Major Project: Final Draft Script

Major Project Script - Final Draft by Mark Stamp on Scribd

  After a considerable amount of back-and-forth between myself and Phil. Mainly on the monologues, I have a version of the script I am confident with. This past week I have been looking at potential voice-over artists to speak the lines for David, Amelia and the Wessex representative.

  I estimate this to be a 3 or 4 minute long narrative despite the number of pages (the original MS Word document is six rather than nine pages long) but in fairness there is a fair amount of space in places.

  I have also discussed with Phil that the animatic might be better suited to being made in 3D, which speeds up the process of working out space within the animation.

Major Project Script: Draft Three Version Two

Major Project Draft Three Version Two by Mark Stamp on Scribd

  After discussing development with Phil and developing the key characters (Alfonse's bio is under construction), I might have with me a more cohesive and gripping script. It's longer if we go by a rule of thumb that one page lasts a minute, but the true length will come from a measured recording. I'd like to aim for three or possibly four minutes of animation. This seems like an apt amount of time for the story as it is a fairly long-term project and series of events.

I'm tempted to make an alternative where only the voices of the human characters are heard. But the creature still walks and wanders the halls. Much of the dialogue would remain, acting more as ghosts. Any interaction with objects (the thrown mug, the computers) could be  done by invisible people (e.g. we see the mug hitting the wall, we don't see anyone throwing it). And this version could act as a guide for tone.

@Phil Major Project Logline Synopsis and First Draft Script

On a distant research outpost, a tired scientist rediscovers his drive as he nurtures an alien specimen brought to his lab. 

  The story begins as the scientist in an audio diary introduces himself and the project. Begins by talking about how he got the initial sample. He is however, bored with the sample: a moss the lab managed to splice to breathe Earth air. After a month and a half the specimen starts getting interesting, emerging from the soil as a group and later forming a cocoon. As things get exciting however, the executives at the company get impatient as research drags on and it becomes difficult to find practical applications for the creature. Scattered around the lab however are clues that the story the scientist paints in the audio diary is only half the picture. His fate, his life and the company are much more sinister than what he makes out.

CAA Major Project Draft One by Mark Stamp on Scribd

All the names - the company, the creature and the project - are still a work in progress. Placeholders essentially. The animation itself might be around the 3m 40s - 4m mark.