Just to recap:
SPIRIT JOURNEY
A human (live action) makes their way up an enormous mountain, all the way to the highest peak. They take a plain but oddly shaped bird whistle/ocarina (3D object) from their pocket and blow a tune which summons an enormous swirling beast/yokai from the clouds. Possession of the whistle implies that the human has control over the massive, awe inspiring creature, as it bows its head and allows them to climb upon its back before dancing and swirling away into the clouds. After seeing nothing but sky for several moments, the clouds part revealing a (matte painted?) different landscape or spiritual city. The human gasps and stares in awe, whispering that they never believed such a place to exist and that they had finally arrived at the world of their dreams before the listening creature flicks them off its back with a ripple of its spine. The human screams as they fall to earth, cut short by the monster swooping down to devour them.
MOODBOARD
My moodboard contains some inspiration for the creature, the kind of landscape I envision for this project, color palettes and pendant ocarinas. Ideas for the live action protagonist have been left out, mainly because I am having trouble envisioning them and am unsure if this would be set in a more modern or traditional setting.
SCRIPT
EXT: A WINDING PATH UP A MOUNTAIN. CAREFULLY PLACED ROCKS AND PATCHES OF BAMBOO LINE AN OVERGROWN BUT STILL VISIBLE PATH.
ESTABLISHING SHOT: A FIGURE WALKS ALONG THE WINDING PATH, LEANING HEAVILY ON A LARGE STAFF.
BIRD'S EYE SHOT: THE FIGURE WALKS ALONG ANOTHER SEGMENT OF MOUNTAIN. HE PAUSES TO VIEW THE LANDSCAPE OF THE VALLEY BELOW BEFORE WIPING HIS BROW AND WALKING OFF SCREEN.
WIDE SHOT: THE FIGURE REACHES THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND STANDS FOR A MOMENT. THE WIND BLOWS THROUGH HIS CLOTHES. HE SETS THE STAFF DOWN AND LOOKS AT THE VAST EXPANSE OF SKY.
CLOSE UP: THE FIGURE REACHES INTO HIS CLOTHES AND DRAWS OUT A SMALL BIRD OCARINA
EXTREME CLOSE UP: THE FIGURE'S HANDS LIFT THE OCARINA TO HIS LIPS. HE BEGINS TO PLAY A SIMPLE BUT HAUNTING TUNE.
WIDE SHOT: AN EMPTY EXPANSE OF SKY. THE MELODY CARRIES ON A WHISPERING WIND. AN ENORMOUS SPIRIT/BEAST/YOKAI FLOATS ACROSS THE SCREEN, ANSWERING THE CALL OF THE OCARINA.
WIDE SHOT: THE FIGURE STANDS ON THE MOUNTAIN AS THE CREATURE TWISTS AND COILS BEFORE HIM, HOVERING IN THE SKY ABOVE THE MOUNTAIN'S PEAK.
MID SHOT: THE FIGURE'S EYES WIDEN AND HE GASPS SOFTLY. SLOWLY HE REACHES A HAND OUT TO THE SPIRIT AS THE CAMERA PANS OVER TO SHOW THE CREATURE CLOSING ITS EYES AND BUTTING ITS HEAD GENTLY INTO HIS HAND.
EXTREME CLOSE UP: THE CREATURE'S EYE WITH WANDERER REFLECTED INSIDE IT. IT BLINKS SLOWLY AND THOUGHTFULLY.
MID SHOT: THE CREATURE TWISTS ITS BODY, SHIFTING SO THAT THE COILS OF ITS BULK SETTLE UPON THE MOUNTAIN. WANDERER GASPS, A HUGE SMILE BREAKING ACROSS HIS FACE AS HE RUSHES FORWARD TO CLIMB UP AND SETTLES HIMSELF ON ITS BACK.
WIDE SHOT: THE CREATURE RISES SLOWLY, A SHUDDER RUNNING THROUGH ITS BODY AS IT LAUNCHES ITSELF INTO THE AIR AND SWIRLS AWAY INTO THE DISTANCE.
MID SHOT: THE CREATURE FLOATS THROUGH THE CLOUDS WITH A WIDE-EYED WANDERER ON ITS BACK. WANDERER IS LOOKING AROUND IN AMAZEMENT AT THE SKY AND THE CLOUDS, UNABLE TO BELIEVE HE IS FLYING ON A TRUE SPIRIT.
CLOUDS THICKEN AS THEY JOURNEY ON, THE SKY FADING TO A SOFT GREEN, THE CLOUDS TAKING ON PASTEL TONES OF PINK AND ORANGE.
THE CLOUDS EVENTUALLY PART, REVEALING AN UNFAMILIAR LANDSCAPE. FROM ABOVE IT LOOKS LIKE AN ENORMOUS ZEN GARDEN, DOTTED HERE AND THERE WITH SMALL VILLAGES AND TINY ANTHROPOMORPHIC PEOPLE. FOX-FIRE DOTS THE LANDSCAPE.
CLOSE UP: THE CREATURE'S EYE LAZILY ROLLS BACK TO LOOK AT THE HUMAN ON ITS BACK. A SMILE PULLS AT ITS MOUTH, REVEALING DANGEROUSLY POINTED TEETH AND BLOOD RED GUMS. A VIOLENT SHUDDER RUNS THROUGH ITS BODY, ITS BACK ARCHING SUDDENLY TO FLICK WANDERER INTO THE AIR.
