Digital Plans and Script

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Graphic Narrative

Storyboard and Script

Abygail Jones



Once Upon a Time…

Connecting

speech bubbles

The King sat on his

throne shouting, the

Millar stood in a

pleading stance. (In

the throne room)

The Image

Caption

Rotoscoped

Close up image of the Kings

face with a mortified looking

Millar (darker colours to show

the change in mood) in thebackground with two guards

beside him.

Rotoscoped

Later…

Image

Image

The Millar’s daughter being thrown in

to a room filled with straw and a

spindle with a door shaped light coming

in

Rotoscoped

Dark colours

A close up view of her horror-stricken face,

rotoscoped, using dark colours

Single speech

bubble No text

Needs to seem

like the speech

is coming from

one of the

guards/from

the doorway

Moments later…

The Millar’s daughters head hung low, the

shape of a small man in the background

Speech comingfrom the little

man/shadow

Rotoscoped

Image

Will you offer

me the colour

and vision of

your right eye?

Shocked expression, another close up of the Millar’s daughter’s face.

Font:

Harrington

A close up of the

Millar’s Daughter’s

face – the colour

from her right eye

faded

Dark Colours

Still a close up, the eye

colour is completely

gone and replaced with

white – apart from the

pupil.

I‟m telling you,

sir, my

daughter has

pure talent!No, sir,

please! She

can, she

really can!

Nonsense!

Nobody has

the ability to

turn straw in

to gold! Such

lies should be

punished,guards!

Then she‟ll

have to

prove it!

You are to turn

all of this straw in

to gold to prove

your talent. If you

fail, you and your

father will face

consequences

punishable by

death.You have 24

hours.

Hey, lady…if I turn

this straw in to gold

for you, will you

make me a

bargain?

I have

nothing to

offer…

Yes!

Anything!

Connecting

speech bubbles

and thought

bubble

No text

That

doesn‟t

seem so

bad…

The font will continuously be: Comic Book or Harrington.



The Next Day…

By the

gods…you‟ve

done it!

The Miller’s

daughter sat on a

pile of gold straw,

smiling < - - that’simportant!

As if it’s come

from the

doorway

As impressed as I am, I

still do not believe you.

For all we know this

could be complete

trickery or pure luck!

Send her to the next

room!

The king and the King only,

folded arms and up-turned

nose.

The Millar's daughter being thrown in to

a larger room filled with straw and a

spindle.

The millar’s daughters head hung, the little

man in the background again in the

shadows.

If I spin this

straw in to

gold for you

once again,

will you make

me a bargain?

Dark colours

Alas, I

have

nothing to

offer to

you!

Does turning

this straw in

to gold

mean all that

much to

you?

My life

dependson it! Then, I ask

for your

happiness

Connecting

bubbles

A close up of the little man

Rotoscoped

Dark colours

Full bright

colour

Dripping paint

effect – to show

the colour fading

Half black and

white, half full

colour

Completely black

and white

Close up of the miller’sdaughters face

This whole section represent the

happiness fading from her life

Her smile fades each

time

You have

24

hours…

Guards perspective

M…my

happiness…

okay. Fine

yes, take it!



She has managed to do it

again…

The Millar's daughter sat

beside the pile of golden

straw – no smile

As if it comes

from the

doorway

If I play my

cards

right…I can

achieve

riches

beyond

belief!

A close up of the king, speaking in

the doorway of the room.

Alas, I still do not

believe you!

Throw her in to

the next room and

order her to do the

same. I hope for your sake that you

will succeed.

rotoscoped

The whole story from now on is in black and white.

Minutes Later…

The Millar’s daughter sat in the middle of

an even larger room filled with straw, her

head hung low.

The little man in the background.This shows the kings

greed

Daughter of the

miller, If I was to

spin all of this

straw in to gold for

you, will you make

yet another

bargain with me?

A close up side profile of the millers

daughter with a tear sliding down her

cheek.

As if it ’s coming

from behind the

Millar's daughter/in perspective of

the little man

Yes.

In return for

my efforts, I

ask for your

first bornchild.

Who

knows if

that is

ever to

happen

…

Yes.

The opposite side profile of the Millar's

daughter looking up

rotoscoped Rotoscoped

The daughter sitting further away from

the pile of golden straw, her head hung

low.

You haveconvinced me,

daughter of

the miller.

It would be my

honour to ask

for your hand

in marriage

The King’s

perspective

No text

The king‟s greed

fuelled his next

action…



And so the Miller‟s

daughter married the

King and becameQueen, though unable to

feel happiness – she felt

love and compassion.

An image of their wedding day from the side

profile, the king looking down at her smiling

and her looking up at him – unable to smile.

The usual chapel scene, stain glass windowsetc.

One Year Later…

Picture of the royal baby in a cot

Just one year later The queen brought

A child in to the world

Forgetting about the

Strange little man…

Picture of the Queen holding the royal

baby

This whole section is in black and white

rotoscoped

My fair queen. I

have heard of

your great

news and I

have come to

collect my end

of the bargain.

