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The Diver and the Whale

A free diver hangs in open blue water as a humpback glides close enough to touch.

Length
15s
Shots
4
Format
16:9

The storyboard

4 shots, 15 seconds planned. Each still is the keyframe for its shot. The direction beside it describes the action and the camera.

  1. Shot 1, Diver in the blue: the storyboard stillShot 1

    0:004s

    Diver in the blue

    Framing
    Extreme wide shot
    Camera movement
    Static, slight drift

    Tiny figure of the diver suspended in endless blue, sun rays fanning down from the top of frame.

  2. Shot 2, Shadow below: the storyboard stillShot 2

    0:043s

    Shadow below

    Framing
    Medium shot
    Camera movement
    Slow orbit left

    Diver in profile, hair drifting, head turned down; a vast dark shape fills the lower third below her.

  3. Shot 3, Whale passes: the storyboard stillShot 3

    0:074s

    Whale passes

    Framing
    Wide shot
    Camera movement
    Track alongside the whale

    Humpback passes left to right across frame, its eye level with the diver, who is small at frame right.

  4. Shot 4, Almost touching: the storyboard stillShot 4

    0:114s

    Almost touching

    Framing
    Close up
    Camera movement
    Static

    Diver's open hand in the foreground, inches from the whale's ridged grey skin; bubbles drift up.

The brief

A free diver hangs in open blue water as a humpback glides close enough to touch. Slow motion reads natural underwater, so the 4-second shots never feel stalled. Keep the whale's scale huge in every shot.

Visual style

Photoreal underwater documentary, natural light, gentle film grain. Cool blue water but warm golden rays from above; soft caustics on skin.

Change a shot, render again

This storyboard ships as an example in NodeTool. Open it in the Studio, edit the direction for any shot, and render a new take.

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