Starting Draw overs

media of the day:

I finally worked up the motivation to start drawing over the animatic and just as quickly lost it. I need to reconsider how I go about tackling these, clearly.

(I swear I'm much better at drawing than this, but my wrists have not been my friends this week)

On a semi related note though, Version THREE of my beats trying to incorporate the most recent slew of critiques:

• Cottage window > jars of spices > vulture culture >pan to sinister objects

• Cut to shelf with Petrified creatures and Enoki slowly bumping her jar

• Low creak, shadow falls across far end of shelf as a hand trails idly along the shelf

  • It stops in front of Enoki’s jar for a second, before selecting a jar next to her with a snail

• Kreature places snail jar in ritual circle with bright glowing sigils. There’s a knock at the door and the kreature walks away.

  • Enoki watches horrified as the snail starts to turn to stone

• Enoki starts ramming herself against the glass, it teeters against the edge of the shelf but then, right as it falls, a shadow passes over and catches it

• Enoki blanches, closing her eyes and looking away, fearing the worst

  • When nothing happens she quickly glances and is surprised to see a pair of bright eyes staring back at her

• The Faun grins and starts lifting the jar up and around, trying to get a better look at her

  • Places her on the shelf to gawk

  • A shadow passes over them and suddenly the Faun is grabbed by the antler by the Kreature and forcefully turned around

• The Faun grins sheepishly and the Kreature glares. He shoves a broom at the faun and points him to go elsewhere

  • Faun takes the broom and goes to clean on the other side of the room as the Kreature places a large rock on Enoki’s jar

  • Faun glances over curiously

• Fade out- Enoki is blearily pushing against the jar, she is tired beyond belief.

  • There’s a tap on the jar and the Faun reappears, resting his head on the edge of the shelf to look at Enoki

  • Enoki hesitantly raises an arm to tap back and the faun breaks out into a grin

  • Enoki glance around and gestures to the table. The faun glances at the table, taking notice of the petrified snail in a jar.

  • Glances back at Enoki confused who just gestures more at the ritual and then pushes against the jar, hoping the Faun will understand

• A shadow passes over them and Enoki backs presses away

  • The Kreature walks in and removes the snail from the ritual, setting up the stones again

• Faun glances at Enoki confused then catches site of the petrified creatures around her whips around to glance at the Kreature in horror and disgust

  • Glances at ring in anger then face resolves

• Fade out to the dwelling at night, ritual is reset and sigils are glowing dully

• Enoki is leaning against the jar exhausted, blearily blinking

  • Thunk off screen, looks up and sees dark figure near the window

  • It moves towards enoki and she backs away alarmed as the shadow falls over her

  • Hand reaches out and grabs the jar shoving it into a bag

• Jostling and footsteps outside the bag, cut to outdoors and we see deer feet run across screen

  • An ominous shadow trails close behind

• Cut back to Enoki in the jar getting jostled around, but then there’s a slow in the action and she’s able to get her grounding for a moment

• Cut back to the captor, glancing at his hands as his ring glows in the darkness

  • He looks around worriedly and tries to pry the ring off, tossing it into the woods before continuing to run

• Enoki is being jostled around again when it starts to slow down again and a light breaks through the darkness of the bag

• A hand reaches in and pulls enoki’s jar out, gently setting it on the ground and unscrewing the top

  • Enoki tries to get a look at the Faun through the jar cautious before inching her way out

  • When her feet touch the ground she looks up exhilarated

  • Quickly turns to glance back at the faun who just smiles at her encouragingly

• She walks over to him and he reaches a hand down to let her clamber on

  • They share a tender moment

• end credits: a tree with some bark missing and some bugs crawling around it. Little etchings/“carvings” of Enoki living her life in the woods. She starts to build a colony of mushrooms. The Faun stops by, older, bringing in new families of mushrooms and woodland creatures. Last shot is Enoki sitting on the fauns shoulder as they share a snack together, smiling