A short storyboard sequence I made using Eric Coble's script titled, "Quick Trip" to practice boaring.
I followed a prompt I had written for myself that involved having at least one character move across the room.
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 2 / 16 6A 0:12 LOUISE: I only got a second and I gotta jet, how you doin’? 6B 0:14 LOUISE: Whoo! You got enough heat, don’t you? Thanksgiving’s not for another few months, mom, no need to start broiling that turkey yet. 7A 0:16 LOUISE: My god, do you want to live in a rainforest? 8A 0:18 LOUISE: Rainforests are notoriously bad on wallpaper. 9A 0:20 LOUISE: You want to go to the rainforest at the zoo sometime? They got monkeys and birds and stuff. 10A 0:22 LOUISE: Hot as hell. And moist.
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 3 / 16 11A 0:24 LOUISE: Like a sauna with monkeys. 12A 0:26 LOUISE: I could take you. We could clean out the van if you wanted to bring a wheelchair, and I’ll push you. 13A 0:28 LOUISE: Or Barrie’ll push you. Or we can take the Camry. 14A 0:30 LOUISE: We should go in the winter, it’s great in the winter, get all warmed up. with the kookaburras or whatever they are. 14B 0:32 15A 0:34
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 4 / 16 16A 0:36 LOUISE: How you doing, mom? You doing okay? 17A 0:38 LOUISE: Zach and Barrie were gonna come, 18A 0:40 LOUISE: but Zach’s got violin lessons. He’s getting really good. You should hear him! 19A 0:42 LOUISE: -- I should have him play for you sometime. Wouldn’t that be sweet? 20A 0:44 LOUISE: Be a good chance for him to get over his phobias about visiting here too -- 20B 0:46 LOUISE: I mean, I don’t know how everyone here feels about “Mary Had A Little Lamb”, and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, but I bet we could organize a sing-along....
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 5 / 16 21A 0:48 LOUISE: ...Like I said, I gotta zip. Gotta get home and make some dinner. I just wanted to drop the monthly dose of magazines by for you. 21B 0:50 LOUISE: New “Ladies’ Home Journal”, “Good Housekeeping”, “Woman’s Day”, “Family Circle”, and for a little spice: “People”. 22A 0:52 LOUISE: Looks like Brad and Jennifer may be in trouble. I know you were worried about them. 22B 0:54 LOUISE: And there’s an inspirational story about a guy and a kitten. See? 23A 0:56 LOUISE: The cat looks kind of like Shelby. Remember Shelby? He was a darn good cat. of like Shelby. Remember Shelby? He was a darn good cat. I mean, now we just remember the incontinence thing, but he was a sweet sweet kitty. 24A 0:58 LOUISE: I’ll leave it here in your lap, okay? Everything you need from the world right here at your fingertips, okay?
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 6 / 16 25A 1:00 LOUISE:I gotta run. It looks like they’re treating you okay. 26A 1:02 LOUISE: You look like a million bucks! “Green and wrinkled”. 27A 1:04 LOUISE: Remember that? You’d be going out with daddy... and you’d put on one of those wigs even though your hair was perfectly fine underneath....You came out all done up with new hair, new eyes, new lips, black velour dress, and say, 27B 1:06 LOUISE: “How do I look?” “Like a million bucks”. And you’d raise that one eyebrow and do that whole, “Are you saying I’m green and wrinkled?” thing. 28A 1:08 29A 1:10 LOUISE: I always pictured a million bucks in silver dollars for some reason. Shiny and translucent pale. Like Grandma Wilma’s skin. ...So I guess you do look like a million buck now.
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 7 / 16 30A 1:12 31A 1:14 LOUISE: Not having any more bad thoughts are you, mom? 32A 1:16 33A 1:18 33B 1:20 34A 1:22 LOUISE: It sounds like the pills are going okay.
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 8 / 16 35A 1:24 LOUISE: They giving you the right colors at the right hours? 36A 1:26 36B 1:28 LOUISE: I saw Ms. Gutierrez at the front desk. 37A 1:30 LOUISE: You remember her--She said you were doing real well with the new dosage. Really good, she was really pleased. -- you should have your curtains open here -- see the sunset. Don’t you want to see the sunset, mom? 38A 1:32 LOUISE: Why don’t I take you out there on my way out? 38B 1:34
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 9 / 16 39A 1:36 LOUISE: Get you out of this rainforest. Maybe perk you up to talking a little bit. 39B 1:38 LOUISE: You want to watch some T.V? It looked like they had the group T.V. 40A 1:40 LOUISE: turned to Judge Judy or some court program 41A 1:42 LOUISE: -- you want to see that? Huh? 41B 1:44 LOUISE: Get you yelling at the T.V. like old times? 42A 1:46
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 10 / 16 43A 1:48 43B 1:50 LOUISE: Hey, Orlagh? No, I’m not home yet, 44A 1:52 LOUISE: I gotta finish up here with my mom, then get some dinner and I’ll come back in 45A 1:54 LOUISE: with the McChesny account. Did you find those invoices? 46A 1:56 LOUISE: If Sammy doesn’t have’em, I have no idea. But if we’re closing the account Tuesday, 47A 1:58
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 11 / 16 48A 2:00 LOUISE: Rick’s gonna want our ducks in a row. We gotta- 49A 2:02 LOUISE: Mom. What do you want? 50A 2:04 LOUISE: You want a drink? I’ll call someone. 51A 2:06 LOUISE: Sammy’s gotta have’em. We’ll get on him first thing A.M.- Mom, do you want the radio? I’ll turn on the radio. Here. 52A 2:08 LOUISE What station do you want? Classic oldies? Sports Talk? Howard Stern? (Into phone) Sorry, Orlagh, my mom wants her music, she waits ‘til I’m on the phone to give me the first reaction all day, hold on. 53A 2:10 LOUISE: Mom. Is this good? Do you like this?
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 12 / 16 54A 2:12 55A 2:14 LOUISE Mom. Look. Just let me do it. 56A 2:16 (Into phone) Orlagh, hold on, I’ll call you right back. 57A 2:18 LOUISE: You want the tape? Why didn’t you say you wanted the tape? 58A 2:20 LOUISE Okay, okay, 59A 2:22 LOUISE: I’ll play the tape. It’s a homemade one. Which is it? Is there a special song?
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 13 / 16 60A 2:24 60B 2:26 61A 2:28 61B 2:30 62A 2:32 LOUISE: Who made this for you? 62B 2:34 LOUISE: How long have you had this? Did Daddy make you this? Mom,
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 14 / 16 63A 2:36 LOUISE: Are you okay? Can I help? Here, you need to go the bathroom, I can help- 64A 2:38 65A 2:40 66A 2:42 67A 2:44 LOUISE: I’m trying to get you magazines and T.V. and 68A 2:46 LOUISE: sunlight and decent air and all you want is to go to the bathroom --
| Aspect Ratio: 16 : 9 DRAFT: NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Page: 16 / 16 75A 3:00 LOUISE: Mom? Is this how you danced with Daddy? 75B 3:02 LOUISE: Is this... 75C 3:04 76A 3:06
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