Calder

Katherine Myong - 2022

Calder and his father come across something sinister in the woods. His father is more than he seems.

I imagined this as the beginning of a feature film, setting up the backdrop and main character's history as well as introducing a key mystery of the plot. The title card would come up after this sequence, and then the movie's central plot would begin!

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Transcript

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11. - Ooh, this thing is heavy.
12. - You still want to carry it?
13. - Yeah! I’m strong!
14. - Just like - *grunting - you.
15. - How much further, Papa?
16. - We’re almost there.
19. - My version of ‘almost’, or yours?
20. - My version of ‘almost’, or yours?
21. - Woah!
25. - Calder?
27. - (Laughing)
28. - (Laughing)
29. - Okay. You win.
30. - Okay. You win.
37. - Are we there yet?
38. - No.
39. - Are we there yet?
40. - No.
41. - Are we there ye -
42. - No, Calder.
44. - Why are we out here so early, anyway?
45. - Why are we out here so early, anyway?
46. - Aren’t you just chopping trees like always?
47. - Aren’t you just chopping trees like always?
48. - Aren’t you just chopping trees like always?
49. - Well, It’s time for you to learn.
50. - I know how to chop, Papa.
51. - No, not to chop wood,
52. - No, not to chop wood,
53. - To protect this forest…
54. - To protect this forest…
64. - And all that lives in it.
65. - And all that lives in it.
66. - And all that lives in it.
69. - Woah.
70. - From what?
73. - We’re here.
88. - Come here, Calder.
89. - Yes, Papa.
91. - This one looks like its due…
92. - For what?
93. - You see this carving here? I did this last winter.
94. - You see this carving here? I did this last winter.
97. - It looks like the one on your axe.
98. - It looks like the one on your axe.
99. - It looks like the one on your axe.
100. - That’s right.
101. - That’s right.
102. - It’s a protection rune. One or two can ward off danger .
103. - It’s a protection rune. One or two can ward off danger .
104. - It’s a protection rune. One or two can ward off danger .
105. - But with the right amount… you can create a powerful shield.
106. - But with the right amount… you can create a powerful shield.
107. - But with the right amount… you can create a powerful shield.
108. - The spring fountain makes the trees grow faster,
109. - The spring fountain makes the trees grow faster,
110. - So I have to keep carving them in so that the magic still holds.
111. - So I have to keep carving them in so that the magic still holds.
112. - You see that one, up there?
113. - I carved that as a boy when my father took me out here for the first time.
114. - I carved that as a boy when my father took me out here for the first time.
115. - Wow.
116. - How do I do it?
117. - Here.
118. - One line down, then two crossing over each other, just like this.
119. - One line down, then two crossing over each other, just like this.
120. - One line down, then two crossing over each other, just like this.
122. - Like that?
123. - Just like that. You’re…
126. - Papa? What’s wrong?
128. - Wait here.
144. - Calder!
145. - Calder!
152. - We have to go.
153. - What-?!
161. - What’s going on?
162. - What is that thing?!
185. - What was that?
186. - Papa, what was that?
188. - Please, Papa.
189. - I’m scared.
191. - You know what my father would tell me when I got scared?
192. - What?
193. - He would tell me…
195. - “Good, William!” You know why?
196. - (Laughing) Why?
197. - Because being scared is the first step to being brave.
198. - It’s being scared, but doing the scary thing anyway.
199. - Now, go to sleep. Papa needs to take care of something.
200. - What are you gonna do?
201. - The scary thing.
203. - Promise you’ll come back?
204. - …
205. - I’ll see you when you wake.