BIRD'S EYE SHOT: WANDERER SCREAMS, STARTLED AND SURPRISED TO SUDDENLY FIND HIMSELF FALLING TO EARTH. THE CREATURE SWOOPS IN FROM THE SIDE OF THE SCREEN, SNAPPING HIM UP AND DEVOURING HIM IN A SINGLE BITE AS THE SCREEN TURNS BLACK.
ESTABLISHING SHOT: A FIGURE WALKS ALONG THE WINDING PATH, LEANING HEAVILY ON A LARGE STAFF.
BIRD'S EYE SHOT: THE FIGURE WALKS ALONG ANOTHER SEGMENT OF MOUNTAIN. HE PAUSES TO VIEW THE LANDSCAPE OF THE VALLEY BELOW BEFORE WIPING HIS BROW AND WALKING OFF SCREEN.
WIDE SHOT: THE FIGURE REACHES THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND STANDS FOR A MOMENT. THE WIND BLOWS THROUGH HIS CLOTHES. HE SETS THE STAFF DOWN AND LOOKS AT THE VAST EXPANSE OF SKY.
CLOSE UP: THE FIGURE REACHES INTO HIS CLOTHES AND DRAWS OUT A SMALL BIRD OCARINA
EXTREME CLOSE UP: THE FIGURE'S HANDS LIFT THE OCARINA TO HIS LIPS. HE BEGINS TO PLAY A SIMPLE BUT HAUNTING TUNE.
WIDE SHOT: AN EMPTY EXPANSE OF SKY. THE MELODY CARRIES ON A WHISPERING WIND. AN ENORMOUS SPIRIT/BEAST/YOKAI FLOATS ACROSS THE SCREEN, ANSWERING THE CALL OF THE OCARINA.
WIDE SHOT: THE FIGURE STANDS ON THE MOUNTAIN AS THE CREATURE TWISTS AND COILS BEFORE HIM, HOVERING IN THE SKY ABOVE THE MOUNTAIN'S PEAK.
MID SHOT: THE FIGURE'S EYES WIDEN AND HE GASPS SOFTLY. SLOWLY HE REACHES A HAND OUT TO THE SPIRIT AS THE CAMERA PANS OVER TO SHOW THE CREATURE CLOSING ITS EYES AND BUTTING ITS HEAD GENTLY INTO HIS HAND.
WANDERER: I never imagined the legends were true…
HE STROKES THE CREATURE'S HEAD GENTLY AS HE STARES IN WONDER AT HIS OCARINA. HIS HEAD JERKS UP TO GAZE INTO THE CREATURE'S EYES.
Please! I must see the spirit realm!
MID SHOT: THE CREATURE TWISTS ITS BODY, SHIFTING SO THAT THE COILS OF ITS BULK SETTLE UPON THE MOUNTAIN. WANDERER GASPS, A HUGE SMILE BREAKING ACROSS HIS FACE AS HE RUSHES FORWARD TO CLIMB UP AND SETTLES HIMSELF ON ITS BACK.
WIDE SHOT: THE CREATURE RISES SLOWLY, A SHUDDER RUNNING THROUGH ITS BODY AS IT LAUNCHES ITSELF INTO THE AIR AND SWIRLS AWAY INTO THE DISTANCE.
MID SHOT: THE CREATURE FLOATS THROUGH THE CLOUDS WITH A WIDE-EYED WANDERER ON ITS BACK. WANDERER IS LOOKING AROUND IN AMAZEMENT AT THE SKY AND THE CLOUDS, UNABLE TO BELIEVE HE IS FLYING ON A TRUE SPIRIT.
CLOUDS THICKEN AS THEY JOURNEY ON, THE SKY FADING TO A SOFT GREEN, THE CLOUDS TAKING ON PASTEL TONES OF PINK AND ORANGE.
THE CLOUDS EVENTUALLY PART, REVEALING AN UNFAMILIAR LANDSCAPE. FROM ABOVE IT LOOKS LIKE AN ENORMOUS ZEN GARDEN, DOTTED HERE AND THERE WITH SMALL VILLAGES AND TINY ANTHROPOMORPHIC PEOPLE. FOX-FIRE DOTS THE LANDSCAPE.
WANDERER: STARES ENRAPTURED, A LIGHTHEARTED LAUGH ESCAPING HIM.
It truly exists! The realm of the spirits where wishes come true! My hopes and dreams, my fame and fortune!! Soon it will all be realized!
HE CONTINUES TO LAUGH, GROWING MORE AND MORE EXCITED, CLAPPING HIS HANDS AND CONGRATULATING HIMSELF.
We must descend! Please, fly lower!
CLOSE UP: THE CREATURE'S EYE LAZILY ROLLS BACK TO LOOK AT THE HUMAN ON ITS BACK. A SMILE PULLS AT ITS MOUTH, REVEALING DANGEROUSLY POINTED TEETH AND BLOOD RED GUMS. A VIOLENT SHUDDER RUNS THROUGH ITS BODY, ITS BACK ARCHING SUDDENLY TO FLICK WANDERER INTO THE AIR.
BIRD'S EYE SHOT: WANDERER SCREAMS, STARTLED AND SURPRISED TO SUDDENLY FIND HIMSELF FALLING TO EARTH. THE CREATURE SWOOPS IN FROM THE SIDE OF THE SCREEN, SNAPPING HIM UP AND DEVOURING HIM IN A SINGLE BITE AS THE SCREEN TURNS BLACK.
CREATURE: CHUCKLING SOFTLY
You asked to see the spirit realm, and so you have. But that is where my obligation ends.
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