A storyboard depicting the cold opening of the pilot episode of a story pitch I'm currently developing, tentatively titled "the Other Town!"

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[a door slams shut]

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Action Notes
SPIKE enters the scene, red BUSTER (squirtgun) in hand.

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SPIKE: [pants]
Action Notes
(Cycle poses A and B three times)

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SPIKE: [pants]
Action Notes
(Cycle poses A and B three times)

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The camera pans up to the rafters above.

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The camera pans up to the rafters above.

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The camera pans up to the rafters above.

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The camera pans up to the rafters above.

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The camera pans up to the rafters above.
Notes
[beat]

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dust filters through sunbeams from the window above.

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Hold for a moment on this shot from above the rafters

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Spike walks further into the room, looking around.

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With a sound like soft, folding paper, some HANDS creep up from the window...

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VOICE: "Spiiiiiike..."

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Spike turns quickly.

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A flash!

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The HANDS dissipate, shot apart by Spike's BUSTER shot.

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The HANDS dissipate, shot apart by Spike's BUSTER shot.

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The HANDS dissipate, shot apart by Spike's BUSTER shot.

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the camera turns to Spike, revealing to the viewer that the flash came from her "squirtgun."

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SPIKE: [pants]
Action Notes
(Cyclce poses A and B for panting)

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SPIKE: [pants]
Action Notes
(Cyclce poses A and B for panting)

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VOICE: "Spiiiiiiike..."
Notes
the VOICE is muffled, and seems to come from below.

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VOICE: "Where'd you run off to, Spike...?"

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HANDS creep up the windows...

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and BURST forth, seeming to form two giant hands...

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...before meshing into one giganic swarm.

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The HANDS advance, swallowing up the room, as Spike steps back.

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She trips...!

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Action Notes
slight zoom on Spike

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And then a dynamic camera movement that swings around Spike

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And then a dynamic camera movement that swings around Spike

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And then a dynamic camera movement that swings around Spike

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And then a dynamic camera movement that swings around Spike

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And then a dynamic camera movement that swings around Spike

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And then a dynamic camera movement that swings around Spike

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And then a dynamic camera movement that swings around Spike

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And then a dynamic camera movement that swings around Spike

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Action Notes
an EYE appears...

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EYE: "SPIKE!!!!!"

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SPIKE: [gasps]

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Spike shuffles to her feet...

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...and dashes up the stairs as HANDS chase after her.

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Spike looks back in fear

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She stumbles

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She scrambles behind the door...

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Action Notes
the EYE charges.

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Spike slams the door shut.

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Spike: [pants]
Action Notes
(Cycle poses for panting)

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Spike: [pants]

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Spike: [pants]

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Action Notes
the room shakes.

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the walls bend outward, expanding the room like a kaleidoscope.

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With each "completed" section, the entire room rumbles.

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GHOST: "You can't run from this, Spike."
Action Notes
ghost's skirt billows softly

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GHOST: "You can't run from this, Spike."
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ghost's skirt billows softly

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AXIAL CUT in the middle of Spike's movement

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Spike brings down her buster in surprise

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GHOST: "After all..."

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GHOST: "After all..."
Action Notes
the ghost tilts its head

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GHOST: "Your feelings are-"

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GHOST: "-more important than hers..."

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a strange, stained-glass EYE is reflected in the ghost's glasses

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GHOST: "Aren't-"
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as it tilts its head back, the reflection seems to look down at Spike

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GHOST (offscreen): "-they?"

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Spike lifts her Buster into the frame

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Spike roars in anger, with a deliberate buildup

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There's a flash as the Buster Shot goes off

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Spike recoils from the shot

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the buster shot enters the frame...

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...ripping apart the ghost.

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Action Notes
[beat]

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The ghost dissolves into HANDS...

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...which swarm towards Spike.

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...which swarm towards Spike.

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...which swarm towards Spike.

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...which swarm towards Spike.

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...which swarm towards Spike.

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...which swarm towards Spike.

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...which swarm towards Spike.

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Spike slightly lowers the buster in shock, as her shoulders rise in fear.
Notes
This shot is extremely quick, possibly only a few frames.

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The HANDS swarm around Spike, who panics for only a moment.

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Spike readies her buster as the HANDS close in...

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She fires.

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Spike blasts away most of the HANDS on screen right--the rest recoil...

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...and bunch up to screen left, like a strange jelly.

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as the HANDS blast upward from the ground towards Spike, like a wave, she readies her buster...

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...but the HANDS swoop under her and make her misfire!
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AXIAL CUT to the next shot in the middle of the action of the buster firing

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the misfire flashes.
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AXIAL CUT to this shot in the middle of the action of the buster firing

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Spike wrings her arms and the HANDS holding onto them to the side...

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...and wrestles them off with a small shout!

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Spike whips her buster towars the ground...
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AXIAL CUT to the next shot in the middle of the action

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...and steadies it.
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AXIAL CUT to this shot in the middle of the action

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...and steadies it.

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...and steadies it.

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She begins to charge a shot...

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She begins to charge a shot...

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The charged shot flashes...

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There's a silent snap of action as it explodes...

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...and implodes.
Spike is sent flying as a hole is blown into the floorboards below. The HANDS disintegrate in the
aftermath of the blast.

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Action Notes
Spike klunks her head agains the rim of the newly-made hole. Debris from the blast flies at the
camera.

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Spike tumbles forward, down the hole.

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The camera hangs on the hole, everything having gone eerily quiet.

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Notes
cross-fade to black.

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Notes
cross-fade to black. [end scene]

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