Saturday, July 4, 2020

Animation Project: FINNISHED SCRIPT










 

OKAY SO, the script is done, and now I am doing ruff thumb nailing for it.


FADE IN:

EXT: Dragons-Ledge: Night

 

Ezaru Vermelho is flying through the stormy weather to her childhood home, she swoops in and flops down in the doorway crying.

 

INT: Dragons-Ledge: Night

 

Martha hears a sound coming from outside and opens the door, she sees her daughter in clear distress

 

 

EXT: Dragons-Ledge: Night


Martha Vermelho: Fire Dragon Mother:

Ezaru? What’s wrong sweetie

 

Ezaru Vermelho: Young fire Dragon:
I screwed up, I messed everything up and now Ace hates me

 

Martha Vermelho

The human?

 

 

She nuzzles her head against her daughter to comfort her, at this affection Ezaru break down

 

 

Martha Vermelho


Come on, let’s get you inside and warmed up, you can tell me what happened then.

 

 

Martha sighs and gives a knowing smile, helping her daughter up and inside the house out of the cold weather and into the warm house

INT: Dragons-Ledge:

 

Ezaru is laying on a couch with a warm drink in hand, no longer crying, Martha lays down next to her and folds a wing over her daughter providing her with a safe feeling, Ezaru leans into the touch,

 

Martha Vermelho

Now how about you tell me what happened

 

Ezaru Vermelho

I borrowed the knife Ace always has with him, to cut some fruit before Ace got back, when I was done I put it back or…
… I thought I did, I forgot where I put it, Later Ace was looking for it and…  …when he found out I had borrowed it he got mad, I tried.. I tried to help him find it but he just told me to go away.
     

 

 

Martha Vermelho

Oh dear sweetie, it sounds like it was important to him, so it probably wasn’t the best idea to take it. did you have a proper look around where you were using it, did you try retracing your steps?

 

Ezaru Vermelho

I did  I did. I always make sure to do that when I’ve lost something, I looked everywhere and I couldn’t find it, I don’t know where I could have left it, It can’t have been someone else because only Ace and I go to our hideout.

 

Martha chuckles causing her daughter to give her a questioning glare.

 

Martha Vermelho

Sorry sweetie, you defiantly take after your father, he as you know often forgets where he put things and turns to me to find it, most often it being right under his nose, he has always been like that ever since we met.

 

Ezaru sighs and looks the other way, flicking one of her ears,

 

Martha Vermelho: Fire Dragon Mother:

Sometimes to find something you need to take a break and when you come back so can the memories of what you did, Its what Nova does, when we first met he was franticly searching around the clover patches looking for one of his books up and down,

 

Ezaru

Did he find it?

 

 

Martha Vermelho

Yes all that time it turned out to be stashed in the hollow of a nearby tree, he hid it there to keep it away from his younger cousins whom were at a family picnic with him a few day earlier-

 

Ezaru froze for a second, the cogs in her brain turning before she slammed her hands down and sat up straight startling Martha who gave her daughter a surprised and confused look.

 

Ezaru Vermelho

THE HOLLOW, THE BLODDY HOLLOW THAT’S WHERE I LEFT IT
..Ugghhhhh I’m such an idiot

 

Ezaru sank back down after her outburst, the storm outside continued to rage on getting worse the wind howling daring anyone to fly into its rage. Ezaru stood up.

 

Ezaru Vermelho

I should go get it before the weather gets any worse

 

Martha Vermelho

Not at the moment, its way to cold and the knife isn’t going anywhere I’m sure both you and Ace need some time to think, even the closest of people need time to be alone.

 

Ezaru flopped down in defeat as much as she wanted to fix this as soon as she could, her mother was right, they storm was getting worse and at this point not a good idea to fly into.

 

Ezaru Vermelho

 

Fine…  …its nice to hang out with you again,

You said you and Dad met when he was looking for his book, but how did you two become friends, can you tell me?

 

Martha Vermelho

I don’t see why not

 

Ezaru Vermelho

Yes…

 

 

Martha: VO

It was not too long after I had moved to a new home with my family, I was looking for some clovers to press near a lake close by…

 

 

 

EXT: Clover Patch. Day

 

Young Martha searches through tuffs of clovers laying down, she hears a branch snap behind her and whirls her head around to see another young dragon of the same species as her.

 

Young Martha:

Who are you?

 

Young Nova:

I should be asking you that, I haven’t seen you around here before

 

Young Martha:

I’m Martha, I just moved here with my family……

 

 

Young Nova shoves his head into the hollow of a tree bordering the clover patches looking around before pulling out a book while Martha looks on very confused

 

Young Nova:

Ah-hah! I knew I left it here

 

Young Nova looks towards Young Martha and trots over to her, glancing at the distance where an adult dragon stood, he looked back to Martha taking her in.

 

Young Nova:

I’m Nova, my dads waiting for me but let’s meet again yea?

 

 

Young Nova Bounds off towards his father leaving Young Martha in the Clover Patch.

 

 

INT: Dragons-Ledge. Night

 Martha:

According to him, at the time, I was the first dragon his age that was the same kin as him in that city.

 

Ezaru: VO

So dad was basically just desperate and flirting

 

Martha lets out a rumbling laugh

Martha:

Probably, he was from a high class family and most of the other dragon he interacted with were either Adults or other high class children that either  stuck up or trying to be with him for status, I at the time didn’t know and to him it was a breath of fresh air to have a friend who didn’t judge him based on status.

 

Martha: VO

We continued to meet up at the clover patches, sometimes leaving notes for each other in the hollow of the tree

 

 

Montage of Young Nova and Young Martha playing, talking and laying down together. Leaving and taking notes from within the hollow of the clover tree

 

Martha: VO

Unfortunately, our time together in our home-world didn’t last, we didn’t know what was going on at first, it was just a mas of panic dragons fleeing or hiding, though it wasn’t long before we discovered why

Ezaru: VO
The Hunters

 

 

Martha: VO

Yes, they attacked our dimension capturing and killing dragons,

 

Young Martha and Nova are chatting laying down in the clover patch, sounds of dragon screeching and destruction cause Martha and Nova to become alert and they look at the direction of the city, only to be met with the sight of fleeing dragons and a city in flames and Hunters. They were everywhere spreading out; Martha and Nova are now on their feet giving each other fearful looks.

 

Young Martha:
Nova, I got to get my family

 

Young Nova:
I come with you, my Dad will be okay

 

Nova nods and the two dragons jump into the air however a human shows up and throws a net over Nova causing him to crash to the ground, Martha flies back before the human can get to Nova and pulls off the net they narrowly escape the humans grasp as it lunges at them.

The two young dragons fly through the chaos Martha leading Nova to her home, Nova looks towards the city worried.

 

Young Martha:
Its here

 

Martha dives down and lands in front of a ruined house, she runs in calling out for her mother, the house is in shambles she walks in further triggering a trap that snaps down on Martha sending out a signal, Nova enters hearing her distress.

He rushes up to her pulling at the trap trying to get it off her

 

Nova’s Dad:
NOVA

 

The two startle at the sudden booming voice as the adult dragon find them in Martha’s raided house, he breaks the trap holding down Martha and looks her over. Nova steps in front of his dad.

 

 Young Nova:
Dad what are you doing here?

 

Nova’s Dad:
Looking for you, we need to leave, Now

 

Nova’s Dad ushers them out of the ruined house only to see approaching hunters

 

Nova’s Dad:
Its too late to go back to the city, we must leave this dimension quickly

 

 Young Martha:
What about my family I can’t leave them here

 

Nova’s Dad turns his head toward Martha while keeping an eye on the approaching humans.

Nova’s Dad:
They are most likely gone child, we have no time to worry about others we can only hope they have managed to escape, now come,

 

They launch into the sky and Nova’s Dad open up a breach to another dimension with the two younger dragons flying below his wings, however before they are able to escape into the breach they are cut off by a harpoon near missing Nova’s Dad, he looks between the children who are now Infront of him.

 

Nova’s Dad:

Keep going, get through the breach,

 

Young Nova:
But what about you

 

Nova’s Dad:

Ill be fine Nova, GO, look after each other

 

He swoops back down towards the humans letting out a burst of flame. And swiping at them. While the two young dragons flee as the Adult dragon is swarmed by humans, Nova takes one last look before the breach closes.

The two young dragons crash down into a forest in the new dimension, it is silent and defining

 

 

 

 

 

INT: Dragons-Ledge. NIGHT

 

 

 

 

Ezaru:

That’s why you went on an adventure isn’t it, because you had nowhere to go.

 

Martha:

We had little choice in the matter, the hunters had ravaged our home, we no longer had our haven, that why it terrifies me that you confront the hunters with that human of yours, after seeing what they can do first hand, it terrifies me…    …but

 

“I am also very proud, not many are brave enough to try and change things to confront the hunters and protect your own kind is braver than I could ever be

 

Martha nuzzles her daughter, both comforting the other as Ezaru leans in to her mothers embrace.

 

Ezaru:

I couldn’t have done it without Ace, he has always had my back when we pick fights with the hunters…      I don’t want to loose him

 

Ezaru get up and steps off the couch and looks back at her mother.

 

Ezaru:

Im gonna go find Ace

 

Ezaru bounds to the door but skids to a halt before rushing to her mother to give her a hug

 

Ezaru:

I love you mum

 

Martha:

I love you too sweetheart

 

Ezaru pulls back and bounds outside taking off with a confident flap of her wings Martha watches her leave at the entrance of their home.

 

Martha:

That’s my girl.

FADE OUT:


No comments:

Post a Comment

 Reflection: Outcome:  Overall I am okaish with the outcome, the project ended with a lovely style that ended up meshing well with the 3D an...