From Script to Screen: Storyboard Roughs

From Script to Screen - Further Development of Logline, Premise and Step by Step Outline

Logline:

An old man finally comes to terms with his mistake.

Premise:

After years of suffering, it’s time for an old man to visit his past and accept his mistakes.

Step by Step Outline:

PART 1 – REMINISCENCE

• Old man visits closing down circus museum.
• Stops at one particular display which has an old newspaper clipping, leotards, pictures and a grappling hook.
• Security guard walks by and comments on the “tragic accident”, and the old man wearily nods in agreement.
• After a while of staring at the display, the camera zooms into the newspaper clipping and flashback ensues.

PART 2 – THE ACCIDENT

• Two young men in leotards surrounded by photographers, one looking less pleased with his partner.
• Jumps to a discussion between the two in their caravan; the displeased one from before excitedly telling his partner of his new “idea” for their act – the older one looking uncomfortable and unsure about it.
• Finally agrees to his partner’s ideas; camera shows that the other was holding a grappling hook.
• Night of performance; the half who introduced the idea to his partner launches the grappling hook and swings across.
• All is going well until after a short while when the eldest of the duo takes his next turn with the grappling hook – the hook comes loose and the younger fails to catch his partner as they cross.
• The other falls – blacks out.

PART 3 - CLOSURE

•      Back to the old man, pained as he remembers, his hand is touching the picture of the two young men together.
•      The older man in the photo is grinning up and him, which startles the old man as he doesn't remember the photo being like that.
•      Tears in his eyes, he smiles softly at the photo.
•      He tilts his hat and walks away from the display and out the museum; finally finding his closure.

From Script to Screen: Idea Developments

Idea 1:

• Thief in a museum, actually a trapeze artist so able to move about with a lot of ease to avoid security guard. 
• Uses a grappling hook for entry and escape.

Found this idea too generic so didn’t develop any further.

Idea 2:

• Museum dedicated to circuses, one of the displays has an old yellowing newspaper clipping and rusting grappling hook with it.
• The story with the newspaper clipping describes a horrific accident at a popular troupe's performance, and all that's left of them is this report, name completely tarnished because of the accident.

Idea 3 (Further development on no.2):

• Old man visits a closing down museum dedicated to circuses, and stares at an old display case with a newspaper clipping. 
• Displayed with it there’s leotards, photographs and a rusting grappling hook.
• The newspaper headline tells of a horrific accident at a popular troupe’s performance, and a flashback ensues of the fateful night where a duo introduces a new part to their performance, a grappling hook – which results in the performance going wrong and causing casualties and also the death of one of the duo.
• Revealed that the old man is the survivor of the duo and wanted closure after so long.

From Script to Screen: The Last Act Script

From Script to Screen - The Last Act Script

From Script to Screen: Trapeze Artist 1 Character Design

Went with the traditional leotard male performers wear whilst performing. I wanted to throw in a mix of training outfits (first two) and performance outfits (last four, which are more glamerous. Three more character design sets to post up after this~

From Script to Screen: Definitive Influence Maps

Museum:

Influence from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and Circus Museum Rapperswil

Trapeze Artist:

Grappling Hook:

CG Artists Toolkit Drawing: Male Model 3