Storyboard Exercise: Chase Sequence

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1. Camera pan down Establishing shot for train 1 1 2 3 ABRAMS: this is…wow. All the separatist military projects are here. ELMS: enough for the rebels to have an upper-hand against the separatists. ABRAMS: can’t imagine what it took for you to get this. OTS OTS ABRAMS puts the datapad down to look at ELMS.
2. 4 1 5 ELMS: you have no idea. ELMS: well, knock yourself out. I’m going to see what they’ve got in the bar. ELMS: want anything? ABRAMS: As if i can drink now- my work just started. ELMS: haha right sorry. I’ll get you juice or something. *SFX* Door sliding open. ABRAMS looks back at the datapad again. OTS to MCU
3. 5 1 6 *SFX* Door sliding open. A SEPARATIST OFFICER stands at the open door. ELMS moves back, and we see a lower-ranked security guard flanking the officer. OFFICER: gentlemen. Your tickets and identification please. ELMS: ah. Of course. MCU OTS
4. 7 1 6 ELMS reaches into his jacket. ELMS: here, his and mine. ELMS passes his and ABRAMS identification and tickets to the security guard. As the security guard checks their credentials, the OFFICER looks toward ABRAMS. OTS Dirty 2 shot
5. 8 1 9 10 Camera pan down to show that ABRAMS is hiding the datapad OFFICER is suspicious of ABRAMS OFFICER: What do you have there? FS CU MFS
6. 11 1 12 13 ABRAMS: uhh.. ABRAMS moves the datapad further back to hide it. ABRAMS: it's just my work documents. Nothing important. OFFICER: then you won’t mind if I take a quick look. ABRAMS: um uh… well this is confidential company documents… OFFICER: we have strict protocols on this train sir. Rebels have been prevalent as of late. CU OTS MCU
7. 14 1 15 OFFICER: it’s our duty to ensure rebel propaganda isn’t propagated amongst civilians. OFFICER: hand the datapad over sir. ABRAMS: it’s really nothing that would concern you… ABRAMS looks over to ELMS for help. ELMS looks at the back of the OFFICER. OFFICER: we have a right to search sir. OTS Dirty one shot( ?) OTS
8. 1 17 16 18 19 ELMS spots a stun baton. Camera pan down ELMS looks back to ABRAMS. They have a possible way out of this mess. ABRAMS looks back to ELMS. ABRAMS is out of excuses to give. OFFICER: we’re asking for your cooperation. OFFICER: otherwise we can settle this in the security room. ELMS huffs a short sigh. Preparing himself for what they must do.
9. 19 1 20 ELMS quickly snatches the stun baton from the OFFICER’s belt. CU
10. 21 1 ELMS stuns the guard behind first. Before flipping the baton and stunning the OFFICER. The guard and the OFFICER fall to the ground. They have been temporarily incapacitated. OTS
11. 21 1 22 ELMS and ABRAMS take the opportunity to escape now. They run down the hallway of the train carriage. Long shot
12. 22 1 Camera pan to follow ELMS and ABRAMS down the hallway. OFFICER sluggishly walks into the shot, he sends out a radio transmission. ELMS and ABRAMS run into the next carriage. OFFICER: this is Beta3 reporting 2 male fugitives on the run. They’re moving towards carriage B.
13. 23 1 5 Cut to the outside of a mens toilet. A GUARD is leaving the toilet while listening to his radio. OFFICER: 5 foot 7. males. Lean. early 30s. One is holding a datapad. As the GUARD is listening to the radio, ELMS and ABRAMS run by. Cowboy shot
14. 24 1 25 The GUARD gives chase. GUARD: stop right there! ELMS opens the door to the cargo hold to keep running. ABRAMS spots a serving tray and grabs it Long shot Cowboy shot
15. 25 1 He throws it at the GUARD chasing after them. The tray hits the GUARD square in the face. Cowboy shot MS
16. 25 1 26 And he falls to the floor, stunned. ABRAMS spots the OFFICER from earlier. He has caught up with them. ABRAMS quickly locks the cargo hold door. ABRAMS: I’ve already called for an evac, we just need to get to the front- Camera slowly zoom back. ELMS is walking backwards into the shot, they both look horrified. ELMS: I think we’re cornered Abrams… Long shot Two shot
17. 27 1 26 28 More security is seen coming through the window of the door. ELMS: what do we do now? ABRAMS looks up. ABRAMS: its not over yet. ABRAMS AND ELMS look up. OTS long shot ?
18. 28 1 29 30 Camera tilts up and we see the fire escape trap door. ABRAMS comes out of the trapdoor. He looks up and sees their evac plane flying closer. MCU OTS
19. 30 1 The plane moves to hover above the train, lowering the gangway. ABRAMS: Our getaway plane is here! ABRAMS climbs out of the cargo carriage and pulls ELMS out. MS
20. 31 1 32 ELMS manages to climb out. The OFFICER spots the open trapdoor along with ELMS disappearing through it. He fires his wrist grapple to climb out of the trapdoor and chase ELMS and ABRAMS. LOW ANGLE SHOT MS
21. 32 1 33 34 Camera tracks back. OFFICER lands hard on the roof of the train carriage. He looks up and spots ELMS and ABRAMS running off. He lifts his arm to fire the grapple at them once more - a last ditch attempt to catch them. OTS CU
22. 34 1 35 Camera pans right to the OFFICER’s wrist. OFFICER fires the grapple. The grapple flies closer and closer to ABRAMS. He sees the grapple about to catch him. FS CS MCU
23. 35 1 36 But ABRAMS pushes him out of the way. MCU
24. 37 1 The two land harshly on the gangway of the plane. ABRAMS pulls ELMS up to his feet and moves up into the plane as the gangway closes. LOW ANGLE
25. 38 1 The plane flies off into the distance. Camera pans right as it follows the plane. ELS
26. 39 1 38 Camera finally pans on the OFFICER. He watches the plane fly off. He looks visibly angry at not being able to catch the rebels. MCU CU