inactivity) after seeing a petal (a newly blooming flower, temporarily set as plum blossom, these may be changed later) and re-energizing  At the same time he affects the people around him. Finally, the whole city lights up again.

My animation script:

Original  script

Scene1:

Street view,

Shot types: Middle shot, wide shot

Undecided time (according to the situation afterwards)Now I think about the time is at night.

The street is dark and colourless. The whole street is messy, calm and silent, with no one on the street. Every shop is closed,

(camera switching)

Notice board (posting virus news)

(camera keep moving then switch )

Faint light(Medium close up)

 

Scene2:

In tavern(Chinese ancient tavern decoration form)

Shot types: Middle shot, Medium Close up, Close up

Signs hung on the tavern’s door( closed)

The whole tavern is full of dust and dark

The camera then switches to the tavern’s owner(Note: the tavern’s owner is a Cyborg).

He just sits there, behind the counter, about to rust. (Due to the long closing, and he hasn’t move for a long time)

 

Scene3:

Shot types: Medium close shot, Close up

A beam of light came in. There’s a plum tree in the backyard of the tavern (or just beside the tavern), The first plum blossomed.

[What I think is that the plum blossoms floated to the owner of the tavern (but I want to see the final difficulty of production)If this can finally be achieved then it is best,

If it doesn't work, I want to change it to: The light beam first hit the plum tree and then shines on the tavern owner.]

Scene 4:

Shot types: Wide shot, Mid shot, Medium Close up.

The owner wake up, moving.

He looks at the plum tree(plum flower), a new life appear, he feels hope.

He stands up, walking to the door, open the door, then turn on the light, He switched the store closed sign to open.

There is a screen(a virtual screen) on the top of the store, he types something

 

Scene5:

Once the screen light up, other stores on the street lighting up to see what is happening.

Then more and more screen and light up again.

Modify：

I reviewed the script, and modify some details.

In scene 3, the original plan is difficult to achieve. So I want to change the turning point of the story. A beam of light will change to a wind bell, the ringing of the bell is the turning point of the story. Bell ring means restart. 

storyboard: