The Well - Rough Thumbnails

Scene 1 Duration 06:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog Opening
music Notes The mic's light turns on, possibly add NPR logo TheWell Page 6/76

Scene 1 Duration 06:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog R:
Can you tell me about the well? Notes Text appears onscreen. Need to figure out a good font / how it appears TheWell Page 7/76

Because that anecdote feels... Notes closeup on Rachel. figure out what the actual environment is going to be here. TheWell Page 8/76

prayerful, in a way. K: Mmmm Notes Rachel speaks to Katherine. TheWell Page 9/76

Scene 1 Duration 06:00 Panel 5 Duration 01:00 Dialog K:
Yes.. (laughter) Notes Katherine speaks, next to a cup of coffee. TheWell Page 10/76

So I'm lucky enough to live near Canterbury, um, which is an ancient site of pilgrimage, and it's part of a far greater pilgrim's way that stretches all the way across europe. Notes a map of europe appears behind her. Canterbury is made apparent in some way. TheWell Page 11/76

A friend of mine told me that she had found this well, this pilgrim's well, that she had been visiting Notes zoom in on the map - we see a car driving down a highway. TheWell Page 12/76

and she took me to see it. Notes Katherine is in the driver's seat. She's wearing her coat. TheWell Page 13/76

Scene 2 Duration 18:23 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Dialog Music
Swells. Notes They pull up on the side of the road, standing before a lot of foliage. TheWell Page 14/76

So we crawled through the bush, Notes Reminder - in full interview this is a ROSE bush, but this was cut for time. TheWell Page 15/76

I lost my coat in the process, Notes Katherine returns to her default design, as her friend guides her through the foliage. TheWell Page 16/76

And came to this beautiful Stone surrounding Notes Katherine looks on the entrance to the well. TheWell Page 17/76

with a little pool at the bottom Notes Katherine approaches the entrance. TheWell Page 18/76

And then there were several steps down to that pool. Notes Katherine looks down into the steps. TheWell Page 19/76

The thing with those little set of steps was that Notes reverse shot TheWell Page 20/76

you could only go down there alone, Notes She walks down the stone steps. TheWell Page 21/76

and as you went down the steps, Notes The camera pans down with her. TheWell Page 22/76

you felt your sense of intention changing. Notes Low to the ground shot, focus on Lengray Mite (Fall 2020) TheWell Page 23/76

There’s something about the quality of that place, Notes Sun shines down through the canopy. Draw it better than this. TheWell Page 24/76

that you knew that other people had come down there in the same frame of mind as you had Notes Katherine walks out onto a stone bridge into the water. TheWell Page 25/76

but over centuries. Notes Katherine looks out into the pool. TheWell Page 26/76

Like our ancestors had worked out how to create Notes Need to make this a more interesting statue. TheWell Page 27/76

this perfect little environment for reflection, Notes Looking into the woods around the pool. Draw it better than this. TheWell Page 28/76

Scene 2 Duration 18:23 Panel 18 Duration 01:00 Dialog K;
and literal reflection because you get down there and you see your face reflected in the pool. Notes Reflection of Katherine and the trees above. Apply a subtle rippling effect to the screen here. TheWell Page 29/76

What was especially profound for me in reading that part is Notes Rachel interjects, taking us out of the scene. TheWell Page 30/76

the responsibility that you have, Notes They exit the building. TheWell Page 31/76

that the individual has Notes Onto 5th street. Get photo reference. Also, add the biker from Fall 2020 TheWell Page 32/76

to make the meaning. Notes the two walk down 5th. TheWell Page 33/76

I’m reading now, this is from the section of the book about this: Notes Rachel pulls out Katherine's book. Get reference for the cover. TheWell Page 34/76

Once you’re there, you’re on your own. Notes Text appears in the same way it did at the start. TheWell Page 35/76

It offers no clues for what to do. Notes They keep walking. TheWell Page 36/76

No liturgy, or ceremony, Notes Make the environment more natural TheWell Page 37/76

at the bottom of those steps, Notes Cut back to the well, and the text keeps going. TheWell Page 38/76

you must confront your own yearning to make meaning. Notes Top right shows the forest around the well. TheWell Page 39/76

You are the one who fills the well. Notes Re-use Katherine's reflection. TheWell Page 40/76

And that felt... Notes Cut back out and Rachel + Katherine have made their way to a hill. TheWell Page 41/76

um, like a little sad, Notes Rachel lays down and speaks. TheWell Page 42/76

to me. (laughter) Notes Some character acting from here. Too lazy to annotate this. TheWell Page 43/76

I mean, K: (laughter) TheWell Page 44/76

empowering, yes. TheWell Page 45/76

Great, I get to create my own meaning, (laughter) TheWell Page 46/76

but like, TheWell Page 47/76

Really?? Notes pan out to the whole environment, text appears but just for Rachel's "Really" TheWell Page 48/76

I have to do it? TheWell Page 49/76

Dammit, I just want it to tell me what to do! TheWell Page 50/76

Yes Katherine, TheWell Page 51/76

yes! TheWell Page 52/76

But.. TheWell Page 53/76

That's the whole point, right... K: Aww, but- TheWell Page 54/76

...Is, it's sort of on us, TheWell Page 55/76

But Rachel. TheWell Page 56/76

Yeah. K: You know you don't like that already, right? TheWell Page 57/76

I know... TheWell Page 58/76

(Laughter) R: I know! TheWell Page 59/76

it's- and that's TheWell Page 60/76

that’s the change that I had to undergo, TheWell Page 61/76

this dropping of wanting to be told the answers, Notes Katherine removes her glasses. TheWell Page 62/76

because they’re just not there. Notes she gestures with her glasses. After this, we go to a montage of some of my other projects from ecu. TheWell Page 63/76

There are no answers, Notes We see Nick Mensonge's Mask from "the Answer" (Spring 2021). TheWell Page 64/76

and simple answers quickly turn into horrible, Notes zoom out and Nick is standing in the oval office, framed like Kennedy (Fall 2022) TheWell Page 65/76

generalized strictures on our lives as soon as we start taking them in. Notes cut to the apartment balcony from volume (Fall 2021), where Erica takes a smoke with Lily. TheWell Page 66/76

The learning, for us, is to Notes The couple from my spotify animation (Fall 2023) is sitting in a room with the two lamps from Exposure (Fall 2021) TheWell Page 67/76

sit with mystery. Notes The mourning widow stands by the grave (Spring 2023), while a billygoat gruff (Spring 2020) stands in the foreground TheWell Page 68/76

Scene 6 Duration 13:00 Panel 6 Duration 01:00 Dialog K;
Get comfortable with Notes The mouse stares at itself in the mirror from the haiku (Fall 2022). TheWell Page 69/76

not knowing, Notes Silvia (Fall 2023) stares at Ada Lovelace (Fall 2020), who holds Gilda the robot butterfly (Fall 2022) TheWell Page 70/76

and not understanding, Notes Gilda flies off TheWell Page 71/76

And feeling a little lost quite often Notes Gilda flies past the Orphans (Spring 2023) in the funhouse basement. TheWell Page 72/76

and going out and looking for Notes Gilda lands on a leaf TheWell Page 73/76

spontaneous truths, Notes Katherine leads Rachel down the same path that Katherine was led down. TheWell Page 74/76

because actually there’s very few universal ones. Notes They look on the well's entrance TheWell Page 75/76

Scene 6 Duration 13:00 Panel 13 Duration 01:00 Notes Pan
upwards out to the canopy. [ End ] TheWell Page 76/76

The Well - Rough Thumbnails

The Well - Rough Thumbnails

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