"A Space Oddity" (2016) - Storyboards

I made these storyboards as part of the pre-production process for my 2016 3D animated short, "A Space Oddity".

Transcript

1. A SPACE ODDITY Title card 1
2. The Sun in outer space 2
3. Pan right 3
5. POD 01 enters 5
7. Pull back to reveal planet Jupiter 7
8. POD 01 zooms towards camera… 8
9. …flies over… 9
10. …then away… 10
11. …revealing MONOLITH 11
12. POD 01 approaches 12
14. POD 01 prepares to intercept MONOLITH 14
16. POV of POD 01 approaching MONOLITH 16
18. POD 01 moves toward camera 18
19. POD 01 getting closer 19
21. POD 01 reaches its mechanical arms out… 21
22. …and opens its metallic claws 22
23. POV of POD 01 as MONOLITH towers above 23
25. CU of MONLITH reflected in POD 01’s viewport window 25
28. POD 01 grips MONOLITH 28
30. The MONOLITH glows bright white light 30
31. A text message screen appears from an unknown number 31
32. CU of POD 01 32
34. A message appears 34
35. CU of POD 01 35
36. POD 01 types a response 36
38. Message sent 38
39. Message marked as “Read” 39
42. POD 01 awaits a reply… 42