19-0-A-v2

THE FILM RADIO DRAMA ARCHIVEV9 DRAFTv216

He turns to look at us, and on a cord at his neck hangs the key. THE FIRST GOLD IN THE FILM. Gouache over pencil, the only painted thing on the sheet. It hangs small, worn rather than displayed. Supersedes v1.

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The prompt it was made from

Not recorded. This frame predates prompts being kept in the catalogue, or it was made by hand.

The references it came from

Not recorded.

Rejected takes, kept on purpose

A rejected take is not rubbish. Some were rejected for one thing only, an aspect ratio or a colour, and are the better drawing otherwise. They are here so a later session can see what was tried before trying it again.

The DNA of this frame

Phase. Phase 10 of 15, THEY INTRODUCE EACH OTHER.

Hero’s journey. MEETING THE MENTOR, late and inside the cave. The obstacle and the guide are one figure.

Element. THE HAND, and SACRED SPACE. A room treated as different becomes different.

The music, for Suno

Not written yet. Every shot needs two: the scene bed it sits in, and this shot’s own arrangement of it. The instruments come from the element in the DNA above.

What it means, and what it does

Not written yet. This frame needs its meaning set down: where it sits in the film, what it carries, how it moves the story on, and what it is doing to the audience. Ask before animating it rather than guessing from the picture.

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