Holy smokes, storyboards!

Here they are! These contain the overall look and style I believe I will be going with.

Cold open: Simple clear blue sky

Flat clouds and sun pop up (or “pop in” at speed), clouds drift along like carnival shooting game

Camera moves down, green/brown earth pops up straight from screen bottom

House pops up, pop-up book style; basketball board and bush unfurl

Forest then pops up along with other background elements; car pulls up off screen, engine halts; door opens, shuts

Character walks from screen left and turns to face house

Character proceeds

Walks past basketball post, reminiscing; walks off

Steps up to forest; camera pans up

Shows static, almost stagnant tree line not too far above, character looking up at it; sun shines down, clouds go on their way

Cut to PoV shot, lone bird flies off

Cut to character looking up, concerned expression; looks down, thinking

Head and scene become silhouetted as character looks down; camera moves forward into newly formed hole in head

Same as scene 5: house and background elements pop up, but are entirely more whimsical, bobbing around

Smash zoom to dense and wild forest exploding from earth; camera pans up to follow its trajectory

Camera halts, captures top of tree line to capture stark blue sky; flock of colorful birds breaks into the open

Fade to forest floor, quick flash of child silhouetted running through forest, laughter echoing into next shot

Smash zoom out

Hears echo of laughter, looks up wide-eyed and bewildered

Cut to shot from within forest; car horn honks in distance; character turns, starts to walk away




Camera recedes into forest, crossfade further in; fade black