If you are new to Life in the Analog Age, curious, or just want to relive all the warm memories, click here for the first comic
and the first short:
Enjoy!
Here’s one scene hat took quite sometime. Even though I’m not animating to recorded dialogue, I still needed to animated every characters’ mouths in the background.
Here’s the animatic for the final episode (for now):
Here’s the storyboard for the final episode for the time being. At the end I was a little choked up, but also excited for my next project!
Here’s the entire script for the epic four part Sporting Hill Saga complete with all the typos. I wrote this and must have rewritten/revised it four more times. I just wanted to make sure everything was really clear and that the episode breaks were happening in the correct places:
Part 1: “Goodbye Elm Tree”
We were told about some “exciting” news.
-teacher in front of class (all excited)
This was going to be our last year we will be attending our school Elm Tree.
-all puzzled
See, our school district was very expansive and split into a lot of small country grade schools.
-map
-little schools pop up (with names)
They were all filled with kids from kindergarten through 6th grades.
-zoom in
-K-6
All the classes had about 30 kids in each,
-grades multiply out all with 30 kids each
but our class didn’t,
-zoom into our class
it only had fifteen,
-15 kids disappear
and so did another school.
-zoom over to Sporting Hill
-15 kids there
Thus we were going to be combined with them.
-our class os
I didn’t think this was exciting news.
-on me thinking (slow truck in)
I had to endure the longer bus ride,
the new teachers
and mostly the stress of making new friends.
Elm Tree was filled with great memories,
-look up, cam off
great places,
-trees
great stories.
-shooting pencil
Even my parents were heavily involved in the parent teacher association.
-parents at fair
But all of that was over because I was forced to leave my school
-out of door past sign
my Elm Tree
-crane up
and spend my summer worrying about an uncertain future.
-fade out
to be continued next week…
Part 2: “The Right Bus”
It was the first day at my new school and I had my instructions:
-me looking at note walking away from house with Mom in doorway
ride my normal bus to my old school Elm Tree
-(drawings on note) bus to elm tee e
get off
-get out
catch a different bus to my new school Sporting Hill.
-get on other bus
But my friend from down the street had different instructions
-on bus with Kim
her Mom told her to stay on the bus and it will take you to Sporting Hill
-both looking at her note
When it was time to get off at Elm Tree
-bus wheel stops
she begged me to stay
-up ready to leave, she’s holding onto my arm
she didn’t want to be alone
-pov looking down at her
-on me, thinking
-sit
It was a long bus ride
-wide on bus
-pass Sporting Hill
We definitely did something wrong
-bus pulls up in front of Jr. High
We went to strange new places
-bus pulls up in front of Sr. High
Maybe if we just laid low, no one would ever notice
-sink into our seats
-everybody gets off
-bus driver eyes
-us
-bus driver
-us
-bus driver
-long pause
He just asked if we were supposed to be at Sporting Hill
-bus driver
Then he explained that we were supposed to get off at Elm Tree.
-us
I was upset and felt an idiot
-on me
-look over
but I can only imagine how she felt
-look at her
as we rode
-wide on bus
I didn’t regret it,
-on me
I knew I did the right thing, she was my friend
-looking at her
on our first day at our new school,
-bus in front of Sporting Hill
we were over an hour late
-in doorway
and the entire class would never let us forget it
-class in awe
-all start to giggle and whisper
to be continued next week…
Part 3: “We Eat Elm Tree Meat”
The first day at my new school was turning out to be the worst day of my life
-standing in doorway with Kim
I got to school an hour late with my friend,
-pissed sitting in new desk
I missed actually meeting my new classmates,
-looking around
the introductions,
-weird kids
and now I’m basically married
-look over at Kim
-pissed
As we got closer to recess a strange energy started rising in the class
-x-dissolve to later looking around, puzzled
a strange tension
-pan past kids
something was going to happen at recess
-clock
a rumble
-kids exchange glances
a showdown
-kids exchange glances
a kickball game
-passed a note
Sporting Hill vs. Elm Tree
-look up
now kickball was OUR game
-get determined
the game we played at OUR recesses
-look over at Avery
-nod
-he nods
not there’s
-both look over at Tommy
-grant pissed
it was our chance to prove ourselves
-on me
show our Elm Tree pride
-ready
-bell
-doors open
they just wouldn’t stop chanting “We Eat Elm Tree meat! We eat Elm Tree meat!”
-fists in the air
the stage was set
-wide, both teams lined up (music builds to Bob reveal)
-pan across their team
-pan across our team
and we had this
-all standing there
-Bob rises above everyone
-reaction
to be concluded next week…
Part 4: “Verses”
It was first day at the new school
-bus in front of school
at the first recess
-door opens
-kids run out
and it was a showdown:
-wide lined up
Elm Tree vs. Sporting Hill
us, the new kids
-pan across us
verses
-cam spin
them, the original
-pan across them
and they just brought out the big guns
-bob pans out
he was tall
-up shot
sure of himself
-smile with glint
their secret weapon
-all smile
-we look neutral
-we smile
-Derek rises up
we had our secret weapon too
-pan across eyes (letter boxed)
-pan across atari jacket (letter boxed)
-they look worried
the game
-ball rolled
was on
-kick
and we were losing
-catch
they were good
-all smile
(moving stills)
so were we
-derek kicks home run
we started to get some runs
-running around bases
came back
-high five
but the more we all played
-kicking/catching
the longer the game went
-running
the more it wasn’t about the game
-sliding
we started to realiize that it wasn’t even important who won
-helping up someone
we were all playing together
-laughing together
I couldn’t tell you who won that day
-running
I couldn’t tell you the score
-kicking
I could just tell you that by the end
-all happy
we were all one team…
-all walking in together
-bob and derek shake hands
one class at Sporting Hill…
-super wide
The End
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