TIDEFLAT, back to the harbour

TIDEFLAT · shooting script
A lobster puppet on an animation stand under a single key light, a camera an arm's length away, a tray of small poses, and a dope sheet on a clipboard.

2AINT. STAGE 4 – THE ANIMATION BENCH – CONTINUOUS2A

KLÓI on his animation stand, under one key light. The camera, an arm's length away. A tray of sixteen poses: head tilts, the mouth shapes of "Mor-ning", the claws.

The dope sheet: SC 1 · KLÓI: "MORNING." · 12 FR · CLAWS: TREMBLE EVERY FRAME — R.S.

Twelve frames make one second. Choose a pose, nudge it, shoot. The last frame shows through, faintly.

Your hand's tremble goes into his claws.

H. (WALKIE): Print the wobbly one.

Shoot twelve frames, then play them. PULL BACK returns to the tables.

ABOUT THIS FILM TIDEFLAT is a series in development. The studio, the crew and the making-of on this site are fictional; no physical production exists yet.