2. 1 EXT.COUNTRYSIDE.DAWN 1
The dew/frost on leaves shimmer. The sun comes up above
the hills. Frosty fields twinkling in the sun. View of
hills from studio.
Diegetic Sound of birds tweeting,
rustling of leaves, the horse
breathing, Nic and Horse walking
etc.
The montage of wooded area continues as we move deeper
into the countryside.
A Horse, breathing calmly, condensation, horse walking in
the woods with Nic. Birds tweeting, rustling in woods from
Nic and horse - the horse and Nic walk through the woods,
towards the field.
A calm song begins to play.
Audio: The non-diegetic sound of
Calm Music (Drop by Einaudi)
begins to play
Nic walks across a field with the horse, towards the
studio.
2 EXT.COUNTRYSIDE.STUDIO.DAWN 2
Following Nic as he leads horse into the studio from field
through the doors.
Establishing shot of studio. Mist on window. View in from
outside. Large doors are open-end by Nic, revealing some
the inside of the studio from outside.
3 INT.INSIDE THE STUDIO. DAWN 3
A montage of interesting, different tools on the work
benches, hanging on walls. Clues as to what the Nic does.
Details of studio
The sound of scraping can be heard over the calm music.
Begins 1st stage of sculpture.
Clay falls from a metal instrument, On the floor more clay
shavings rest on the ground.
A clay smothered hand, veiny, worked and worn works into
the clay.
This is Nic.
The back of Nic can be seen. In front of him a large mound
of clay. It has no discernible form yet.
3. 2.
Taking a cloth off and unveiling a working clay horses
head sculpture.
4 INT.INSIDE THE STUDIO. DAY 4
Nic - staring at camera, with his work bench and studio
behind him. Sitting up right.
Sound bridge:
Nic describes how he got started in sculpture. Nic
describes the inspiration for the workpiece he’s working
on. How he starts off, with clay.
5 INT.INSIDE THE STUDIO.DAY 5
Sounds bridge continues: (interview audio).
Close ups of the plaster on the bottom of his trousers,
his hands.
Working characteristics of Nic are shown.
His ring and watch placed onto the table as he prepares to
work with the plaster.
He begins 2nd stage of sculpture.
Powder plaster being mixed, water added, the mixture is
flicked, sculpted and placed.
The plaster covered piece is shown.
Nic washes his hands.
Sounds bridge: NIC: AUDIO:
What are his thoughts on
sculpting.
How long it takes him to work
into the clay for a smaller
piece, much larger piece (35 foot
piece
CUTS TO NIC INTERVIEW
What are his thoughts when
sculpting.
6 EXT.COUNTRYSIDE.DAY 6
Low angle shot of a large powerful horse sculpture, the
sun behind. Camera around moves around to show its size
and scale.
Mid-shot of another large piece on top of the hills.
4. 3.
Long-Shot of another large piece in a long field, this is
one of Nic’s larger pieces.
7 EXT.OUTSIDE THE READING ROOM.DAY 7
Other place where Nic works.
Establishing shot of the reading room.
Shot from outside through the windows.
The bees nest.
Int.inside the reading room.Day
His hands moving slowly and carefully on a drawing with
the piece of charcoal in his hand.
Sound-Bridge: interview
Nic works on large charcoal drawing.
Other works around the room, black charcoal.
Nic talking in the reading room:
NIC:AUDIO:
Nic describes what else he loves doing, what other art he
does other than sculpture, his other place he works at,
what he calls it? What he is working on, is this his
active work at the moment?
Different angle of nic talking with charcoal drawings
behind him:
What he’s drawing, does he prefer drawing over sculpture?
What it means to him the drawing studio? etc (MORE
PERSONAL QUESTIONS)
8 INT.INSIDE THE FOUNDRY.DAY 8
MUSIC BECOMES MORE DRAMATIC
Bubbling hot wax.
The room where all the casting is revealed.
Other people in the foundry.
Nic does other procedures before the casting, preparations
before the melting of the bronze.
Bronze being melted, hot, liquid bronze.
The bronze is poured into the cast 1000degree’s, lava
like.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
5. CONTINUED: 4.
Life by Ludovico Einaudi song
fades in for casting scene.
1.45minute of song music builds
up.
In time with the music at 1min45seconds, breaking open the
mould to reveal the bronze horses head.
The bronze is dropped into water, it fizzes and then is
calm, it is cool.
The bronze is revealed, it isn’t finished.
Sound-Bridge: Nic’s interview (over the shot before)
9 INT.INSIDE THE STUDIO.EVENING 9
Back in the studio.
Getting dark.
NIC SITTING IN HIS STUDIO TALKING:
Talks about the finishing touches
of the horses head. What he
thinks of the finished piece?
What he uses to finish the horse?
(Moving audio about the
sculpture, for his last words of
the documentary)
Finishing the bronze, perfecting peacefully, blue, green
chemical colouring painted onto the bronze piece with
flame and fire.
He places the flame thrower back, and puts the brush down.
The mounting of the horses head into the wood/bronze
plinth.
The finished piece.
Nic covering up the finished piece with the same cloth as
the beginning.
He puts his watch back on and his ring.
Nic walks through the open double doors and turns round
and closes them, puts padlock on.
Nic takes Horse.
Walks away with the horse away across the field and into
the wood and disappears.
Music/Soundtrack by Einaudi
continues throughout the
documentary.
