Sunday, March 13, 2011

Pre Production

Script:


                                              TURQUOISE AND  AURA...
          

   'Turquoise, the mermaid', a beautiful Princess of the Ocean of  Atlanta, lived a life
enchanted with happiness, love and peace. Her Father,the  King, was an ambitious monarch,
 always away from home undertaking wars with neighbouring Kingdoms often emerging
 victorious but always being nagged  with worry of the safety  of his daughter. To overcome this inhibition he approached a wise old merman who endowed him with a tiny magical  instrument
 known as 'The Aura'.
   The Aura, was pale blue in colour,shell shaped and  ornament like  and  so it passed as a
brooch which Turquoise was to wear at all times.One could  even hear the faint music of water
 falling, when held close enough and such  a sound was unique to hear in the depths of the
ocean.
   For a long time Aura was merely an accessory, it's uniqueness half  forgotten, when one fine
 day it proved itself when the princess, while out on  in the seafields to pluck lilies, was attacked
 by an enormous Octopus. She  was frightened out of her wits and  felt utterly helpless. Just
when she felt it   was her last second, she had a fleeting memory of her Dad's advice.
The King had asked her to wear Aura at all times and use  it when in trouble. He told her to kiss
 it's ceramic back which would work the magic in  it, emanating powerful sparks from the
 pointed ends of it's wing like features which would immediately sedate the opponent heavily
 and the feather like endings  would  help it to fly around and attack from various angles, all the 
time producing a sound similar to that of sharpening a sword.
    Turquoise followed her father's advice and watching Aura in action  tantalised her so much
 so that she forgot her  fears. The tiny instrument had managed to put a giant, twenty times it's
 size, out of action in just a few minutes.
   ­­­­While the guards accompanying her were relieved that she was safe, they were more in awe
 of this tiny fascinating "weapon" but Turquoise, in all her wisdom, still chose to believe that it
 was a tiny, pale blue coloured, shell shaped brooch.

Screenplay:

 
TURQUOISE AND AURA
SEQUENCE 1
SCENE 1
EXT/ Kingdom/ Morning
Description:
Establishing shot of the Kingdom of Atlanta with royal music playing in the background.

SCENE 2
INT/ King’s Court/ Morning
Description:
The court is in session.The King and ministers are talking.
Audio:
King: “Congratulations my countrymen! We have succeeded against our foes yet again! Bravo! To our brave soldiers!”
Ministers: Bravo! Bravo!
King: “And yet my heart is not at peace”
Minister: “What worries you, Your Majesty?”
King: “The safety of my daughter, Princess Aura”
Minister:” Worry not,Your Majesty, I know a wise old merman who can put you out of your misery”
SEQUENCE 2
SCENE 1
INT/ Bedroom/ Morning
Description:
Princess Aura is still asleep. Her nanny comes to wake her up as her father, His Majesty, who has just returned from war wants to meet her. On hearing this Aura immediately jumps out of bed and rushes out but her nanny stops her and makes her hair. The trumpet sounds to announce  the King’s arrival. The Nanny gasps and ushers her out of the room.
Audio:
Nanny: “ Still in  bed! Up! Get Up! Your Father, His Majesty, is coming to see you! You have to get dressed!”

SCENE 2
INT/ Private Chamber/ Morning
Description:
Aura enters the chamber to find her father waiting with open arms for her. Aura runs to her dad and hugs him.The King holds out his palm with a pale blue shell shaped brooch on it. Turquoise posseses magical powers and is to protect Aura from  danger. Aura loves her present and pins it to her dress.
Audio:
Aura: :” Daddy? Oh! I missed you Daddy!”
King: “ I missed you too darling”
Aura: “ Whats this?”
King:” This is Turquoise. Wear it at all times. It is to protect you from danger.Kiss it’s back and it will protect you from harm”
Aura:” It is beautiful!

SEQUENCE 3
SCENE 1
EXT/ Seafields/ Afternoon
Description:
Aura is out at the seafields,  plucking liles with her friends, when an enormus Octopus descends from the hills into the seafields.Everyone is utterly terrorized and start runnimg helter skelter but Aura is paralyzed with fear and too stunned to move.The guards accompanying her are too far away to reach her in time.Just when she is crouching and feels its her last moment,she hears faint waterfalling and  has a fleeting memory of her dads advice about Turquoise.She kisses turquoise on  its back.The next moment Turquoise springs into action.
   Turquoise emanates powerful sparks from the pointed ends of its winglike features.The sparks hit the Octopus and he is immediately sedated.Turquoise flies around, using its feather like ends  and attacks from various angles.All thhe time it emanates a sound like the sharpening of a sword. The Octopus tries to catch Turquoise but Turquoise is too fast besides the Octopus is already sedated.
  Meanwhile Aura is simply stunned watching Turquoise in action.The guards reach her and are very relieved that she is unharmed.
  Turquoise flutters back onto Aura's shoulder and becomes motionless.

Audio:
Dramatic background sound to announce the arrival of the octopus
People screaming
Guards: "Princess!"
             "Are you alright?"

SEQUENCE 4
SCENE 1
INT/ King's Chamber/ Evening
Description:
 Aura reaches the castle safe and unharmed o find a very anxious  King waiting for her. He is only too glad that she is safe and vows never to leave her again.The Ministers are in awe of Turquoise and voice their curiosity but Aura disarms them saying that it is nothing but a tiny, pale blue, shell shaped brooch.
Audio:
King: "Aura! Are you alright?"
Aura: "Daddy! I am fine Daddy! Dont worry!"
Minister: "That must have been  very powerful to defeat an enormus Octopus like that!"
Aura:"Yes, it must but to me it is nothing but a tiny, pake blue, shell shaped brooch.

 Synopsis:
Turquoise and Aura  is a story about Aura, the sea princess,who recieves Turquoise, a pale blue coloured shell shaped brooch from her father,His Highness, to protect her as he is usually away and is always nagged eiththe worry of her safety.For a long time everything was in peace when one day she is attacked by an enormus Octopus, whike out on the fields.Just when he is about to strike she remembers her fathers advice and kisses turquoises cermamic back.Turquoise springs into action andmanages to sedate an opponent twenty timesits size in a few minutes.While everybody is relieved about her safety, they are also curious about the tiny wonder but Turquoise in all her wisdom defends it saying that to her, it is still a tiny, pale blue coloured, shell shaped brooch.

Concept Art:

The Kingdom

Turquoise

                                                
Aura



 At the Seafiels


Aura's  BedChamber

Medium:          Digital painting
Software used: Photoshop

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