The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 - Part 1

An animatic adapted from Stuart Turton's novel "The Devil and the Dark Water." Sara Wessel and Captain Jacobi Drecht coach Lieutenant Arent Hayes as he prepares for his fight against Boatswain Johannes Wyck.

Transcript

1. Scene 1 Panel 1 Action Notes EST Shot: Ocean at dusk Scene 2 Panel 1 Dialog SARA (VO): Don't let Wyck nick you here or here. Action Notes ARENT (blue) and SARA (green) move towards the makeshift fighting ring. WYCK (orange) is practicing in the circle. DRECHT (red) moves towards Arent and Sara The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 1/29
2. Scene 2 Panel 2 Dialog SARA (VO): Don't let Wyck nick you here or here. Action Notes ARENT (blue) and SARA (green) move towards the makeshift fighting ring. WYCK (orange) is practicing in the circle. DRECHT (red) moves towards Arent and Sara Scene 3 Panel 1 Dialog SARA: You'll bleed and keep bleeding... The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 2/29
3. Scene 3 Panel 2 Scene 4 Panel 1 Dialog SARA:...and there won't be anything I can do. The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 3/29
4. Scene 5 Panel 1 Scene 5 Panel 2 Dialog DRECHT (OS): Lieutenant Hayes. The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 4/29
5. Scene 5 Panel 3 Dialog DRECHT (OS): Lieutenant Hayes. Scene 6 Panel 1 Dialog DRECHT: Guard your body, and if you get the chance, The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 5/29
6. Scene 6 Panel 2 Dialog DRECHT: put a blade in his throat. Scene 6 Panel 3 Action Notes Arent moves in to take the dagger from Drecht The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 6/29
7. Scene 7 Panel 1 Dialog DRECHT (OS): Every second this fight drags on Scene 7 Panel 2 Dialog DRECHT(OS): ...is to his advantage. The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 7/29
8. Scene 7 Panel 3 Dialog ARENT: I told you, the bargain we made, Scene 7 Panel 4 Dialog ARENT: was that I would lose the fight, The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 8/29
9. Scene 7 Panel 5 Dialog ARENT: and *he* Scene 7 Panel 6 Dialog ARENT: will give me the information I want. The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 9/29
10. Scene 8 Panel 1 Dialog DRECHT: That's Scene 8 Panel 2 Dialog DRECHT: your plan. The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 10/29
11. Scene 8 Panel 3 Dialog DRECHT: His plan Scene 9 Panel 1 Dialog DRECHT (OS): is to lie to you, then kill you quick. Action Notes WYCK shadowboxes with his knife The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 11/29
12. Scene 9 Panel 2 Dialog DRECHT (OS): is to lie to you, then kill you quick. Action Notes WYCK shadowboxes with his knife Scene 9 Panel 3 Dialog DRECHT (OS): is to lie to you, then kill you quick. Action Notes WYCK shadowboxes with his knife The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 12/29
13. Scene 9 Panel 4 Dialog DRECHT (OS): And if that fails, Action Notes WYCK shadowboxes with his knife Scene 9 Panel 5 Dialog DRECHT (OS): And if that fails, Action Notes WYCK shadowboxes with his knife The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 13/29
14. Scene 10 Panel 1 Dialog DRECHT: to kill you Scene 10 Panel 2 Dialog DRECHT: slow. The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 14/29
15. Scene 11 Panel 1 Dialog DRECHT (OS): I know men like this. Scene 12 Panel 1 Dialog DRECHT (OS): They can't be trusted. The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 15/29
16. Scene 12 Panel 2 Scene 12 Panel 3 The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 16/29
17. Scene 12 Panel 4 Action Notes Arent reaches inside his doublet... Scene 12 Panel 5 Action Notes ...and pulls out his dad's rosary. The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 17/29
18. Scene 12 Panel 6 Action Notes cut on action Scene 13 Panel 1 The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 18/29
19. Scene 13 Panel 2 Scene 13 Panel 3 Dialog ARENT: Can you keep this safe for me? The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 19/29
20. Scene 14 Panel 1 Scene 14 Panel 2 The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 20/29
21. Scene 14 Panel 3 Scene 14 Panel 4 The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 21/29
22. Scene 14 Panel 5 Dialog SARA: I'll have it waiting when you get back. Scene 14 Panel 6 The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 22/29
23. Scene 15 Panel 1 Action Notes Sara and Arent's gazes linger for a moment Scene 16 Panel 1 Action Notes Sara and Arent's gazes linger for a moment The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 23/29
24. Scene 16 Panel 2 Dialog SFX (OS): crowd cheers/grows in volume Scene 16 Panel 3 The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 24/29
25. Scene 17 Panel 1 Scene 17 Panel 2 Action Notes Arent touches Sara's arm The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 25/29
26. Scene 17 Panel 3 Action Notes Arent turns and leaves Scene 17 Panel 4 Action Notes Arent turns and leaves The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 26/29
27. Scene 18 Panel 1 Action Notes Arent nods to Drecht Scene 18 Panel 2 Action Notes Arent nods to Drecht The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 27/29
28. Scene 18 Panel 3 Action Notes Arent nods to Drecht Scene 18 Panel 4 Action Notes Arent pushes into the crowd The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 28/29
29. Scene 18 Panel 5 Action Notes Arent pushes into the crowd The Devil and the Dark Water Chapter 54 (Part 1) - Joshua McMaster Page 29/29