Last Guardian of Magic-Unfinished

I used the script by David Gonzalez titled, "The Last Guardian of Magic" as practice drawing storyboards for a script that fit under the fantasy genre. I changed a lot of details/dialogue from the original since this was more of a short creative exercise, so it remains unfinished.

Transcript

1. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 1 / 22 1A 0:00 1B 0:02 2A 0:04 3A 0:06 4A 0:08 5A 0:10 6A 0:12 7A 0:14 8A 0:16
2. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 2 / 22 9A 0:18 10A 0:20 11A 0:22 12A 0:24 13A 0:26 14A 0:28 15A 0:30 16A 0:32 17A 0:34
3. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 3 / 22 18A 0:36 19A 0:38 20A 0:40 21A 0:42 21B 0:44 22A 0:46 23A 0:48 HOPE What did the doctors say? 24A 0:50 HOPE’S AUNT (OVER PHONE) (hesitant) She’s... 25A 0:52 ...
4. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 4 / 22 26A 0:54 HOPE’S AUNT (OVER PHONE) She’s... getting worse. 27A 0:56 HOPE: Worse?! 28A 0:58 HOPE: But nobody told me. You told me she was doing better last time, how is she worse now?! 29A 1:00 HOPE’S AUNT (OVER PHONE) You should've been here, Hope. 30A 1:02 HOPE HAWKING You know I couldn’t. HOPE’S AUNT (OVER PHONE) That's no excuse... HOPE No, I told you 30B 1:04 HOPE’S AUNT (OVER PHONE) Hope! Stop...We’re not discussing this. Not over the phone. 31A 1:06 HOPE’S AUNT (OVER PHONE) Come first, and then we’ll talk. We’ll be waiting for you. 32A 1:08 HOPE HAWKING (choked up) Alright...I'll be there. 33A 1:10
5. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 5 / 22 34A 1:12 35A 1:14 36A 1:16 37A 1:18 37B 1:20 38A 1:22 39A 1:24 40A 1:26 41A 1:28
6. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 6 / 22 42A 1:30 WILL (O.S.) Do you believe in magic? HOPE What? 43A 1:32 WILL Magic. Are you a believer in magic? 44A 1:34 44B 1:36 HOPE You're a magician? 44C 1:38 WILL (O.S.) No, no, I don't have that talent in me. 45A 1:40 46A 1:42 WILL (CONT’D) But I do have a magical map! 47A 1:44 HOPE: (O.S) ...A magical what? 47B 1:46
7. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 7 / 22 47C 1:48 48A 1:50 Will(excitedly) Map! 49A 1:52 Will It holds an ageless spell... 50A 1:54 51A 1:56 52A 1:58 WILL(to himself) Oh dear. 52B 2:00 53A 2:02 HOPE(sighs) 54A 2:04 WILL Once! Tap once on any location in this map.
8. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 8 / 22 55A 2:06 HOPE Look. I am not in the mood for this. 56A 2:08 WILL If after touching the map you still don't believe me, I swear I'll vanish and stop bothering you. 57A 2:10 57B 2:12 HOPE ...What's so special about this magical map? 58A 2:14 WILL (CONT’D) (flattens out map with hands) This map is one of its kind! 59A 2:16 WILL(joyfully) It can take you anywhere in the magical realm, and anywhen. 59B 2:18 HOPE Anywhen? 59C 2:20 Will Any time. But let's leave time traveling aside for now, 60A 2:22 WILL:(CONTD) Tap once any location
9. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 9 / 22 61A 2:24 WILL(CONTD) And in one second you'll be there. 62A 2:26 HOPE Wait... 63A 2:28 64A 2:30 65A 2:32 66A 2:34 HOPE ! WILL Hahahaha! 67A 2:36 WILL(O.S) Don't worry, she's harmless. I forgot to mention 68A 2:38 WILL sometimes when I leave this map open there's all sorts of creatures that travel through it. 69A 2:40
10. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 10 / 22 69B 2:42 70A 2:44 Hope A bird-map, uh, whoa, hold up! 71A 2:46 72A 2:48 73A 2:50 73B 2:52 74A 2:54 75A 2:56 76A 2:58
11. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 11 / 22 77A 3:00 78A 3:02 79A 3:04 80A 3:06 81A 3:08 WILL (O.S.) So, what did you think? 82A 3:10 HOPE Who are you? WILL Will Wisp. Nice to meet you. 83A 3:12 HOPE No. I mean... What are you?! 84A 3:14 WILL Some people may say I'm a Leprechaun but I don't mind gold. Others might call me an Ignis Fatuus, but I enjoy more helping people than drawing them from safe paths. Personally, I like to think of myself as one of the last guardians of magic. 85A 3:16 HOPE (incredulous) This doesn't make any sense...
12. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 12 / 22 86A 3:18 WILL So, you still don't believe, huh? 87A 3:20 WILL Why don’t you give it a try? 88A 3:22 89A 3:24 HOPE You weren’t kidding! 90A 3:26 91A 3:28 HOPE It really is magic. WILL Of course it is. I told you. HOPE I didn’t believe you. 92A 3:30 HOPE But I used to believe in it. WILL In magic? HOPE Yeah. 93A 3:32 HOPE When I was little, I loved fairy tales. Perrault, Andersen, Grimm... I even believed there was such things as fairies and magic. 94A 3:34 HOPE(contd) became Dickens, Fitzgerald, Wilde as I grew up.
13. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 13 / 22 94B 3:36 HOPE I loved stories so much that I thought I had to share some of my own. 94C 3:38 95A 3:40 96A 3:42 HOPE: (writing and reading out loud) In... the middle... 97A 3:44 HOPE'S MOM Hope, foods almost ready. HOPE I'm almost done writing Mom. Just give me one second. 97B 3:46 HOPE:(reading out loud) Anyways! The sky was dark, and the ocean was silent. 98A 3:48 HOPE:(continues reading while writing) In the middle of the ocean, 98B 3:50 HOPE:(continues reading while writing) a single elf stood on a boat. He was completely lost and alone surrounded by nothing but the waves of the ocean. 98C 3:52 HOPE'S MOTHER: That's a pretty dark story. HOPE: You think so?
14. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 14 / 22 99A 3:54 HOPE'S MOTHER: And what happens next? 100A 3:56 HOPE: A large blue whale came out of the water, swallowing the boat and the elf... HOPE'S MOTHER:(gasps comically) 100B 3:58 HOPE:(contd)But the whale spit the elf and boat out in disgust. It did not like the taste of humans. HOPE'S MOTHER: Thank goodness for that. 100C 4:00 HOPE: Suddenly, the elf looked into his telescope, and saw an island up ahead. 101A 4:02 HOPE: What luck! The elf cheered. He was finally back home. 102A 4:04 HOPE'S MOTHER: I like this story. 103A 4:06 HOPE (V.O) As time passed by, I started to hate my stories. 104A 4:08 HOPE (V.O) The words didn’t flow from me as they did from those writers. 105A 4:10
15. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 15 / 22 106A 4:12 HOPE (V.O)I didn't believe in those stories anymore. 107A 4:14 108A 4:16 109A 4:18 110A 4:20 110B 4:22 111A 4:24 112A 4:26 HOPE (V.O.) I started writing less and less until one morning... I grew tired and gave up. 113A 4:28 HOPE (V.O.) The more I grew up, the more the stories became pointless. Banal. Empty.
16. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 16 / 22 114A 4:30 114B 4:32 115A 4:34 115B 4:36 116A 4:38 117A 4:40 118A 4:42 118B 4:44 WILL Go ahead. 119A 4:46
17. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 17 / 22 120A 4:48 HOPE/WILL: Ah! 121A 4:50 HOPE: What's going on?! 122A 4:52 WILL: I'm not sure! This hasn't happened before! HOPE: What?! WILL: I'M SURE ITS NOTHING SERIOUS. 123A 4:54 HOPE: What! 124A 4:56 125A 4:58 126A 5:00 127A 5:02 128A 5:04
18. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 18 / 22 128B 5:06 HOPE AND WILL:AHH! 128C 5:08 128D 5:10 HOPE AND WILL:OOF! 129A 5:12 HOPE How are we not dead?! 130A 5:14 WILL Actually, we weren't really falling but traveling through the map. 131A 5:16 HOPE: The map? You're saying the map brought us here? 132A 5:18 WILL: Yes. It sent us here, so I guess we'll have to find out why. 133A 5:20 HOPE: So you have no idea where we are? I can't believe this. WILL: There's no need to worry! The map wouldn't send us anywhere unsafe. 134A 5:22 HOPE: I hope not. I can't tell where we are on this map.
19. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 19 / 22 135A 5:24 136A 5:26 137A 5:28 HOPE: The river! 137B 5:30 138A 5:32 139A 5:34 139B 5:36 140A 5:38 141A 5:40
20. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 20 / 22 142A 5:42 WILL: A door in the middle of the river. How strange. 143A 5:44 WILL: How strange... 144A 5:46 145A 5:48 146A 5:50 WILL: What are you doing? 147A 5:52 HOPE: That's the room my mom's in! 148A 5:54 148B 5:56 149A 5:58
21. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 21 / 22 150A 6:00 151A 6:02 152A 6:04 153A 6:06 154A 6:08 155A 6:10 Audio of TV playing news: 6 people were arrested this morning at a gas station Police officers are still searching for the suspect. On a lighter note... 156A 6:12 157A 6:14 Voice over phone: Hello? This is Teresa Hawking's room right? HOPE: Who is this? 158A 6:16 Audio of TV news: We are just 20 seconds left for the new year!
22. LAST GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Boards: 194 | Shots: 162 | Duration: 6:28 | Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: JANUARY 14, 2023 Page: 22 / 22 159A 6:18 Voice over phone: Hope Hawking. I'm her daughter- I'm sorry, can I speak with my aunt, Laura Hawking? 160A 6:20 Audio of TV news: Almost 10 seconds left for the new year. Let's start the countdown. 161A 6:22 Audio of TV news: 10, 9, 8... 162A 6:24 Audio of TV news: 7... 6... 5... HOPE: (thinking) This can't be happening! Today is the supposed to be the 2nd of January. 162B 6:26 Audio of TV news: 4, 3... HOPE: Did I go back in time?!