To the Sky

Draft # 1
Written By
Ryan Band
Animated Short
Alternate 1915s Scandinavia
Skrsjn Skinnskatteberg Sweden

INTRO
FADE IN
EXT. CABIN IN THE SWEDISH WILDERNESS
LONG SHOT - CAMERA 1 - POINTING TOWARDS THE CABIN
Sara Elise a Young inventor comes Out of the cabin, out to
forage for wood.
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EXT. WILDERNESS
CU - CAMERA 2 - TRACKING -SIDE PROFILE
Sara Walking through the wilderness
CUT TO:
CU - CAMERA 1 - TRACKING - HEAD-WAIST
Sara stops walking
CUT TO:
LONG LENS SHOT

- CAMERA 1 - PAN

She finds a long rope leading to the sky, attempting to pull

it down. but it is stuck on something. looking she looks up
to see what the rope is tethered to, she see's what looks
like a giant balloon. As it moves around in the air she
realises that balloon is holding up a house.
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CU - CAMERA 2 - FOCUS

Awestruck by this structure the inventor images a better

life for herself in the sky. She has an idea and she runs
home.
FADE TO BLACK.
EXT. CABIN IN THE SWEDISH WILDERNESS
LOW ANGLE - CAMERA 1 - FOCUS
She starts building and designing a flying machine to reach
the sky.
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INT. CABIN
P.O.V. DISIGN SHEETS
Elise crosses out a deign that did not work.
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EXT. CABIN IN THE SWEDISH WILDERNESS
LOW ANGLE - CAMERA 1 - DUTCH TILT 10
Cabin is missing a few planks

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INT. CABIN
P.O.V. DISIGN SHEETS
Elise crosses out another design
MATCH CUT TO:
EXT. CABIN IN THE SWEDISH WILDERNESS
MID SHOT - CAMERA 1 - DUTCH TILT 20
House is missing more parts
MATCH CUT TO:
INT. CABIN
POV - DISIGN SHEETS
Sara crosses out more designs
MATCH CUT TO:
INT. CABIN IN THE SWEDISH WILDERNESS
MID SHOT

- CAMERA 1 - DUTCH TILT 30

House missing more planks

CUT TO:
INT. CABIN IN THE SWEDISH WILDERNESS
MID SHOT - CAMERA 1 - DUTCH TILT 40
The shell of the cabin

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EXT. THE SWEDISH WILDERNESS
MID SHOT - CAMERA 1 - PULL FOCUS
Onto the completed machine

Wasting no time she jumps into the air balloon and turns it
on. it begins to lift of, exited Elise in exclaims in joy
gesturing to the sky.

CUT TO:
CU

- CAMERA 2 - AERIAL

Sara looks around the sky, then looks back down to where
her cabin once stood, the house she once built with her own
hand a shell of what it used to be. She realises what she
has done looking up to the flying house, now knowing that
that isn't her home. She descends back the the earth.

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EXT. ROPE HOLDING THE HOUSE
CU - CAMERA 1 - PAN DOWN
Rope being cut by Sara
CUT TO:
LONG SHOT - CAMERA 2 -

PULL FOCUS

Rope Leaves the shot

DISSOLVE TO
EXT. CABIN IN THE SWEDISH WILDERNESS
LONG SHOT - CAMERA 1 - STATIC
Re-built cabin
A satisfied elise looking at her home
CUT TO:
CU

- CAMERA 2 -

ZOOM OUT

Sara walks in with a grin

Door closes
FADE TO BLACK.
End