The royal baby,

if you please…

The strange man holding out his arms

for the baby, the queen holding the

baby protectively/shocked expression

rotoscoped

No text

N…no!

You

can‟t!

The Queen, a tear sliding down her face –

the strange little man lowering his arms,

emotions: feeling sorry for the Queen.

A picture of the strange little mans face

looking sorrowful

Suddenly…



Whole section in black and white still

3

days…

What do

you mean,

„3 days?‟

You have 3 days

to find out my

name…if you fail,

your child is mine!

Do you

understand?

A side view of the Queen still holding

The royal child protectively, facing the

Strange little man – face blank

As soon as the strange little

man left, the Queen sent a

messenger out to take

down all the strange names

in the Kingdom…

The Queen giving a scroll to the

messenger

Day One…

The strange

little man

returned to

the Queen…

Is your

name,

Caspar?

That is

not my

name.Melchoir ?

Balthazar ?

Connecting speech bubbles

A side view of the strange little man

and the Queen, the Queen looking

desperate and worried, the little man

looking smug

A close up of the Queen’s face, a tear

cascading down her cheek, the

strange little man leaving in the

background

Day Two… Again the little man returned

to the Queen who had

prepared the most

uncommon names she could

think of… Is your

name,

Shortribs?

Laceleg?

Zaphod?

That is not

my name.

Strange man’s

perspective

Connecting speech bubbles

Side view of the Queen and strange little man –

Queen looking tired and sad, the little man, smug.

A close up image of the Queen, head in

hands, the little man faded in to thebackground behind her.

No text

Rotoscoped

Showing her frustration



Day Three…

Before the strange little

man appeared, the

messenger came back

with an urgent message

for the Queen…

An image of the messenger running up

to the Queen who is facing the other

way, upset

MY QUEEN!

MY QUEEN!

MY QUEEN!

My lady, I saw a

strange little man

dancing around,

singing the words:

What is it?

A side view of the Queen looking hopefully

at the messenger

“To-day I bake,

To-morrow brew,

The next I‟ll have

the young Queen‟s

child.

Ha glad am I that

no one knew,

ThatRumplestiltskin I am

styled!”

Rumplestiltskin dancing around

a fire, singing

When the strange little

man made his

appearance, the

Queen tried to hide her

excitement, masking it

instead with sorrow…

A side view of the Queen looking upset,

the little man (Rumplestiltskin) lookingsmug, walking up to the Queen.

Is your

name,

Conrad?

No.Is your

name,Harry?

No.

A close up of Rumplestiltskin’s face,

looking smug

Connective speech

bubbles

All in black and white, all rotoscoped

Perhaps your

name is,

Rumplestiltskin?

The Queen’s perspective

Close up mug shot of Rumplestiltskin, his

face a picture of pure shock



Still a close up mug shot of

Rumplestiltskin’s face, right now looking

extremely angry (like he’s about to explodefrom anger) pure rage and disbelief.

No speech

Rumplestiltskin was in

pure disbelief, he wasangry and he was in a

state of pure rage… THE DEVIL HAS

TOLD YOU THAT!

THE DEVIL HAS

TOLD YOU THAT

NAME!!!

A side view of Rumplestiltskin

shouting at the Queen, the Queenlooking quite scared and shocked

An image of Rumplestiltskin about to

stamp his foot in to the ground, arms

stretched out, face down and angry.

All rotoscoped and all in Black and White

An image of Rumplestiltskin’s leg halfway in

to the ground, he’s pointing an accusingfinger at the Queen…

YOU CAN KEEP

YOUR STUPID

CHILD!!!

Rumplestiltskin stomps

his foot so hard that it

going in to the ground…

An image of Rumplestiltskin grabbing his

leg

Rumplestiltskin got so

angry, he grabbed his

leg…

And ripped himself in

two…

Rumplestiltskin ripping himself in half

No text



An image of the queen shocked, staring at

the place where Rumplestiltskin used to

be…

He just…vanished!?

Suddenly

Rumplestiltskin just

disappeared…

All rotoscoped

The Queen looking down at the floor in a

freeze frame

No text

The Queen still looking at the floor, the dripping

paint effect to make it look like the colour is

coming back in to her life.

Half the screen is full

colour, half the screen

is black and white. The

queen’s eyes are both

the same colour and

she can see through

her Right eye again.

The queen looking upto see the return of

colour.

All of the screen is in full

colour, a close up of her

face – she’s smiling.

No text

Bright colours

An image of the queen hugging the royal

baby, crying but smiling.

And all of a sudden…all of thehappiness that the Queen

couldn‟t feel suddenly returned in

an overwhelming wave of

emotion…

And they lived happily ever after…

An image of the king, the queen (smiling)

and the royal baby – in a family format.

TheEnd

An image of Rumplestiltskin’s grave

stone ‘R.I.P Rumplestiltskin’.

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